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: 243,344UW Student Enrollment: 43,193

City Square Miles: 84Campus 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?