Community Service Projects Earn Support From Morgridge Center

Madison, Wisconsin - The Morgridge Center for Public Service at the University of Wisconsin-Madison recently awarded 11 matching grants totaling $334,739 to support service learning, community-based research or civic engagement work by University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty and researchers in the areas of education, environment or health.

Two of those projects are led by faculty and staff from the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.

"We are extremely fortunate to have such talented and passionate teams of faculty, staff and students who are working together with community partners to address emerging public needs," says Nancy Mathews, director of the Morgridge Center. "Their work makes a difference in the lives of people every day, both locally and abroad, and truly represents the spirit of the Wisconsin Idea.

"We are pleased to support them through the Morgridge Match Program in an effort to advance the university's service mission and strengthen the role that the Morgridge Center plays in preparing students to become civicly engaged citizens and leaders of the future."

The fall 2010 grant cycle yielded funding for the following School of Medicine and Public Health projects:

• Tribal Community Advisory Boards Create Sustainable Interventions to Environmental Health Barriers. Alexandra Adams, associate professor of family medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, for senior capstone students in the Department of Landscape Architecture to improve Wisconsin American Indian reservation environments to support healthier lifestyles.
  
  
• Community-Based Oral Initiative. Sharon Younkin, director of academic affairs, School of Medicine and Public Health, to provide health profession students service opportunities at a community-based dental clinic for the homeless people. Younkin leads the School of Medicine and Public Health's Community Service Programs.

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