How one Service Learning course changed my life

by Megan Miller

Community to the Individual: Beyond Merriam-Webster

by Adam Beer

Losing touch with what it means to be human

by Allison Hare

Sometimes I lose touch with what it means to be human.

I don’t mean this in the conventional sense of being a human — that is, being able to think, communicate, and generally able to…

The Deceit of the “Gap Year”

“I ate on $4.00 a day, lived in a nearly abandoned and outdated school for the blind, wore a uniform, drove a 15 passenger van…and had the best year of my life.”

UW-Madison volunteers help drive Wheels for Winners into high gear

Miracle of the Moringa

How a tree — and a community — transformed a village.

Research and the Wisconsin Idea: Giving back through the Wisconsin Festival of Ideas

by Claire Powling

What do Simpson’s Paradox, Online Dating, the Ice Cube Project, high stakes surgical risks, and Greener Fairer Food legislation have in…

Developing an even greater fondness for Badger Volunteers

by Matthew Anderson

For the past four semesters I have been volunteering at various schools throughout the Madison area as a member of Badger Volunteers (BV). As a part of BV, you make a weekly commitment…

From small idea to Wisconsin Idea

The power of the Wisconsin Idea lies not in the solitary action of a single person, but in the…