Community Scholars Program Beyond 2005- 2006

The Community Scholars Program (CSP) is a one-year academic program for juniors and seniors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It combines opportunities for community service and experiential learning. CSP creates partnerships among students, faculty/staff and community organizations to develop projects that address needs identified by the community.  Program enrollment is limited to about 25 students each year.   

The future of the Community Scholars Program for the 2006-2007 academic year is uncertain.  The program has been organized primarily by Gerry Campbell as Faculty Director. After about ten years working on the program he will be shifting his work to other activities.  We have not found a faculty Director for the program at this point.  If you want to register interest in the program please E-mail Professor Campbell at grcampbe.wisc.edu.

Here are ideas for alternate service-learning experiences at UW-Madison

• Contact the Randy Wallar at the Morgridge Center about alternatives including some community based service-learning classes.

• If you are currently a freshman xplore the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (http://www.lssaa.wisc.edu/urs/) which can offer the opportunity for community service as a location for research.

• Contact the Center for Biology Education about their Service Learning opportunities.

• Look into EPICS ( http://epics.engr.wisc.edu/) which recruits students from many areas on campus to work in teams with engineering students on community service projects.

• The School of Human Ecology has a number of service learning opportunities. My main contact is Professor Boyd Rossing.

•  Apply for a Wisconsin Idea Fellowship through the Morgridge Center and create your own team of faculty and agency mentors. 

Wisconsin Idea Fellowships
The Wisconsin Idea Undergraduate Fellowship (WIF) program provides opportunities for UW-Madison undergraduates to reach out, share their expertise, serve the community and learn outside the classroom. The fellowships support innovative service-learning/community-based research projects that bring together undergraduates with a faculty/instructional staff member and a community organization to meet an identified community need while enhancing the students' educational experience.

Students receive a stipend (up to $3,000 for individuals and $5,000 for groups) and receive 3 credits of independent study, directed research or senior thesis.

The faculty mentor and community partner each receive up to $1,000 to support the development and implementation of the WIF project.

More details are available at www.morgridge.wisc.edu/wif.html

 If you have questions E-mail Faculty Director Gerry Campbell at campbell@aae.wisc.edu