Stories indexed under: Service learning

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  • UW service-learning project wins United Nations award June 4, 2013 An award from the United Nations is honoring the work of Araceli Alonso, a senior lecturer in Gender and Women's Studies and a faculty associate at the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Morgridge Center awards $300,000 in grants to engaged scholarship projects May 13, 2013 The Morgridge Center for Public Service has awarded eight matching grants totaling $301,737 to support service learning and community-based research by UW-Madison faculty and researchers in the areas of education, environment, health, civic journalism, and law.
  • Summit celebrates community-engaged learning, research March 13, 2013 For University of Wisconsin-Madison student Chloe Brown, taking the stage at the Morgridge Engaged Scholarship Summit isn't just an opportunity to present the results of her research on mentorship.
  • Course adds to environmental awareness April 22, 2009 Ph.D. student in literary studies Todd Goddard has found a way to unite his concern for the environment with his teaching. In his section of English 201, he provides 16 students with real-world communications experience while giving 11 local nonprofits some much-needed help. In the process, he helps increase environmental awareness among his students and the audiences they serve.
  • UW-Madison receives national service award Feb. 9, 2009 For the second year in a row, the Corporation for National and Community Service has honored the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a place on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to America's communities.
  • School children in Belize with UW student Rachel Wise. The Wisconsin Experience in Motion: Physical Therapy in Belize Jan. 18, 2009 As part of her semester break, Dean of Students Lori Berquam has accompanied three UW-Madison faculty members and four students on a two-week service-learning trip to Punta Gorda, Belize.
  • Student’s vision comes to life in Honduras Dec. 29, 2008 One of the failings of university learning is that the work of students is often left on the shelf. Assignments, though faithfully completed, rarely make it out of the theoretical.
  • New program encourages students to become social entrepreneurs Nov. 26, 2008 Can one person change the world? The Kauffman Entrepreneurial Community Internship Program (KECIP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison allows both grads and undergrads an opportunity to utilize skills and knowledge gained in the classroom to become catalysts for social change -- and to get paid for doing it.
  • Service-learning courses reveal real-world issues Oct. 9, 2008 Service-learning courses bridge the gap between academia and the “real world” by providing students an opportunity to work at locations within the Madison community where their experiences relate to course material.
  • Engineers Without Borders July 17, 2008 Watch a WISC-TV For the Record episode that features UW-Madison’s Engineers Without Borders program.
  • Crop of print ad Class works to protect Wisconsin lakes in service learning project May 13, 2008 The mention of Eurasian water-milfoil and zebra mussels in Dominique Brossard's strategic communication class last February had students rolling their eyes and swapping puzzled looks. But after a semester of carefully tailoring multimedia campaigns to help a Wisconsin non-profit group get the word out about lake preservation, that initial bewilderment was replaced by an enthusiasm that could help keep state lakes free of invasive species.
  • Notable graduates: Craig Kohn — A passion for agricultural education May 13, 2008 In the process of applying for grants to conduct his own environmental research, Craig Kohn was asked to take the lead on implementing an environmental education program through the Wisconsin Future Farmers of America (FFA) Association. Unenthusiastic at first, Kohn soon discovered his passion for education.
  • Pi Mile Run benefits well water project in El Salvador April 10, 2008 As 255 University of Wisconsin-Madison students and community members thundered down the Lakeshore Path on the first warm Saturday morning in April, they dodged muddy puddles and happy pedestrians out for a weekend walk along Lake Mendota.
  • Photo of people working on wastewater project UW students help El Salvadoran towns build wastewater system Feb. 27, 2008 New Year's Eve in Nejapa, El Salvador, looks a lot like the Fourth of July. At Griselda Guzman's house, homemade fireworks lighted the front yard, where the guests dancing outside her pale yellow home included 11 University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering students and three advisers.
  • UW-Madison makes presidential honor roll for community service Feb. 13, 2008 The University of Wisconsin-Madison was named this week to the 2007 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll With Distinction for its efforts to promote community service and service learning on its campus.
  • 2008 Alliant Energy/Erroll B. Davis Jr. Achievement Award recipients announced Feb. 6, 2008 Four University of Wisconsin System students, including two from UW-Madison, will receive this year's Alliant Energy/Erroll B. Davis Jr. Achievement Awards, recognizing outstanding scholarship and community service.
  • Students choose service over sun on alternative breaks Feb. 5, 2008 Since 1990, University of Wisconsin-Madison student spring breakers have abandoned the luxury of sandy beaches to travel across the country and volunteer during their precious week of spring break.
  • UW-Madison No. 2 in producing Peace Corps volunteers Jan. 15, 2008 For the second straight year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is second in the nation in producing alumni volunteers to the Peace Corps.
  • Photo of South African flag Students take leadership venture to South Africa Jan. 7, 2008 After more than 40 hours of traveling, 30 University of Wisconsin-Madison students arrived last week in Cape Town, South Africa to start a two-week adventure in South Africa's capital city that will include a leadership seminar and service projects.
  • Students aid New Orleans restoration project July 27, 2007 Ten University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate students and their advisor will regroup in Madison during the first full week of August after spending the past two months in New Orleans, helping residents of the city's Lower Ninth Ward who hope to revitalize a natural treasure near the neighborhood ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.