Category: Updates

News and updates about the Division of Enrollment Management.

Badger Reclaim

This May, the Basic Needs team in the Office of Student Financial Aid joined forces with Mad City Moving and University Housing Sustainability to launch Badger Reclaim. This initiative aims to provide UW–Madison students with essential housing items at no cost, promoting sustainability and community support. Badger Reclaim builds off the successes of the Sustainable …

Owczarek to lead Enrollment Management

Associate Vice Provost and University Registrar Scott Owczarek will assume the role of interim vice provost for enrollment management.

College for Rural Wisconsin continues to expand in its second year

In its second year, the College for Rural Wisconsin (CRW) program just keeps expanding! Three new UW–Madison students joined us, growing the Rural Peer Advisor team to six. More awareness of the program and a bigger team allowed us to more than double the number of rural and small-town schools and rural youth-serving organizations we …

Hires and Departures – April

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 April. New Hire/New Position Office of Student Financial Aid Katy Weisenburger, Assistant Director of Compliance, Advocacy & Training Departures Office of …

Takeaways from AACRAO 2025

DEM team members traded one isthmus for another as they headed to Seattle for AACRAO’s 2025 Annual Meeting.

Summer 2025 and Parking Year (PY) 2025-26 Information

DEM Session: Parking 2025-26 Via Teams (optional calendar invite) Monday, May 5, 2025 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. As DEM team members are planning their work schedules, working on-site and/or a hybrid model of working remote, here is information regarding summer 2025 and PY 2025-26 parking. DEM Administration is again delegating parking priority assignments based on the …

Early Payroll and Absence Deadlines in Preparation for Workday

Workday is coming to the Universities of Wisconsin in early July 2025. Workday will affect how you access and manage your employment information, like submitting time and absence requests, updating payroll elections, approving absences, remote work agreements, and more. You can prepare for Workday by keeping the following deadline dates in mind as we transition …

DARS update makes content easier to read, more accessible

In Full Swing: Spring First-Year Admitted Student Events Exceed Expectations

This spring, the Office of Admissions & Recruitment (OAR) hosted our largest yield event to date. The Future Badger Day on April 18, saw 874 total guests and welcomed 364 future badgers. Additional Future Badger Day events were hosted on March 14, 2025 and on April 4, 2025 and welcomed 1,506 total guests including 630 …

WASFAA 2025 “Channeling Your Current”

 The Wisconsin Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (WASFAA) hosted its annual conference March 26–28 at the beautiful Oneida Casino & Hotel in Green Bay, Wisconsin. This gathering brought together financial aid professionals dedicated to advancing financial aid administration in Wisconsin. With the theme “Channeling Your Current,” the event inspired attendees to navigate challenges and …