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First-year electrical engineering major Kebba Jammeh joins Bike for Kids in refurbishing donated bicycles for people in the Dane County facing financial instability in a workshop in Madison, Wisconsin on March 9, 2026. Bikes for Kids is partnered with Badger Volunteers (BV), a semester-long program that pairs teams of students with community organizations to volunteer 1 to 4 hours each week at the same organization. Kebba Jammeh says he volunteers for Bikes for Kids because “ I love the bike community. I also love being able to give more kids and adults the opportunity to use bikes to whatever they need it, for transportation, having fun, or enjoying the weather.” (Photo by Taylor Wolfram / UW–Madison)
Patty Loew (wearing white sweater vest at center), professor of life sciences communication and a Bad River tribal member, talks about cultural history and digital storytelling with nine high school students from Wisconsin's Ho-Chunk Nation as the youth gathered near a Native American effigy mound and the Tree of Peace on Observatory Hill at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during autumn on Oct. 23, 2015. The UW Arboretum's Earth Partnership Program and UW-Madison's Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies hosted the group's one-day visit to campus. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)
Badger Volunteer Aya Ishikuri and Jade Ho at Rooted, Inc
Students gather at Allen Centennial Garden for a floral artmaking project. Photo by Aaron Granat

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Wisconsin Idea Fellows Connect Islamic Identity and STEM Education

Students from the Islamic STEM Association (iSTEM) at UW–Madison partnered with Madinah Academy and the Dawah Center to develop a STEM curriculum for Muslim youth in the Madison and Milwaukee communities.

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We prepare students to become engaged citizens, active members of their communities and tomorrow’s leaders. Faculty become involved through teaching community-based learning courses, integrating service into their curricula, and conducting community-engaged research.

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UW–Madison students serve as Badger Volunteers each semester

120+

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