UW-Madison officials are trying to track down as much as $1.6 million in missing student refund checks, which were processed by a Milwaukee vendor and were intended for mailing from a Milwaukee post office last month.
In the meantime, UW-Madison officials said the hundreds of students affected by the missing checks were being given the opportunity to receive zero-interest, short term loans to tide them over. Much of the refunded money is from student loans and intended to help students with living expenses.