Category: Office of the Registrar

Notes, highlights, and other updates from the Office of the Registrar.

Quick Collaboration to Implement Refund Deadline Flexibility

With the quick change and decision to pause in-person instruction for two weeks in September, other decisions also needed to be made quickly. One such decision was the increased flexibility of the deadline to withdraw from the university and receive a 100% tuition refund. This flexibility pushed the deadline to midnight on September 18th for …

DEM Annual Report

The 2019-2020 DEM Annual Report is out!  Want to see highlights of what we accomplished together this past year? The 2019-2020 DEM Annual Report is out!  Want to see highlights of what we accomplished together this past year?

What are CIP Codes and Why Were They Updated?

Originally developed by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in 1980, Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) codes are assigned to every academic plan in SIS as a way to enable an “apples to apples” comparison of programs across the country, since relying on the institutional program names don’t always align. …

Working Group to Improve Enrollment with Stopped Out Students

Greg Offerman, Associate Director in the Office of Student Financial Aid and Beth Warner, Associate Registrar, are members of a working group that has been convened by Dean of Students Christina Olstad and Vice Provost/Director of Academic Planning and Institutional Research Jocelyn Milner. This group is seeking to give cross-college attention to undergraduate, degree-seeking students …

RO Helps Implement Campus-Wide Initiatives

The Office of the Registrar has been helping implement various, new campus-wide initiatives this fall, helping the university improve on addressing racial inequities and ensure accountability of the Badger Pledge. The Office of the Registrar has been helping implement various, new campus-wide initiatives this fall, helping the university improve on addressing racial inequities and ensure …

Starting Development on a DARS Audit Updater

The Office of the Registrar’s Degree Audit team, with technical support from DoIT developers, have begun work on a DARS Audit Updater project. The Office of the Registrar’s Degree Audit team, with technical support from DoIT developers, have begun work on a DARS Audit Updater project.

Welcoming New Team Members – August!

With the essential nature of our work, the Division of Enrollment Management has been able to continue to add new members to our teams and units. We are excited about the expertise, insight, and experiences these individuals will bring to their new roles. Please join us in welcoming our newest team members! With the essential …

Fall Service Plans

As DEM begins the Fall semester mostly virtual, we wanted to check in with each office for their public service plans: Office of Admissions and Recruitment Beginning in September, OAR will offer phone and email coverage Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. We are excited for our student staff to return to …

RO Implements Project Portfolio

After the entire team worked to complete the SIS 9.2 Upgrade, the Registrar’s Office began a journey in fiscal year 2020 (FY20) to create a project portfolio from the ground up. Due to various competing project and task priorities and a commitment to deliver to the campus community, they brought in a project portfolio manager, …

CourseLeaf Updates Enhance Lumen

This summer the Curricular and Academic Management Services team worked with CourseLeaf to make updates and enhancements to software. CourseLeaf is the academic catalog software that is used to gather information about courses. UW–Madison refers to the faculty-facing interface for the software as Lumen. Lumen is the gateway for faculty, curricular representatives, and governance bodies …