When the Information and Technology Leadership Conference celebrated its tenth anniversary on December 5, the Office of the Registrar’s Leah Meicher took to the floor to moderate the event’s keynote address, a fireside chat with new Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. Charles Lee Isbell, Jr.
Winter 2023 Commencement on December 17 celebrated the latest crop of University of Wisconsin–Madison graduates who joined the ranks of the more than 470,000 living UW alumni. But the event wasn’t just a showcase of those Badgers’ hard work; the efforts of multiple teams within the Office of the Registrar were also on display.
A cross-functional evaluation team was created to review the different replacement options for the on-premise versions of Atlassian Jira and Confluence and ensure the potential replacement solutions met the Division of Enrollment Management’s, as well as our external SIS partners’, “Must Have” and “Nice to Have” requirements. Over the past couple of months, the group …
This year marked the 92nd annual conference for the Wisconsin Association of Collegiate Registrar and Admissions Officers (WACRAO). Those who attended the conference were instructed to “Make a Splash” in the Wisconsin Dells, and that they did. From presenting, to participating on panels, to being part of a committee, team members from the Office of …
The transition to higher education is a pivotal moment in a student’s life, marked by excitement and uncertainty. One crucial aspect of this transition is the Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration process, known as SOAR. In October 2019, the Credit Evaluation Services (CES) team took on the responsibility of transfer credit evaluations, ushering in a …
The Residency Review Work Group (RRWG), a committee with representatives from several UW System campuses (including the Tony Pietsch of the UW–Madison Registrar’s Office), the UWS Office of Student Success, and UWS Office of General Counsel, recently released updates to the UW System Residency Determination Guidelines and Visa Guidelines (collectively, “the Residency Guidelines”), providing new …
SOAR (Student Orientation, Advising and Registration) is one of the first ways students transition to UW–Madison. Hosted by the Center for First-Year Experience (CFYE), several offices across campus help with the transition process as consultants while students begin learning about academic advising, degree requirements, enrollment, and campus resources. The RO helped students, faculty and staff …
In 2021, UW–Madison entered a partnership with edX/2U to host non-credit courses on the edX platform and pilot hosting a Wisconsin School of Business Masters in Business: Data, Insights and Analytics degree on the platform. The purpose of the engagement is to amplify awareness for UW–Madison programs to a global audience, harness recruiting data to …
As the planning work for our Jira and Confluence replacement continues, we wanted to provide an update on the progress. The Office of the Registrar IT Portfolio Manager has met with each of the DEM areas, as well as our external partners, to assess current use of both Jira and Confluence. A survey was also …
Oracle recently announced they are extending their support of PeopleSoft to 2034. For Oracle this demonstrates an ongoing commitment to maintain a rolling 10 years of support for customers, for UW–Madison this means ongoing support of the Campus Solutions Student Information System (SIS). Oracle will also make changes and investments to improve the value for …