Category: Campus life

As international protocols change, UW study abroad office prepares to adapt.

SSFC will vote on eligibility of The Black Voice GSSF status this Thursday.

’In general, good grades won’t hurt, but they are far from the only factor,’ UW associate vice provost says.

Textbooks are expensive, but professors want updated materials, UW professor said.

Chalkings conflate religion with politics, hold Jewish students accountable for Israel-Palestine conflict, UW Hillel says.

Students within GIC share how gender inclusive housing options brought them new, deeper sense of community.

Jewish students at UW-Madison lit a menorah on Library Mall Thursday night. Chancellor Rebecca Blank was there for the ceremony.

Chancellor Blank updates members about admissions rates, efforts to support growing number of students from historically marginalized communities.

University of Wisconsin Gender and Women’s Studies graduate students have started a GoFundMe to help pay for their segregated fees. Some have to choose between paying the fees to stay in school and basic living costs like rent and food, according to UW GWS graduate student Oliver DiPietro who started the GoFundMe.

Areli Estrada, Mario Garcia Sierra, Cristhabel Martinez, Aissa Olivarez, Justin Rivas and Victor Villacrez are the six UW alumni mentioned on the list and recognized for their career accomplishments in Wisconsin.

Messages regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, along with other anti-Israeli political sentiments, were marked in chalk outside of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Hillel center on Tuesday, the first night of Hanukkah.

To recognize World AIDS Day, UW Health placed more than 800 red ribbons at Bascom Hall on UW-Madison’s campus to represent each person in Dane County living with HIV.

“All those years of research and all the funding, that it’s gone towards an HIV vaccine that set up the infrastructure and some of the things that they tried for an HIV vaccine, but didn’t work, they use those for the COVID vaccine,” said Chris Chapman, UW Infectious Disease Outreach.

Public can submit input online in next public meetings.

Presentation explained background of ongoing protest movement.

The event is the largest ski swap in the Midwest and individuals can find cross-country skis, snowboards and winter apparel at discounted prices.

Barstool Sports is a multimillion-dollar sports and pop culture digital media platform with campus-specific affiliates such as Badger Barstool and Wisco Chicks. The outlet’s UW-Madison affiliates serve as a reminder of an exclusionary culture for some campus community members despite attracting over 200,000 followers across social media platforms.

Students in Urban and Regional Planning 551 last spring found ways UW could improve its green footprint.

“I’ve never heard of anyone with reservations about this course nor feelings of alienation from it,” Phillips said, noting that graduate students and workers are more concerned about other issues facing the community than Speaker Vos’ letter.

With eight yeses, five abstentions, SSFC votes to approve of the student organization’s GSSF status.

Campaign will have raised billions of dollars by the time it concludes.

’We understand that even with the narrow focus on queer and trans people of color, there are important cultural differences,’ group co-founder says.

“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.