At the last American Association of University’s Registrars meeting there were a series of discussions focused around professional development, succession planning, and providing growth opportunities to create a leadership pipeline amongst Deputy/Senior/Associate Registrar positions. At the last American Association of University’s Registrars meeting there were a series of discussions focused around professional development, succession planning, …
The Credit Evaluation Services (CES) Team automated the process of adding transcript text notes to the credit evaluation, which tell transfer applicants what placement tests to take after they are admitted. Tracy Mores, Scott Golueke, and Greg Mehlert developed logic that the Student Information System (SIS) uses to tell whether or not a student needs …
Recently there were changes made to the processing of transfer credit by the Office of the Registrar’s Credit Evaluation Services team. Students transferring credits from institutions on a different academic calendar or within a different educational system (e.g. quarter and international institutions) will have their credits converted to semester hours as exact credit values, using …
Traveling to a conference to represent the Registrar’s Office? Know before you go! This quick guide to conference travel policies will help you understand some of the policies and requirements for UW–Madison travelers so ensure you get reimbursed for all personal funds spent. You can access all UW travel policies in full on the Business …
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 March. NEW HIRE/NEW POSITION SSTAR Lab Cory Roseth, Project Assistant [late-February] DEPARTURES Office of Admissions and Recruitment Froylan Hernandez, Milwaukee Outreach …
On March 17, OAR released our transfer Priority Decisions. Along with students who were admitted and denied, there were student who received a defer decision. Transfer defer is similar to first-year defer, but not the same. A transfer student who received a defer decision must provide final grades for the current quarter or trimester to …
UW–Madison welcomed a new Travel Manager, Terry Wilson to the Travel and Card Team. Terry is offering a new training session titled “Introduction to UW–Madison’s Managed Travel Program and Concur”. Details about the training: “The 90-minute session is designed to introduce the UW–Madison Managed Travel Program and use of the online booking tool Concur to …
FMLA and WFMLA are leave entitlements that enable an eligible team member to balance work and family responsibilities by taking job-protected unpaid leave for specified family and/or medical reasons. Team members can choose to be paid during an approved FMLA leave by using their Sick Leave or other accrued leave such as Vacation or Personal …
This spring we are planning on relaunching the DEM Wellness Team. For those that familiar, the DEM Wellness Team is a cross-divisional team with members from each department in DEM that meets once a month and plans different activities for the DEM Team. In the past the DEM Wellness Team has sent out suggestions for …
We wanted to remind everyone of the upcoming statewide Spring Election on Tuesday, April 4th. 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 set aside time on your calendar to vote. Polling places are open from 7am to …