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10 May, 2025.
Riffing off the “Hello Wisconsin” logo, the wooden speech bubbles include words of gratitude in languages spoken in Wisconsin by collaborators who made the 2025 Wisconsin Idea Seminar possible. Included here: Gracias (Spanish), Ua Tsaug (Hmong), Wāēwāēnen (Menominee), and Thank you (English). The tags were produced in collaboration with the Digital Fabrication Laboratory in Design Studies. (Photo by Catherine Reiland / UW-Madison)
12 May, 2025.
A box of wooden nametags---reusable and when the time ever comes, compostable--organized alphabetically by first name, await distribution at the 2025 Wisconsin Idea Seminar orientation at One Alumni Place in Madison. Participants of the FOREST + RIVER journey would wear the nametags throughout the five-day experience, and many choose to continue affixing the nametag at future campus events and meetings. (Photo by Catherine Reiland / UW-Madison)
12 May, 2025.
Artists, makers, and printers all had a role in the creation of the fleet of journey books and nametags that awaited the 2025 Wisconsin Idea Seminar participants the morning of orientation. Cover art by Edward Xiong. Book layout and design by Charlotte Easterling of Creative Vixen Design. Printing by Digital Publishing & Printing Services. Wooden nametags produced in collaboration with the Digital Fabrication Laboratory in Design Studies. (Photo by Catherine Reiland / UW-Madison)
12 May, 2025.
During the early morning orientation at One Alumni Place in Madison, Sarah Schutt, Chief Alumni Engagement Officer of the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association, greets the 2025 Wisconsin Idea Seminar participants before they embark on the FOREST + RIVER journey. A Seminar alumna from 2003, Schutt holds the binder from that year’s journey and shares how the experience was a formative experience in her career. (Photo by Catherine Reiland/UW-Madison)
12 May, 2025.
Fran Vavrus, Dean of the International Division, greets the 2025 Wisconsin Idea Seminar participants before they embark on the FOREST + RIVER journey. As a campus leader and Seminar alumna from 2024, she offers perspectives on how the journey has shaped the way she thinks about the Wisconsin Idea. (Photo by Catherine Reiland/UW-Madison)
12 May, 2025.
During the early morning orientation at One Alumni Place in Madison, Fran Vavrus, Dean of the International Division, greets the 2025 Wisconsin Idea Seminar participants before they embark on the FOREST + RIVER journey. A Seminar alumna from 2024, Vavrus holds up that year’s journey book and shares how the river theme continues to shape the way she thinks about the Wisconsin Idea. (Photo by Catherine Reiland/UW-Madison)
12 May, 2025.
Before departing on the FOREST + RIVER journey, the 2025 Wisconsin Idea Seminar participants listen to the reflections of Seminar alumni, including Paul Robbins, Dean of the Nelson Institute; Fran Vavrus, Dean of the International Division; and Sarah Schutt, Chief Alumni Engagement Officer, Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association. (Photo by Catherine Reiland/UW-Madison)
12 May, 2025.
Paul Robbins, Dean of the Nelson Institute, and Wisconsin Idea Seminar alumnus, addresses the 2025 cohort before they embark on their FOREST + RIVER journey that will include include stops in Stevens Point, Wausau, the Menominee Nation and Milwaukee. (Photo by Catherine Reiland/UW-Madison)
12 May, 2025.
Jennifer Van Os, an assistant professor and extension specialist in animal welfare, gives 2025 Wisconsin Idea Seminar participants a primer on dairy in Wisconsin as the group heads to Rosy-Lane Holsteins. Van Os has conducted a number of research projects in partnership with Rosy-Lane focused on cow comfort, calf housing, and training tools for workers. (Photo by Catherine Reiland/UW-Madison)
12 May, 2025.
Jennifer Van Os, an assistant professor and extension specialist in animal welfare, gives 2025 Wisconsin Idea Seminar participants a primer on dairy in Wisconsin as the group heads to Rosy-Lane Holsteins. Van Os has conducted a number of research projects in partnership with Rosy-Lane focused on cow comfort, calf housing, and training tools for workers. (Photo by Catherine Reiland/UW-Madison)
12 May, 2025.
In the outdoor classroom of Alumni Park, at the shore of Lake Mendota, the Iron Mound Singers—James Blackdeer and Corey Hindsley—offer Ho-Chunk songs of welcome, community, and journey to begin the five-day journey in a good way. (Photo by Catherine Reiland/UW-Madison)
12 May, 2025.
In the outdoor classroom of Alumni Park, at the shore of Lake Mendota, the Iron Mound Singers—James Blackdeer and Corey Hindsley—offer Ho-Chunk songs of welcome, community, and journey to begin the five-day journey in a good way. (Photo by Catherine Reiland/UW-Madison)
12 May, 2025.
In the outdoor classroom of Alumni Park, at the shore of Lake Mendota, the Iron Mound Singers—James Blackdeer and Corey Hindsley—offer Ho-Chunk songs of welcome, community, and journey to begin the five-day journey in a good way. (Photo by Catherine Reiland/UW-Madison)
12 May, 2025.
12 May, 2025.
Bill Quackenbush, tribal historic preservation officer for the Ho-Chunk Nation, asks Wisconsin Idea Seminar participants to visualize 12,000 years of human history of Teejop, the land now known as Madison, Wisconsin. Participants grasp an imaginary rope representing landmark historical events. Victoria Comella, (left) UW-Madison’s director of media relations, represents the present. Peter DiGennaro, assistant professor of plant pathology, stands at 1492, about eight feet from Kevin Kelly, associate dean of academic affairs of the Law School, who stands at the first year of the Common Era. Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, professor and director of Computer, Data & Information Sciences anchors the end of the invisible rope, representing the origins of Ho-Chunk people in Wisconsin. (Photo by Catherine Reiland / UW-Madison)
12 May, 2025.
Bill Quackenbush, tribal historic preservation officer for the Ho-Chunk Nation, asks Wisconsin Idea Seminar participants to visualize 12,000 years of human history of Teejop, the land now known as Madison, Wisconsin. Participants grasp an imaginary rope representing landmark historical events. Victoria Comella, (left) UW-Madison’s director of media relations, represents the present. Peter DiGennaro, assistant professor of plant pathology, stands at 1492, about eight feet from Kevin Kelly, associate dean of academic affairs of the Law School, who stands at the first year of the Common Era. Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, professor and director of Computer, Data & Information Sciences anchors the end of the invisible rope, representing the origins of Ho-Chunk people in Wisconsin. (Photo by Catherine Reiland / UW-Madison)
12 May, 2025.
12 May, 2025.
Lake Mendota is a tranquil blue behind Bill Quackenbush, tribal historic preservation officer of the Ho-Chunk Nation, as he greets the 2025 Wisconsin Idea Seminar cohort in the outdoor classroom in Alumni Park and describes the millennia of human presence in Teejop, the place now known as Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo by Catherine Reiland/UW-Madison)
12 May, 2025.
Several 2025 Wisconsin Idea Seminar participants, guided by Bill Quackenbush, tribal historic preservation officer of the Ho-Chunk Nation, hold an imaginary line representing the 12,000+ years of human presence in Teejop, the place now known as Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo by Catherine Reiland/UW-Madison)
12 May, 2025.
Verdant spring growth frames Carla Vigue, UW-Madison’s director of tribal relations and a Wisconsin Idea Seminar alumna, as she introduces the 2025 cohort to their week of experiences. (Photo by Catherine Reiland/UW-Madison)
14 May, 2025.
Wisconsin Idea Seminar participants pause their paddle for a group photo at Legend Lake during a water workshop led by Marla Mahkimetas, a Menominee water educator and artist. The Menominee Nation was a destination of the FOREST + RIVER journey of the 2025 Wisconsin Idea Seminar. (Photo by Rachel Niles/UW-Madison)
