When she started at UW-Madison in 1979, Susan DeMerit remembers her dormitory mates arranging their class schedules so they wouldn?t miss ?General Hospital.? They didn?t bother with fake IDs because they didn?t need them. The drinking age was 18.
Men and women walked into Camp Randall for the last time Saturday as student, and walked out alumni.
Camp Randall filled with black gowns, colorful tassels and proud parents this afternoon.
The University of Wisconsin Class of 2014?s commencement ceremony marked the end of the graduates? journey as Badger students and the start of their journey as Badger alumni.
It felt like a game day, with some 50,000 people packed in to Camp Randall.
Another year of exams and major papers is barely in the rear view mirror for University of Wisconsin-Madison students, and officials at the flagship already are thinking about next year ? including how to better detect cheating.
University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate who sacrificed attending her graduation to be at the competition was named Alice in Dairyland 2014, according to a release.
University of Wisconsin-Madison students are preparing for Saturday?s graduation ceremony by decorating their mortarboards and sharing photos of their handiwork on social media. Check out this collection of painted, bejeweled and bedazzled graduation caps.
The strong social media community on the UW campus is exhibited in full force in the weeks leading up to graduation ? and this year, for the first time, it will play a part in the atmosphere of the day itself.
With blue skies and billowing clouds contributing to a contagious, upbeat vibe, UW-Madison held its spring commencement outside at historic Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday for the first time in a quarter-century.
The center consists of business offices and specially designed spaces for use by federal and state officials, employers, and other agencies to assist student veterans, active duty students and more. Campus officials say there are around 600 prior-service veterans and current military members enrolled during a typical semester.
Video story of grand opening on campus Thursday.
When she started at UW-Madison in 1979, Susan DeMerit remembers her dormitory mates arranging their class schedules so they wouldn?t miss ?General Hospital.?… Thirty-five years later, DeMerit?s classmates watch ?Game of Thrones? on their smartphones.
A new center devoted to helping University of Wisconsin student veterans and military members opened its doors today.
Commencement calls for celebration, but it can have young adults asking what?s next?
Agrace, Wisconsin?s largest nonprofit community hospice and palliative care agency, is adding Michael Johnson and Everett Mitchell to its board, effective May 1, 2014.
A UW-Madison graduate student has launched a business she hopes will propel college rideshare boards into the mobile world.
Noted: “This is really a big piece of my life, and it took a lot to give it up. But now that I see that they appreciate it, it was worth it,” said Schellpeper, 28, who is graduating this summer from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A new office for student veterans is opening this week on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
A brand new sculpture is now on permanent display in downtown Madison.
More than 43,000 students on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus are all feeling the stress and pressure of finals week. You can visually see that stress manifesting on the faces of students as they study in buildings throughout campus.
A 19-year-old University of Wisconsin student has been arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in her dorm room, police said.
UW-Madison officials said Friday that the House of Pain song, traditionally blared between the third and fourth quarters of football games as fans jump to the beat in a wild frenzy, will be played at next Saturday?s graduation ceremony.
Wisconsin Public Radios listeners heard a long-running tradition for the last time today.
MADISON ? University of Wisconsin-Madison graduates think they?re the cream of the crop and will rise to the top. And they want to yell it one last time.
Posted today by UW-Madison student Francesca Moroni, the petition already had 673 signed on by 1 p.m.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Tuesday students will receive a new competition swimming pool as part of the Recreational Sports Master Plan.
The Associated Students of Madison approved an appeal Wednesday directed at the Board of Regents, regarding Chancellor Rebecca Blank?s decision to overturn the budget-freeze from earlier in the semester.
Three finalists for the assistant dean of students and director of the Multicultural Student Center post will visit the University of Wisconsin next week to meet the campus community.
For University of Wisconsin seniors Jonathan Williams, Yolanda Pruitt and James Gavins, the First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts Learning Community has provided opportunities beyond what any of them could have imagined before college.
A Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban and became an international figure of courage and human rights has been selected as the next featured author for Go Big Read, UW-Madison?s common reading program.
Graduation season is officially upon us. Wednesday night, students who are part of a special program at UW-Madison celebrated their achievements with teachers, family and friends.
Noted: Multiple cases of mumps were reported earlier this year at UW-Madison, and at least once case was confirmed at UW-La Crosse.
Noted: Isidoro has been accepted to the Milwaukee School of Engineering, the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Mandujano has been accepted to Marquette University and UW-Madison.
Michael Martin says he is a different person than he was in September when he walked into the Odyssey Project. He?s more self-aware, more at peace with himself and the world.
A new on-campus competition pool that will benefit the University of Wisconsin men?s and women?s swimming and diving programs is moving forward.
Bags of milk, $1 corn dogs, and bananas, potatoes and onions at rock-bottom prices are about to become staples for some students at UW-Madison. But they?ll need to find gas elsewhere.
After much back-and-forth about whether or not the University of Wisconsin would get a new competition pool as part of the rec center renovations planned to begin this decade, the university announced today that the Southeast Recreational Facility (SERF) will, in fact, include a new pool.
Former College of Letters & Science Dean Gary Sandefur announced Monday he will leave the University of Wisconsin in June and return to his home state of Oklahoma after 30 years of service on campus.
The Faculty Senate wrapped up the 2013-2014 school year Monday afternoon, voting to approve the creation of two different positions in the graduate school administrative offices as well as the framework of the new campus-wide Diversity Plan.
The University of Wisconsin has joined “You Can Play”, a project dedicated to ensuring equality, respect and safety for all athletes, without regard to sexual orientation.
STILLWATER ? Oklahoma State University officials Monday announced two leadership appointments pending approval by the OSU/A&M Board of Regents at its June meeting.
A neighborhood group effort to limit development along University Avenue is facing an uphill battle.
Sexual assault is an issue at any age, but it?s even worse for college students.
UW-Madison Police say a woman tells officers she was sexually assaulted twice, off-campus at a fraternity house.
As both graduation day and Election Day rapidly approach, Democrats and Republicans alike have turned their attention to a national trend toward increasing student loan debt.
Thousands of University of Wisconsin-Madison students and community members took to Langdon Street Saturday, helping to transform it into the city?s largest concert venue for a day.
The University of Wisconsin issued a timely warning Saturday following two reports of sexual assault occurring early that morning.
As 21st century reporters become increasingly confronted by issues regarding journalistic ethics, the newest generation of workers in this field will need to establish ways to face obstacles like WikiLeaks, whistleblowers, NSA surveillance and data mining.
University of Wisconsin Housing Director Paul Evans is retiring this May after 36 years with the University.
UW-Madison students had a gorgeous day to celebrate the annual Mifflin Street Block Party on Saturday, as thousands of revelers jammed balconies, front yards and porches for the annual rite of spring with few reported problems to mar the good vibes.
n Wisconsin, campuses have become increasingly lonely for American Indians. In the last half-decade, other minority groups have seen an increase in enrollment. American Indians, meanwhile, have declined across the University of Wisconsin System four-year campuses, from 982 students in 2009-2010 to 743 students in the 2013-2014 school year. That?s a drop of 24 percent. At the flagship UW-Madison, their numbers have dropped by nearly half, from 206 to 112.
Sporting his classic cardinal and white sweater while working the crowd, Bucky Badger is the most loved, and recognizable mascot in Wisconsin.
UW-Madison students have signed on to a diversity measure they rejected a week ago after helping to tweak the plan to hold university officials more accountable for taking steps.
Bike thefts are on the rise on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, according to a Wednesday statement from the UW-Madison Police Department.
The last days of April marked the end of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, but it is only the beginning of an ongoing conversation about combatting sexual violence on college campuses and beyond.
At a time when many resources and homework assignments are increasingly only available online, families and students without access to computers or Internet face a large disadvantage.
With one in five women sexually assaulted while in college, the White House has rolled out a new package of recommendations entitled ?Not Alone,? which includes guidelines for campuses on how to handle sexual assault cases.
Although critics claim affirmative action measures in college admissions give minority students an unfair advantage over their white counterparts, such policies have done little to change the complexion of the University of Wisconsin?s student body, which is 85 percent white.
Three years after an estimated 20,000 people descended on West Mifflin Street in a party marred by stabbings and sexual assaults, police, residents and the area?s City Council member say they don?t expect big crowds or serious problems as the traditional day of the spring block party approaches.
