The second edition of the Community Wellness Newsletter is available now! As we continue to develop DEM and OAR community wellness initiatives, we hope to move towards a newsletter that is more representative and inclusive of all DEM. Please keep an eye out for community wellness events we will be hosting in Feburary! If you …
Like Fall 2020, the Office of the Registrar (RO) anticipated that Spring 2021 was going to look different. Many partners across campus – Academic Advising and Policy Leaders (AAPL), Academic Affairs Continuity Team (AACt), School/College Associate/Assistant Deans, Department Curricular and Enrollment Reps – worked with the RO to, yet again, help adjust for the semester …
In recent months the Degree Audit Updater Project, a plan to change the way DARS data is both warehoused and accessed, has begun at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. During the Big Ten Academic Alliance meeting on November 2-3, 2020, Assistant Registrar Eric MacKay, learned that the University of Iowa was beginning work on projects using …
A PeopleSoft (PS) Query Community of Practice was formed in late November with two primary goals: A PeopleSoft (PS) Query Community of Practice was formed in late November with two primary goals:
The Student Information System (SIS) is the backbone and data source for much of what the Division of Enrollment Management does: academic records, curricular schedule build, and much more. Recently, several working groups have been developed to help prioritize initiatives and implement improvements within SIS. The Student Information System (SIS) is the backbone and data …
Utilizing shared knowledge, creativity, and innovation to examine unique circumstances is one of the core values of the Office of the Registrar. This value continues to be met in many ways, and was evident in a recent example where Associate Registrar for Academic Services Will Lipske participated in discussions with Youngstown State University (YSU) about …
When most people think about college football bowl games, pictures of travel, trophies and parades may run through their heads. Football games are fought hard and student-athletes train the whole year, not to mention their lives, for the chance to compete for bowl game trophies. An aspect that may not be as widely known is …
At a recent presentation to UCAAA (University Council for Academic Affairs and Assessment), Scott Golueke, Beth Warner and Scott Owczarek presented a proposal for the formation of the new Undergraduate Transfer Credit Advisory Group (UTCAG). At a recent presentation to UCAAA (University Council for Academic Affairs and Assessment), Scott Golueke, Beth Warner and Scott Owczarek …
In May the Faculty Senate changed the Faculty Policy II-105, Summary Period for Academic Semester. The amended policy now reflects that all grades are due 72-hours after the last day of the summary exam period, regardless of whether a two-hour summary block exam was held. Exceptions may be made for faculty who have scheduled exams …
With the upgrade to the 9.2 environment in SIS many upgrades and enhancements occurred, and are still occurring. For instance, when the university transitioned to using the delivered transcript in SIS 9.2, an associated decision was made to align with AACRAO best practices to consistently and permanently display academic standing on the transcript. The enhancement …