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UW–Madison University Alliance offers partnership; alliance invites short presentation
Summary
A UW–Madison University Alliance contact offered rolling, campus‑supported projects pairing faculty and students with local flood‑related work; the Flood Mitigation Alliance asked the contact to present at a future meeting and requested members review example projects beforehand.
Members discussed a potential partnership with the University Alliance at the University of Wisconsin–Madison to pair campus faculty and students with community flood‑resilience projects. Monique reported a serendipitous contact with Megan McBride of UW–Madison, who said the Alliance accepts rolling community partnership requests and can support projects that range in scope from curriculum design to applied watershed and flood planning.
Why it matters: university partnerships can bring technical expertise, student labor and project development capacity at relatively low cost to local governments and community groups.
What was proposed Monique summarized that UW–Madison can support one‑ to three‑year projects and shared examples of prior flood‑related work (Koshkonong Creek projects among those cited). The university contact offered to attend a Flood Mitigation Alliance meeting for 15–20 minutes to describe program options and past projects; members asked for the UW contact’s email and linked project examples to be circulated in advance so the committee can prepare a prioritized list of potential local projects.
Next steps Members asked staff to share the email with project links, brainstorm a short list of achievable local projects in advance, and invite the University Alliance to present at the next alliance meeting if scheduling allows. The group suggested preparing 2–3 practical project ideas (for example, localized flood‑mitigation planning, mapping, or evaluating dredging/culvert work tied to upland conservation) before the UW presenter arrives.
Ending: Alliance members supported hearing the UW–Madison representative but requested a brief preparatory workshop or at least a circulated list of candidate projects so the meeting can be productive.
