Tag: SOAR

Enhancing the Student Journey: How the Credit Evaluation Services Team transformed SOAR

The transition to higher education is a pivotal moment in a student’s life, marked by excitement and uncertainty. One crucial aspect of this transition is the Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration process, known as SOAR. In October 2019, the Credit Evaluation Services (CES) team took on the responsibility of transfer credit evaluations, ushering in a …

SOAR: A roaring success of collaboration

SOAR (Student Orientation, Advising and Registration) is one of the first ways students transition to UW–Madison. Hosted by the Center for First-Year Experience (CFYE), several offices across campus help with the transition process as consultants while students begin learning about academic advising, degree requirements, enrollment, and campus resources. The RO helped students, faculty and staff …

RO delivers on campus partner requests for SOAR

In response to the College of Letters & Science request to get more comprehensive curricular and student enrollment information, Phil Hull created an Institutional Data Exporter (IDE) for Fall Course Access. The IDE will be utilized during SOAR for Course Access Planning.  In response to the College of Letters & Science request to get more …

Helping students transition to the university at SOAR

SOAR (Student Orientation, Advising and Registration) is one of the first ways students transition to UW–Madison. Hosted by the Center for First-Year Experience (CFYE), several offices across campus help with the transition process as consultants while students begin learning about academic advising, degree requirements, enrollment, and campus resources. The RO helped students, faculty and staff …

Implementing Virtual SOAR

We are LIVE with virtual SOAR! The first week of SOAR began this past Monday and our incoming Badgers have begun the enrollment process.  With the decision to move SOAR to a virtual delivery model it was imperative that students are provided the training and support resources to ensure that they successfully enroll in a …

The New, Virtual SOAR

The month of June always brings excitement to our campus. Our current Badgers are fresh off their spring semester, feeling good, and looking forward to their summer plans. Meanwhile our new Badgers are preparing to start their own journey on our campus through their SOAR experience. This year we have a whole new SOAR experience …