What do Siracha, Death Valley, and the Student Employment Summer Summit have in common? Usually nothing. But thanks to the broken cooling pipe they all found themselves in the same conversation on June 29th at the Pyle Center. Despite the unexpected heat, 124 attendees kept their cool and stayed focused on the real reason they …
The UW–Madison LEAP (Learn, Experience, Advance, Participate) Forward Internship wrapped up it’s fourth successful summer of the program. LEAP was piloted in the summer of 2018 as a part of UW–Madison’s Anchor Partner Commitment to the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) and the Personalized Pathways Program. LEAP Forward has been designed as an equitable opportunity …
The Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA) continues to work collaboratively with the Division of Continuing Studies (DCS) Summer Term to expand summer aid for our students in financial aid promise programs. In early 2023, a group from OSFA and DCS met to determine how we could combine our efforts to provide additional institutional aid …
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 …
The UW–Madison LEAP (Learn, Experience, Advance, Participate) Forward Internship wrapped up it’s third successful summer of the program. LEAP was piloted in the summer of 2018 as a part of UW–Madison’s Anchor Partner Commitment to the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) and the Personalized Pathways Program. LEAP Forward has been designed as an equitable opportunity …
The team at OSFA keeps getting more offers out the virtual door — over 31,000 for 2022-23! In early May, we began emailing out Summer 2022 financial aid offers to enrolled students – 3,300+ already sent. Financial aid for the summer term is more limited than what is available for the academic year. The most common …
A Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA for short) is a necessity for many students but can sometimes be a confusing and even scary situation for them. The FAFSA is the application that determines which type and how much federal financial aid a student may be eligible for. Students attending classes in a summer …
As part of the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, summer classes that had been scheduled for in-person instruction moved to remote delivery. The Office of the Registrar helped facilitate this transition in several ways. As part of the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, summer classes that had been scheduled for in-person instruction moved …