The primary goal of the campaign is to attract new visitors to the senior center in an effort to benefit seniors’ mental health. Seniors in need of attention for mental health who visit the Senior Center can receive support from the Senior Center and be directed to other social services when warranted. Seniors and caregivers […]
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The Waunakee Community School District (WCSD) student services and special education staff express concerns over the increasing number of Individualized Education Plan (IEP) and 504 plan referrals from clinicians catering to affluent, well-resourced families. This project will center around improving communication between providers and schools, while simultaneously augmenting the schools’ ability to address the mental […]
Community members in the Village of Waunakee have recognized mental health as a top priorityamongst their senior population. The Village of Waunakee is a tight-knit, rural community thatfaces a significant barrier to mental health treatment: the stigma surrounding the utilization anddiscussion of mental health resources. In conjunction with the Village of Waunakee SeniorCenter, this proposal […]
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The aim of this project is to provide resources and curricula to the Waunakee school district in order to guide and assist in teaching about Ho-Chunk culture, ecology, and history. This project has been developed through collaboration among representatives from Ho-Chunk Nation, the Village of Waunakee, and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW-Madison. […]
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This land acknowledgement was created in collaboration with the Ho-Chunk Nation, the Village of Waunakee, UniverCity Year, and the UW-Madison Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies. Specifically, we would like to thank Jessie Conaway, Sarah Lemiuex, Josie Lee, Ryan Greendeer, Tom Wilson, and Todd Schmidt for their support in creating this statement. This land acknowledgment was […]
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In the spring of 2021, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies partnered with the Ho-Chunk Nation and the Village of Waunakee through UniverCity Alliance. Undergraduate Students in their Environmental Studies Capstone Class worked in collaboration with Ho-Chunk Nation and Waunakee to recommend guidelines and protocols for Ho-Chunk Nation cultural resource management in […]
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The goal of this project is to educate the community of the Village of Waunakee about Ho-Chunk Nation history, language, culture, and ecology. This project has been developed through collaboration among representatives from Ho-Chunk Nation, the Village of Waunakee, and the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW-Madison. As a part of the UniverCityYear project […]
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