Connecting Campus and Community through Community-based Service, Learning, and Research
As one of the longest and richest traditions surrounding the University of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Idea, conveys a general principle: that education should influence the lives of people beyond classroom and campus boundaries. The Wisconsin Idea Fellowship (WIF) allows undergraduate students to do just that. Wisconsin Idea Fellowships are grant funding opportunities awarded annually through …
On Friday, Oct. 13, the Morgridge Center for Public Service will host its annual Walk the Walk event in partnership with Community Shares of Wisconsin and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Walk the Walk is an annual tour of social, health and environmental justice organizations in the UW–Madison neighborhood. This year, students can …
Whether a student knows just the type of volunteer opportunity they are interested in or they have no idea where to start, the Morgridge Center for Public Service student peer advisors are here to help. Our peer advisors Anisa Yudawanti and Sneha Patri meet one on one with students to help them discover how to …
For recent UW–Madison graduate Maria Castillo, finding the intersection between gender inequality and environmental sustainability was the key to helping solve a complicated community problem across the world. During a study abroad with Semester at Sea in 2015, Castillo teamed up with two other students, Nicol Chinchilla and Sasha Drumm, to participate in the Resolution …
UW–Madison will be hosting its annual Fall Public Service Fair on Sept. 11 from 3 to 6 p.m. in Varsity Hall at Union South. Students from across campus are encouraged to attend and learn how to connect to community organizations. The Public Service Fair helps students explore and find volunteer opportunities, internships, and jobs, with …
Involvement, new perspectives, and enriching are just three of many words that our Badger Volunteers use to describe their summer experiences with community partners. On Tuesday, Aug. 15, the Morgridge Center Public Service celebrated the hard work of Badger Volunteers outside the School of Education’s North Plaza. About 150 University of Wisconsin–Madison students donated their …
Community partnerships are a lot like community gardens. Both require thoughtful care, communication and sustainability. For UW–Madison seniors, Helena Record and Jacquelyn Laitsch, they are one in the same; a combination that also requires cows. Four to be exact. When a Ugandan village found the soil in a local community garden lacked proper nutrients, they …