ADVANCING A HEALTHIER WISCONSIN ENDOWMENT: COLLABORATE INVEST CHANGE
HEALTHIER WISCONSIN PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
FEBRUARY 12, 2015
Responsive: Cohort Two Update

 

Twenty-four Stage 1 Changemaker Brief Proposals were submitted for the second cohort of the HWPP Responsive component.

 

Seven proposals that aligned with the AHW endowment's Principles, the Community-Academic Partnership Model and criteria outlined in the Call for Changemakers were invited to participate in the next stage of the application process.

 

Invited partnerships will participate in a Pitch Presentation on March 5, 2015 with the MCW Consortium on Public and Community Health and external content experts. The Pitch Presentation is the partnerships' opportunity to describe their proposed project and grassroots policy, environmental or systems change, respond to Stage 1 reviewer questions and comments and engage in dialogue with the MCW Consortium about their proposed project.
 
  
Medical College of Wisconsin President's Community
Engagement Award: Call for Nominations
  

The Office of the Senior Associate Dean for Community Engagement is pleased to announce it is now accepting nominations for the inaugural President's Community Engagement Award.

 

The President's Community Engagement Award recognizes the exemplary community-academic partnership, community -engaged research, or community outreach activities of faculty, staff, students and/or community partners of the Medical College of Wisconsin.

 

Nominations will be accepted from January 19 - February 19, 2015.

 

Please note that all nominees must be available to attend the President's Community Engagement Award Luncheon at 12 PM on Friday, April 17, 2015, to be held at MCW.
   

 
CTSI Discovery Radio discusses Type 2 diabetes
and nutrition with HWPP project partners  
 

CTSI Discovery Radio, which airs at noon on the 3rd Friday of every month, shares what scientists in Southeastern Wisconsin are working on to improve health in Wisconsin and beyond.
 

In the show's ninth episode, which aired on January 16, 2015, guests Karen Tredwell, executive director of the Food Pantry of Waukesha County and David Nelson, PhD, MS, MCW assistant professor of family and community medicine, explained the importance of healthy eating to the management of diabetes.

Tredwell and Dr. Nelson are partners on the HWPP award Diabetes: Working Wellness in Waukesha - Together.
MCW Community Engagement Week: Save the dates 

From April 13-17, 2015, MCW is hosting the Inaugural Community Engagement Week with a variety of learning and networking opportunities.

 

The Office of the Senior Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Community Engagement of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute is sponsoring this exciting week of events:

 

Date
Times
Location
Monday, April 13th

9 AM - 1PM

Medical College of Wisconsin
8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee

Tuesday, April 14th
9 AM - 1 PM
United Community Center
1028 South 9th Street, Milwaukee

Wednesday, April 15th
8 AM - 12 PM
Medical College of Wisconsin
8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee

Thursday, April 16th
9 AM - 1 PM
Agape Community Center
6100 North 42nd Street, Milwaukee

Friday, April 17th
9 AM - 1 PM
Medical College of Wisconsin
8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee

Community Engagement Week is open to community members and MCW staff members, faculty members, clinicians, and students.

Additional information and registration will be available early February at www.mcw.edu/communityengagement.htm.
 
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