With so many colleges going virtual last year, many sophomores are on campus for the first time. But it’s different — a lot still feel like freshman. Colleges set up programs to get them caught up.
With the help of students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Edgewood College, Madison is welcoming the largest and oldest conference for queer and trans college students this weekend.
At the same time, the class includes the most in-state students of any freshman class since 2001. And while the balance has shifted, UW-Madison officials say that’s not necessarily a bad thing. With their higher tuition, out-of-state students help fund many of the university’s priorities.
Wunk Sheek, an Indigenous student organization at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be hosting a one-session powwow at 7 p.m. in Gordon Commons.
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Shortage of workers sparked changes to lawn, watering, among others.
With the fall semester well underway, University of Wisconsin-Madison students are adjusting to a (mostly) in-person class schedule for the first time in a year and a half. However, for the thousands of students taking a chemistry course with a lab this semester, classes remain virtual due to ongoing construction delays of the university’s chemistry building.
A conservative legal group has threatened legal action against the University of Wisconsin-Madison, claiming it hired three mental health providers to serve only students of color. UW
The University of Wisconsin-Madison responded to a letter from a conservative law firm sent Wednesday, clarifying that mental health providers are not assigned based on a student’s race, nor are they limited in terms of the students they can serve based on race.
A conservative Wisconsin law firm accused the University of Wisconsin-Madison of racial discrimination following an announcement of new mental health coordinators who would “exclusively serve students of color.” Now, an attorney with the firm says they’re giving the university “the benefit of the doubt” after it changed the wording of the near month-old press release about the hires.
UW-Madison spokesperson Meredith McGlone said in a statement to News 3 Now the new providers aren’t assigned based on a student’s race, but they do have expertise in addressing racial issues students of color may face.
This week, students can donate one dollar when making WisCard purchases across campus.
UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank reviewed challenges, bright moments of 2020.
The bill would modify statutory provisions relating to shared governance at UW System institutions to restore provisions to their form prior to 2015 Act 55, according to the Legislative Reference Bureau.
After more than a year of cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, college study abroad programs in Wisconsin have begun sending small contingents of students around the world.
For students with disabilities or those who are immunocompromised, the reentry into classrooms has brought feelings of isolation, anxiety and helplessness — contrary to many students who have embraced the return.
Continuing an unrelenting trend, a developer is proposing to demolish eight two- and three-story apartment buildings for an estimated $50 million, 12-story housing project at the corner of North Bassett and West Johnson streets Downtown.
Scott Dikkers, creator of the website known for its witty irony and satirical, irreverent take on the news, will appear in Memorial Union’s Shannon Hall at 7 p.m. Monday as part of the free Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
According to fall 2021 enrollment data released last week, 8,500 freshmen are enrolled at UW-Madison this semester — a 16% increase compared to last fall’s freshmen. The class comes from a pool of 53,829 applicants, a record-setting number that has risen 17% over the past year. The university has nearly 48,000 students total attending this fall semester, up from 45,540 last year.
After a season where fake was the fad for in-person fan support — by pandemic necessity, not by choice — there have been small steps toward a regular arena environment in the past few days for both the University of Wisconsin hockey teams.
The UW-Madison Faculty Senate apologized on Monday for scheduling the first day of classes this year on a major Jewish holiday and changed its calendar approval process in an attempt to avoid similar scheduling conflicts in the future.
Welcome to Barry Alvarez Field at Camp Randall Stadium.
University of Wisconsin officials announced Friday they are naming the field for UW’s former head football coach and athletic director.
The new fitness facility on the site of the former natatorium, 2000 Observatory Drive, will bear the name of the Bakke family, who are contributing $20 million to the $113.2 million project expected to open in 2023.
A new recreation center is set to be built in place of the former Natatorium outside Dejope Residence Hall, and overlooking Lake Mendota. The $113.2 million establishment will be named the Bakke Recreation and Wellbeing Center.
The university held a ceremonial groundbreaking Thursday, even though construction actually started in the spring. The facility is named after Jim and Sue Bakke. They gave $20 million for the $113 million project.
Mental health professionals will start responding with UW-Madison Police officers next week to certain calls, the university announced Friday. The “co-responder model” consists of two trained University Health Services workers joining UWPD officers on calls where students are experiencing a mental health crisis. The duties of mental health crisis workers include taking students to the hospital, if necessary. UWPD Chief Kristen Roman explained that this partnership has been planned out since 2020, with help from the Mental Health Services’ Student Advisory Board, BIPOC Coalition and Associated Students of Madison.
Eli Tsarovsky graduated from the University of Wisconsin last May after majoring in biochemistry. In August, he was voted president of the Campus Area Neighborhood Association and he also works as the community health AmeriCorps coordinator.
To help stop the spread of the COVID-19, and to ease the fears of students with varying comfort levels, on Aug. 5, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s mask mandate went into effect. “The recent arrival in the U.S. of the more infectious Delta variant of COVID-19 has led to a steep rise in cases across the country, including here in Wisconsin,” a statement from the university read.
While larger Madison companies and other universities have begun to require vaccines, the University of Wisconsin has taken a different approach. The UW policy for students and employees requires anyone who has not provided proof of vaccination to University Health Services to get tested weekly on campus, according to an email UW sent to students.
UW-Madison students will soon have a new place to relax, play, and exercise: A state-of-the-art recreation and wellbeing center.
UW-Madison students on the west side of campus wanting a workout can head to the Bakke Center in a few years. The new fitness facility on the site of the former natatorium, 2000 Observatory Drive, will bear the name of the Bakke family, who are contributing $20 million to the $113.2 million project expected to open in 2023.
Participants of the event will assemble at the University of Wisconsin’s Library Mall and march to the Capitol where a rally will be held featuring guest speakers, according to the march’s website.
In the first half of this episode, NBC15′s Charlie Shortino and Gabriella Rusk take a look back at that day and the events that led up to the bombing. Then, we hear from Phil Little, who was part of the official response to the Sterling Hall bombing.
The EIC is one of just five open ASM committees on campus, meaning that there is no application to join or participate in organizing events.
The past year has been a tumultuous one for the body — much of it spent in gridlock with administrators over their handling of the pandemic, equity and inclusion for students of color and the role of university police on campus. For new ASM chair Adrian Lampron, the new session is a fresh chance for the student voice to be heard and heeded on those issues.
Both the legislation, budget alteration passed during the meeting Wednesday night.
Some institutions, such as the University of Wisconsin, are still providing housing for those who need to quarantine or isolate. Others, such as the University of Delaware, have some space for students to isolate but encourage students with positive cases to return home if possible.
Among the 8,465 first-year students at UW this year, 55% come from Wisconsin or Minnesota according to a university news release. The university’s efforts to enroll local students seem to be paying off: Despite a plateau in the number of high school students in the upper Midwest, UW’s in-state enrollment numbers are on the rise.
UW will provide five locations where students can go to register, all open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Transferring schools during pandemic was uniquely challenging, transfer coordinator says.
The Nick saw 600,000 visits last year, expects to see over one million annually.
The group is preparing for a 7:30 p.m. performance Thursday in Shannon Hall at Memorial Union. It’s the first stop on Sphinx Virtuosi’s national fall tour, and also the first classical music concert with an in-person audience held in the UW-Madison theater since the pandemic halted operations in March 2020. The concert also will be streamed online.
Freshman enrollment at UW-Madison is up nearly 16% this year compared with last fall, according to numbers released Tuesday. A record 8,465 freshman began studying at the university this fall, compared with 7,306 last fall.
University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student Lena Vincent made her first TikTok video about giving PowerPoint presentations.
’The goal of the organization is to act as an advocacy group for international students on campus and the various issues that they face navigating student life,’ ASM leader says.
“While it is good that March went on to become a fighter for civil rights and equality, the fact remains that while a student here he aligned himself with a student group that echoed the K.K.K. name,” stated Blank, underscoring that involvement in the K.K.K is one of the aspects of American history “so toxic that you can never erase the stain.”
The American Indian Science and Engineering Society held its kickoff meeting in the American Indian Student and Cultural Center on Wednesday evening. The meeting occurred concurrently with the national AISES conference in Phoenix and a Wunk Sheek student organization meeting, illustrating a tenacious presence of Native American student groups in the Madison community.
The panelists will discuss the impact of these treaties on modern day Madison.
As Madison seeks to finalize boundaries of City Council districts for the next decade — complicated by uneven growth throughout the city — the two maps under consideration would split UW-Madison dorms over two districts, raising concerns from some about a weakened student voice on the city’s legislative body.
All of Madison’s alder districts need to have roughly the same population size. City staff and the Redistricting Committee armed with new census data are trying to make that happen. However, Alder Julia Bennett (district 8) is concerned that the proposed changes will crack the vote of UW-Madison students. The eighth alder district houses many UW-Madison students in the heart of downtown. Under the two proposed redistricting maps, large sections would be absorbed by the surrounding districts. Bennett says she’s concerned the changes will dilute the voice of UW students. “It is extremely vital to keep students together and within one district, because we understand each other, we take care of each other,” she says. “When one student faces a campus related issue it’s something that a majority of us face at the same time.”
University of Wisconsin System estimates show fall enrollment fell by around 1 percent across the state’s 26 college campuses compared to last fall. Just three universities reported enrollment increases while the rest saw declines between 1 percent and 11 percent.
If you are looking for a new peaceful and quiet place to walk and explore nature, consider visiting the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, a 1,200 acre site located on the near-west side of Madison, bordering the southern shore of Lake Wingra.
Enrollment at University of Wisconsin campuses dropped 1% overall this fall, according to preliminary data released Wednesday.
The main issue brought up at Tuesday’s meeting was the switch to all-you-can-eat dining at the central dining halls, Gordon Avenue Market and Four Lakes Market. Concerns included student affordability within dining plans, elimination of trays and smaller portions.
Just as students began unpacking for the beginning of the school year, the Sellery residence hall in the Southeast neighborhood already posed many frustrations for its residents. Complaints of slow elevators, black mold and stairwells are just a handful.
Wisconsin Public Radio’s higher education reporter joins us to discuss how the state’s colleges and their student populations are adjusting to another school year during the pandemic. We touch on in-person classes, COVID-19 vaccination rates, on-campus testing and more.
’I hope to leave a legacy of equity and inclusion on campus,’ Glicksman award winner says.
“We are currently working to hire 600 additional team members to the Wisconsin Union,” Wisconsin Union Communications Director Shauna Breneman said Monday, stating that the university is working to “build our team up to a pre-pandemic staffing level and provide training to new team members.”
Dirt, debris, mold growing in Sellery’s air conditioning units have been deemed harmless, Sellery coordinator says.
’Once our residents moved in, we found that long lines and staffing were affecting the students in a way that needed to be quickly remedied,’ UW spokesperson says.
