2022 Floating Holidays

2022 Floating Holidays: Saturday, January 1; Saturday, December 24; and Saturday, December 31 must be used by December 31, 2022 for all University Staff team members Since January 1 (New Year’s Day), December 24 (Christmas Eve) and December 31 (New Year’s Eve), 2022, fall on a Saturday this year, leave-eligible team members can use 8 …

Ms. Weisenburger Goes to Washington

Katy Weisenburger, Assistant Director for Federal Awards at OSFA, recently visited our nation’s capitol – read a bit about her experience advocating for students and our work! The NASFAA Advocacy Pipeline was an awesome experience! Being in Washington, D.C. made me feel like I am really part of the legislative process. And it reminded me …

The platform behind the curtain gets an upgrade

If a student orders a transcript they likely interact with the transcript vendor, Parchment. Most transcript orders are now processed using Parchment. If a student indicates they want the order delivered via PDF, the vendor software communicates with our SIS to match the student record and sends it directly to the recipient via email. If …

Conference attendance is a first in many ways

This year, Ally attended her first National Student Employment Conference. The National Student Employment Association hosts a conference every year for student employment professionals across the country. This year’s conference was in Baltimore, Maryland. At the conference Ally was able to network with and meet folks from different institutions. Some topics Ally learned about were …

Registrars…Assemble

This year, on October 2 – 4, four members of the Office of the Registrar leadership team attended the annual Big Ten Registrars meeting at The Ohio State University. This gathering, like many over the past year, was the first in-person meeting in three years – for the past two years Northwestern hosted the meeting …

Make a Plan To Vote During the Upcoming Election

We wanted to remind everyone of the upcoming statewide General Election on Tuesday, November 8th. Did you know that if you develop a voting plan you are more likely to follow through and actually vote? Take a moment today to set aside time on your calendar to vote. Polling places are open from 7am to …

Engaging with the campus community through trainings

The Office of the Registrar continues to foster and grow its relationships with campus partners through learning opportunities and trainings. Our team has found that these frequent touch points not only provide those we work with necessary information to complete their work effectively, but also build relationships and strengthen partnerships. The Office of the Registrar …

Slides from October 2022 UW System Travel Service Open House: The ins and outs of Concur

UW System offered an presentation without helpful travel hints for using Concur. Here are the slides: PDF October 2022 UW System Travel Service Open House If you have any questions about this presentation or about using the Concur booking tool please contact Kelly Layton

2% Pay Plan – What we know and who is eligible.

The majority of UW–Madison employees will be eligible to receive a 2% wage adjustment in 2023. The effective date for all team members is January 1, 2023. Please review the following eligibility criteria. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Ann or Paula. Timeline: 2% pay plan will be …

Hires and Departures – October

Stay up-to-date on the coming and going 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 during October.   NEW HIRE/NEW POSITION Office of Admissions and Recruitment Anthony Baxter, Diversity Outreach Coordinator for the Black and African American Communities …