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At Wisconsin Welcome event, Office of the Registrar focuses on long-term student support

This year, the Office of the Registrar refocused its approach to Wisconsin Welcome, putting a priority on directly connecting students with resources that will help them throughout their academic careers.

Work group shares recommendations on aligning systems with campus guidelines on using legal sex, gender

A work group consisting of members of the Office of Admissions and Recruitment, the Office of the Registrar, the Graduate School, and the Division of Information Technology has drafted its recommendations on how to align the many campus tools that use student data with updated institutional guidelines on legal sex and gender.

Matching classes to classrooms: How the Office of the Registrar finds a home for thousands of class sections each term

With thousands of class sections offered at the university every term, finding an appropriate home for each class is no small feat.

Rewritten academic load exception process packs operational improvements, streamlined resolution

An under-the-hood update to the process through which academic load exceptions are handled is about to launch with a number of operational improvements in tow. After just over a year of work, the rewritten process is set to go live on September 4, the first class day of the Fall 2024 term. What’s new The …

RO website homepage redesign project sees the spotlight

In late July, WordPress administrators and editors from around the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus got a peek behind the curtain at the work that went into creating the Office of the Registrar’s new website homepage.

DEM picks Kunz, Leigh and Associates as cloud Jira, Confluence implementation partner

As the shift from the on-premise versions of Atlassian’s Jira and Confluence approaches, the Division of Enrollment Management is planning on partnering with Kunz, Leigh and Associates (KL&A) to serve as an implementation partner, pending final agreement negotiations.

Progress continues in anticipation of Workday implementation

Team members across the Division of Enrollment Management (DEM) continue to make progress on several SIS-related fronts in anticipation of the upcoming Finance and HR Workday implementation. The Cross-DEM/SIS workgroup meets regularly to collaborate on the planning, testing, and implementation of the changes that will be impacting the SIS environment and the downstream ancillary systems. …

RO serves up some sweetness in appreciation of campus curricular, enrollment reps

A sunny summer afternoon proved a nearly picture-perfect opportunity for the Office of the Registrar (RO) to show its gratitude to the hardworking curricular and enrollment representatives from across the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.

Warner goes to Washington: Interim registrar takes AACRAO’s case to lawmakers

Interim University Registrar Beth Warner took the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s perspective on various higher education issues directly to lawmakers in Washington, D.C. in late July as part of the annual Congressional Hill Day organized by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO).

Hires and Departures – July

Stay up-to-date on the comings and goings of DEM Team Members. The following names are individuals with position updates or interim title changes that had a start date or last day on payroll in July. New Hire/New Position Office of Admissions and Recruitment Stephanie Benson-Gonzales, Senior Manager for Strategic Initiatives Amaya Boman, Front Line Services …