African Studies Outreach
The African Studies Program offers a range of outreach services for educators and others, including a large selection of slides, videos, sound clips, maps, artifacts, and books for teaching at all levels; curriculum specialists to consult with schools; and regular conferences and workshops. Of special note on the program’s Web site are two features: Africa Focus, which contains digital forms of the program’s 3,500 images along with dozens of sound clips; and Passeport à l’Afrique Francophone, a unique resource for French teachers, with video clips and curriculum units.
Arboretum and Center for Restoration Ecology (UW-Madison)
This 1,280-acre nature preserve is a research and teaching facility located south of the campus. It includes world-renowned collections of restored, native Wisconsin plant and animal communities, as well as an extensive collection of woody plants. The arboretum boasts more than 25 miles of woodland and prairie hiking trails. Public tours are available on weekends; school groups can schedule appointments during the week. Self-guiding brochures are available for families about Curtis Prairie, Gallistel Woods and Indian Mounds. Birding backpacks can be checked out for free at the arboretum bookstore. On the second Saturday of every month, the arboretum offers Earth Partnership for Families, a two-hour, kid-friendly program that uses nature hikes, stories, crafts, and activities to explore animals, plants, and natural phenomena. On the second Sunday of every month, the arboretum offers one-hour family walks with topics that are especially appealing to youngsters.
Arts Institute
Created in 1998, the UW Arts Institute works to make the arts at UW-Madison more visible and effective. It funds projects with university- and community-wide impact, including artists’ residencies, awards and fellowships, arts communications and outreach, and public programs such as Arts Night Out and the Wisconsin Film Festival. The Arts Institute is directed by an executive committee composed of the chairs and directors of the major campus arts departments and resources.
Arts Night Out
Arts Night Out is a campus arts festival for students, especially those new to campus, and the general public. Offered on a single weekend evening in the fall, Arts Night Out provides a sampling of the wide array of arts programming that is regularly offered by campus galleries, theaters, and music and arts groups. The event is sponsored by campus arts departments and organizations, Visitor & Information Programs, and the UW–Madison Arts Institute.
Arts on Campus
The Arts on Campus Web site provides a portal to art activities and resources available at UW–Madison. It includes an arts calendar and information on film, music, dance, theater, writing, and the visual arts. In addition, links to a variety of K–12 art resources for teachers and schools are listed on the Web site.
Arts Outreach Program
A component of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arts Institute, the Arts Outreach Program works hand-in-hand with the School of Music to share the expertise of its three faculty ensembles-in-residence with young musicians and community audiences around the state. These ensembles are the Pro Arte String Quartet, Wingra Woodwind Quintet, and the Wisconsin Brass Quintet. In addition to performing as part of the School of Music Faculty Concert Series, each ensemble travels to Wisconsin high schools and concert halls, working with young musicians and performing for local concert series patrons.
Badger Boys' Basketball Camps
Coach Bo Ryan has developed these camps to offer great opportunities for honing offensive and defensive fundamentals in drills and games. Each camper will receive instruction from Badger basketball staff and other outstanding coaches. Campers will visit the Kohl Center, experiencing first-hand the excitement and atmosphere of Big Ten facilities. Many different program options are offered, including a father-son camp and one for coaches and teams to attend together. Information on schedules and costs is available on the Web site.
Badger Boys' Soccer Camps
Camps address the fundamentals of soccer with individual and group instruction, and are available for those new to the game as well as advanced players. Day and residential camps are offered; special goalkeeper training is offered daily. Information on schedules and costs is available on the Web site.
Badger Football Camps
Instructed by Badger coaches and staff, campers learn football from the ground up, receiving fundamental and technique instruction. Groups are divided by position and grade. Camps for high-schoolers feature a padded environment. The Youth Camp (grades 4–8) is in a non-padded environment. Strength and speed training sessions are provided under the direction of the strength and conditioning coach and staff.
Badger Girls' Golf Camps
The Badger Girls' Golf Camps expose girls to the fundamentals of the game of golf and provide a fun learning environment in a college setting. They are open to girls who have completed grades 6-12. Instruction is provided by outstanding collegiate golf coaches, with assistance from UW golfers. These are residential camps with housing at UW dorms and 24-hour supervision. Instruction and play takes place at University Ridge Golf Course.
Badger Sports Camps
This Web site provides links to all of the sports camps sponsored by the UW–Madison Athletic Department, which offers a variety of opportunities for children of all ages throughout the year. Young athletes can participate in camps and clinics in more than 20 sports, ranging from basketball to rowing to golf. Camps range in length, price, and age level, and most are supervised by UW coaches and players. Information on individual camps is posted when it becomes available.
Badger Winter Tennis Camp
The Badger Winter Tennis Camp serves up a combination of tennis drills, tactical situations, and match play. The object of this three-day camp is to further develop the game of experienced players as well as introduce the sport of tennis to newcomers by providing a fun, organized and educational environment. The camp takes place at the Nielsen Tennis Center on the UW–Madison campus and is coached by Patti Henderson and Greg VanEmburgh.
Barry Davis's Wisconsin Wrestling Camp
Designed for beginners to elite wrestlers, each camp is adapted to individual skills and abilities. Options include Takedown Camp; Intensive Camp; Technique Camp; and Badger Team Camp, for coaches and teams to attend together. These are residential camps.
BioLEARN (Linking Educators As a Resource Network)
The BioLEARN Web site includes a set of teaching resources created for and by Wisconsin high school and middle school biology teachers. Activities have been reviewed and classroom-tested by teams of teachers and are aligned with Wisconsin Model Academic Standards. The Web site includes a template for teachers to develop new activities and a rubric for reviewing their own or others' teaching materials.
Biology Outreach Club
The Biology Outreach Club is a group of mainly graduate students who bring hands-on biology activities to young learners and the public – on campus, throughout the Madison community, and around the state of Wisconsin. Its goal is to help people of all ages explore the excitement and wonder of biology. In 2007, the club received an Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment, which will enable members to design new outreach materials on a range of biology topics and make the materials available to teachers statewide. During the three-year grant period, the group also plans to conduct 20 outreach events per year.