Our Mission We connect campus & community through service, service-learning & community-based research to build a thriving democratic society

We’re in the one that looks like a castle. Where To Find Us RED GYM

Lussier Community Education Center  Building Community  Creating Opportunity  Enriching Education

Campus & Community City Population: 243,344 UW Student Enrollment: 43,193 City Square Miles: 84 Campus Square Miles: 3

What we’re going to cover  Recruiting student volunteers & interns  Badger Volunteers program  Service-learning courses  Fellowships  Connecting with faculty  Where to start

Recruiting Volunteers

Badger Volunteers 780 students serve weekly at one of 80+ community partner sites, on one of 141 teams focused on education, public health or sustainability for a whole semester

3,500 students majoring in things like business, anthropology, education, biology, art and more do 25 hours of service in one of UW-Madison’s 70+ for-credit service learning courses

“At some point, we all stumble upon the greatness of giving back to someone. Whether it happens early in our lives or later.” -Wisconsin Idea Fellow

WI Idea Exchange Database

How will you partner?  In what ways are you already partnering with UW-Madison? How could those partnership be enriched?  Where do you see potential for new partnerships with UW-Madison?  What challenges might you run into?