Category: Updates

News and updates about the Division of Enrollment Management.

TTC is starting to gain speed. Campus Forums in November.

UW–Madison and UW System are engaged in a redesign of job title and compensation structures. The Title and Total Compensation (TTC) Project goals are to: Develop mechanisms so that employee contributions can be more easily recognized and rewarded Clearer identification of career development opportunities Compensation structure and benefits will be market-informed There will be an …

Annual Benefits Enrollment until October 25

Annual Benefits Enrollment (ABE) is the period September 30 to October 25, 2019, in which you can make changes to certain benefits without having an eligible life event (examples include marriage, birth, divorce). These changes are effective January 1, 2020. All enrollments and changes can be made via MyUW portal. Review your current benefits (MyUW …

GET is gone…

Effective October 1, all staff seeking reimbursement will need to use the e-Reimbursement system. The ‘Guided Expense Tool’ (GET) is decommissioned and is no longer available. What if I had expense reports in GET that were not submitted or approved? Those reports are no longer available. You will need to submit a new expense report …

Staff Hires and Departures – July-September

Stay up-to-date on the coming and going of DEM staff members. The following names are individuals who either had a start date or last day on payroll between July – September. New Hire/New Position Office of Admissions and Recruitment Megan Hill – Admissions Application Processing Specialist Lauren Anderson – Admissions Counselor Emily Brix – Admissions Counselor Micaela …

Add/Update your emergency contact information

If something happens while working, we want the ability to contact those who may be able to help or you would like notified. Please add/ update your emergency contact information. Only 45% of DEM has information on file. How can I add/update my emergency contact information? How-to instructions are available here: HR – Employee Self …

Focus on Bias: 09.2019

The Office of Student Financial Aid distributes a monthly email focused on implicit bias with some videos to watch, articles to read, and other events around campus and the community that we encourage you to attend if your schedule allows. Video of the Month: Color Blind or Color Brave TEDTalk by Mellody Hobson – https://www.ted.com/talks/mellody_hobson_color_blind_or_color_brave/discussion#t-9090. …

Reminder: All expense reports must be submitted or deleted from GET by Friday, September 27

Hello All,   The Guided Expense Tool (GET) will be decommissioned on September 30th, 2019. Please clean-up your queue by submitting or deleting any outstanding reports in GET by end of day Friday, September 27, 2019. Attached you will find a document containing instructions on how to clean-up your GET queue. All unsubmitted expense reports will be …

Focus on Bias: 08.2019

The Office of Student Financial Aid distributes a monthly email focused on implicit bias with some videos to watch, articles to read, and other events around campus and the community that we encourage you to attend if your schedule allows. Video of the Month: How Generational Stereotypes Hold Us Back at Work by Leah Georges …

Changes in ‘Cost Compare’ Policy

UW–Madison recently made changes to the policy allowing staff to add personal days of travel onto business-related trips. Cost Comparison (Policy 311 Air Travel Policy) Starting September 1, 2019, any flight booked that includes personal travel will now require a cost comparison directly from Fox World Travel. It is recommended that an entire trip; that includes …

RO welcomes Eric MacKay!

Eric MacKay joined the Office of the Registrar on July 29, 2019 as Assistant Registrar for Degree Audit and Academic Programs. Eric was previously the Director of Graduate Programs in the School of Human Ecology. Prior to that role, he served as a graduate program coordinator and residence life coordinator at UW–Madison and as an …