2022 Climate Survey

The 2022 Staff Climate Survey launched on April 12th and will remain open until May 3rd. The Division will receive aggregated results from the survey that we plan to use to assess the climate of DEM. Once results have been analyzed, we will plan some listening sessions to gather further feedback from DEM. Your personal …

Hires and Departures – March

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 March.   NEW HIRE/NEW POSITION None   DEPARTURES Office of the Vice Provost Terry Ruzicka, Chief of Staff and Deputy Vice …

Reminder: Use or Lose Certain Leave by June 30

Leave Reminders as we approach the end of the Fiscal Year 2022 (June 30, 2022) for Academic Staff and Limited Team Members Legal Holidays—There are 9 days of paid legal holidays during the fiscal year July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. When a legal holiday falls on a Saturday, eligible team members are granted …

Travel Inc. – Insights on Today’s Travel Industry Challenges

Travel, Inc. is the University’s contracted travel agency for individual travel. They recently shared an update related to current challenges with travel. Challenges ​​​Length of call averaging is significantly higher, in comparison to the 4-6 mins in pre pandemic levels. This is largely due to less seat availability as a result of the cancellations, requiring …

Door Security Technology: UPDATED TIMELINE

The 333 East Campus Mall transition to the new Lenel door security system has been pushed back and will now begin May 2, 2022 and go through May 13, 2022.  Just a reminder that when the technicians are in the building updating the card scanners, all doors will be set to lock. This means you …

Goodbye paper process, hello eForm

While most grade changes are initiated by faculty from the grade roster in the faculty center, there always existed scenarios in which grades that are not part of the roster need to be reported or changed. While most grade changes are initiated by faculty from the grade roster in the faculty center, there always existed …

Celebrating Student Employees

During the second full week of April each year, National Student Employment Appreciation Week is celebrated at colleges and universities across the nation. This year the Student Employment team in the Office of Student Financial Aid led a centrally coordinated effort to celebrate all UW–Madison student employees. There were free events such as glow bowling, …

Fulfilling a mission with several national presentations

The Office of the Registrar had a strong presence at the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) annual meeting, held April 3rd to 6th in Portland, Oregon, with several members of leadership presenting at the conference. The Office of the Registrar had a strong presence at the American Association of Collegiate Registrars …

Up in the clouds at the Alliance conference

In March, Amy Landgren, Sarah Stilp, Priya Sachithanandam and Leslie Gardner attended Alliance 2022 in Seattle, WA. In March, Amy Landgren, Sarah Stilp, Priya Sachithanandam and Leslie Gardner attended Alliance 2022 in Seattle, WA.

Curricular Services assists with latest building challenge

Some unexpected issues with campus buildings have kept the Curricular Services team in the Office of the Registrar on their toes in the last year, including disruptions affecting Van Hise and Humanities, as well as the new tower and older portions of the Chemistry Building. Some unexpected issues with campus buildings have kept the Curricular …