On behalf of the Wisconsin Alumni Association and our almost 400,000 alumni, welcome to the Badger family! You (and your parents and siblings) are invited to meet other new UW students, learn about beloved Badger traditions and get ready for the UW at your local Badger Student Send-Off Celebration.

Badger Student Send-Off Celebration
Hosted by the WAA: Chicago Chapter
Thursday, June 20, 2013
5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Busse Woods, Grove 2
East Higgins Road and Arlington Heights Road
Elk Grove Village, Illinois
Register here by Sunday, June 16. Visit uwalumni.com/sendoffs for more information.

This event is free to all incoming freshmen and $15 per person for parents, family members, current students, alumni and friends. It includes a buffet from Buona, featuring Italian beef, lemon chicken, mostaccioli, garden salad, dessert and soft drinks.

Questions? Contact Rebecca Eckhart at sunskits@yahoo.com or (312) 720-7666.

This event is hosted by your local Wisconsin Alumni Association® chapter, one of more than 100 chapters and contacts around the world dedicated to connecting Badgers with the UW and with each other.

Horizons for Youth is looking for WAA members to volunteer as mentors for Chicago area youth. Options for volunteer involvement include twice-monthly mentorship as a “Big Sibling”*, being a “Surrogate Big Sibling,” organizing fundraising events with a team of Young Professionals, or tutoring kids enrolled in Horizons For Youth. Learn more about the program and consider volunteering your time. You may even make a lasting impact in the life of a future Badger!

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World Sport Chicago Scholarship Program — Become a Mentor!
The World Sport Chicago Scholarship Program provides Chicago high school student-athletes with college-application mentoring, participation in on-site college interviews with 70 colleges and universities and the opportunity to receive one of 10 renewable college scholarships worth up to $5,000 annually ($20,000 total), supported by World Sport Chicago and Chicago donors. World Sport Chicago Scholars are grouped in cohorts of six to eight students and two to three mentors; together they navigate a year-long series of workshops intended to guide students through the college-application process. Mentors are “college consultants” for their students and support them through the emotional and logistical challenges of applying to college. Throughout the year, mentors are supported by Chicago Scholars, an organization that World Sport Chicago has partnered with to provide detailed insights to universities and the application process through presentations and personal advice to mentors and students.

Where: Chicagoland-area schools

When: May 2013 to May 2014

Contact Info: If you’re interested in learning more about becoming a mentor, please email WAA’s Matt Lojkovic at mjlojkovic@gmail.com.

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Chicago Youth Sports Alliance Field Day
Looking for an opportunity to give back to the Chicagoland area? Look no further!

Alumni representatives from all of the Big Ten schools will work in teams with 500 elementary school children from the Chicago area to compete in a massive field-day event. Each school will have its own team and event station while the children’s parents attend a workshop on preparing their students for college.

Where: Chicago Park District

When: Saturday, May 18 at 8 a.m.

Cost: Free!

Contact: For questions and to register, please email WAA’s Matthew Lojkovic at mjlojkovic@gmail.com.

May 9: Founder's Day at Quarles & Brady. Register online on the event page.

May 11: Chicago Fire Game

May 18: Chicago Youth Sports Alliance Big Ten Field Day

June 20: Student Send-off Picnic

July 27: Big 10K

August 9: White Sox Big Ten Night

Ongoing: Horizons for Youth is looking for WAA volunteers to be Big Siblings.

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