The Wingspread Program: General Information
Purpose:
UW-Green Bay is one of twelve Midwestern institutions selected to participate in the Wingspread Fellows Program. Wingspread conferences are intensive meetings of experts gathered to discuss a variety of issues or problems that generally focus on topics of the environment, social sciences, education, or social work.
What is Wingspread?
Wingspread is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed home built in the 1930s in Racine, Wisconsin, for Herbert Fisk Johnson of the Johnson Wax Company. In 1959, Mr. Johnson established The Johnson Foundation, a private foundation dedicated to hosting intellectual conferences. The conferences are held on the Johnson family estate and many of the activities take place in the home Frank Lloyd Wright designed.
You will meet many interesting people and hear new ideas--ideas that are current and on the cutting edge of action and policy today. It also presents you with a chance to "network" with business, academic, and community leaders. These people are genuinely interested in you, so you need to know how to establish your presence.
What are the Conferences Like?
The conferences begin at nine in the morning and last until about nine or ten at night. There are long hours with questions and stimulating conversation. As a Wingspread Fellow, you are expected to participate in the discussion. Each conference has a chairperson who will set the tone for the next few days. The conferences will vary as do the topics and participants, but one element remains; the discussion is intense and challenging.
See: http://www.johnsonfdn.org/ for more information on The Johnson Foundation and Wingspread.