Madison hosts UW System Registrars and Admissions Officers Meeting

Representatives from UW–Madison’s Office of Admissions and Recruitment and Office of the Registrar collaborated to host the annual UW-System Registrars and Admissions Officers hybrid meeting from Wednesday, July 27th to Thursday, July 28th. The meeting kicked off with special guest, the new UW-System President Jay O. Rothman, delivering a brief address on his vision for UW System, how he is getting to know the needs of the UW campuses, and his work on the next UW Strategic Plan. His speech was followed by guest speakers UW-System Interim Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs, Johannes Britz and UW-System Board of Regents representative, Kyle Weatherly.  They also discussed the future of campus admissions, student affairs and goals of the Board of Regents. Attendees then gathered as a group to discuss enrollment management topics relevant to both the Admissions and Registrars including direct admissions, tuition waivers for Wisconsin First Nations students, Major/CIP and Sub-Major processes and more.  After the main meetings had included, attendees were invited on an optional First Nations Cultural Landscape Tour of the UW–Madison campus, led by the Director of Tribal Relations, Aaron Bird Bear, while other attendees met as a group of UW System Strategic Enrollment Management Officers. The first day concluded with a social hour on Lake Mendota at the Pyle Centerand remarks from Vice Provost for Enrollment Management, Derek Kindle. Day two consisted of separate meetings for the Admissions officers and Registrars staff. The agenda included discussions such as considering race in admissions, admissions without applications or “Automatic Admission” and eApp updates for the Admissions group and the impacts of State legislations, new projects, programs and policies for the Registrars group. UW–Madison was honored to host colleagues from around the State for this important gathering. Many thanks to the DEM planning team – Sandra Hong, Scott Owczarek, and Angie Rieves and Rachel Tatge – as well as to Bobbie Jean Huerth who gave many valuable contributions to the planning team prior to her departure.