University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: Columbia County

Wisconsin communities reach goals through UniverCity Alliance partnerships

UniverCity Alliance partnerships drive impacts across Wisconsin through collaboration with UW–Madison students and instructors.

Mapping the Wisconsin Idea

College of Letters & Science Magazine

Portage attracts residents, businesses, and workers after UniverCity partnership

The City of Portage worked with UniverCity Alliance as part of a partnership with Columbia County from 2021-24.

UniverCity Year builds partnerships, ‘mutual trust’ across Wisconsin

UniverCity Year has partnered with 29 local governments and communities across Wisconsin. Its most recent cohort welcomed nine communities – a record for the program.

Engineering master’s student finds connections in UniverCity Alliance experiences

Moubarak Jeje said he realized the “power of local voices” through his UniverCity Alliance experiences.

UW–Madison student shares workforce recommendations with Portage City Council

Through Columbia County’s partnership with UniverCity year, UW–Madison student Alan Tipple researched strategies to recruit and retain new workers whose primary language is not English.

Graduate students share Rio EMS research during UW-Madison’s ‘Day at the Capitol’

UW-Madison Master of Public Health students partnered with Columbia County’s village of Rio through UniverCity Year.

Rio partnership ‘reignited passion for public health’

As a result of the UniverCity Year partnership, the village of Rio in Columbia County is working with the local high school to implement new EMS outreach programs.

Columbia County working with UW program to help with local goals

Portage Daily Register | Jonathan Richie | March 10, 2022

UW-Madison’s ‘UniverCity Alliance’ to partner with six Wisconsin communities in 2022

The Daily Cardinal | Noah Maze | February 23, 2022