Luke Fickell has made two changes to his coaching staff since Wisconsin finished 7-6 in Fickell’s first full season with the Badgers. He will soon have to make a third.
A source confirmed an ESPN report Thursday that Colin Hitschler, UW’s co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach, is joining Kalen DeBoer’s staff at Alabama.
Why is there a gap between student expectations about career outcomes and what their institutions actually deliver? Matthew T. Hora, associate professor of adult and higher education and founding director of the Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, who reviewed the findings, attributes it to several factors.
The subzero temperatures and low wind speeds have finally forced Lake Mendota to relent.
Claire Allen runs the office at UW-Madison every Tuesday from 10 to 4. She’s been staffing it for nine months as a housing counseling specialist.
“For a lot students, their first time renting is in college,” Allen said. “Lease questions, roommate conflicts, security deposit questions, options to end a lease if it’s not working out,” Allen said. “Questions about landlords not addressing repairs, that’s a big one.”
Update your calendar with winter fun. Mark Feb. 3 for the Frozen Assets Festival on Lake Mendota (cleanlakesalliance.org/frozen-assets/), Feb. 7-10 for the UW-Madison Winter Carnival at Memorial Union (union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/special-events/wintercarnival/) and Feb. 9-11 for the Garden and Landscape Expo at the Alliant Energy Center (wigardenexpo.com).
College completion rates for low-income students and students of color remain dismal. About half of them earn a degree from the University of Wisconsin System within six years. Universities face tight budgets, Republican state lawmakers aim to eliminate diversity programs supporting first-generation students and students of color, and a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year scrambled the college admissions landscape.
All-In Milwaukee partners with Alverno College, Carroll University, Marquette University, Milwaukee School of Engineering, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW-Milwaukee, UW-Whitewater and Wisconsin Lutheran College.
“We believe in a diverse set of thoughts,” says Kaleb Autman, a Black student at the University of Wisconsin whose group is demanding a zero-tolerance policy on hate speech. “But when your thought is predicated on the subjugation of me or my people, or to a generalized people, then we have problems.”
States and the federal government have made efforts to increase the number of health care providers. Wisconsin has a rural residency program and a loan assistance program to draw medical students to rural and other shortage areas. The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health developed an urban program and a rural program, called the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine, to increase enrollment to address shortages. And there’s the effort of the Medical College of Wisconsin to open up two satellite campuses with 50 enrollment spots.
Prageeshwar Chandran, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was up bright and early to experience the snow.
He’s an international student from India and said he had never experienced a big snowfall before.
“The last time there was a winter storm in Madison, I wasn’t here; I was in Chicago,” Chandran said. “So, I didn’t know what went down here. But this is the first time, and I don’t think it bothered me too much. I think everyone worked tirelessly around the clock.”
UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Dean Glenda Gillaspy reflects on her first three semesters on campus. She says the two most common issues that come to her desk from stakeholders are decreasing enrollment trends and the status of production agriculture education on campus.
According to University of Wisconsin officials, a total of $62.5 million has been raised for funding the new football indoor practice facility adjacent to Camp Randall Stadium.
That amount, bolstered by a $20 million commitment from alums Ted and Mary Kellner, is 83.3% of UW’s goal of $75 million. The fundraising efforts started in late October.
State Journal reporter Barry Adams drives through the UW Arboretum the day after southern Wisconsin’s first major snowstorm of the season.
The average number of tickets scanned at Badgers home matches in 2023 was 6,261, the highest on record and a 4.6% climb over 2022.
The first season of the Luke Fickell coaching era at the University of Wisconsin brought slightly larger crowds than were at Camp Randall Stadium in 2022.
Brynn Teeling, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who attended a town hall in Iowa for Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign, said she was “extremely frustrated” with the prospect of a Biden-Trump rematch, citing Mr. Biden’s age and Mr. Trump’s divisiveness.
The beta testing-like process has complicated financial aid advisors’ communication with students, said Helen Faith, director of the Office of Financial Aid at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A bill from Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature would require University of Wisconsin schools to provide out-of-state students with information on how to vote absentee in their home states.
As 2023 comes to a close, a new chapter is on the horizon for tribal communities in Wisconsin. “What better way to do so by empowering its next generation of leaders to graduate debt free on their traditional homelands,” said Shannon Holsey, president of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians and chairwoman of the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council.
MENA students, MSC staff push for representative staff, dedicated space in MSC.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is partnered up with Purposity to match students up with donors to help meet their basic needs. Purposity, an Atlanta based philanthropic fundraising service founded in 2016, developed a platform for school systems and local non-profits to match community members with donors.
UW-Madison is going to start providing broad financial support to students who are enrolled members of federally recognized tribes in the state – Carla Vigue, the UW’s director of tribal relations, considered the significance of this initiative.
Carla Vigue, Director of Tribal Relations at UW Madison said, “The University of Wisconsin Madison sits on Ho-Chunk ancestral land. The Ho-Chunks were forcibly removed from that land and the university was built there, and this was just one way that we thought we could give back.”
The initiative, dubbed the e Wisconsin Tribal Educational Program, covers the full cost of an undergraduate degree, as well asin-state tuition, housing, meals, books, and other educational expenses. The program will also cover the cost of in-state tuition for professional students pursuing a J.D. (law) or M.D. (medical) degree.
“The creation of this program marks a significant step in the partnership between the American Indian tribes in Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin–Madison,” said Shannon Holsey, president of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians and chairwoman of the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is pledging to cover the full cost of a college degree for students from Wisconsin Indian tribes under a new program announced Monday.
More than 100 people escaped Saturday’s gray drizzle in favor of the cozy fires of the UW-Madison Glass Lab for the annual Blow Your Own Glass event. The spectacle has become so popular with the community that the Mad Gaffers, the glass lab student organization, sold out all the time slots for not only Saturday but also last week’s edition of the event.
Imagine lower State Street in Madison as a Christmas market every December. Colorful lights adorn the trees and illuminate the street from above. Festive huts sell ornaments, crafts and holiday treats to streams of passersby. A student quartet plays holiday songs.
This summer, UW-Madison installed three “nap pods” at Bakke — and they’ve been hugely popular, Recreation and Wellness staff say. Tribuzio estimates he’s used the nap pods about 15 times this semester and finds he’s less fatigued after using them than he is after taking a traditional nap.
A year after launching a unique type of snow shoveling service, some University of Wisconsin-Madison student entrepreneurs are getting some downtime to grow their business, since there’s not much snow to shovel.
“Wisconsin did a lot for me,” Finley said. “The 4 years I spent here was very monumental in where I am today as a man, so to share my experiences with them, (the graduates) celebrating this great day, is just a great honor.”
One graduate, who transferred from UW-Madison a year and a half ago, said her time at the school was well worth it. “The school’s really good, and I’m really glad to be here,” Keeley Satterfield said.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison held its 2023 winter commencement ceremony on Sunday, a biannual tradition that, for the second consecutive time, came amid campuswide controversy surrounding diversity and inclusion.
Following Board of Regents vote, Mnookin discusses next steps, campus priorities.
The Daily Cardinal spoke with UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin about the challenges of divided government, free speech and student engagement during her second student media roundtable.
With parking capacity reduced by the Lake Street side closure, the city said staff are working to relocate parking permit holders to alternative city facilities or find other parking options for them.
Two individuals yelled antisemitic remarks at a small Dec. 8 Hanukkah gathering, according to UW Hillel.
Students speak of “paralyzing” feelings of loss, university support and finding strength in solidarity after the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack.
For months, the Universities of Wisconsin and Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos have been at odds over diversity initiatives on public campuses.
A Broadway-caliber entertainment group is getting ready to tour Wisconsin and the Midwest. The Wisconsin Singers is a decades-old tradition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Nearly every person involved in the production is a student, and not all of them are arts, music or theater majors.
Verona Area High School (VAHS) students Maitri Patel and Hannah Mason attended the University of Wisconsin’s “Great Biology Bake-Off” on Friday, Nov. 17, bringing the process of DNA replication to life using cake and cupcakes.
Wednesday night, twelve student representatives from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Leaders Igniting Transformation chapter gathered at an Associated Students of Madison Student Council meeting in a decry of the university’s history of responding to on-campus hate & bias incidents that they view as inadequate.
SSFC also adds language to RecWell budget from Trans Umbrella Sanctuary bill passed by ASM.
’Day of the little candles’ event attendance increases from just 10 community members to 250 since 2016, organizer says.
You never truly know what will come out of a kindergartener’s mouth, especially in a lecture hall. On Thursday, a class of kindergarteners was invited to Kenneth Mayer’s introductory American politics class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The bounds of free speech continue to challenge University of Wisconsin System campuses.
A neo-Nazi group briefly appeared on campus during a march in Madison in November. They were within their First Amendment rights, though police and UW-Madison condemned their presence.
The Wisconsin Badgers football program is preparing Camp Randall Stadium this December with an eye on future Decembers.
The University of Wisconsin has begun implementing a heated field, one of two anticipated upgrades coming for the 2024 season (along with tweaks to the video boards).
Kakol and Vang are part of the Tiny Earth program at NWTC, which is based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and does research to find solutions in the antibiotic crisis and improve soil health. NWTC is one of over 30 colleges and universities worldwide involved in Tiny Earth.
Devin Harris, NBA All-Star, Big Ten Player of the Year, Wisconsin Mr. Basketball, father of three precious daughters, living a full life in Texas, with the freedom to do what he wants, and money to invest, still had that one promise, nagging him.
Getting his degree.
Tensions have risen between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Republican-controlled Legislature as Assembly Speaker Vos indicated cutting DEI funding is his top priority.
Writer, actor and organizer Dallas Goldtooth addressed students and community members as the keynote speaker for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s “Native November.”
UW-Madison Law professor Sumudu Atapattu shared her outlook toward the COP28 international climate conference in an interview with The Daily Cardinal.
Dr. Ramzi Fawaz and Dr. Sami Schalk talked about their experiences and perspectives on how conversations about diversity in the classroom benefit students broadly.
Study shows student veterans feel lower sense of belonging paired with lower academic success, leaders say shared space can fix this.
New College of Engineering building, additional residence hall stand as top-ranked priorities
Kayla Romanovs-Malovrh previously attended UW-Stout’s engineering program, until she realized she wanted a stronger program.
Field renovations will include artificial turf, fencing, outdoor restrooms, RecWell director says.
Bangladesh Student Organization prioritizes growth, confidence following COVID hiatus.
UHS-administered survey available through early January.
Former Miss America, Nuclear Engineering student reflects on UW experience, engineering programs.
