Celebrate the University of Wisconsin–Madison with your fellow Badgers! The Wisconsin Alumni Association: Tampa Bay Chapter’s 2026 UW Founders’ Day dinner and meet and greet will be held at the beautiful Tampa Club. Enjoy a fascinating presentation from Professor William Murphy, along with unparalleled views from high in the sky on the 42nd floor of the Bank of America building!
The cost is $75 per person or $50 for 2017–25 graduates. Your ticket includes a dinner featuring house salad with champagne vinaigrette, sage-roasted turkey breast and rolls, garlic whipped potatoes, green beans, and fresh-baked cookies and brownies. A plated vegetarian meal will also be available.
A drink ticket for your first beverage will be provided, and a cash bar will be serving wine and beer. Complimentary coffee and tea are included with your meal.
The evening will feature a raffle drawing.
Register by March 9.
About the Program
Enjoy a special presentation:
The Badger Tech Foundry: Transforming Innovative Technologies into Groundbreaking Start-up Companies
Innovative technologies are born every day in the UW’s College of Engineering. But these technologies cannot achieve their intended impact without leaving campus and getting out into the world. The Badger Tech Foundry is working to produce serial founders of deep tech start-up companies and to create groundbreaking companies. Find out how the foundry is helping to deliver on the promise of the Wisconsin Idea and to achieve what Badger engineers have always been driven to do: make the world a better place.
About the Speaker
William Murphy is the Harvey D. Spangler Professor in the College of Engineering and an H. I. Romnes Faculty Fellow. He is dual-appointed in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Orthopedics and Rehabilitation and is the director of the new Badger Tech Foundry. As part of the Bioinspired Materials Laboratory, his research focuses on developing “smart” biomaterials that mimic the complex signaling environments of natural tissue development. His work with the Badger Tech Foundry focuses on bringing innovative technologies and devices like these out of the research lab and into the world where they can help real people thrive.
Additional Information
Free parking is available after 4 p.m. and on weekends with validation. You may park in the garage (190 E. Washington Street) connected to the Bank of America building via the skybridge on the third floor. Park in any unreserved space on Level 6 or above. Take the parking garage elevator to Level 3/skybridge. Walk across the skybridge to the Bank of America building. Go to the elevator bank marked “32–41.” Take the elevator to the 41st floor for the Tampa Club entrance. Please bring your parking ticket to the club, where it will be scanned to validate.
The Tampa Club has a dress code. While traditional business attire is always appropriate, business casual attire is also welcome. Clean denim and upscale resort wear are permitted year-round. The club kindly asks that no T-shirts, midriff-baring shirts, flip-flops, torn jeans, swimwear/cover-ups, or athletic attire be worn.
When you register, please let us know if you have any dietary restrictions or require accessibility accommodations.
