Parents play a vital role in the success of their children. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, they also play a vital role in the quality of their children’s education. Through gifts to the Parents Enrichment Fund, UW-Madison parents have augmented the essential services of UW Libraries with the latest technology and aesthetic enhancements.
Parents Enrichment Fund- Libraries
Over the past 22 years, more than 125,000 parents have contributed a total of $6.8 million towards the Parents Enrichment Fund. In recent years, the funds were used to:
Extend weekday hours at College Library.- Add a lecture facility in Memorial Library with wireless Internet connections.
- Provide reserve copies of high-use textbooks.
- Create an information commons in the School of Journalism.
- Create attractive reading areas for three heavily used collections.
- Add more study space and a computer lab to Steenbock Library (the Agricultural and Life Sciences library close to the Lakeshore Dormitories).
- Provide new chairs for group-study and quiet-study areas in College Library, one of the most popular libraries.
- Purchase several laptops for students to check-out through the library.
- Open the Open Book Café in College Library.
