Two community projects involving professional schools from the College of Letters & Science will receive Community-University Partnership Awards on June 12.
The projects are:
The Jail Library Project, a partnership between the Dane County Library Service, Dane County Sheriff’s Office and the School of Library and Information Studies.
Southwest Madison Community Organizers, a partnership between neighborhood leaders representing the five neighborhoods under the SWMCO umbrella, Southwest Youth leaders from Youth Empowering Solutions and Meadowood Youth Advisory Board, Public Health of Madison and Dane County and UW-Madison faculty members and graduate students from the School of Social Work, Department of Community and Environmental Sociology, School of Human Ecology, and School of Education.
The awards are sponsored by UW-Madison’s Office of Community Relations and Community Partnerships and Outreach Staff Network, with support from the Office of the Chancellor and the Morgridge Center for Public Service. They will be presented at an event at Olin House.
The Community-University Partnership Awards recognize the work of UW-Madison faculty, staff and students, along with community partners as they address pressing public issues in Madison and the surrounding region. In thanking these community partners, the awards highlight exemplary partnerships that get to the heart of the Wisconsin Idea: community members and UW-Madison personnel working collaboratively to transform the campus and community for the public good.
To learn more about the awards and see the full list of honorees, read the full story from University Communications.