On October 29, 2021, Assistant Registrars Jeff Armstrong and Eric MacKay served as panelists for a virtual “Birds of a Feather” session sponsored by the Higher Education User Group (HEUG). Organized and moderated by Rachael Daniel of UW-Milwaukee, the session focused on a broad array of topics under the umbrella of curricular management. Several dozen …
Developing staff, collaborating and engaging with the campus community, and being committed to utilizing shared knowledge, creativity, and innovation to examine unique circumstances are some of the pillars that hold up the spirit of continuous improvement the Office of the Registrar tries to maintain. Recently there was one such experience that started with an RO …
As the transition of undergraduate transfer credit evaluation and posting from the Office of Admissions & Recruitment to the Office of the Registrar enters its second year, OAR and RO team members have hit an important milestone in shifting the technical and functional processes for Advanced Placement Credit into the RO purview. Given that UW–Madison …
In April, Client Services Coordinator Ally Bartelme met with Martina Ubaldo of UC-Santa Barbara to discuss all things student employees. In April, Client Services Coordinator Ally Bartelme met with Martina Ubaldo of UC-Santa Barbara to discuss all things student employees.
Just about a year ago campus transitioned to work-from-home and classes moved to an online format. No one knew what the year would bring but we knew it would be nothing we had ever planned for and would require flexibility, adaptability and quick turnaround. Over the past year the Data Specialists in the Office of …
International students attending UW–Madison on an F-1 or J-1 visa are usually in the United States, studying on our campus, in person. To avoid termination of their visa, they are required to enroll in a full-time course load each semester. If they drop below full-time, we have a SIS process that automatically sets a minimum …
The Office of the Registrar and School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) have been working together to correct, define, and create necessary data integration between their OASIS (Online Access to Student Information and Scheduling) and the campus SIS (Student Information System). This project expands across campus and will work to ensure accurate, reliable data …
In August 2018, the Division of Continuing Studies and the Division of Enrollment Management began partnering as an Oracle Early Adopter of the Student Cloud SIS product called Oracle Student Management Cloud (OSM). In August 2018, the Division of Continuing Studies and the Division of Enrollment Management began partnering as an Oracle Early Adopter of …
Like Fall 2020, the Office of the Registrar (RO) anticipated that Spring 2021 was going to look different. Many partners across campus – Academic Advising and Policy Leaders (AAPL), Academic Affairs Continuity Team (AACt), School/College Associate/Assistant Deans, Department Curricular and Enrollment Reps – worked with the RO to, yet again, help adjust for the semester …
In recent months the Degree Audit Updater Project, a plan to change the way DARS data is both warehoused and accessed, has begun at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. During the Big Ten Academic Alliance meeting on November 2-3, 2020, Assistant Registrar Eric MacKay, learned that the University of Iowa was beginning work on projects using …