Gloria Heiss will never forget the moment she found out her Wisconsin Idea Fellowship (WIF) project to create a “Pop-Up Library” in Beloit, Wisconsin was accepted last spring.
Wisconsin Idea Fellowship
2020-21 Wisconsin Idea Fellowships Awarded to Nine Projects
The 2020-21 Wisconsin Idea Fellowships have been awarded to nine outstanding undergraduate projects at home and across the globe. A total of 16 UW-Madison undergraduate students are part of this year’s projects.
Campus Food Shed: A Hunger for Helping
In 2019, Campus Food Shed received the 2019-2020 Wisconsin Idea Fellowship, a grant awarded to individuals or group projects working towards addressing a challenge identified along with a local or global community partner.
Wisconsin Idea Fellowship: Addressing Incarceration Through the Arts
Mackenzie Berry didn’t shy away from opportunities while at UW-Madison. The more she was out in the community, the more she became alarmed at the inequities that existed in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Idea Fellowships: Q&A
The Wisconsin Idea Fellowship is a funding opportunity for semester or yearlong projects designed by an undergraduate or a group of undergraduates in collaboration with a community organization and a UW–Madison faculty or staff member.
Morgridge Center for Public Service 2018-19 Annual Report
The Morgridge Center for Public Service released its 2018-19 annual report highlighting the center’s activities over the past year.
2019-20 Wisconsin Idea Fellowships Awarded to Nine Projects
The 2019-20 Wisconsin Idea Fellowships have been awarded to nine outstanding undergraduate projects at home and across the globe. A total of 15 UW-Madison undergraduate students are part of this year’s projects.
Wisconsin Idea Fellowship Intersects Art, Education and the Eagle Heights Community
Masha Vodyanyk’s Wisconsin Idea Fellowship titled, “Providing an Accessible Art Education for Children” focused on working with kids in the fourth to sixth grade to help refine their art and motor skills at the Eagle Heights Community.
Wisconsin Idea Fellow Combats Food Insecurity with Cherry Tomatoes
Over one in 10 households in the U.S. face food insecurity, according to the USDA. In Wisconsin, that totals to over a quarter million families who do not have access to sufficient and healthy food. …
Undergraduate Combines Biochemistry, Environmental Studies with Community Engagement in Rwanda
It’s easy to make a difference through an award that’s named after the Wisconsin Idea, and Jacob Olson is doing just that. The biochemistry and environmental studies major traveled to Rwanda this past summer through …