The Office of the Registrar is excited to announce that students now have the option to select whether they want their name in use or their legal name on their diploma. Previously, only legal name was allowed. However, most importantly, it is one small but meaningful step for a more inclusive experience for our students, …
In October 2019, the Office of the Registrar embarked on a project after attending the Big Ten Academic Alliance Registrar meeting and seeing what University of Minnesota was doing to warehouse uAchieve (DARS) data for use in NCAA eligibility checks. Members of our office returned to Madison with the questions, “What if we could see …
The Student Information System (SIS) is widely utilized across campus for a variety of roles. Previously, the Office of the Registrar (RO) hosted instructor-led trainings and maintained PDF documentation and resources for campus users on how to complete tasks in SIS. In June 2021 the RO began a project to evaluate SIS training needs across …
Electronic transmissions of enrollment, program, and other student information is sent to the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) multiple times each term. The NSC provides educational reporting (including data to the National Student Loan Data System), verification and research and includes a large national network of colleges, making up 97 percent of postsecondary enrollment. Electronic transmissions …
The Student Athletic Summary (SAS) Page project was started because the Athletic Certification process needed a tool to streamline the process and provide a central location for data and document storage. The Office of the Registrar needed to develop a tool that met the needs of the Academic Eligibility staff and worked within the technical …
Fun fact: Oracle Student Admin doesn’t provide functionality to manage student degree program and major declaration. Oh, the information exists in the Student Program/Plan pages within SIS, but there is no option for allowing that information to be dynamically updated by the hundreds of individuals that work with students to declare their majors and certificates, …
Campus has set a goal of 5,000 students enrolled in our online undergraduate programs within the next 5 years. To support this growth in a competitive landscape, campus leadership is investigating multiple pathways to attract, retain, and graduate students, while ensuring they have access to financial aid and other student success services. One mechanism to …
On October 8, 2022, ten high school and community college educators from across the U.S. congregated on the UW–Madison campus to participate in a workshop as part of the Engaging Eurasia Teacher Fellowship (EETF) program. Coordinated by Title VI international area studies centers at UW–Madison, Harvard University, The Ohio State University, and the University of …
The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Offices (AACRAO) recently concluded electronic voting for each open Board of Directors and Nominations and Elections Committee position. Voting is open to all AACRAO members and the results are in! The Office of the Registrar’s own Beth Warner will be serving on the 2023 – 2024 Nominations …
If a student orders a transcript they likely interact with the transcript vendor, Parchment. Most transcript orders are now processed using Parchment. If a student indicates they want the order delivered via PDF, the vendor software communicates with our SIS to match the student record and sends it directly to the recipient via email. If …