Category: Updates

News and updates about the Division of Enrollment Management.

A Magical Gathering: Student Employment Summer Summit was a hit!

The Student Employment team in the Office of Student Financial Aid hosted the 5th annual Student Employment Summer Summit.  With 135 attendees, including colleagues from other UW system schools, the turnout was great but even more importantly the engagement was stellar! The team pivoted quickly and didn’t allow flight cancellations prohibiting the keynote speaker from …

2024-25 Parking Permit Offers (valid September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025)

Round 1 parking assignment offers were sent via email on July 10-11, 2024. If you received an offer, it needs to be accepted and purchased no later than July 30, 2024. Round 2 applications opened on July 10 and will close on July 30. Permit offers will be emailed between July 31-August 1, and the …

Hires and Departures – July

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 July. New Hire/New Position Office of Admissions and Recruitment Stephanie Benson-Gonzales, Senior Manager for Strategic Initiatives Amaya Boman, Front Line Services …

LEAPing into our Fifth Year

The UW–Madison LEAP (Learn, Experience, Advance, Participate) Forward Internship wrapped up it’s fifth 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 for …

ELE at ALE – Not just Alphabet Soup!

Kari Temkin (OSFA) partnered with colleagues at the Center for Leadership and Involvement to present about the Engaged Leaders Through Employment Program at the Association of Leadership Educators conference in Minneapolis on July 15.  Participants at this conference ranged from leadership researchers, educators, and practitioners. The session was well received and even piqued future research …

Work-Study Student Employees Enrich Community Through Art and Learning at the Art + Literature Laboratory

Izi Knoernschild, OSFA’s Student Employment Administrative Assistant, shares her experience visiting a partner site this summer. The Student Employment Team is excited to share an update about the Federal Work-Study Partner Site Visit Initiative that launched in October 2022. Our team aims to visit one Federal Work-Study Partner monthly to learn more about their mission …

Brianne Leads for Impact with AAMC

Brianne Camacho, OSFA’s School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) Director of Financial Aid & Financial Wellness Advising, gives her firsthand experience attending the AAMC Leading for Impact conference at the end of June. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) leads and serves the academic medicine community for the purpose of improvement. The AAMC …

OAR and ISS Host Chancellor’s Admitted Student Receptions in Seoul and Bangkok

This June, OAR and International Student Services (ISS) held Admitted Student Receptions in Seoul and Bangkok to greet future Badgers in coordination with the Chancellor’s 175th events.  Blaine Harvey from OAR and Samantha McCabe, the Director of ISS, were graciously joined by Chancellor Mnookin and Derek Kindle to present to incoming students about the Wisconsin …

OAR Hosts Annual Cycle Kick Off

On Wednesday, July 17, the Office of Admissions and Recruitment received their official charge from Executive Director André E. Phillips for the 2025 cycle at Grainger Hall. While this meeting marks the official start of the 2025 admissions cycle and presents the charge, priorities, and goals for the year, OAR has been hard at work …

OAR Staff Elected to Organization Leadership Positions

Congratulations to members of OAR recently elected to leadership positions within their organizations: Michael Rutkowski was elected treasurer of WACAC (the Wisconsin Association for College Admission Counseling). WACAC is the state-level affiliate of NACAC and brings college admissions and high school counseling personal together. Their primary objective is to help students in Wisconsin to prepare …