The Student Engagement team in OSFA hosted a successful Student Employee Diversity Forum on November 15 in the Gordon Dining & Event Center. Over 100 student employees—representing a kaleidoscope of offices, roles, and experiences across campus—gathered to engage in meaningful discussion about diversity, identity, equity, and inclusion. The event opened with a captivating keynote from …
The OSFA Student Engagement Team recently put the spotlight on UW–Madison’s innovative student employment approach at the 2024 National Student Employment Association (NSEA) Annual Conference. Held from November 6-8 in Indianapolis, IN, this conference brought together professionals from career services, human resources, financial aid, and stand-alone student employment offices—all with a shared passion for empowering …
As User Acceptance Testing wraps up and we approach the final phase of migrating our on-premise Jira projects and Confluence spaces to the cloud, we are excited to announce the transition will officially begin at noon on Friday, November 15. At that time our on-premise Jira and Confluence environments will be put into read-only mode. Once …
University Staff team members received an email from Universities of Wisconsin on October 7, 2024 that beginning January 1, 2025 they will transition to receive vacation and personal holiday hours on the fiscal year rather than the calendar year. Working at UW published the following article on October 9, 2024: University Staff leave schedule to …
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 October. New Hire/New Position Office of Admissions and Recruitment Laura Bastian Webb, Remote Reader Beth Butler, Remote Reader Abi Cabral-Rains, Remote …
The Student Employment Team piloted a Site-Visit Initiative in the Fall of 2022. Now in 2024, the team has conducted over 12 visits, seven of which took place in the 23-24 AY. The goal of the initiative was to connect with our off-campus Federal Work-Study (FWS) Partners to better understand how we can improve our …
Exchanging ideas is a key part of the annual assemblage of registrars from across the Big Ten, and this year saw a few additional faces. With four new schools officially joining the Big Ten in August, this year’s Academic Alliance gathering allowed the RO’s Aaron Apel, Will Lipske, Kelly Norton, and Heidi Tuescher-Gille to share …
Lo Klink and Justin Mumford presented on the No Fees Project at the National Scholarship Providers Association annual conference in Salt Lake City, UT, on October 16, 2024. The No Fees Project focuses on creating access to students experiences. The cost of attendance is one thing, but have you thought about the cost of student …
This fall, the Office of Admissions and Recruitment hosted a number of on-campus events including our largest one to date. The fall Experience Wisconsin Open House took place on Friday, October 18, and was the largest on-campus event OAR has hosted to date, with 1,551 students and guests. Experience Wisconsin Open House is a full-day …
In case you haven’t turned a TV or radio on in the past few months, we wanted to remind you of the upcoming statewide General Election on Tuesday, November 5th. Did you know that if you develop a voting plan you are more likely to follow through and actually vote? Take a moment today to …