University of Wisconsin-Madison

Resources for Undergraduate Students

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29 records found.

• Academic Advancement Program (AAP)

  For 40 years, the Academic Advancement Program has demonstrated relentless student advocacy and a commitment to providing professional advising services while continually meeting the demands of the curriculum and the ever-changing learning needs of students. AAP promotes accessibility and support to students who are disadvantaged and is primarily focused on providing access to higher education to individuals who may be academically at risk, but show high potential for success at the university. Accessibility is provided by offering academic support services in the following areas: first-year orientation; academic advising; instructional support; writing instruction; study skills; and connections to the UW student body as well as community resources.

  Contact: (608) 263-5068

• African American Student Academic Services (AASAS)

  African American Student Academic Services (AASAS) provides support services to African and African American undergraduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As members of our campus community or as prospective members of the UW-Madison community, AASAS works towards the goal of your graduation from the University of Wisconsin-Madison through supporting you in your pursuits on campus. All students will benefit from a culturally, economically, geographically, and academically diverse campus, and AASAS will do its utmost to foster such an environment for our African and African American students.

  Contact: (608) 262-2583

• American Indian Student Academic Services (AISAS)

  American Indian Student Academic Services (AISAS) assists undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in their academic, professional, and personal growth, with a focus on undergraduate retention. We work to develop a sense of community among students from reservation, rural, suburban, and urban backgrounds with diverse interests. Over thirty American Indian, Alaskan Native & Native Hawaiian Nations comprise the American Indian campus community today. The shores of Lake Mendota have been home to Indigenous Nations and peoples for 11,000 years, and AISAS celebrates the continued presence of our community at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

  Contact: (608) 262-2583

• Bradley Learning Community (BLC)

  The Bradley Learning Community is a dynamic residential living-learning community of nearly 250 first year students, faculty and staff. The Bradley Learning Community (or BLC as we affectionately call it) provides a small, liberal arts college feel with all the resources of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Rather than the residence hall being separate from campus life, Bradley is an extension of it. Each year is new—events, activities, and learning experiences are shaped by the students living there. Students succeed in Bradley because they become immersed in their own learning and become connected to all that the University has to offer. Our many enhanced academic and social resources create an environment of friendship, support, engagement and achievement

  Contact: (608) 265-8678

• CALS Advising

  Students in CALS have the opportunity to work with a faculty member as their advisor. This allows for more of a mentorship relationship as students engage coursework in majors in which the faculty advisors have great experience. Incoming students of color are assigned to advisors who are experienced and successful in their majors. Peer advising and mentoring are also encouraged in departments, and often arranged, through student organizations or intervention by the Assistant Dean of Minority Student Affairs.

  Contact: (608) 262-3288

• CALS Scholarship Program

  The CALS Scholarship Program is to provide additional funding opportunities to students based on academic achievement, financial need, and other criteria, such as a specific award designated for two former PEOPLE students who enter CALS. Students are also encouraged to submit the FAFSA and apply for university aid.

  Contact: (608) 262-3003

• Chancellor’s Scholarship/Powers Knapp Programs

  The Chancellor’s Scholarship Program was established in 1984 to increase the educational opportunities for academically talented underrepresented ethnic minority and disadvantaged undergraduates, specifically African, Hispanic, Native and Southeast Asian Americans.

  Contact: (608) 262-9315

• Chicano/a and Latino/a Student Academic Services (CLSAS)

  Chicano/a and Latino/a Student Academic Services (CLSAS) is here to assist you throughout your undergraduate career at UW-Madison. CSAS works with you to assist in the transition from high school or other university/college to our campus. CSAS will continue to support you in obtaining your goal of successfully passing university courses and earning your degree, which will prepare you for the work force and/or graduate/professional school. Your academic, professional and personal growth is our mission. The members of the CSAS office provide many support services and extracurricular events that help to promote and retain our Chicano/a, Mexicano/a, & Latino/a heritage and culture on the UW-Madison campus.

  Contact: (608) 262-2583

• Education Fellows Program

  Incoming freshmen who are strongly committed to K-12 teaching careers are encouraged to apply to the school’s Education Fellows Program. Each fall the program admits up to 25 incoming freshmen in a pre-education major. The three basic components to the Education Fellows learning community are: Weekly evening meetings offering specialized seminars, workshops and field trips. A four-semester sequence of education-related courses for 2-3 credits per course. Early Field Experience Program. Education Fellows participate in early exploration of K-12 education through a unique relationship with three of Madison’s public schools.These specialized resources and programming give Education Fellows the opportunity to become students with a strong understanding of, and desire to teach in, schools with ethnically, culturally, and economically diverse student bodies.

  Contact: (608) 265-5898

• First-Year Interest Groups (FIG)

  A First-Year Interest Group (FIG) consists of a group of 20 first-year students who live in the residence hall or “residential neighborhood” and who also enroll in a cluster of three classes together. Each FIG cluster of courses has a central theme: the central or “synthesizing” course integrates content from the other two classes. Being in a FIG allows new freshmen to meet other students with similar interests. FIG students also get to connect with faculty in a small seminar environment. Working and studying together allows students in FIGs to share ideas, discover new insights, and develop lasting friendships. The integration of the courses within each FIG helps students discover how disciplines relate to one another, thus creating a richer educational experience.

  Contact: (608) 263-6504

• Health Professions Mentoring Program

  Health professions students provide mentoring to minority high school students in Madison.

• Health Sciences Student SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) Seminar

  Diversity seminar to support students’ explorations of their cultural identities and to expand their skills in working with patients and practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds.

• Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program for Undergraduates (SRP-Bio)

  In the Integrated Biological Sciences Summer Research Program, students do independent research projects with faculty mentors for ten weeks in one of five research areas: —Computational Biology & Biostatistics —Neurobiology —Cellular and Molecular Biology —Plant Biology —Environmental Biology These five disciplinary clusters are intellectually woven together at weekly meetings in an interdisciplinary learning community through evolutionary theory and the research process. In addition to meeting with the interdisciplinary group, students prepare research proposals, final papers, and oral presentations summarizing their work. Students also have the opportunity to explore the UW and Madison. This is a program administered through the Center for Biology Education.

  Contact: (608) 262-1182

• International Learning Community (ILC)

  The International Learning Community (ILC) offers you opportunities to make friends from Wisconsin and around the world and to interact with faculty, staff, and students who share your interest in learning about different cultures. The ILC is dedicated to enhancing cross-cultural understanding. The ILC is a unique opportunity for American students who want to get to know international students and for international students who want to get to know Americans. The ILC living experience would be ideal for students planning to study abroad or returning from studying abroad; for international and exchange students; for students studying foreign languages; and for any students interested in world affairs. To guide ILC student residents in their activities and academics, a steering committee helps direct the learning community. The ILC Steering Committee includes UW-Madison faculty, University Housing Life staff and current ILC students who help design and plan a range of programs from social gatherings to trips to educational and cultural activities.

  Contact: (608) 262-1599

• Leaders in Engineering Excellence and Diversity (LEED)

  LEED is Leaders in Engineering Excellence and Diversity, an organization for underrepresented students in the College of Engineering — and any undergraduates interested in diversity. LEED offers students … —A monthly meeting (always with food) for getting to know other students and receiving updates about important resources —Mentoring from older students in your major —Tutorial and study group support for your classes —Pertinent information about internships, coops, graduate school, fellowships —Scholarship opportunities —Advising, mentoring, and general support from Diversity Affairs Office staff —Opportunities to participate in fun activities —An important cross-discipline community of students to know and be a part of —A vehicle for leadership in the CoE that promotes the diversity and talent of our student body

  Contact: (608) 263-5367

• McNair Scholars Program

  This program serves the UW-Madison graduate school in two ways: 1) The UW-Madison program, housed in the Graduate School, serves as a direct pipeline to UW-Madison graduate programs. The main objective of the McNair Scholars program is to prepare these Scholars for doctoral studies. Our McNair Scholars program served 28 undergraduates in 2004-05. The average GPA of Scholars is 3.4. Twelve Scholars were graduated in May 2005, seven of these matriculated to graduate studies. Of these, three students joined UW-Madison and are receiving AOF funding. 2) There are over 175 McNair Scholars programs around the nation. McNair Scholars from various programs come to UW-Madison Graduate School for a campus visit. In 2004-05, approximately 100 McNair scholars visited the Graduate School.

  Contact: (608) 262-0631

• Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)

  The Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Program gives minority undergraduate students the opportunity to conduct research and explore careers. Students are guided by faculty and staff mentors in research projects in cell biology, genetics, developmental biology and immunotoxicology. Students present their research in a final symposium. Funded by National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).

  Contact: (608) 263-4580

• Multicultural Learning Community (MLC)

  The aim of the MLC is to establish a caring community that facilitates students’ residential and academic lives. In order to make this idea a reality, we sponsor a variety of academic and non-academic programs throughout the year that will help the residents to become acquainted, and to enable them to interact with people who have both a personal and a professional interest in diversity.

  Contact: (608) 263-6586

• Orientation & New Student Programs (ONSP)

  Orientation & New Student Programs leads the campus in programs and services for first year students. ONSP staff work to coordinate SOAR, Wisconsin Welcome and First Year Experience programs.

  Contact: (608) 263-0367

• Research Experience for Undergraduates in Microbiology (REU-Microbiology)

  The REU-Microbiology summer program is sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Bacteriology, in association with the National Science Foundation. Participating undergraduate students will spend ten weeks in a laboratory conducting full-time research in microbiology, microbial genetics and/or molecular biology. The program provides students with the opportunity to test their interests in a scientific career by becoming engaged in an active research program in a recognized scientific laboratory. Participating students conduct their own research project under the direction of a faculty member and work as part of a laboratory research team investigating fundamental problems in microbiology and molecular biology.

  Contact: (608) 263-0234

• School of Education Minority Student Services

  The UW-Madison School of Education is committed to increasing racial and ethnic diversity within its major program offerings. To that end, staff develop and coordinate recruitment and support activities for underrepresented students at all levels of the educational experience: pre-college programming, undergraduate recruitment/retention, financial aid and scholarship assistance, and campus wide support programming.

  Contact: (608) 262-8427

• Summer Education Research Program (SERP)

  SERP provides promising minority college students, who are interested in pursuing graduate studies in the field of education, with a valuable opportunity to engage in independent research with a faculty mentor for two months in the summer. The School of Education and its departments have ranked consistently among the best in the nation. Please contact us for more details about potential research areas and departments in the School.

  Contact: (608) 263-4174

• Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP)

  The UW-Madison Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) is an intensive 8-10-week summer program, whose three-fold purpose is 1) to give research opportunities to undergraduate students from our campus and throughout the country, 2) to bring a minority perspective to scholarship and, 3) to showcase UW-Madison as a choice institution for graduate studies. The Graduate School partners with eleven different departments which comprise the SROP to offer an array of summer research programs in the biological, physical and social sciences. The 10 SROP partners coordinate and fund the SROP.

• Summer Undergraduate Research Experience and Research Experience for Undergraduates (SURE/REU)

  Each year the College of Engineering Diversity Affairs Office (DAO), in partnership with the Graduate School and Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (sponsored by the National Science Foundation) conducts a ten-week summer research program. The purpose of the programs is to attract potential students to UW graduate degrees in engineering. The SURE/REU program is designed to provide the participants with opportunities to test their interests in science and engineering under the direction of UW-Madison faculty members.

  Contact: (608) 263-4583

• Symbiosis Summer Program (SSP)

  The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Plant Pathology and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Wisconsin Program for Scientific Teaching are sponsoring a 10 week summer research program in the biology of symbiosis. Participants in the SSP will engage in ten weeks of independent research in the biology of symbiosis, guided by a graduate student or postdoctoral mentor and a faculty member.

  Contact: (608) 262-9926

• Wisconsin Alliance for Minority Participation (WiscAMP)

  Established in 2004, the goals of the WiscAMP program are to increase the number of baccalaureates awarded to underrepresented minority students in STEM disciplines. Forge a new academic alliance across institutions of higher education in the state of Wisconsin. WiscAMP program objectives are: —Increase retention through academic enhancement programs and services that focus on tutoring, mentoring, supplemental instruction and peer support. —Increase recruitment and retention by increasing mentoring skills of graduate students (and future faculty members) that provide oversight for undergraduates participating in the summer undergraduate research experience programs. —Increase recruitment and retention by allowing participating institutions to propose institutional or regional-based initiatives that best suit their local needs. —Focus on faculty development and alliance building by creating a STEM “network of champions” among faculty and administrators within the alliance. This network will share best practices for diversifying student populations and improving the institutional culture related to diversity issues. —Focus on staff development and alliance building by establishing regional working groups to facilitate information flow among alliance members. —Establish enrollment and degree baseline and track these data for all institutions in the alliance.

  Contact: (608) 262-7764

• TRIO Student Support Services Program

  This federally funded program provides academic and ancillary support to students from low-income families, first-generation college students and students with disabilities. TRIO is a campus-wide program open to students from various disciplines. They work with over 500 undergraduate students. TRIO’s mission is to provide a supportive learning community which fosters an equal opportunity for success in higher education.

  Contact: (608) 265-5106

• Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (URS)

  The Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (URS) is dedicated to helping first- and second-year undergraduates get hands-on experience in research or other creative endeavors by working with UW faculty and research staff. Discovery-whether in the sciences, engineering, the arts, or the social sciences-is the cornerstone of our greatness as a university.The experience of working with a faculty or staff member who is pushing forward the frontiers of knowledge will transform what students learn in the classroom into reality and relevance. The URS Program is open to all first- and second-year undergraduates and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive scholarly community that includes students from historically under-represented groups.

  Contact: (608) 262-2583

• Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Residential Learning Community

  The Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Residential Learning Community provides an environment where women interested in science, math, and/or engineering can make strong academic and personal connections with students, staff, and faculty who share their interests. Participants benefit from having a small academic community within the setting of a large research university. Women who choose to participate in WISE have the opportunity to develop mentoring relationships with faculty members as well as friendships that can last a lifetime.

  Contact: (608) 263-3994