A Badger’s Guide to Voting
Many Badgers believe they know all there is to know about being a student at UW-Madison. However, some forget one of the most important opportunities you get as a student: voting.
Connecting Campus and Community through Community-based Service, Learning, and Research
Many Badgers believe they know all there is to know about being a student at UW-Madison. However, some forget one of the most important opportunities you get as a student: voting.
Through the Morgridge Center for Public Service, in collaboration with the Student Voters Union, organizers are bringing voter information directly to students through workshops, registration drives and drop-in sessions.
The Morgridge Center for Public Service released its annual report highlighting the center’s activities and programs over the past year. The report details how the center lives out its mission of building a thriving democratic society by connecting campus with community through service, community-based learning and research.
Genevieve Lambert didn’t come to UW-Madison expecting civic engagement to be the defining factor of her college experience. Four years later, Genevieve has spent her time on campus helping students navigate election cycles, advocating for more accessible pathways towards civic engagement and promoting policy change.
Through internships, coalition-building, and civic engagement at the Morgridge Center, Shreya Bandyopadhyay discovered her calling in public service. Today, she carries those lessons into her role supporting reproductive rights advocacy across the country.
The Morgridge Center for Public Service celebrated its 30th anniversary on Thursday, Oct. 9, hosting an open-house party with keynote speakers, food and community. The celebration brought together students, faculty and staff, alumni and community partners to appreciate the center’s three decades of service.
Tuesday, Sept. 16 is National Voter Registration Day and detailed below are a few different ways you can engage with this important holiday. So if you are planning on celebrating or just want to learn more about how to be civically engaged, keep reading!
As the Morgridge Center celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, it rests on the legacy and foundation of the relationships with campus and community partners, as the lived-out vision of the Wisconsin Idea. The 30th anniversary of the Morgridge Center is not just a testament to time, but a reflection of its enduring impact on the thousands of students, faculty and community members who contributed to its legacy.
Here are ten ways to encourage voter registration among your peers before National Voter Registration Day.
In 2022, college students had the second-highest midterm voter turnout rate since NSLVE began measuring in 2012, and today we celebrate those achievements.