Second-Year Progress Report
Priority: Reinvigorate the Wisconsin Idea and renew our commitment to our public mission
- The Morgridge Center for Public Service’s Badger Volunteers program has grown tenfold in three years. This year student volunteers contributed more than 11,000 hours, representing more than $220,000 in volunteer labor for community partners.
- In addition, UW student-athletes contributed 1,500 hours of community service in and around Madison.
- A 2011 economic impact report found that UW–Madison and affiliated organizations and startup companies support 128,146 Wisconsin jobs and generate $614 million in revenue annually for Wisconsin.
- The Global Health and the Sustainability initiatives, which are exploring two complex world problems through campuswide interdisciplinary efforts, have newly appointed directors and have been awarded institutional support to leverage their impact.
- With more than 100 companies in University Research Park, ground was broken to build a second site.
- The Wisconsin China Initiative, created in 2007, has ramped up campuswide efforts to build institutional relationships with key partners in China, expand study-abroad opportunities for our students, and foster interdisciplinary connections among faculty involved in China-related research — all aimed at giving UW–Madison a unique footprint in this important country.
- The International Internship Program, supported by MIU, is moving quickly to establish new relationships with key international business and NGO partners, enabling more students to gain professional and intercultural experience through internships in places such as China, Germany, India, and Japan.
- The first All-Campus Board Summit brought together 650 members of more than 80 boards that advise colleges, departments, and programs across campus.
- The spectacular Union South opened, providing new opportunities for students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the community to connect.
- Through the Partner School Network, faculty, staff, and students worked with educators at four elementary schools, eight middle schools, and seven high schools to improve instruction and educational outcomes.
- Public-health issues in Wisconsin are being addressed through cross-campus collaborations and partnerships with the community, targeting issues such as rural-health needs, asthma in the inner city, obesity, smoking prevention/quitting, fighting the flu, and solving the nursing shortage.
- Staff at UW–Madison Welcome Centers personally greeted more than 230,000 visitors and answered questions about UW–Madison from an additional 70,000 people.
- The Wisconsin Alumni Association hosted a teleconference town hall meeting with then Chancellor Biddy Martin for 20,000 alumni living in Wisconsin.
- More than 80,000 people participated in more than 800 non-credit and credit outreach programs.
- A Badger Poll gathered extensive opinions from Wisconsinites and found that 9 in 10 have a slightly favorable to extremely favorable impression of UW–Madison.
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