Category: Office of Student Financial Aid

Notes, highlights, and other updates from the Office of Student Financial Aid.

The New, Virtual SOAR

The month of June always brings excitement to our campus. Our current Badgers are fresh off their spring semester, feeling good, and looking forward to their summer plans. Meanwhile our new Badgers are preparing to start their own journey on our campus through their SOAR experience. This year we have a whole new SOAR experience …

Emergency Funding: COVID-19, Income Continuation, and the Future!

UW–Madison was one of the first institutions in the nation to begin disbursing emergency aid to students specific to the COVID-19 pandemic.  When the move to alternative course delivery was originally announced, OSFA created an online application where students could request emergency financial assistance.  This move right around spring break required many students to change …

Summer Student Employment

Summer oftentimes presents an opportunity for students to work more hours, complete an internship, or become involved in important projects at their work place. Unfortunately, as is the case for many items, there figures to continue to be significant interruptions to our student’s employment experiences throughout summer. Summer oftentimes presents an opportunity for students to …

04.29.20 Mental Health Wellness Update

While we all are telecommuting, OSFA will be sharing some ideas to boost your mental health during these difficult times. If you know of any videos, podcasts, articles, events, ideas, etc. that would be perfect to include in these emails, please send them along to Erica Tisdale at erica.tisdale@wisc.edu.   One Way to Improve Your …

04.22.20 Mental Health Wellness Update

While we all are telecommuting, OSFA will be sharing some ideas to boost your mental health during these difficult times. If you know of any videos, podcasts, articles, events, ideas, etc. that would be perfect to include in these emails, please send them along to Erica Tisdale at erica.tisdale@wisc.edu.   One Way to Improve Your …

04.15.20 Mental Health Wellness Update

While we all are telecommuting, OSFA will be sharing some ideas to boost your mental health during these difficult times. If you know of any videos, podcasts, articles, events, ideas, etc. that would be perfect to include in these emails, please send them along to Erica Tisdale at erica.tisdale@wisc.edu.   One Way to Improve Your …

04.08.20 Mental Health Wellness Update

While we all are telecommuting, OSFA will be sharing some ideas to boost your mental health during these difficult times. If you know of any videos, podcasts, articles, events, ideas, etc. that would be perfect to include in these emails, please send them along to Erica Tisdale at erica.tisdale@wisc.edu.   One Way to Improve Your …

04.01.20 Mental Health Wellness Update

While we all are telecommuting, OSFA will be sharing some ideas to boost your mental health during these difficult times. If you know of any videos, podcasts, articles, events, ideas, etc. that would be perfect to include in these emails, please send them along to Erica Tisdale at erica.tisdale@wisc.edu.   One Way to Improve Your …

Focus on Bias: 03.2020

The Office of Student Financial Aid distributes a monthly email focused on implicit bias with some videos to watch, articles to read, and other events around campus and the community that we encourage you to attend if your schedule allows. Videos of the Month: Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools – https://www.pbs.org/show/pushout-criminalization-black-girls-schools/. If …

03.25.20 Mental Health Wellness Update

While we all are telecommuting, OSFA will be sharing some ideas to boost your mental health during these difficult times. If you know of any videos, podcasts, articles, events, ideas, etc. that would be perfect to include in these emails, please send them along to Erica Tisdale at erica.tisdale@wisc.edu.   One Way to Improve Your …