UW Madison, MSABD, Johnsonville Foods Celebrate Partnership

To help mark its 175th anniversary later this year, UW Madison sent a delegation to Sheboygan County earlier this summer to celebrate and strengthen some of the partnerships that exist between the University and industry there. Besides UW Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, Dr. Jeff Sindelar of MSABD joined the delegation, and the over thirty years of close collaboration between Johnsonville Foods and meat science at UW Madison was a key feature of the day’s festivities. At a Johnsonville company brat grill-out, both Chancellor Mnookin and Kevin Ladwig of Johnsonville Ventures, part of Johnsonville Foods, shared how proud of the relationship between UW Madison and Johnsonville Foods they are. A common theme throughout the day was how UW Madison and its partners engage each other’s strengths to create results that benefit everyone in Wisconsin and beyond, which reflects not only MSABD’s mission, but also embodies UW Madison’s mission through the Wisconsin Idea. Johnsonville Foods is currently collaborating with MSABD on several research projects, and Johnsonville Foods provided both funds for and guidance on the design and construction of the MSABD building, with one of the two large classrooms there named the Johnsonville Lecture Hall.
For more information on the celebration, please visit: Sheboygan recognizes partnerships with UW–Madison as university celebrates 175 years | Wisconsin Alumni Association (uwalumni.com). The article also talks about the large (approximately 50 people) UW Madison alumnus presence in Johnsonville Foods’ employee workforce, and how the latter provides many internship opportunities for current UW Madison students.
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