4W Initiative
Women & Wellbeing in Wisconsin & the World
Wisconsin Without Borders Award

Wisconsin Without Borders Awards

In addition to supporting faculty, staff, and graduate students, 4W collaborates with the Morgridge Center for Public Service to award an annual prize that recognizes outstanding examples of service learning and globally engaged scholarship. Awardees are selected based on their work to improve quality of life issues for women and promote excellence in areas related to gender and wellbeing, both locally and globally. The following students have received Wisconsin Without Borders Awards:

• Anusha Naik and Samantha Lettenberger for their work with Days for Girls Ghana in Ghana (2020)

• Lusayo Mwakatika for his work with ACADES Agribusiness Project in Malawi (2019)

• Krystal Du, Kayla Hui, and Rose Lamensdorf for their work with the Women’s Education Project (NYC) and Sudar Foundation in India (2018)

• Sydney Olson for her work with AFRIpads to provide reusable menstrual pads to girls in Uganda (2017)

• Jennifer Wagman for her work with the Wisconsin Without Borders Marketplace in Wisconsin (2017)

• Marjorie Kersten for her work with the MIGHTi Project (Mission to Improve Global Health Through Insects) (2016)

 

4W Interns Samantha Lettenberger and Anusha Naik (right and below) received a 2020 Wisconsin Without Borders Award for reproductive health work in Ghana.
4W Interns Samantha Lettenberger and Anusha Naik (above and in the image below) received a 2020 Wisconsin Without Borders Award for reproductive health work in Ghana.

4W Interns Samantha Lettenberger and Anusha Naik (right and below) received a 2020 Wisconsin Without Borders Award for reproductive health work in Ghana.