Category: Campus life

Three-time Olympic medalist Meghan Duggan will be this year’s spring commencement speaker for University of Wisconsin-Madison on May 11.

Meghan Duggan is a three-time Olympic medalist who also played for the U.S. National Team in eight World Championships, winning seven gold medals.

Meghan Duggan, an American former ice hockey athlete and UW-Madison alumna, will address graduates at the Spring 2024 commencement in May.

Organization offers resume-building, networking along with visibility for women, non-binary people in IT community.

UW senior class president says Duggan was chosen based on impacts on, off hockey rink.

Celebrations showcase vibrant MSC community, emphasize growth.

The residence hall is currently undergoing renovations to improve its common spaces and resident rooms on the first and second floors. Since construction began in January, several residents said construction is more disruptive than communicated by University Housing.

Campus organizations support students, build community through meals, events.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is currently undergoing a series of construction projects to create larger spaces and learning environments for several programs on campus.

UW-Madison student veterans advocated for a space to call their own, as the university proceeds with the $285 million Camp Randall Sports Center project.

Students can vote for members of the student council and the Student Services Finance Committee.

Voting member absences prevents quorum, vote reschedule to March 13.

The Committee on Disability, Access and Inclusion hopes to educate students on the university’s former president, Charles Van Hise.

Admissions officers can still consider how race affects individual applicants, WILL attorney says.

UW RecWell organizes more than 20 events to promote physical, mental wellbeing March 7.

Gerard Randall, a top Wisconsin GOP official, continues to influence budgets and serve at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership despite a high-profile business scandal that prompted his resignation from the Republican National Convention.

Charleston was recently honored with a Diamond Award  from the Not Alone Foundation in Atlanta. He was recognized in the category of Academic Leadership: Excellence in Higher Education on Jan. 27, accepting the prestigious award at the annual event in Atlanta at the historic Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Moorehouse College.

‘MENA in the Modern World’ theme acknowledges, affirms rich, vast cultural impact.

Campus-wide survey available through March 22.

Garage Sale focuses on the narrative of a girl exploring the community-wide garage sale. The player is able to discover different parts of a forest town, complete quests and collect friends throughout. The landscape is a quaint and comforting town featuring a wide variety of rooms for the player to discover.

Credibility of ’embodied knowledge’ in wellness sphere.

Students, community members share, celebrate MENA cultures at multifaceted event.

The boundaries of free speech are an ever-present issue at college campuses, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison is no exception.

University of Wisconsin-Madison educators have designed numerous educational games to aid students in their learning.

A history lesson may soon be attached to one of the tallest buildings in Madison.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is moving forward with the installation of a plaque in Van Hise Hall that would explain the legacy of the building’s namesake, Charles Van Hise, and his promotion of eugenics.

Students are struggling to access nutritional, affordable food as demand increases for more resources.

To mark more than a century in business, the Book Store is offering its biggest sale in history.

Speakers, panelists encourage student global engagement.

“It feels pretty incredible,” UW-Madison sophomore Ruben Rodriguez said. “You get to see the nice sun. You get to take in the fresh air. You get to sit on the nice grass, get to see everyone walk to their classes.”

Health care providers work to help bridge gaps in eating disorder treatment, support.

New organization empowers students to explore, celebrate Mexico’s rich dance heritage.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison will give students extra time to consider all offers following the late launch of the 2024 FAFSA form.

The Blk Pwr Coalition held a Black History Month teach-in centered around “designing the Black Madison of our dreams” Saturday in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Education building.

On Thursday, Friends of UW Health hosted its annual ‘Hearts and Hands’ Luncheon at Overture Center in Madison. The purpose of the event is to raise funds for American Family Children’s Hospital.

The University of Wisconsin’s Chican@ and Latin@ Studies Program held its third and final panel as part of the 2023-24 “Latinx Studies in the Midwest and Beyond” speaker series Thursday evening. The panel, titled “Latinx Labor and Reproductive Justice at the Border and in the Midwest,” discussed the intersection between Latinx labor experiences in the Midwest and larger economic systems.

Two days after the largest one-day union filing in Starbucks history launched union drives at 21 stores, students at more than two dozen U.S. universities are calling on their schools to kick the coffee giant off campus for allegedly violating labor laws.

The University of Wisconsin announced Wednesday that David Bagby is now serving as director of federal relations. Bagby assumed this role January 2024 after serving as associate and then interim director of federal relations over the past year. He succeeds Mike Lenn, who served as director for seven years.

From Jan. 23 to Aug. 2, the University of Wisconsin Special Collections presents their first ever educational board games exhibition titled “‘Most Agreeable & Rational Recreation’: Two Centuries of Educational Board Games.”

A group of UW-Madison students launched a petition that calls on the campus to kick Starbucks out of a dorm.

A popular place on UW-Madison’s campus is set to transform. Earlier this month, the university announced a new sustainable visitor and education center at the Lakeshore Nature Preserve/Picnic Point.

Dr. Fernie Rodriguez will be concluding their fifth week Friday as UW-Madison assistant vice chancellor for student affairs. Originally from El Paso, Texas, Rodriguez left their hometown as a first-generation student at the University of Texas at Austin, seeing it as an opportunity to explore their queer identity.

Protesters from Mecha De UW-Madison, Madison for Palestine, Students for Justice in Palestine and Anticolonial Scientists spoke out against the inclusion of weapons manufacturing companies with ties to Israel at the engineering career fair last week, including BAE Systems, CAT and General Dynamics.

The $100,000 room boasts 12 computers and a variety of setups for gamers of all types. The investment reflects a nationwide higher education trend: many universities are adding esports academic programs and spaces like the one at Bakke to their campuses in response to student interests and job markets.