Category: Campus life

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.

Flamingos have returned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Bascom Hill for the annual Fill the Hill event.

The birds became a symbol of UW-Madison in 1979 and are placed on Bascom Hill during homecoming weekend each year.

The Student Services Finance Committee approved Sex Out Loud as a student organization and approved its amended budget in a meeting Thursday. The SSFC planned to review the Wisconsin Black Student Union but moved it to Nov. 8 due to a last-minute change from WBSU.

For every $250 someone donates, a lawn flamingo will also be sent to their home.

For the next two weeks, Caroline Chen will virtually visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus as the fall 2021 Science Journalist in Residence over the next two weeks, the UW announced on Tuesday.

’It’s a major invasion of privacy,’ UW junior says.

Committee votes on Sex Out Loud’s budget next Thursday, Oct. 28.

Good advising resources can help students graduate sooner, UW provost says.

The event will feature a parade, free hot chocolate, a Badger Bash tailgate celebration and more.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has decided to renew its contract with online proctoring software company Honorlock, drawing some criticism from students and campus community members who disagree with the restrictions the software places on students.

UW-Madison’s homecoming week kicks off Monday, and the university has a variety of events planned throughout the week leading up to Saturday’s football game against Iowa.

Reflecting back on her tenure, Blank is especially proud of the strides of Bucky’s Tuition Promise, which grants free undergraduate tuition to hundreds of Wisconsin students annually, as well as record-breaking class sizes and increased diversity on campus.

“There is a sense after nine years in one job that you get a little stale, you know, you get a little jaded about some things,” Blank said. “And it’s been a wonderful place, but I do feel like you go through a five- to 10-year agenda, and either then you’re going to really develop a whole new agenda or it’s time for someone else.”

MSA is requesting same amount in their 2023 budget as their 2022 budget, which was $36,468.50.

Fortunately, Associate Director of Undergraduate Communications and Marketing Greer Davis said the University of Wisconsin is not a part of these statistics. “UW–Madison is seeing significant increases in applications [and] enrollment, so we are fortunately not to be in a position of needing to make increases to our marketing budget, nor do we do paid advertisement,” Davis said.

With data showing the number of academic misconduct cases nearly doubled last school year compared with the previous year, UW-Madison is renewing its contract with an online proctoring software company. That’s despite more than 90% of classes returning to a face-to-face format this fall and some in the campus community expressing concerns that the testing technology is “creepy,” “invasive“ and discriminatory.

Science on the Square is one of the largest events happening in downtown Madison.

’There are so many tiny groups that have a say over [adding lights to Lakeshore Path]. It’s impossible to please all of them and that’s basically what the trouble is,’ ASM Legislative Affairs Chair says.

UW last conducted a campus climate survey five years ago.

undocumented students’My ultimate goal is to have a place where DACA recipients feel seen and heard, and where their whole humanity is being acknowledged,’ founder says.

UW students who test positive for COVID are currently isolated in Eagle Heights apartment complex, home to children, families.

Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have graduated in less time from enrollment to graduation in recent years as four and six-year graduation rates hit an all-time high, according to the Wisconsin Public Radio.

The statement reiterated the Remote Work Policy —  which states remote work arrangements and accommodations will be considered on a case-by-case basis — and suggested employees who do not have disabilities or medical conditions contact the school’s human resources department.

“It’s amazing to go to this school and know that I have [Bucky’s Tuition Promise] helping me along the way,” said UW-Madison junior and scholarship recipient, Haley Wolff.

The Associated Students of Madison moved to support a proposed resolution to create a statewide Student Governance Council and appointed a new equity and inclusion chair on Wednesday night.

A conservative group that brings speakers to college campuses moved an event with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) off UW-Madison’s campus after a disagreement over the school’s indoor mask policy.