Local governments across Wisconsin are wrestling with issues that define what it takes to support a thriving community. “We’re getting to these crisis points where population is declining, and people are getting older,” said Tiffany Brault, a member of the Fond Du Lac City Council and Fond Du Lac County Board.

Twenty-one individuals were recognized this month for their completion of the Wisconsin Local Government Leadership Academy. Their graduation took place at the Wisconsin Counties Association annual conference in the Wisconsin Dells.

Growing up, Susan Swanson already embodied the Wisconsin Idea that drives UW-Madison Extension. “I learned best when I was able to connect the classroom to things that I could see and interact with in nature.” That led to a career in geology and now the next Wisconsin state geologist.

To HMoob farmers, growing food is a way to become self-sufficient, eat well, and partake in rich cultural traditions that connect generations through shared knowledge and histories. However, HMoob farmers in Wisconsin, many of whom arrived between the late 1970s and early 2000s, largely did not have access to resources for growing culturally relevant crops.

UW-Madison announced the recipients of the 2023 Distinguished Teaching Award. Among the 12 faculty members recognized this year is Maggie Kerr, an assistant professor in the School of Human Ecology who also provides outreach teaching and education support to Extension.

To further its community engagement mission and create a hub for collaboration, programming, and education UW–Madison Extension moved to a new location just outside West Campus. Extension relocated to the former UW Credit Union Building at 3500 University Avenue in Madison. The building became available when UW Credit Union operations were moved to another facility, […]