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Creating connections on campus to support Wisconsin communities

Posted on February 3, 2025

Recently published on UniverCity Alliance website: https://univercity.wisc.edu/2025/02/03/creating-connections-on-campus-to-support-wisconsin-communities/ When the City of Madison was interested in evaluating a pop-up shop program, UniverCity Alliance connected the project and city staff with an initiative at the Center for …

Posted in CommNS Knowledge Blog, In the News

Co-Create Reaches 50 Projects!

Posted on March 8, 2024

As we usher in spring, we offer congratulations to our Co-Create team who hit a major milestone toward the end of 2023: their 50th project. It began in 2017 as a small wish by Associate …

Posted in CommNS Knowledge Blog, Uncategorized

CommNS contributes to new book on UW-Madison’s global partnerships

Posted on September 7, 2023

Wisconsin in the World (ed. Elise S. Ahn) is a recently published book exploring the long and ongoing story of internationalization at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW). Against that backdrop, each chapter takes a unique …

Posted in CommNS Knowledge Blog, Uncategorized

CommNS Executive Director Speaks on Declining Volunteerism in Wisconsin

Posted on June 27, 2023

CommNS Executive Director, Mary Beth Collins, was featured on a NBC 15 news piece, “Study finds volunteering in Wisconsin dropped double digits.”

Posted in CommNS Knowledge Blog, In the News, Uncategorized

Executive Director Mary Beth Collins speaks on churches’ tax exempt status and political activity

Posted on April 20, 2023

Mary Beth Collins, Executive Director of the CommNS, was featured in a recent news story released by ABC 27, WKOW, “Cottage Grove priest stirs up controversy by urging people to not vote for specific Supreme …

Posted in CommNS Knowledge Blog, In the News, Uncategorized

CommNS-funded projects foster positive community change through engaged research

Posted on December 13, 2022

At the Fall CommUniversity session, UW-Madison researchers shared out about their CommNS-funded research projects. Each project reflected a deep commitment to community voice and leadership, and to translating research into positive social impact. Session speakers …

Posted in CommNS Knowledge Blog

Apply Now for the Community and Nonprofit Leadership Capstone Certificate Program

Posted on June 29, 2022

The Community and Nonprofit Leadership Capstone Certificate equips both emerging and established change agents working in the nonprofit, community, and civil society efforts with skills and knowledge to expand their impact and develop in their career path. …

Posted in CommNS Knowledge Blog

Learn about Top Trends and Promising Strategies in Revenue Model and Funds Development

Posted on June 13, 2022

The Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies (“The CommNS”) invites you to join us for our first ever webinar series, Top Trends and Promising Strategies in Revenue Model and Funds Development. Co-hosted by AFP Greater …

Posted in CommNS Knowledge Blog

Join our Summer Book Club on Trends in the Third Sector

Posted on June 9, 2022

As we transition from our academic year to summer, we are looking forward to getting some space and time for catching up on bigger-picture thinking and reflection about community work, nonprofit organizations, social enterprise, and …

Posted in CommNS Knowledge Blog, Uncategorized

Follow-up Survey Shows How COVID-19 Continues to Impact Wisconsin Nonprofits

Posted on August 17, 2021

Wisconsin’s nonprofit sector has stepped up to meet increased needs for support in the wake of COVID-19 and have found creative ways to safely pursue their missions. But nonprofit organizations have also faced significant challenges. …

Posted in CommNS Knowledge Blog, In the News
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