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 …
This year the Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) hosted their annual conference in Denver, CO. AEFP is an organization for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners tackling the most important education finance and policy issues in education. Several SSTAR Lab team members attended and quite a few presented. Here is a list of the presentations …
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’ …
Congratulations to everyone in the Division for helping recruit, admit, award, and enroll the largest class in UW history. As we prepare for a new application cycle, take a moment to meet the class of 2025. Highlights from the UW–Madison press release include: The freshman class includes 8,465 students and is the largest in UW …
The first question some of you might be asking yourself is what is a hashtag? In its simplest form, it’s a word or phrase that is preceded by the pound (#) symbol. But why it’s actually used is to serve as indicator that the piece of content relates to a specific topic or is part …