Wisconsin Chapter College Awards
The Wisconsin Chapter Receives the 2026 John Tooker Evergreen Award
The John Tooker Evergreen Awards Program provides recognition and visibility to chapters that have successfully implemented programs to increase membership, improve communication, encourage member involvement, enhance diversity, foster careers in internal medicine or improve chapter management. The Wisconsin Chapter received a 2026 John Tooker Evergreen Award for their innovative initiative.
Philanthropy at the Chapter Meeting: How to Engage Members and Support the Community
The Governor's Council agreed that the Chapter could enhance the value of the award by not only recognizing the recipient but educating the membership about the importance of their efforts and by providing concrete ways to support ongoing work.
The Wisconsin Chapter’s “Annual Sharon Haase Advancement in Women's Health Award”, sought to recognize an individual/organization who demonstrated outstanding dedication to the health of women in Wisconsin. In 2022, the chapter combined the Women’s Health Award with the chapter’s Annual Meeting Philanthropy Event. Award recipients received additional publicity for their cause, targeted emails to Chapter members, and designated collection sites at medical schools to fulfill the organization’s needs. In 2024, the Chapter harnessed Voter Voice to help pass state legislation on reducing “Period Poverty”. The project continues to demonstrate a creative way to provide a permanent funding mechanism while increasing the chapter’s impact.
Special thanks to this program’s key contributors:
- Christie Seibert, Chair ACP Wisconsin Chapter Awards Committee
- Sophie Kramer, Chair ACP Wisconsin Chapter HPPC
- Abby Bales, Chair ACP Wisconsin Chapter Women's Committee
- Ann Maguire, Governor ACP Wisconsin Chapter
- Nathan Deep, Co-Chair, Wisconsin Chapter Council of Student Members
- Jenni Kilpatrick, Chapter Executive
Previous Evergreen Awards:
- 2025 - The Advocacy Corner: Promoting and Highlighting ACP - Wisconsin Advocacy at ACP - Wisconsin Annual Scientific Meeting
- 2024 - New Multigenerational Scientific Program Session - Bridging the Gap for Student and Senior Chapter Members
- 2023 - Narrative Medicine: Celebrating Internal Medicine Physicians1993 - Medical Student Summer Program
- 2016 - High Value Care Cases Module at Annual Scientific Meeting
- 2013 - 25th Anniversary Evergreen All-Star Award
- 2009 - A New Way of Running our Business
- 2008 - Women’s Initiative
- 2000 - A Course in Professionalism for Residents in Training
- 1999 - Publication of Associates Abstracts; Reach out for Residents and Medical Students
2025 Chapter Excellence Award-Gold Level Winner
(September 2025) We are pleased to announce that our chapter is in receipt of the Gold Level of the 2025 Chapter Excellence Award! The award recognizes truly extraordinary chapters that surpass excellence in chapter management. We are in the company of 68 other outstanding chapters. In order to achieve the Gold Level of the Chapter Excellence Award, chapters must meet 22 Bronze criteria, 12 Silver criteria and 25 Gold level activities. Criteria include such activities as having a legislative action plan or agenda, holding a volunteerism/community service activity, holding multiple stand-alone meetings, having revenue sources outside of dues and meeting registration fees, implementing a strategic plan, implementing a formal recruitment and retention plan and measuring outcomes, conducting various activities for Medical Students, Residents and Early Career Physicians. We would like to extend a special thanks to those chapter members who assisted us in all of these endeavors! For their hard work and dedication, we received this award.
