In collaboration with Rec Well and University Housing, the Student Employment team in the Office of Student Financial Aid will host the annual Student Employee Forum on Sunday, March 8, 2026, at the Gordon Dining and Event Center. This free, in‑person event invites all UW–Madison students, whether currently employed on campus or exploring job opportunities, …
Since being elected to the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers’ (AACRAO) Board of Directors a year ago, Beth Warner has navigated her fair share of unsettled waters. A new federal administration ushered in a shift in priorities and attitudes toward higher education. State-mandated revisions to the transferability of core general education requirements …
Have you ever wondered whether you could use a certain tool with student record data? Well wonder no more: A new webpage makes it easy to quickly determine what tools you can and can’t use with data protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). The FERPA-Approved Productivity Tools page launched …
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 January. New Hire/New Position None Departures Office of Admissions and Recruitment Shelly Vils Havel, Manager for Team Engagement & Development
Effective 12/3/25, the UW–Madison Sick, Vacation, and Personal and Legal Holidays policies were updated to reflect a change in the administration of paid leave. Moving forward, any exchanges to the paid leave types mentioned above must be completed by the end of the second pay period following the absence, or before the end of the …
Directly and indirectly, Kristina Rittel has supported tens of thousands of student employees throughout her more than 15 years in higher education. Rittel joined the Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA) in 2018. Today, she serves as OSFA’s Student Employment Manager, supporting the federal work study program and the student employment experience. Her advocacy for …
As we close out the Mentor Collective program, we do so with immense pride in what was accomplished- and with genuine disappointment that, due to budget cuts, this meaningful work must come to an end for now. While this chapter is ending, its impact on students and the UW–Madison community will continue to be felt. …
Standing, left to right: Lori Christianson, Cori Stewart, Jessi Asmus, Anne Eckenrod, Heidi Tuescher-Gille, and Beth Warner. Kneeling, left to right: Ellen Clark, Kayla Jensen, Joshua Rybaski, Kelly Norton, Kate Kurek, and Jackie McHugh. Green Bay is known as one of the most vibrant sports towns in the country. It makes sense, then, that the …
One year after DEM migrated from on-premise to cloud-hosted instances of Jira and Confluence, the number of teams using these workflow tools is growing. Within the RO, several teams, including Enrollment and Residency, Data Reporting and Eligibility, and Communications, have moved project management and tracking to Jira. This move goes beyond IT development, leveraging Jira’s …
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 November. New Hire/New Position Office of Admissions and Recruitment Adam Spencer, Admissions Counselor, International Office of the Registrar Brittany Elandt, Curriculum …