Pay Plan Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 The 4% Pay Plan adjustment effective date is July 2, 2023. A lump-sum payment will be provided for all hours in pay status between the effective date and December 16, 2023, which will be reflected on your January 11, 2024 paycheck. If you are eligible to receive the pay …
OAR Front Line Services(FLS) had a record-breaking semester, employed new technology and cultivated community within the team in meaningful ways. We answered a total of 18,921 cases from Sept 1—present, compared to 16,311 cases last year. On November 7, we received 1,034 cases, the most cases we had ever received in one day—cases in November …
This past spring, OAR launched a new committee approach to team member onboarding, training, and engagement. The purpose of the committee structure is to create a sustainable, effective, and efficient annual onboarding and training plan through engaging team members and subject matter experts from across OAR. Committees include: Onboarding Steering Committee, Onboarding Subcommittee for Team …
Transfer recruitment has continued to focus primarily on one-to-one consultations with prospective students. In 2023, our team hosted over 670 virtual appointments, meeting prospective students where they are and providing customized admissions advice. Beyond Wisconsin, transfer counselors also visited community colleges in Minnesota, Illinois, Florida, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington. Additionally, the team hosted Admitted …
We want to encourage those who can to consider giving blood. Not only can a blood donation save up to three lives, it feels good to help others and can boost your mental health! To help with these efforts, we’re excited to announce we will be holding our annual Spring Blood Drive with the American …
On December 6, 2023, Governor Evers signed into law 2023 Wisconsin Act 80. This legislation updated state statutes relating to student financial aid, effective beginning with the 2024-25 academic year. The focus was primarily on bringing state statutes into better alignment with the recent changes to federal financial aid policy and processes, and on improving …
As implementation of Workday continues, the Division of Enrollment Management (DEM), in coordination with external SIS (Student Information System) partners, continues efforts to further understand the impacts of Workday to the SIS environment. In early October, the Administrative Transformation Program (ATP) team met with the Board of Regents to revise the existing timeline. The Board …
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 …
If DEM team members have any extenuating circumstances that resulted in them missing their opportunity to enroll and/or make changes to their 2024 benefits, they may submit an appeal. Benefits Services has told us that “I forgot” is not a valid reason for an appeal. However, there may be reasons that may be approved. To …
Two Floating Legal Holidays must be used by December 31, 2023 for University Staff, Hourly-Paid Team Members Whose Leave is on the Calendar Year Since December 24 (Christmas Eve) and December 31 (New Year’s Eve) fall on a Sunday this year AND Monday, December 25/Monday January 1 are Legal Holidays, leave-eligible team members can use …