Giving / Advancement

Division of Continuing Studies has been instrumental in opening doors to many thousands of adult learners through Wisconsin, the nation, and the globe. University Special Student Services (USSS) staff provide adults with an extensive array of services, unusual for a single office: career counseling, workshops and group programs, academic advising, admissions to the university, financial assistance, and updated online resources and assistance. USSS is proud to distribute more than $70,000 in financial support to returning adult students, single parents, and other nontraditional students.

Please consider making a gift to the Adult Student Scholarship Fund, which provides financial support to returning adult students working toward degree completion. Contributions to this fund will be applied to the areas of greatest need.

Donate to the Adult and Nontraditional Student Scholarships Fund

Make the largest impact with your gift by giving to the Division of Continuing Studies’ Annual Fund. This fund provides an annual source of support to meet the most immediate needs of the division in providing a breadth of educational programs for the community. Your donation will be leveraged by additional resources and targeted to work on the division’s strategic priorities.

Donate to the Annual Fund

Badger Precollege is an immersive college program for students completing grades 9-12. Participants in the program immerse themselves in campus life and gain valuable experience in a dynamic and challenging learning environment, all while interacting with UW–Madison faculty.

Our goal is to provide all interested, qualified students the opportunity to attend Badger Precollege . Your gift supports need-based scholarships for students for whom cost is a barrier.

Donate to the Badger Precollege Fund

Badger Precollege offers an array of day and residential academic summer programs for academically advanced students finishing grades 1–12. This fund supports ongoing engagement and academic challenges in a broad spectrum of disciplines.

Donate to the Badger Precollege Academically Advanced Youth Fund

This fund supports a wide range of programming for the professional development of Wisconsin’s managers and leaders in the public, nonprofit and private sectors. The Mid-Level Manager Certificate is a seven-class series that helps new and aspiring leaders develop the skills to effectively lead people and teams. Other programs include the Servant Leadership Certificate, the Project Management Certificate, Managing Organizational Change, The Art of Conflict Transformation and A Coach Approach to Work Performance Feedback. The Leadership, Management & Workplace Skills unit of Continuing Studies offers over 100 programs per year.

Donate to the Leadership Fund

This fund supports Odyssey’s academic programming and opportunities for learners in Wisconsin prisons. Learn more about Odyssey Beyond Bars.

For questions about ways you can contribute money and time to the UW Odyssey Project, please contact Jenny Pressman at jenny.pressman@wisc.edu or 608-287-8216.

Donate to the Odyssey Beyond Bars Fund

This fund supports Odyssey Junior, tech access for students, helps families with basic living expenses and unanticipated emergencies and funds Odyssey’s greatest needs.

For questions about ways you can contribute money and time to the UW Odyssey Project, please contact Jenny Pressman at jenny.pressman@wisc.edu or 608-287-8216.

Donate to the Odyssey Family Fund

This endowment fund supports Odyssey’s adult and youth academic programs, helping to ensure the program’s long-term sustainability.

For questions about ways you can contribute money and time to the UW Odyssey Project, please contact Jenny Pressman at jenny.pressman@wisc.edu or 608-287-8216.

Donate to the Odyssey Future Fund

This fund supports academic programming, including tuition, textbooks and other expenses associated with Onward Odyssey and the foundational Odyssey course.

For questions about ways you can contribute money and time to the UW Odyssey Project, please contact Jenny Pressman at jenny.pressman@wisc.edu or 608-287-8216.

Donate to the Odyssey Project Fund

The UW–Madison Prison Education Initiative (PEI) Fund supports the expansion of college courses and degree programs in Wisconsin prisons, providing incarcerated learners the opportunity to reframe their futures through higher education. Donate today to support motivated learners throughout the state.

Donate to the PEI Fund

The Professional Development fund is for the Division of Continuing Studies’ professional development programming. Through classes, noncredit certificate programs, workshops, and conferences, the Division of Continuing Studies helps professionals hone their skills, earn professional credits and stay current on the latest research and best practices in their field. Activities supported by this fund include, but are not limited to, payment of program registration/fees for participants with financial need, support of direct program costs as deemed necessary to keep registration fees competitive and affordable and program development and/or marketing costs.

Donate to the Professional Development Fund

Started in 1929, the Summer Music Clinic is valued as one of the oldest pre-college music outreach programs in the country. Junior high and high school music students participate in a week of creative skill-building and performances in band, orchestra, choir, musical theatre and jazz ensemble. Concert groups rehearse throughout the week and family and friends are invited to the final concerts. Classes are designed to help polish students’ ensemble and individual performance skills with a variety of music-related topics and techniques.

Donate to the Summer Music Clinic Fund