This September, the Office of Admissions and Recruitment had the opportunity to represent DEM and UW–Madison at the National Conference for the National Association of College Admission Counseling (NACAC) in Los Angeles, California. Several of our functional areas were able to meet new colleagues, see old coworkers, and hear from a variety of speakers from …
The cross-functional workgroup continues to make progress on DEM’s effort to migrate on-premise Jira and Confluence into the cloud.
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 the start of the 2024-2025 academic year, the Student Employment Team kicked things off with two job fairs: the Federal Work-Study (FWS) Job Fair, in collaboration with the Bucky’s Pell Pathway and BANNER, and the UW–Madison Student Job Fair, in partnership with the Student Employment Initiatives Working Group. The Federal Work-Study Job Fair took …
From August 19 to September 6, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management Derek Kindle traveled to Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, and South Africa with a cohort of enrollment and admissions leaders to engage talented students in a region often overlooked by U.S. colleges and universities. This trip was Kindle’s first visit to Africa and the second …
Cost comparisons are no longer required when adding personal time to a trip before/after as long as your departure and return locations are from an airport within 100 miles of the WI border. This previously only included flights booked from Madison (MSN), Milwaukee (MKE), or O’Hare (ORD). It now includes all airports within WI, and …
The Campus Travel and Card Team created this updated chat to help support the new Remote Work Agreement Headquarters Location for team members who use a personal vehicle for business travel mileage claims. Most of us will fall into either the first or second category on this chart with our Headquarters Location being campus. All …
OSFA hosted the 5th annual Kick Off for their student employees. This event brings the students together for team building, knowledge sharing, and more. This year kicked off with an OSFA Leadership panel so student could ask questions about how they got to where they were, lessons learned along the way, and other wisdom they …
Stay up-to-date on the comings and goings of DEM Team Members. The following names are individuals with position updates or interim title changes that had a start date or last day on payroll in September. New Hire/New Position Office of Admissions and Recruitment Genny Jacobs, Admissions Counselor Departures Office of Admissions and Recruitment Gabby Knauer, …
Annual Benefits Enrollment (ABE) is an annual opportunity for benefits-eligible team members to enroll in or make changes to most benefit plans for the upcoming calendar year, effective January 1, 2025. ABE takes place from September 30 through October 25, 2024. This is the only time you can make changes to certain benefits without having …