Travel, Learn, and Lead on the Wisconsin Experience Bus Trip
Want to tour Wisconsin’s top sites, hear from accomplished leaders across the state, learn more about your leadership style, and make new friends – all for free? Of course you do! Welcome to the Wisconsin Experience Bus Trip, or WEBT, a weeklong event hosted by the Center for Leadership & Involvement each year after the end of the spring semester. This year’s statewide extravaganza will take place May 13-17. The adventure starts...
After the Org Fair: What to Do Now that You’ve Found an RSO
In just six combined hours on Sept. 12 and 13, over 13,000 students made their way through the Kohl Center, meandering through a sea of tables and smiling faces, shaking hands and asking questions. Welcome to the Student Organization Fair: a semesterly event hosted by the Center for Leadership & Involvement (CfLI) that introduces students to around 450 different registered student organizations, or RSOs. Best Buddies...
Leadership, Mentorship, and Finding One’s Voice: Mae Hurtado-Thiele Receives 2023 Women’s Leadership Award
For a while, Mae Hurtado-Thiele says she lost her voice. As a child, she felt alone as the only girl in the upper level math classes and the only Spanish-speaking student at a new school. She felt less inclined to speak up, or even to speak Spanish in front of others. But when she found her voice again years later, it was that of a burgeoning leader – and that of the 2023 recipient of the Anne Louise Martino Leadership Award. The...
Bloom Where You’re Planted: Students Recognized at 2023 Bucky’s Award Ceremony
Each spring, we are honored to recognize the hard work and dedication of Badgers at the annual Bucky’s Award Ceremony through the Center for Leadership & Involvement’s (CfLI) Student Leadership Program. The event provides a space to celebrate and applaud the valuable contributions University of Wisconsin–Madison students are making to improve campus and beyond. This year, we were able to spotlight the incredible work of 18...