Communication Sciences and Disorders
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Day of the Badger

Thank you graphic from Day of the Badger. Many thanks to our Day of the Badger Donors!

Thank you!

Thank you to all who supported Communication Sciences and Disorders on the Day of the Badger through your gifts and matching funds!

If you missed the #DayoftheBadger, don’t worry: you can still give to our program! Find out more at https://csd.wisc.edu/make-a-gift/.

What is Day of the Badger?

Day of the Badger is a spirited day of giving that unites alumni, friends, and students to strengthen the university and ensure future generations enjoy the same level of educational excellence. This year, Day of the Badger is April 16-17.

How you can participate:

  • Wear red on April 16-17
  • Post about your Badger pride on social media. Why are you proud to be a Badger? (use the hashtag #DayOfTheBadger and tag us!)
  • Give back so current & future students can continue to have excellent experiences.

Make a Gift

Graduate SLP students are all dressed in red, finger spelling UWSHC. Day of the badger.
Graduate SLP students outside of Goodnight Hall finger spelling UWSHC.

What makes Communication Sciences and Disorders special?

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) is home to five related programs: undergraduate degrees in CSD; accredited master’s degree in speech language pathology; accredited professional doctorate in audiology (AuD); doctoral program (PhD) with research training and specialization; and a post-baccalaureate capstone certificate.

We serve the local community by providing wide-ranging speech, language, and hearing services in our campus-based training clinic; we provide statewide outreach related to speech-language and audiology service needs; and we perform cutting-edge research, and train professionals who will carry on the mission of improving communication abilities for all people.

Audiology students posing with statue of Abraham Lincoln on Bascom Hill. Day of the Badger.
Audiology students posing with statue of Abraham Lincoln on Bascom Hill. Day of the Badger.
Day of the Badger Profile Picture

Become a Donor

We need gifts to help support:

  • Clients who are unable to pay for speech and hearing services
  • Scholarships for students
  • Travel to conferences
  • Student research expenses
  • Supplies and equipment used in therapy sessions
Students in classroom, all wearing red and white. Day of the Badger.
Be a Badger, donate to Communication Sciences & Disorders to help us train the best Audiologists & Speech-Language pathologists.
Audiology students posing with statue of Bucky Badger on the Memorial Union Terrace. Day of the Badger.
Audiology students posing with statue of Bucky Badger on the Memorial Union Terrace.

Why are donations necessary?

We need your help to carry out the Wisconsin Idea!

Dramatic Play Camp participant and graduate student clinician enjoy the day.
Dramatic Play Camp participant and graduate student clinician enjoy the day.

Your donations help us:

  • Provide exemplary educational programs that prepare the next generation of scholars, clinicians, educators, and leaders
  • Conduct state-of-the-art basic, translational, and clinical research in the areas of speech, language, hearing, swallowing, and balance,
  • Offer accessible, culturally competent, evidence-based clinical care for all people with disorders in communication, swallowing, and balance
  • Engage in outreach activities that directly benefit professional colleagues, students, individuals and their families