Tag: training

Fall 2024 Student Employee Diversity Forum

The Student Engagement team in OSFA hosted a successful Student Employee Diversity Forum on November 15 in the Gordon Dining & Event Center.  Over 100 student employees—representing a kaleidoscope of offices, roles, and experiences across campus—gathered to engage in meaningful discussion about diversity, identity, equity, and inclusion.  The event opened with a captivating keynote from …

A Magical Gathering: Student Employment Summer Summit was a hit!

The Student Employment team in the Office of Student Financial Aid hosted the 5th annual Student Employment Summer Summit.  With 135 attendees, including colleagues from other UW system schools, the turnout was great but even more importantly the engagement was stellar! The team pivoted quickly and didn’t allow flight cancellations prohibiting the keynote speaker from …

5th Annual Student Employment Summer Summit (& SEE Training)

The Student Engagement team in the Office of Student Financial Aid is excited to host the 5th Annual Student Employment Summer Summit Wednesday, July 24, 2024. This one day event will bring together supervisors, hiring managers, and others who support student employment at UW–Madison and beyond for professional development and networking. Save the date and …

WiGROW Mini-Conference, Big Impact

The WiGROW Supervising Students Mini-Conference was held virtually on January 17th and reached over 50 student supervisors across campus. Workshops included Listening with Purpose: Active Listening to Support Effective Communication; WiGROW Beyond the Basics: A student & supervisor panel; Supporting Students in Crisis & Basic Needs Referrals; and Student Development through Employment & WiGROW. WiGROW …

2023 Student Employment Summer Summit Recap

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 …

2023 Student Employment Summer Summit

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 …

Training transition: Moving SIS training to an online format

The Student Information System (SIS) is widely utilized across campus for a variety of roles. Previously, the Office of the Registrar (RO) hosted instructor-led trainings and maintained PDF documentation and resources for campus users on how to complete tasks in SIS. In June 2021 the RO began a project to evaluate SIS training needs across …

Conference attendance is a first in many ways

This year, Ally attended her first National Student Employment Conference. The National Student Employment Association hosts a conference every year for student employment professionals across the country. This year’s conference was in Baltimore, Maryland. At the conference Ally was able to network with and meet folks from different institutions. Some topics Ally learned about were …

Registrars…Assemble

This year, on October 2 – 4, four members of the Office of the Registrar leadership team attended the annual Big Ten Registrars meeting at The Ohio State University. This gathering, like many over the past year, was the first in-person meeting in three years – for the past two years Northwestern hosted the meeting …

Engaging with the campus community through trainings

The Office of the Registrar continues to foster and grow its relationships with campus partners through learning opportunities and trainings. Our team has found that these frequent touch points not only provide those we work with necessary information to complete their work effectively, but also build relationships and strengthen partnerships. The Office of the Registrar …