Marshfield Civility Project

A desire to end the ongoing bickering and partisanship so prevalent in today’s political discourse led to a series of bipartisan voter education forums…

Empowering Kids From Kindergarten To High School

WIPPS works with the Kettering Foundation and educators in the School Districts of Athens and Wausau to study the impact of deliberation as an…

Youth Leadership Institute

Students Participate In A Year-Long Leadership Experience WIPPS partners with the Department of Public Instruction (Wausau) and the Wausau Area High School Leadership Program…

Deliberative Forum Series: K-12

Finding Common Ground On Tough, Divisive Issues WIPPS partners with area high schools, the UW-Marathon County Assembly of Student Leaders and Organizations, UWMC Department…

Introducing WIPPS state director of development

Aaron Zitzelsberger has joined WIPPS as state director of development. His duties include managing fundraising efforts as well as coordinating many of WIPPS’ statewide…

Funding Recognition

Two significant grants this year – from the B.A. & Esther Greenheck Foundation and the Judd S. Alexander Foundation – have allowed WIPPS to…

WIPPS awarded Martin Luther King Day of Service Grant

A grant awarded to WIPPS from the national Martin Luther King Day of Service program will be used to hold an Oxfam Hunger Banquet at UW-Marathon County from 6-7:30 p.m. on January 25.

Meet the staff: Konnor Denzine

Konnor Denzine is a fall intern here at WIPPS.  His workload being as diversified as his interests, Konnor is working several projects in WIPPS…

Drug Testing of the Unemployed and Welfare Recipients Begins

Monday, November 9, 2015, was the first day that Wisconsin’s unemployed and welfare recipients had to undergo drug examinations. All applicants were given questionnaires to…

Kettering Project

WIPPS maintains an ongoing research collaboration with Kettering Foundation of Dayton, Ohio, as well as high school and college institutions in Birmingham, Alabama; State College, Pennsylvania; and Long Island, New York.