Category: Campus life

“To make it to the finalist stage is a tremendous honor,” Provost Karl Scholz said in a statement Sunday.

The search for housing prompted by growing student populations is not a new issue at UW-Madison, according to Kacie Lucchini Butcher, director of the UW-Madison Public History Project. “Housing became a very serious problem for the university after World War II,” Lucchini Butcher said.

LSU plans to host Latine Ball, community Day of the Dead celebration.

Participating in Greek life is typically known to be a sizable expenditure — choosing to live in a fraternity house can cost anywhere from $4,200 to $18,000 a year, according to the Interfraternity Council. According to the Panhellenic Association, living in a sorority house can range from $7,700 to $11,980 a year. In addition to live-in costs, semesterly membership dues, which also range in price, are required of all members.

Senior Cal Floyd opened up about Psi Upsilon at UW-Madison, and its challenges this semester with finding incoming freshmen to rush at the beginning of the year. He also explained why the fraternity’s decision to rush online ultimately made this semester Psi Upsilon’s last.

The decision comes after Public Health Madison & Dane County announced earlier this month they have no plans to renew mask mandate.

he latest extension comes as the Dane County’s order is set to expire on Nov. 27.

The university’s mandate requires masks be worn in indoor spaces. In an email Wednesday evening, the university said the policy will be reviewed again in mid-January.

It’ll now run until January 15 of next year.

“I had people calling me, texting me on my personal phone number and emailing me on my city account. All of my social media received messages, some of which, I had to call the authorities about because they were physical threats and acts of violence.”

Student Leadership Program is looking to invest in more in-person resources.

“The Our Shared Future Initiative, in the Chancellor’s words, is trying to move us from ignorance to awareness,” said Aaron Bird Bear, Director of Tribal Relations at UW-Madison.

“Vice Provost Jocelyn Milner’s legacy can be seen almost everywhere on campus, especially in the durable framework that supports our curricular and academic planning,” Scholz said. “Her leadership contributed to some of our most recent good news — our graduation rates and the average time it takes to earn a degree have never been better, and we’ve made significant progress in closing equity gaps in these areas.”

Most students are unsure how to find academic advisors, what to ask them.

Last week, following the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s announcement of an increase in the minimum graduate student stipend by three to four percent for the 2022-23 academic year, the Teaching Assistants’ Association (TAA) described it as “an insult” to graduate workers.

Two finalists, Jeffrey Savoy and Damon Armour, have been selected for final on-campus interviews for the chief information security officer position. Savoy previously served as the interim chief information security officer at the University of Wisconsin Office of Cybersecurity, and Armour was the director of information security and risk and assurance at North Carolina State University.

The events began with a 6 a.m. run and potluck, followed by a veterans recognition gathering 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. The gathering included remarks from the Color Guard, Marine Corps veteran Lorence Ayag and Director of Veteran Services Joe Rasmussen.

A Marine Corps veteran and current student Lorence Ayag said joining the Student Veterans of America chapter made his experience on campus better. “I believe there is something special about the veteran community and the way we care about each other on and off the battlefield,” said Ayag.

Health Now!, a completely student-run and constructed public health campaign, will soon be the newest student organization at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The organization’s founder, junior Kylie Ruprecht, wanted a way to highlight healthcare resources available to students and increase public health outreach on campus.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Thursday that it will comply with President Joe Biden’s federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate, requiring employees to be vaccinated by Jan. 4, 2022.

UW had the highest student voter registration and turnout for the 2020 presidential election among four-year colleges in the state of Wisconsin. UW also improved the most in its voter turnout, according to a university press release.

Al Purves’ first viral post on TikTok marked the beginning of his freshman year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2019. This TikTok, unbeknownst to Purves at the time, would spearhead the popularity of his personal account as well as his eventual involvement with @badgerbarstool, Barstool Sports’ UW-Madison unaffiliated comedy account.

Both student organizations sought increases for increased programming post-pandemic obstacles.

The legislation will prioritize the appointment of an anti-violence coordinator as well as an anti-violence committee as a part of the student governance body. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Erin Tritz, Diverse Engagement Coordinator Ndemazea Fonkem, Rep. Kunal Sanwalka and Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment (PAVE).

The program has helped educate 300 to 500 incarcerated students over past five years, director says.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has raised the Ho-Chunk Nation flag over its main administration building, marking the first time the university has flown another nation’s flag with the U.S. flag and the Wisconsin flag.

Corporate sponsors used the moment to pressure the Washington Redskins into changing their name. The Cleveland Indians followed close behind. College students used the moment to demand trivial changes on their campuses that did nothing to abolish racism. For example, students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison got a rock removed from campus because they believed it was racist. (And yes, that really happened ). They also violently removed the statue of a committed abolitionist, just to give some indication of how much these mobs knew about history

For as long as I have been at this university, I have gotten a weekly email from the University Bookstore about something called “Geraldine’s Pick.” While the majority of these emails have gone over my head, I could not help but be intrigued by the consistency. I began to ask myself, “What is Geraldine’s Pick?” and “Who even is Geraldine?”

Committee settled on granting agricultural org $77,127.

Prior to starting at CNN in 2015, Raju was Politico’s senior correspondent on Capitol Hill for seven years, previously reporting for The Hill, Inside Washington Publishers and Congressional Quarterly.

CNN’s chief congressional correspondent Manu Raju was named Wednesday as UW-Madison’s winter 2021 commencement speaker.

NBC15′s Erin Sullivan celebrated UW-Madison’s homecoming this week by learning about the Original Bucky Wagon. What was once an old fire truck has turned into a staple at home football games and special occasions.

A veteran TV reporter will be the winter commencement speaker at UW-Madison.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison saw its student-voter turnout for the 2020 presidential election rise to 72.8%, up from 65.4% in 2016. According to the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education (IDHE), UW-Madison’s voting rate was higher than the 66% rate of all other colleges.

The University of Wisconsin Office of the Registrar announced in an email Monday that they would permanently extend the deadline for dropping classes to the 12th week of classes. After Nov. 26 — the 12th week of the fall semester — students will need a dean’s permission to drop a class. The new course drop deadline now aligns with the last day students can completely withdraw from the fall 2021 semester, according to the Office of the Registrar.

An in-depth look at ongoing battle for divestment action on UW’s campus.

A spokesperson for the university noted the flag-raising is part of an ongoing commitment to educate the campus community about the Ho-Chunk Nation’s history and to recognize the land as the ancestral home of the Ho-Chunk Nation.

The student-run agriculture collective is supported by segregated fees, mainly to fund the wage expenses for the salaried F. H. King board of directors and some general and programming expenses, according to their presentation.

Trump’s presidency increased student voter turnout, political science professor says.

Removing the chairs is a significant undertaking, Shauna Breneman from the Wisconsin Union said. “We have 1,300 chairs at Memorial Union alone,” she said. “It takes weeks of planning and preparation to remove the chairs and abou

The Badgers Gives back program helps encourage positive mental and physical health and nutrition habits in people of all ages within the community.

With the departure of the pink flamingos from Bascom Hill Friday, the annual “Fill The Hill” event raised $436,478 for a variety of programs and funds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The parade tradition started in 1913, when the UW Marching Band and alumni marched down State Street to the alumni bonfire. The parade now seeks to connect alumni and students, giving them a reason to celebrate what it means to be a “Wisconsin Badger.” It was the hope of the Wisconsin Homecoming Committee to bring back a sense of unity after a challenging year.

According to an email statement to the Badger Herald from Chief Human Resources Officer Mark Walters, this is a wide-ranging position. “This position is critical in leading and driving the facilities components for major campus strategic initiatives … Almost every critical initiative our campus embarks on has this facilities component,” Walters said. “To ensure our campus facilities are met now and into the future, a strong leader is needed in [this position].”

“It’s going to be a big weekend in Madison for sure,” said Maggie Jacobs, a junior at UW-Madison. “A fun weekend.”

The University of Wisconsin System announced plans to comply with President Joe Biden’s executive order requiring federal contractors to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus.