UniverCity Year Program Will Partner with Nine Communities

Thursday, February 16th, 2023 -- 1:00 PM

UniverCity Year program will partner with nine communities in 2023.

The record-setting cohort is working with University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty, students, and staff during the 2022 to 2025 academic years. In a record-setting cohort, University of Wisconsin-Madison’s UniverCity Year program is partnering with nine communities across Wisconsin during the 2022 to 2025 academic years and leveraging university resources to move forward their goals.

UniverCity Year (UCY) is the hallmark program of UniverCity Alliance, an initiative that connects local governments across Wisconsin with resources at the university. During the three- year program, students and faculty work with communities toward locally-identified goals.

“Communities are hungry to get fresh ideas and a jump-start on project ideas they have,” UniverCity Alliance Managing Director Gavin Luter said. “UW-Madison is a unique partner for these communities because we hopefully are perceived to be a neutral third party whose only interest is to help the communities improve.”

The nine communities include the villages of Cottage Grove and Shorewood; the cities of Marinette, Milton, River Falls, and Wausau; and Eau Claire, St. Croix, and Wood counties.

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