Category: Updates

News and updates about the Division of Enrollment Management.

Mentoring Update

The Office of Student Financial Aid Success Services is launching our mentorship program for the 4th year!  The program is a continued partnership with Mentor Collective; a vendor focused on utilizing research and institutional goals to create a program to support and positively impact students’ connection to the campus community.  Starting this summer, incoming first-year …

LEAP in its Fourth Year!

UW–Madison and the Office of student Financial Aid welcomed the 4th cohort of LEAP Forward Interns on June 26th. The LEAP Forward Internship Program is a 6 week internship for current MMSD Health Sciences Pathways students. LEAP Forward interns gain key hands-on practical experience at host sites across various UW–Madison schools and colleges. They also …

Undergraduate Application and Enrollment Fee Increases

On Friday, June 9, the Board of Regents approved UW–Madison’s proposal to increase our application fee from $60 to $70. The last time our campus increased the undergraduate application fee was in June 2016 from $50 to $60 This change positions UW–Madison modestly in the top half of our public peers. In addition to the …

Growth in Accommodated Testing helps campus growth

This past year UW–Madison experienced tremendous growth in the number of students who requested and were approved for accommodations for exams in their courses. Although an overall increase in the number of students on campus may have partly contributed to this, there has been a multi-year trend of increasing numbers of students with disabilities seeking …

RO delivers on campus partner requests for SOAR

In response to the College of Letters & Science request to get more comprehensive curricular and student enrollment information, Phil Hull created an Institutional Data Exporter (IDE) for Fall Course Access. The IDE will be utilized during SOAR for Course Access Planning.  In response to the College of Letters & Science request to get more …

Another Guide publication for the books

June marked the official publication of the 2023-2024 edition of Guide. This edition is the culmination of the work that departmental and school/college representatives, academic planners, faculty, and governance bodies have been working toward all year. Over 800 Lumen Programs and Structures updates were processed and implemented in this catalog cycle. June marked the official …

Federal Work Study Partner Site Visit Initiative

The Student Employment team is excited to share the highlights of our recent Federal Work Study Partner Site Visit Initiative from May. During our visit with the Department of Administration tour guides, we discovered their mission of providing unique guided tours of the capital, with UW–Madison student employees serving as essential tour guides. In addition, …

Scott’s Thoughts on Spring Commencement 2023

Spring Commencement kicked off Friday, May 12, 2023 at the Kohl Center to celebrate Doctoral, MFA and Medical Professionals. The celebrations continued on Saturday, May 13 with graduating Bachelor’s, Master’s and Law Degree Candidates. There is no other energy and excitement of more than 7,800 graduates inside Camp Randall surrounded by their faculty, family, classmates, loved …

Hires and Departures – May

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 May.   NEW HIRE/NEW POSITION Office of Admissions and Recruitment Cameron Olson, Business Analyst Akornefa Akyea, Manager for Admissions Front Line Services …

Save the date: SIS down for an upgrade

The campus Student Information System (SIS) – or Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solutions – will be down beginning July 1st at 5:00PM for an upgrade to PeopleTools version 8.60, with a target of Wednesday, July 5 10:00 p.m. for SIS to be available again to all users.  During this outage period, users, including students, will not …