Category: Office of the Registrar

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

Behind the scenes: How data stewards protect and provide access at UW–Madison

Data stewards ensure UW–Madison’s institutional data is protected and available for appropriate use. DAPIR profiles how data stewards in OSFA and the RO go about their important work.

Your DEM News gets a new look for 2025!

As we begin 2025, you’ll notice the monthly Your DEM News email looks a bit different. We have made a number of changes to ensure this newsletter aligns with UW–Madison accessibility and brand standards. Most notably, the font is now larger and easier to read on smaller devices. We’ve also updated the formatting to make …

DEM team shares lessons around the bonfire at Camp WACRAO 🏕️

More than two dozen UW-Madison staff members trekked to Pewaukee from Nov. 6-8 for “Camp WACRAO.”

Warner elected to AACRAO Board of Directors

Interim University Registrar Beth Warner has been elected to the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers’ (AACRAO) Board of Directors.

Final push for cloud migration: Moving Jira projects and Confluence spaces

As User Acceptance Testing wraps up and we approach the final phase of migrating our on-premise Jira projects and Confluence spaces to the cloud, we are excited to announce the transition will officially begin at noon on Friday, November 15. At that time our on-premise Jira and Confluence environments will be put into read-only mode. Once …

B1G Ten, big ideas: Gathering of registrars strengthens connections and insights

Exchanging ideas is a key part of the annual assemblage of registrars from across the Big Ten, and this year saw a few additional faces. With four new schools officially joining the Big Ten in August, this year’s Academic Alliance gathering allowed the RO’s Aaron Apel, Will Lipske, Kelly Norton, and Heidi Tuescher-Gille to share …

With KL&A aboard, DEM continues progress toward cloud Jira, Confluence implementation

The cross-functional workgroup continues to make progress on DEM’s effort to migrate on-premise Jira and Confluence into the cloud.

Meet the RO’s newest student employees!

A new academic year brings many changes around campus, including some new faces around the Registrar’s Office. This term, the Student Services team is welcoming six new student employees. Each of them filled out an introduction survey to share a little about themselves; read their answers below. In addition to the six student team members …

At Wisconsin Welcome event, Office of the Registrar focuses on long-term student support

This year, the Office of the Registrar refocused its approach to Wisconsin Welcome, putting a priority on directly connecting students with resources that will help them throughout their academic careers.

Work group shares recommendations on aligning systems with campus guidelines on using legal sex, gender

A work group consisting of members of the Office of Admissions and Recruitment, the Office of the Registrar, the Graduate School, and the Division of Information Technology has drafted its recommendations on how to align the many campus tools that use student data with updated institutional guidelines on legal sex and gender.