The Office of Student Financial Aid’s Wisconsin Scholarship Hub (WiSH) Support Team hosted an exciting event that fostered collaboration, knowledge exchange, and innovation within the realm of scholarship management. As part of the ongoing efforts to enhance scholarship processes across the Wisconsin higher education institutions, the Wisconsin Blackbaud Award Management (BAM) User Group gathered for …
On July 2, I accepted the gavel at the National Association of Student Aid Administrators’ (NASFAA) annual conference in San Diego, marking the beginning of my term as 2023-24 National Chair. NASFAA provides training and professional development to our members while also engaging in advocacy in the public policy space. NASFAA member institutions serve 9 …
The Student Employment Team in OSFA hosted the Student Employment Summer Summit on Wednesday, July 12th. Despite the rain over 115 staff from campus, off campus work study partners, and colleagues from across the state joined in an afternoon of learning and networking to enhance the student employment experience. Dr. Terrell Strayhorn’s keynote on College …
Save the Date! The Office of Student Financial Aid is hosting the Student Employment Summer Summit on Wednesday, July 12th at Gordon Dining & Event Center from 12:30-4:30. Our Division and the University as a whole relies on the contributions of student employees. As such, this event will bring together supervisors, hiring mangers, and others …
During the week of March 27th many members of the Office of the Registrar team attended the annual AACRAO (American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Offices) meeting. The AACRAO Annual Meeting is an opportunity to learn, network, and advance higher education. During the week of March 27th many members of the Office of the …
At the last American Association of University’s Registrars meeting there were a series of discussions focused around professional development, succession planning, and providing growth opportunities to create a leadership pipeline amongst Deputy/Senior/Associate Registrar positions. At the last American Association of University’s Registrars meeting there were a series of discussions focused around professional development, succession planning, …
The Office of Student Financial Aid Student Engagement team will host the Student Employment Diversity Forum on Friday, March 3rd. While it is the 3rd Annual Diversity Forum for student employees across campus, it is the first year the event will be hosted in person! In October 2020 and 2021, the Forum was held virtually. …
Conversations were ebbing and flowing, excitement was in the air, chairs were filled and people were being turned away because capacity was reached so quickly; the room for this session at the Women and Leadership Symposium was full of anticipation and an innate sense of comradery and connection. The presentation, “Wonder Women: There is more …
This spring, the RO Student Employee team was introduced to the Wisconsin Guided Reflection on Work (WiGROW) program through the Front Lines Community of Care group, specifically Admissions Student Supervisor Nicole Kaforski who is on the WiGROW steering committee. WiGROW is an engagement initiative administered in partnership with the Office of Student Financial Aid as …
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 …