Summer oftentimes presents an opportunity for students to work more hours, complete an internship, or become involved in important projects at their work place. Unfortunately, as is the case for many items, there figures to continue to be significant interruptions to our student’s employment experiences throughout summer. Summer oftentimes presents an opportunity for students to …
By: Todd Reck The LEAP Forward Internship Program was suspended for summer 2020, but that does not mean that DEM’s commitment to local high school students was suspended. Read more about how the LEAP Forward team has developed an Online Classroom to help more Madison students become college and career ready. By: Todd Reck The …
The Office of Admissions and Recruitment will be hosting ten virtual counselor/advisor events in May and June to connect with high school counselors and two-year college advisors. We will host two high school counselor events specifically for Wisconsin high school counselors, one specifically for Illinois counselors, and one specifically for Minnesota counselors. The Office of …
As we continue to admit students off of the wait list and work to finalize decisions for students who requested an extension to June 1, our admitted student programming has continued throughout May and will run throughout June and July. We will offer weekly Admitted Student Information Sessions along with weekly Next Steps Panels, which …
As with most other things this semester, commencement went virtual. Normally, the student employees in the Student Services team of the Office of the Registrar typically assemble 8,500 diploma covers each Spring semester for distribution at commencement events. Since our staff are working remotely and the Spring 2020 Commencement ceremony has been postponed, “stuffing” the …
This semester the university introduced a special grading option in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This option will be available to everyone enrolled in Spring 2020 courses that award A-F grades. The opportunity to convert a letter grade to SD (satisfactory-disruption) or UD (unsatisfactory-disruption) opened on May 9th and closes on May 22nd and we …
Current parking permit holders will receive parking permit renewal notifications for 2020-21 beginning on May 11, 2020. The 2020-21 parking year is valid September 1, 2020 through August 31, 2021. Deadline for applications to be considered for the first round of parking assignments is June 5, 2020 Notification of parking assignments will be emailed the …
UW System has made changes to our travel vendors. Effective July 1, there will be two travel service providers for UW Madison non-athletic travel: For employee and guest travel the University will use Travel Incorporated of Duluth, GA. This includes a continuation of our Administrative Group travel reservation services. For University Group Block services (10 …
Stay up-to-date on the coming and going of DEM team members. The following names are individuals who either had a start date or last day on payroll during April. NEW HIRE/NEW POSITION Office of the Registrar Leah Meicher, Student Enterprise Application Manager Office of Admissions and Recruitment Nancy Hoffman, Senior Associate Director for Administration …
Retirement 101 Virtual Learning (this is a repeat session from January, for those who weren’t able to attend or for those who want to attend again) Tuesday, May 19, 2020 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Register here: https://go.wisc.edu/s635ya. Materials and a link to the virtual learning will be emailed to you closer to May 19. Will …