Nonprofit@UWW

Welcome to the 2024/2025 academic year in the College of Business and Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater! We are proud to announce that the Institute for Nonprofit Management Studies is in its 5th year of promoting nonprofit management education, supporting the Whitewater community through student interns and consultation, conducting research to advance nonprofit organizations’ […]

The Nu Lambda Mu international honor society was established to recognize students studying nonprofit management at programs affiliated with the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council. Membership is highly selective, requiring a minimum GPA of 3.5 for undergraduate students. Now, beginning in spring semester of 2024, membership is open to qualifying students at the University of Wisconsin […]

From July 27-28, representatives of Wisconsin’s nonprofit sector convened for the Wisconsin Nonprofit Summit, organized by the Helen Bader Institute for Nonprofit Management at UW-Milwaukee. The Summit featured national-level speakers and three learning tracks: Leadership, Financial Sustainability, and Marketing and Communication. UW-Whitewater faculty contributed two sessions: • Creativity, Curiosity, and Innovation – Oh My! (Megan […]

The How I’m Spending my Summer edition! Megan Matthews, Senior LecturerCoolest place visited: Chico, California, and the giant redwoodsQuirkiest thing I saw: The national YoYo Museum in Chico, CA Dropping some knowledge: Sharing thoughts on fostering a culture of creativity and innovation in nonprofit organizations with educators at the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council (July 19-22) […]

The Institute for Nonprofit Management Studies welcomes new Director Dr. Ruth K. Hansen, Assistant Professor of Management in the College of Business and Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Dr. Hansen assumed the responsibilities of director in July 2022. Dr. Hansen earned her Ph.D. from Indiana University in 2018; her research focuses on the theory […]

Students in UW-W’s Fundraising for Charities course (Management 371), offered for the first time this spring, had planned to learn the theories of fundraising and philanthropists’ motivations, as well as a practical toolkit for ethical fundraising. The course gives students experience working with basic fundraising tools, such as writing appeal letters and creating event plans. […]

UW-W nonprofit students worked with the UW-Whitewater Foundation and a local organization that serves families at risk of being homeless.

This summer, lecturer Megan Matthews was part of a panel presentation at the Association of Arts Administration Educators on the topic of how universities launch new programs.  The panel, “…By Any Other Name…”, was created in response to recent research about how programs choose their names, what kind of political and administrative realities affect creation […]

Did you know that approximately ten percent of people employed in the United States work for a nonprofit organization?  And that that number exceeds 12% here in Wisconsin?  That the nonprofit sector contributes more than $900 billion to the U.S. economy?  The nonprofit sector is a big deal! Starting this fall (2018), General Management majors at UW-W […]

The College of Business and Economics (CoBE) at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater began laying the groundwork for a nonprofit and nongovernmental program in its Department of Management in 2014.  Our first faculty member, Carol A. Brunt, Ph.D. was hired in 2015 to initiate program development.  Dr. Brunt has professional experience in international development and environmental […]