The Wisconsin Idea Fellowship (WIF) gives UW-Madison students opportunities to engage with and serve Madison communities beyond campus borders. Eva the Engineer: Young Girls at the intersection of Engineering and Sustainability, a current 2017-2018 WIF …
Wisconsin Idea Fellowship
Wisconsin Idea Fellowships Helps Pave Way for Career in Nonprofit
Working in the nonprofit sector was never a place where Mallory Swenson could see herself after college. For Swenson, she wanted to focus on nutritional science and learn more about the scientific research behind public …
Wisconsin Idea Fellowship Grant Support Students and Communities
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 …
Wisconsin Idea Fellowships: Female Empowerment Through Environmental Sustainability
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 …
The Cow Project
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. …