At the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership, our primary goal is to determine how we can produce and facilitate effective public leadership.
Faculty Research Grants
The Thompson Center funds faculty research across the University of Wisconsin System to advance public leadership and help leaders to address pressing policy challenges. Wisconsin’s future in transportation, energy, prison to work initiatives, improving independence for people with disabilities, and more.
Speaker Grants
Speaker funding may be applied for by student organizations, faculty, or departments of any UW System campus outside UW-Madison to promote local discussions of leadership and policymaking solutions in Wisconsin and beyond.
News
UWL student reports on Kasper Korjus Event
E-Residency expert Kaspar Korjus visits UWL to explain a new digital nation Isabel Piarulli, Multimedia Editor March 7, 2023 On Thursday, March 2, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, in partnership with the Tommy G. Thompson Center …
Thompson Center Summit on Early Literacy – Feb. 8th – is in the news
A bipartisan consensus could be growing on how to teach reading statewide Alan Borsuk Special to the Journal Sentinel Published 11:46 a.m. CT Feb. 28, 2023 Editor’s note: With low reading proficiency scores across the …
2022-2023 Student Leadership Award Recipients
Thompson Center Announces Student Leadership Scholarships MADISON— The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership is pleased to announce that it has awarded Tommy G. Thompson Leadership Scholarships in the amount of $3,000 each …
2022-2023 Distinguished Public Leadership Award Recipient
Tommy G. Thompson Distinguished Public Leadership Awarded to David Prosser MADISON—The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership is delighted to announce that David Prosser will be honored as the 2022-2023 Tommy G. Thompson Distinguished …
2022-2023 Distinguished Public Leadership Award Recipient
The Tommy G. Thompson Distinguished Public Leadership Award is consistent with Tommy’s legacy, the Tommy G. Thompson Distinguished Public Leadership Award seeks to recognize Wisconsinites who have committed themselves to public service, worked tirelessly to …
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Our Mission
Wis. Stat. § 36.68 declares that the mission of the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership shall be “the facilitation of research, teaching, outreach, and needed policy reforms regarding effective public leadership that improves the practice of American government.”
Our Pledge
The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership provides a multi-disciplinary, non-partisan environment to study, discuss, and improve leadership. Students, faculty members, policymakers, and other relevant stakeholders come together to share knowledge and learn about successful public leadership. We pledge to pursue leadership, to foster collegiality, and to be problem-solvers.