Category: Updates

News and updates about the Division of Enrollment Management.

Summer 2019 Call for Art

This summer, the Office of Student Financial Aid is collaborating with the Division of Continuing Studies and School of Education to have an exhibition of high school art in the Wally Douma Art Gallery. The best entry will receive admission and funding to attend the Imaging Self: PreCollege Summer Arts Intensive program. DCS has confirmed …

Facts & Figures – February 2019

Office of the Registrar Facts & Figures: February 2019 Activity Volume Interesting Tidbits Grade changes Processed* 411 Degrees posted* 319 Graudated with Distinctions Honors Posted 1,370 GWD is only run once the majority of degree posting activity is complete for a term Deans actions processed* 216 133 students granted permission to enroll part-time in the …

Course Search & Enroll app Design Sprint – February 2019

The DoIT Enroll team responsible for the development of the Course Search & Enroll (CS&E) app and the Degree Planner determined that to complete all the committed deliverables pre-SOAR 2019, they needed to increase their average pace of development. Toward that end, the team engaged in a two-week focused sprint (increasing the pace of development …

Focus on Bias: 3.19.19

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. This week we will be examining White Supremacy. The videos and article this week address …

Welcome RO Data Specialists – February 2019

Eric Durkee and Maria Peters started as Data Specialists with the Office of the Registrar on February 18th. The Data Specialists are integral to the official student and curricular reporting functions of the office and university. These positions provide academic data and information to UW–Madison faculty and staff and to the public, as well as …

Visit from Nazarbayev University – February 2019

For 10 days in February, the RO hosted two members of the NU Registrar’s Office staff – Saltanat Beisembina and Olzhas Tuyakbayev. The main goals of their visit were to learn best practices around student services and classroom scheduling. A number of campus partners met with our visitors for meetings and building tours to introduce …

Special Events Scheduling – February 2019

Special-events scheduling in general-assignment classrooms is a regular activity handled by the Curricular Services team, with a large push at the start of each term. Since the current semester got underway, over 2,500 special events – including midterm exams, review sessions, student organization meetings, and much more – have been scheduled.

DEM Laptop Pool

Hello DEM Colleagues – All units within DEM currently have a need to use laptops for training or outreach events. In an effort to provide modern and properly supported equipment, in a cost-effective approach, the DEM Desktop Support Team (Jeremy-OVPEM, Cori-OSFA, Cameron-Admissions, Angie-RO and DoIT staff) have decided to consolidate resources at the divisional level …

New Admissions Team Member – Katie Seibel

The Office of Admissions and Recruitment is happy to announce that Katie Seibel has joined our office as a transfer admissions counselor! Katie comes to us with eight years of experience at UW Colleges; first at UW-Manitowoc and most recently at UW Colleges Online. She has a good familiarity with UW System transfer processes and …

RO Communications Specialist Position

Office of the Registrar (RO) is excited to announce the search for a Communication Specialist. The RO supports the teaching and learning mission of the University of Wisconsin–Madison by providing essential enrollment, curricular, and student-record services to the campus community. As part of the office’s mission, successful communications and content management is essential to properly …