On Wednesday, July 20th, the Student Employment team within the Office of Student Financial Aid hosted their second annual Student Employment Summer Summit. This event brought together supervisors, hiring managers, and others who support student employment across campus to connect and share knowledge and best practices pertaining to a variety of Student Employment topics. The …
The Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) appeal process will be a lot easier for students and their academic advisors moving forward! In May 2022, the Office of Student Financial Aid used GT eForms to implement a SAP Student Appeal eForm and a SAP Advisor Appeal eForm. The SAP Student Appeal eForm will be available in the …
The team at OSFA keeps getting more offers out the virtual door — over 31,000 for 2022-23! In early May, we began emailing out Summer 2022 financial aid offers to enrolled students – 3,300+ already sent. Financial aid for the summer term is more limited than what is available for the academic year. The most common …
During the second full week of April each year, National Student Employment Appreciation Week is celebrated at colleges and universities across the nation. This year the Student Employment team in the Office of Student Financial Aid led a centrally coordinated effort to celebrate all UW–Madison student employees. There were free events such as glow bowling, …
International Academic Program’s (IAP) Global Gateway (GG) launched in 2014 with a goal to provide access to study abroad experiences for lower income students who are less likely to study abroad than their higher resourced peers. Building upon successful cohorts, in 2018 IAP sought out the Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA) as a new …
On Wednesday, February 23rd, Ally Bartelme (RO), Nicole Kaforski (OAR), and Devin Deegan (OSFA) presented at the UW–Madison Advising & Career Services Conference. Their presentation, Leveraging Student Employment to Impact Sense of Belonging on Campus, explored how academic advisors and career services professionals can advocate for student experiences that promote a sense of belonging on …
Loan forgiveness, that is! In partnership with Ascendium, a number of OSFA employees recently hosted two webinars on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program and its temporary waiver. The responses to and interest in the webinars were overwhelmingly positive – over 1400 registered and 600 attended! The direct feedback received was even more encouraging …
New Year’s Resolution: Zero Papercuts in the Workplace! Papercuts are not fun. They sting, they hurt, they are annoying. The Office of Student Financial Aid takes papercuts very seriously and has been busy automating business processes and removing our interaction with paper to ensure our team’s fingers are healthy and papercut free. GT eForms has …
The SSTAR Lab is excited to announce a new data mapping tool and report on the geography of college opportunity—exploring where postsecondary programs are offered and the communities they serve. We focus on diverse types of postsecondary programs and on rural areas. Our tool, developed in partnership with the Applied Population Lab, is designed to …
The Office of Admissions & Recruitment and the Office of Student Financial Aid are teaming up to offer mentorship to admitted and current students. During the spring of 2020, OSFA initiated a partnership with Mentor Collective; a vendor focused on utilizing research and institutional goals to create a program to support and positively impact students’ …