National Issues Forum: Economic Security Deliberations
Sponsored by the National Issues Forum and the Kettering Foundation, WIPPS was a principal co-investigator of a national project investigating how widespread public deliberation…
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Acting Deliberatively-Tools for the Classroom
WIPPS Director Eric Giordano and WIPPS Outreach and Civic Engagement Consultant John Greenwood presented a workshop titled “Acting Deliberatively: Tools for the Classroom” on…
Kids Voting: USA
Kids Voting USA (KVUSA) was founded in 1987 to get students involved in the processes of democracy and to help them become educated, engaged…
Obey Resource Center: CCE Grand Opening
To celebrate the Grand Opening of the UW Center for Civic Engagement on October 23, 2010, a ceremony and program were held at the…
Town of Wausau
Approached by the Town of Wausau to create a survey that would measure the opinions of residents regarding municipal services, WIPPS enlisted Professor of…
Identity and Diversity Program: Panel Discussion and Residency Activities
Partnering with UWMC’s Lecture and Fine Arts Series, WIPPS co-sponsored a panel of Japanese-American scholars and artists who discussed WWII American internment history and…
WIPPS Moderator Masterclass Training Collaborations
To reinforce and improve moderator skills for running deliberative forums and to continue with previous efforts to build a growing cadre of trained National…
Deliberative Forum Series: Course and Teachers’ Institute
Beginning in November 2009, WIPPS has been collaborating with the UW-Stevens Point School of Education to create the foundation for a Teachers’ Institute. WIPPS…
Great Northwoods Service: Fourth Annual Learning Conference
THEME: BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH SERVICE LEARNING Sponsored by: UW-Extension, UW Colleges, Wisconsin Campus Compact, and the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service Held…
AODA State Incentive Grant (SIG) Consultant Activities
Throughout 2009, and culminating in January, 2010, WIPPS program staff led a strategic planning initiative that resulted in the creation of the Marathon County…