We are committed to, and believe we have greatly benefitted from providing remote work flexibility while balancing the need for in-person team events that engage and strengthen both our division and vast array of campus and community partnerships. We have demonstrated that the much of our work can be done remotely. At the same time, …
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 …
In February 2023, members from the Office of the Registrar’s Degree Audit and Academic Programs (DAAP) team attended the Leepfrog User Community Conference. The conference focused on building technical skills within CourseLeaf, the curricular management software that we refer to as Lumen on campus, as well as learning new ways to leverage CourseLeaf for student …
Over the past year, an updated Student Information System (SIS) Governance structure was established to provide technical and functional leadership, communication alignment, and oversight in resolving issues, enhancing core processes, and deploying new features related to the campus SIS. The experience and insight of governance members has been invaluable. Over the past year, an updated …
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 next DEM Session will be a Travel Policy Refresher Training hosted by Kelly Layton on July 26th from 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm. This training will provide an overview of important travel policy to consider before planning a trip.
Academic staff and limited employees with a 12-month appointment are eligible to bank vacation into a Paid Leave Bank, formerly known as Annual Leave Reserve Account (ALRA), after they have completed 10 or more fiscal years of continuous employment. Employee Self Service: You are able to enter your leave conversion through ESS similar to entering …
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 June. NEW HIRE/NEW POSITION Office of Admissions and Recruitment Kate Bergum, Admissions Counselor A.M. Goodhart, Admissions Counselor Mikayla Scott-Krattiger, Admissions …
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 …