Modify Accepted Loans Students frequently accept a loan, but later realize that perhaps they need to modify or cancel the loan. The Office of Student Financial Aid has created a new form that allows students the ability to cancel, reduce, or request an increase on an already accepted loan! The functionality in the form allows …
Over the past 6+ months, a cross-divisional team of OSFA and OAR team members has been dedicated to the DEM Cohesive Communications Project. This project seeks to understand and recommend the most effective options to align admit, financial aid, and scholarship award notifications for admitted first-year undergraduate students. On Friday, January 27th, the project team …
The Office of Student Financial Aid Student Engagement team will host the Student Employment Diversity Forum on Friday, March 3rd. While it is the 3rd Annual Diversity Forum for student employees across campus, it is the first year the event will be hosted in person! In October 2020 and 2021, the Forum was held virtually. …
Campus has set a goal of 5,000 students enrolled in our online undergraduate programs within the next 5 years. To support this growth in a competitive landscape, campus leadership is investigating multiple pathways to attract, retain, and graduate students, while ensuring they have access to financial aid and other student success services. One mechanism to …
Katy Weisenburger, Assistant Director for Federal Awards at OSFA, recently visited our nation’s capitol – read a bit about her experience advocating for students and our work! The NASFAA Advocacy Pipeline was an awesome experience! Being in Washington, D.C. made me feel like I am really part of the legislative process. And it reminded me …
The Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA) has partnered with the Division of Recreation & Wellbeing (Rec Well) on a pilot effort to offer fee waivers for students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. This pilot with Rec Well is a part of OSFA’s broader No Fees project and will offer fee waivers to over 6,000 undergraduate …
The UW–Madison LEAP (Learn, Experience, Advance, Participate) Forward Internship wrapped up it’s third 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 …
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 …