Tag: Office of the Registrar

At Wisconsin Welcome event, Office of the Registrar focuses on long-term student support

This year, the Office of the Registrar refocused its approach to Wisconsin Welcome, putting a priority on directly connecting students with resources that will help them throughout their academic careers.

Work group shares recommendations on aligning systems with campus guidelines on using legal sex, gender

A work group consisting of members of the Office of Admissions and Recruitment, the Office of the Registrar, the Graduate School, and the Division of Information Technology has drafted its recommendations on how to align the many campus tools that use student data with updated institutional guidelines on legal sex and gender.

Matching classes to classrooms: How the Office of the Registrar finds a home for thousands of class sections each term

With thousands of class sections offered at the university every term, finding an appropriate home for each class is no small feat.

Rewritten academic load exception process packs operational improvements, streamlined resolution

An under-the-hood update to the process through which academic load exceptions are handled is about to launch with a number of operational improvements in tow. After just over a year of work, the rewritten process is set to go live on September 4, the first class day of the Fall 2024 term. What’s new The …

RO website homepage redesign project sees the spotlight

In late July, WordPress administrators and editors from around the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus got a peek behind the curtain at the work that went into creating the Office of the Registrar’s new website homepage.

RO serves up some sweetness in appreciation of campus curricular, enrollment reps

A sunny summer afternoon proved a nearly picture-perfect opportunity for the Office of the Registrar (RO) to show its gratitude to the hardworking curricular and enrollment representatives from across the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.

Warner goes to Washington: Interim registrar takes AACRAO’s case to lawmakers

Interim University Registrar Beth Warner took the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s perspective on various higher education issues directly to lawmakers in Washington, D.C. in late July as part of the annual Congressional Hill Day organized by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO).

New app in MyUW brings improvements to course schedule view

A new application in MyUW is providing a better experience for students looking to view their course and final exam schedules.

Redesigned retro credit process improves operations, data accuracy

A redesigned retroactive credit process will lead to better outcomes for University of Wisconsin–Madison students who complete advanced coursework in World Languages while helping the Office of the Registrar (RO) keep up with a consistently increasing volume of retro credits. The revamped process, which rolled out in June, eliminates a number of recurring data errors …

2024-2025 edition of Guide now available

The 2024-2025 edition of the Guide – the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s comprehensive course catalog – has been published and is now available!