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Legal aid experts and champions from across the country travelled to Madison, Wisconsin, recently for Rural Reach: Access to Justice That Meets People Where They Are, a special event held at the Overture Center for the Arts and hosted by Legal Services Corporation (LSC) in partnership with Ascendium Education Group, Quarles...

Michiale, a Senior Trainer for Attigo, has been passionate about environmental preservation since childhood, when her grandmother’s enthusiasm for the natural world inspired her own. Today, Michiale channels that enthusiasm into her role as Vice President of the Cape Coral Friends of Wildlife.

For the fifth consecutive year, Ascendium employees volunteered to read and score high school student essays for the Wisconsin Coalition on Student Debt’s Money Smart Scholarship Contest. Twenty-five employees, led by Beth Erickson, Vice President of Repayment Solutions, and Debbie Murphy, a Regional Sales Director for Atti...

Ascendium’s interns develop their professional skills through the new Intern Leadership Certificate Program.

Supporting foster families is one of Melissa’s passions, stemming from her background as an adoptee and former foster care parent. That passion is the reason she nominated social service nonprofit Sunbeam Family Services for one of Ascendium’s Good Neighbor Grants.

Throughout the year, Ascendium offers internships across the company. In addition to helping teams with their work, our interns learn professional skills that increase their chances of getting hired once they graduate college. As an added bonus, interns gain insights and inspiration from working at a mission-driven nonprofi...

In Dane County, Wisconsin, where Ascendium is located, the past decades have witnessed a remarkable surge in immigration (source: New American Economy). Amidst this growth lies a significant challenge — one in seven adults, around 60,000 individuals, struggle with essential English and literacy skills necessary for navigati...

Student loan borrowers come from all walks of life but tend to have the same goal of taking control of their student debt and saving as much money as possible in the process. With this idea in mind, Ascendium partnered with Savi, a social impact technology startup founded by long-time student loan experts and advocates. The...

Our Dependent Scholarship Program is one way we make learning more accessible while also supporting our employees and their families. Through this program, Ascendium awards scholarships to employees’ children who are pursuing postsecondary education or workforce training. The scholarships, which range from $500 to $2,500 pe...

Ascendium has once again been recognized as one of the best places to work in the Madison, Wisconsin, area. For the third consecutive year, the Wisconsin State Journal named Ascendium as a Top Workplace.

This is a unique honor since the designation is solely based on the input employees provide on a workplace survey. The s...