When NYC native Julia Presten was in high school she founded ANGELIC NYC, a clothing company with a positive message and that donates to nonprofits. Today, Julia’s company is continuing to grow and she is …
SoHE Students
SoHE’s Design Thinking Initiative Drives UW’s First Leadership Circle for Innovation
For the past several years, the UW-Madison School of Human Ecology (SoHE) has been campus’ active driver of design thinking, a problem-solving and idea generating process used by organizations and corporations worldwide to solve complex …
Grad Student Vigna: The Power of Self-Compassion
Abra Vigna, PhD Human Development & Family Studies As a researcher of LGBTQ+ youth with both her Master’s and Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies from the School of Human Ecology, Abra Vigna has …
Grad Student Smallen: Well Connected
Dave Smallen, Doctoral Candidate Human Development & Family Studies In 2006, at the age of 21, singer/songwriter Dave Smallen was signed to Capitol Records and touring the U.S. with his band, Street to Nowhere. To …
Grad Student L’Esperance: Exploring Financial Decision-Making
Household Finance and Well-being In our modern world, life can be a series of big and small financial decisions. So how do individuals make these day-to-day decisions that can impact the rest of their lives? …
New Hockey Coach Sets Goal at SoHE
On July 13, Granato read to children in the SoHE Preschool Lab on chameleons and crocodiles. New Hockey Coach Comes Back to the Badgers & SoHE The new men’s hockey coach, Tony Granato, has …
Student Blog: Looking Back at My NYC Retailing Trip
by Jaylin Carlson, Retailing and Consumer Science student This past January I was given the incredible opportunity to represent UW-Madison as the National Retailing Federation’s Rising Star. A major part of this honor was attending …
CNPL Alum Biked All 30 Baseball Parks for a Cause
Last season, CNPL alum Matt Stoltz (’14) integrated his passions for baseball, biking, and helping under-served youth through a ride of a lifetime. Stoltz biked more than 11,700 miles to all 30 Major League ballparks, …
One Year Later with Elizabeth Doyle, SoHE’s Truman Scholarship Recipient
In addition to $30,000 toward graduate education, the coveted Truman award has given UW-Madison’s Elizabeth Doyle experiences that are positively impacting her life, education, and hometown of Verona, WI. In spring 2015, CNPL major Elizabeth …
Student Blog: How Lent Helped Me Meet The President
By Adam Meyers, a student majoring in Political Science and Non-Profit Community Leadership. I decided to write a letter each day of Lent to someone that had changed my life… During my freshman year of …