The UW–Madison LEAP (Learn, Experience, Advance, Participate) Forward Internship wrapped up it’s fourth successful summer of the program. LEAP was piloted in the summer of 2018 as a part of UW–Madison’s Anchor Partner Commitment to the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) and the Personalized Pathways Program. LEAP Forward has been designed as an equitable opportunity …
The Office of Student Financial Aid’s Wisconsin Scholarship Hub (WiSH) Support Team hosted an exciting event that fostered collaboration, knowledge exchange, and innovation within the realm of scholarship management. As part of the ongoing efforts to enhance scholarship processes across the Wisconsin higher education institutions, the Wisconsin Blackbaud Award Management (BAM) User Group gathered for …
On July 2, I accepted the gavel at the National Association of Student Aid Administrators’ (NASFAA) annual conference in San Diego, marking the beginning of my term as 2023-24 National Chair. NASFAA provides training and professional development to our members while also engaging in advocacy in the public policy space. NASFAA member institutions serve 9 …
The Student Employment Team in OSFA hosted the Student Employment Summer Summit on Wednesday, July 12th. Despite the rain over 115 staff from campus, off campus work study partners, and colleagues from across the state joined in an afternoon of learning and networking to enhance the student employment experience. Dr. Terrell Strayhorn’s keynote on College …
The Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA) continues to work collaboratively with the Division of Continuing Studies (DCS) Summer Term to expand summer aid for our students in financial aid promise programs. In early 2023, a group from OSFA and DCS met to determine how we could combine our efforts to provide additional institutional aid …
The Office of Student Financial Aid Success Services is launching our mentorship program for the 4th year! The program is a continued partnership with Mentor Collective; a vendor focused on utilizing research and institutional goals to create a program to support and positively impact students’ connection to the campus community. Starting this summer, incoming first-year …
UW–Madison and the Office of student Financial Aid welcomed the 4th cohort of LEAP Forward Interns on June 26th. The LEAP Forward Internship Program is a 6 week internship for current MMSD Health Sciences Pathways students. LEAP Forward interns gain key hands-on practical experience at host sites across various UW–Madison schools and colleges. They also …
The Student Employment team is excited to share the highlights of our recent Federal Work Study Partner Site Visit Initiative from May. During our visit with the Department of Administration tour guides, we discovered their mission of providing unique guided tours of the capital, with UW–Madison student employees serving as essential tour guides. In addition, …
Save the Date! The Office of Student Financial Aid is hosting the Student Employment Summer Summit on Wednesday, July 12th at Gordon Dining & Event Center from 12:30-4:30. Our Division and the University as a whole relies on the contributions of student employees. As such, this event will bring together supervisors, hiring mangers, and others …
There will be a new form of affordable housing for our students, which will open in 2024, at Oliv Madison. The Core Space development is making 10% (i.e. 112 beds) of its beds available at a 40% discounted rate through an agreement with the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the city. OSFA has agreed to …