This spring, the RO Student Employee team was introduced to the Wisconsin Guided Reflection on Work (WiGROW) program through the Front Lines Community of Care group, specifically Admissions Student Supervisor Nicole Kaforski who is on the WiGROW steering committee. WiGROW is an engagement initiative administered in partnership with the Office of Student Financial Aid as …
The COVID-19 pandemic has required a lot from everyone, and since March 2020 everyone has been pitching in to complete the demanding work that the pandemic has produced. While supporting the university during the pandemic, the Office of the Registrar was also maintaining our standard business practices and completing many of the initiatives in our …
Developing staff, collaborating and engaging with the campus community, and being committed to utilizing shared knowledge, creativity, and innovation to examine unique circumstances are some of the pillars that hold up the spirit of continuous improvement the Office of the Registrar tries to maintain. Recently there was one such experience that started with an RO …
On September 30th, staff from the Office of Admissions and Recruitment and Office of the Registrar were on hand for the signing of a transfer agreement between Madison College and UW–Madison School of Education. The agreement, which goes into effect for students admitted to UW–Madison beginning fall 2022, is aimed at diversifying and strengthening the …
John Ford considers himself still relatively new to DEM (November 2019) and yet he continues to be impressed by the ability of his colleagues, coworkers and partners to address urgent needs of campus. This academic year has been unusually disruptive and many areas in DEM have needed to focus resources on immediate changes related to …
The start of the fall semester brought a new policy to help students dealing with medical issues needing to take time away from the university. The new Medical Withdrawal Policy, approved by UW System in January 2021, was implemented at UW–Madison on September 1st. This new policy brings more transparency and visibility about medical withdrawals …
This fall semester UW System President Thompson charged universities to have 75% of their class sections in-person, giving section modality more of a spotlight across the system and state than in any other term prior to the pandemic. UW–Madison surpassed this goal and currently has 90% of our class sections in-person. This fall semester UW …
On September 18, 2021 the university held its non-commencement, commencement at Camp Randall, exactly 497 days since the Class of 2020 was supposed to celebrate. This in-person event followed the official virtual commencement ceremonies and invited students from spring 2020, summer 2020, and fall 2020 who were unable to have an in-person ceremony. More of …
International students faced a number of challenges going into the fall 2021 semester. Many international students expressed concerns to International Student Services (ISS) related to the increase in COVID variant cases around the world, as well as concerns regarding access to vaccines, U.S. consulates, visa processing time, and flight cancellations. International students faced a number …
The Office of the Registrar Student Services team spent the summer months transitioning our phone response technology to Cisco Finesse. Following in the footsteps of the Office of Admissions, the DoIT Help Desk, the Office of Student Financial Aid and the Bursar’s Office, who have also implemented this technology, we were very excited to utilize …