Wisconsin Idea Undergraduate Fellowships

A committee of faculty, students, staff and community members selected the following projects as Wisconsin Idea Undergraduate Fellowships (WIF) for the next academic year. The fellowships provide undergraduate students with the opportunity to create outreach projects with community organizations. Fellowships are supported by grants from the Evjue Foundation and the WK Kellogg Foundation.

WIF recipients for 2000-2001 include the following students, faculty advisers and community organizations:

Parker Kelley, Joanne Rash and Jeff Nicholson, director of Clinical Education, City of Beloit Health Department, “GuardCare 2000: Beloit Area Community Health Center.”

Rian McSwain, April Winecke, Zach Brott and linguistics associate professor Monica Macaulay, College of the Menominee Nation, “Menominee Language Educational Video: The Menominee Pow-Wow.”

Timothy Holveck, sociology professor Joseph Elder, and Outreach, Inc., “Remembering the Hotel Washington: A Community Embraces Its History Through Shared Experiences.”

Kathy Perez Castro, Adolfo Diaz, Julie Martinez, Cinthya Covarrubias, and art lecturer Debra Barrera Pontillo, Ray F. Sennett Middle School, “Tiahui Outreach Program.”

Robert Trim, associate professor Mary Keller, University of Wisconsin Organ Procurement Organization, “The Kelly Nachreiner Donor Education Program.”

Jenny Gores-Todd, Chad Hewitt, Christal Stone, sociology professor Gary Sandefur, Salvation Army, “Salvation Army Learning Center.”

Connie Haag, sociology associate professor Jack Kloppenburg, Madison Community Gardeners Coalition, “Planting Seeds for Community Garden Growth.”

Erica Christoph, professor William Tishler of landscape architecture, Bassett Project Management Team and Capitol Neighborhoods, Inc., “Bassett Neighborhood Inventory and Conservation District.”

Casey Gardonio, Brian Yablon, education professor Marianne Bloch, SHAPE, “ASPIRE: Achieving Success by Promoting Interest in Higher Education.” n