The transition to higher education is a pivotal moment in a student’s life, marked by excitement and uncertainty. One crucial aspect of this transition is the Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration process, known as SOAR. In October 2019, the Credit Evaluation Services (CES) team took on the responsibility of transfer credit evaluations, ushering in a …
The Residency Review Work Group (RRWG), a committee with representatives from several UW System campuses (including the Tony Pietsch of the UW–Madison Registrar’s Office), the UWS Office of Student Success, and UWS Office of General Counsel, recently released updates to the UW System Residency Determination Guidelines and Visa Guidelines (collectively, “the Residency Guidelines”), providing new …
SOAR (Student Orientation, Advising and Registration) is one of the first ways students transition to UW–Madison. Hosted by the Center for First-Year Experience (CFYE), several offices across campus help with the transition process as consultants while students begin learning about academic advising, degree requirements, enrollment, and campus resources. The RO helped students, faculty and staff …
In 2021, UW–Madison entered a partnership with edX/2U to host non-credit courses on the edX platform and pilot hosting a Wisconsin School of Business Masters in Business: Data, Insights and Analytics degree on the platform. The purpose of the engagement is to amplify awareness for UW–Madison programs to a global audience, harness recruiting data to …
As the planning work for our Jira and Confluence replacement continues, we wanted to provide an update on the progress. The Office of the Registrar IT Portfolio Manager has met with each of the DEM areas, as well as our external partners, to assess current use of both Jira and Confluence. A survey was also …
In February 2023, members from the Office of the Registrar’s Degree Audit and Academic Programs (DAAP) team attended the Leepfrog User Community Conference. The conference focused on building technical skills within CourseLeaf, the curricular management software that we refer to as Lumen on campus, as well as learning new ways to leverage CourseLeaf for student …
Over the past year, an updated Student Information System (SIS) Governance structure was established to provide technical and functional leadership, communication alignment, and oversight in resolving issues, enhancing core processes, and deploying new features related to the campus SIS. The experience and insight of governance members has been invaluable. Over the past year, an updated …
This past year UW–Madison experienced tremendous growth in the number of students who requested and were approved for accommodations for exams in their courses. Although an overall increase in the number of students on campus may have partly contributed to this, there has been a multi-year trend of increasing numbers of students with disabilities seeking …
In response to the College of Letters & Science request to get more comprehensive curricular and student enrollment information, Phil Hull created an Institutional Data Exporter (IDE) for Fall Course Access. The IDE will be utilized during SOAR for Course Access Planning. In response to the College of Letters & Science request to get more …
June marked the official publication of the 2023-2024 edition of Guide. This edition is the culmination of the work that departmental and school/college representatives, academic planners, faculty, and governance bodies have been working toward all year. Over 800 Lumen Programs and Structures updates were processed and implemented in this catalog cycle. June marked the official …