With the opening of Alumni Park, the Wisconsin Alumni Association brings together alumni to complete a decades-old goal: creating a lakeshore gateway worthy of a world-class university
Between Lake Mendota and Langdon Street, and the Memorial Union and the Red Gym is a new place that honors UW-Madison and its alma maters. Not only does this place serve as a beautiful green space for alumni, students and visitors to enjoy, but it also tells the stories of the university, its alumni and the ways they’ve changed the world.
Welcome to Alumni Park, a space created in celebration of the Wisconsin Idea for connecting past, present and future Badgers in inspiring them to reach beyond campus borders to create change in the world. Here, you’ll find a celebration of the people, things and traditions that make UW-Madison so unique. The park itself tells the evolving story of what it means to be a Badger, serving as a collection of the memories and achievements that Badgers have created in the 17 decades since the university first began. No matter where life’s achievements take Badger alumni, they will always circle back to their Wisconsin roots.
All info from https://www.alumnipark.com
Lauren Lewandowski is a senior double majoring in Journalism and History with a certificate in Graphic Design. She has always had a passion for writing, but developed a deeper love for design since coming to college.
Beyond academics, Lauren spends the majority of her time on campus either promoting volunteering and community engagement as a marketing intern at the Morgridge Center for Pubic Service or sharing her immense Badger pride with campus visitors as an information guide behind the desks in the student unions. Away from campus, you can find Lauren enjoying the great outdoors on a hiking trail, kayaking down a river or road tripping to all 59 National Parks.
Although she will always call Minnesota home, she hopes one day to combine her passions of history and communications and work in the Smithsonian Museums in D.C. or move out west and run communications for environmental nonprofits.