The purpose of this fund is
to increase access to myriad lifelong learning opportunities offered by
DCS, the Wisconsin Alumni Association, and UW-Madison. DCS plays a key
role in bringing the ideals and values of a liberal arts education into
people’s lives and extending cultural and educational opportunities
throughout Wisconsin through noncredit learning and enrichment opportunities.
Our goal is to establish scholarship funds that will make these noncredit
opportunities available to all, regardless of a learner’s income
level.
Scholarships in the Arts
Your generous support will
create scholarships for students of all ages. Each year thousands of people
attend hundreds of continuing-education arts courses offered by the Division.
In addition to hands-on courses in the visual arts, dance, music and drama,
offerings include the week-long Summer Music Clinic for middle- and high-school
students; the Wisconsin Early Music Festival of medieval, Renaissance
and Baroque music; the School of the Arts at Rhinelander which provides
hands-on programs to more than 300 adults in art and folk art, writing,
dance, movement and relaxation, music, photography and drama; the Summer
Drama Institute for teachers and theatre professionals; and Writer’s
Institute and Write-by-the-Lake for established and aspiring writers.
Our goal is to make these arts offerings available to all, regardless
of income level.
Just for Kids Fund
Help
us establish an endowment for disadvantaged youth to receive scholarships
for noncredit courses in the arts, humanities and sciences. Your gift
will nurture the creative spirit of low-income youth whether they aspire
to become the next great artist, writer, teacher, politician, business
leader or scientist. UW-Madison’s noncredit youth programs serve
some 14,000 youth throughout the year. Opportunities include College for
Kids, Saturday Enrichment, Middle School College Access and other programs
that provide accelerated studies. Summer Enrichment and other research-oriented
programs provide laboratory experiences where minority high school students
work in research labs in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine.
Other youth programs focus on the arts, languages, atmospheric sciences,
computer technology, math and agriculture. Your gift to disadvantaged
youth will really make a difference.
Just for Teachers Fund
As with any profession, teachers
must constantly update their skills and rejuvenate their creative spirits.
UW-Madison offers hundreds of noncredit and credit courses to help teachers
stay current in their fields and meet continuing education license requirements
through courses in specialized fields, curriculum development, professional
development, and teacher research and inquiry programs. Outside funding
is critical. Your support can help K-14 science and health teachers attend
more than 20 Wisconsin Teacher Enhancement Program (WisTEP) summer courses.
WisTEP connects these teachers with university scientists and lets them
develop and test innovative instructional materials on fast plants, human
genetics, fetal alcohol syndrome, mental health, and other issues. The
summer Advanced Placement Institute plays a critical role in training
hundreds of Midwestern teachers who teach and test thousands of high school
students around the region in taking Advance Placement courses for college
credit in biology, economics, English, French, math, U.S. government,
U.S. history, Spanish and statistics. Your gift will open the door to
hundreds of opportunities for teachers throughout the country.
In the words of one teacher
who recently completed a UW continuing education course, "I believe
this workshop was one of the turning points in my decision to stay in
the field of education."
