Karen Pridham and her husband, Walt, give jointly to various initiatives on campus, including the School of Nursing, the Great People Scholarship, the Wisconsin Union and more. She shared some of their motivations for their gifts.
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Happy Blues: Arrival of Limited-edition Chair Kicks Off Union Campaign
Joy Amundson (’76 BA L&S), who serves on the Wisconsin Union’s Campaign Cabinet, jumped at the opportunity to own a piece of Badger history: a limited-edition Mendota Blue chair.
Lessons in Leadership
Willis Jones was a legendary Wisconsin high school coach. He knew how to motivate young people and inspire them to be champions and leaders. His daughter, Dottie King, and her husband, Bob, endowed the Willis L. Jones Student Leadership Center in Memorial Union so UW-Madison students would have an opportunity to learn their own lessons in leadership.
Details Set Union South Apart
By now, you have probably heard about Union South’s eight bowling alleys, the climbing wall, the new movie theater and the Sett, a three-story club and recreation complex named after a badger’s den. The details, however, are what make the new $94.8 million gathering spot a worthy partner for the historic Memorial Union.
Broadway Welcomes Wisconsin Union and Great People
When the curtain rose on a preview performance of “Lombardi” at Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theatre on Friday, October 15, the audience included more than sixty University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni and friends who had just enjoyed personal insight into Vince Lombardi, the man and “Lombardi,” the play.