Category: Updates

News and updates about the Division of Enrollment Management.

Welcome Pahoua Xiong to OSFA

Pahoua joined the Office of Student Financial Aid on March 26. She serves as a Financial Aid Advisor and is the liaison for the Graduate School, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, and the School of Veterinary Medicine. As a Hmong American, first-generation college graduate of UW–Madison, she takes great pride in helping students transition …

Focus on Bias: 5.14.19

The Office of Student Financial Aid distributes a weekly 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 Week: Practical Diversity: Taking Inclusion from Theory to Practice TED Talk by …

Welcome Micaela Salas to OSFA

Micaela worked in the Office of Student Financial Aid as a FASTrack/BANNER Peer Advisor, but began her new position of Advisor on March 26. She completed her bachelor’s degree at UW–Madison in 2012, majoring in Social Welfare and American Indian Studies. During her time as an undergraduate student she worked as an information specialist for …

Welcome Emma Crawford to OSFA

Emma joined the Office of Student Financial Aid on March 26. She serves as a Financial Aid Advisor and works especially close with the School of Medicine and Public Health. She is passionate about financial wellness, college affordability, and access to higher education and is excited to be part of an office that encourages her …

Focus on Bias: 5.8.19

The Office of Student Financial Aid distributes a weekly 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 Week: How Can I Say This So We Can Stay in This …

Focus on Bias: 5.1.19

The Office of Student Financial Aid distributes a weekly 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 Week: Children in Persistent Poverty – https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiatives/low-income-working-families/projects/children-persistent-poverty. This video is about 6 …

Focus on Bias: 4.23.19

The Office of Student Financial Aid distributes a weekly 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. Podcast of the Week: The Fifteenth Amendment a Civics Podcast – https://www.civics101podcast.org/civics-101-episodes/ep103. This podcast is …

Katie Block joins Office of the Registrar!

Katie Block will be starting her new role as the Assistant Registrar position within the Student Services unit of the Office of the Registrar on May 1, 2019.  Katie’s foundational experience within the Graduate School, her campus relationships and understanding of our decentralized structure, as well as her other enrollment management experience at UC Santa …

Focus on Bias: 4.16.19

The Office of Student Financial Aid distributes a weekly 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. Podcast of the Week: What’s The Breaking Point at the Border? From the 1A NPR …

Focus on Bias: 4.9.19

The Office of Student Financial Aid distributes a weekly 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. Podcast of the Week: The Leesburg Stockade Girls a NPR StoryCorps Podcast – https://storycorps.org/podcast/the-leesburg-stockade-girls/. This …