Morgridge Center for Public Service Advisory Board Meeting February 13, 2008

The Morgridge Center for Public Service Advisory Board is a committee that meets each semester to discuss issues that deal with student volunteering and community outreach programs. Yesterday we talked about how the Morgridge Center received a gift of money and they now want to increase the number of staff they have. This presents a problem though becuase of the limited amount of space at the Red Gym. They are looking to make a new administrative home and have a satellite location in the new Union South, the plans have not been finalized yet. The committee was also concerned with service learning courses appearing on the time table. Currently the only way to know if a class offers a service learning component is to check the notes, the board aims to get a box in the advanced search option where students can check off if the are looking for a service learning class. This is important because of the new Civic Engagement Certificate UW-Madison will soon be offering. Another point of the meeting was that the 10,000 hours show (a concert put on for students who volunteer for more than 10 hours a year) will be on April 2nd. The board wanted more students to know about the show and thought ASM could help. They were also excited becuase now Sororities have to volunteer 10 hours a year and they can add to the total to reach 10,000 volunteer hours. If you are interested in logging your volunteer hours to get a FREE concert the web site is... http://10000hoursmadison.rso.wisc.edu/