Badger Precollege helps students along their personal path to higher education, but don’t take our word for it. Below, a few of our former students — all of them now enrolled at the University of Wisconsin–Madison — share how Badger Precollege has helped them transition to life and learning in college.
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Jesus Cortez was an engineering major at UW–Madison, until he changed his mind and changed direction. Having a lot of time to think and examine his values in the midst of the pandemic allowed him to home in on his passion.
Four common myths about earning your college degree online — and what you should know instead.
Read about new funding for the Odyssey Project from the CUNA Mutual Group Foundation.
Whether you are coming from an undergraduate program, you have been working for years, or you are somewhere in between, we”ll share ideas and criteria to help you narrow down programs that meet your needs.
Hear from students and alumni with varied journeys and goals for pursuing a graduate-level degree or capstone certificate.
UW–Madison's Director of University Veteran Services, Joe Rassmussen, shares insights about federal and state education benefits available to veterans.
The Odyssey Project celebrated Bob Auerbach, father of Odyssey Co-Director Emily Auerbach, receiving the 2021 Outstanding Individual Philanthropist award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals-Greater Madison Chapter for his support of Odyssey and other charities.
Read about Armando Ibarra, professor at the UW–Madison School for Workers, who received the Hispanic Achievement of the Year award from La Movida.
Read Chancellor Rebecca Blank's comments about how UW-Madison Summer Term can help students stay on track for graduation and stay connected.
Learn some tips -- like how to find funding sources -- from one of our student services coordinators on how to fund your return to college as an adult student.
Scholarships are available for graduate students who are pursuing a master’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences: Applied Drug Development or Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation and demonstrate a financial need and/or have a strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.
The 30-year-old UW–Madison program will maintain its programs and its commitment to creating a community for academically curious students in grades 2–12.
The fully online graduate certificate program provides working professionals with the knowledge and skills to process biological data from scientific research.
Tips on setting priorities, communicating needs and maintaining your well-being.
A Q&A with UW–Madison's new assistant professor of adult, continuing and higher education.
As the school year commences, be prepared to reach out and ask your school for help when it comes to your academics, health and financial well-being.
Congrats, Badgers, on meeting your goals in Summer Term 2021. Check out the top 10 courses this summer, by enrollment.
Summer Term offers flexibility for UW-Madison senior Owen Trast to focus on a single course or get hands-on experience at work.
A college rejection can sting, but there is more than one way to reach your academic goals.
Many students, like junior Sindhu Shankar, take challenging courses during Summer Term to help lighten their load for fall semester.
UW–Madison's professional degrees and certificates are meeting the needs of students and employers in Wisconsin and beyond.
Shakespeare wrote that “all the world’s a stage,” but what happens when your world is a pandemic living room and your stage is a computer monitor? A theater instructor shares her experience.
In 2020, at age 29, Knutson enrolled in the new program to finish her bachelor’s degree — fully online — while continuing to manage other life commitments. It hasn’t been easy, but she made the Dean’s List her first semester back to college after a 12-year break.