University of Wisconsin-Madison Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Laurent Heller will leave the university later this summer to take a similar role at Johns Hopkins University.
According to UW spokesperson, Meredith McGlone, positive COVID-19 cases on campus have remained relatively low while vaccinations increase.
“NPHC has provided an important anchor, connection and family for our students for many years, but they haven’t had a space to call their own on campus. There are no NPHC-affiliated houses or markers at UW … and nothing is shared publicly about their contributions to our community. This garden plaza is a central campus space to honor their work, their legacy, and for our Black fraternities and sororities to be seen,” Reesor said in the statement.
Event will be held at terrace, will include food, cap decorating, games, more.
According to University of Wisconsin-Madison News, the scholarship fund was started by former Dean of Students Mary Rouse in 2019 to honor the legacy of Roger Brusewitz. Brusewitz was imprisoned for 12 years before enrolling at UW-Madison in 1973. He graduated in 1975 with honors and a degree in journalism, going on to become a copy editor at the UW Law School.
’Once I get into office, I’m going to work on the redistribution of [Rathskeller] sauce throughout the city,’ SCO vice president says.
The UW Tribal Relations Director also spoke on behalf of the Ho-Chunk Nation during the last meeting of the 27th ASM session.
Beginning May 10, several aspects of the current COVID-19 response will be adjusted for the summer months.
In this legislation, the Student Council officially committed to promoting self-determination, justice and liberation for Indigenous people at the UW-Madison and across Wisconsin. They further demanded that UW-Madison students should be able to apply to receive financial assistance from the COVID-19 Student Relief Fund as a one-time use of allocable fee reserves and demanded that UW-Madison eliminate a surcharge on students who take over 165 credits.
Messages sent to UW-Madison students last fall, like “Follow public health guidelines or risk suspension,” laid out the high stakes for students weighing whether to break COVID-19 rules. Disciplinary data show UW-Madison went to that extreme just once, suspending a single student last fall. The university sanctioned nearly 1,400 others for COVID-related public health violations so far this school year.
WASB is the UW-Madison student organization in partnership with the Wisconsin Alumni Association that focuses on campus engagement and community involvement. The “All Campus Party” is WASB’s annual week-long initiative to gather “the nation’s largest cost-free and alcohol alternative campus celebration.” This year’s events feature a virtual drawing class, a REDTalk discussion and a virtual concert.
The Wisconsin Union’s famous sunburst terrace chairs will soon be seating all comers again.
The University of Wisconsin announced Monday that it will end the green Badger Badge requirement to access campus buildings and loosen several other COVID-19 restrictions for community members from May 10.
At a protest organized by the BIPOC Coalition at University of Wisconsin-Madison, close to 150 students and community members marched from Camp Randall to the Capital Sunday to rally against racial inequality and promote community support.
Terrace season will open to the general public in three weeks, the Monday after UW-Madison’s commencement weekend, the Wisconsin Union announced Monday.
A week after the fatal police shooting of Duante Wright in Minnesota, people in Madison marched from Camp Randall Stadium to the Capitol.
The University of Wisconsin BIPOC Coalition planned and led the demonstration called a “March for Unity.” Protesters gathered at the Camp Randall Arches before marching down Dayton Street to the Capitol building.
Now in its fourth year, Earth Week was started by a group of student organizations and the UW Office of Sustainability in 2018 with the goal of educating students, staff and community members about environmental issues.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison administered a record 2,729 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine last week, more than double any week so far, but supply remains low and unreliable despite students’ looming summer break.
’It’s officially spring when the Terrace is open,’ UW student says.
The HEERF III funding preliminary statement and the legislation regarding relief to Perkins borrowers were both unanimously passed during the meeting.
Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation program is a cutting-edge, first-of-its-kind program, beginning fall 2021.
The Associated Students of Madison advocated for better implementation of student aid efforts and clarified their bylaws regarding student government positions at their Tuesday night meeting.
The student organization Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment (PAVE) is working to inform and empower the campus community to stand up against sexual assault during Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
“We have no words for what happened in Minnesota,” read a statement from the UW-Madison BIPOC Coalition on Tuesday. “We wish that we did, but there are no words to describe the despair and seemingly endless frustration that we feel.”
Instead, the commission asked the Central Business Improvement District, or the BID, and city staff to come back with a more detailed proposal, and what the impacts could be, of a temporary pedestrian mall on the three blocks closest to the UW-Madison campus.
Access to the Terrace will be temporarily limited to UW-Madison students and employees because of COVID-19. Those who are fully vaccinated or in compliance with coronavirus testing requirements can use their “Safer Badgers” phone app to enter Memorial Union and head to the patio.
The Union plans to open the terrace on Wednesday, April 14; however, access will be limited to customers who have Badger Badges, which are only available to University of Wisconsin-Madison students, faculty, and staff.
’I think it’s a very prudent thing that we eliminate the risk of panels falling and again the engineers in their review expressed concern about that potential,’ UW Vice Chancellor says.
’This past year has shown us all the importance of listening to people’s stories and finding ways to reach out to them,’ UW Chancellor says about selection.
The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association planned the second annual Day of the Badger efforts, which spanned 1848 minutes, in remembrance of the year UW was founded, on April 6-7. Of the 5,782 gifts, 2,027 were from donors in Wisconsin. The College of Letters and Science was the largest beneficiary, with 1606 gifts totaling over $510,000.
UW System Interim President Tommy Thompson and UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank toured the Mosse Humanities Building and discussed proposals for new College of Letters and Science and Engineering buildings Monday. “The two projects that are in the budget for this year are cornerstones for growth and success in UW-Madison,” Blank said.
“I guess every day we’re doing things so that everything else can operate, and that’s true about facilities,” said LaBorde. “That’s true about a lot of housing. When I think of ‘essential,’ I really do think of frontline workers.”
Video tour of Humanities.
Crumbling concrete, rusted rebar and falling facades were among the selling points on a campus tour Monday designed to shore up support for the University of Wisconsin System’s more than $1 billion request to repair or replace aging facilities.
Madison’s iconic State Street this summer could be converted on weekends into an outdoor dining and shopping promenade free of buses and other vehicles.
“This building is in dire shape. It is not able to support student needs, it has inadequate heating and cooling. The classrooms are poorly configured, there have been times where water has poured down the walls of the classrooms,” said Blank.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank and UW System president Tommy Thompson say the Humanities bBuilding needs at least $70 million in maintenance, which the university says would not be a good investment.
“Due to the pandemic we’ve had to adjust to mostly a virtual fashion week, but we do have a couple in-person events- so, today we have our photo station,” Spark said.
Gov. Tony Evers authorized emergency work on the 19-floor Madison building that houses the University of Wisconsin System’s headquarters Thursday after two precast concrete railing slabs fell from the third floor.
The 10-by-6 foot slabs fell from Van Hise Hall on UW-Madison’s campus Sunday, landing directly in front of the building’s entrance. No one was injured.
Gov. Tony Evers took the unusual step Friday of ordering workers to remove all concrete slabs hanging over the entrances and exists of the University of Wisconsin System headquarters building, days after two slabs fell off the facade and crashed to the sidewalk outside the building’s main doors.
Gov. Tony Evers took the unusual step Friday of ordering workers to remove all concrete slabs hanging over the entrances and exists of the University of Wisconsin System headquarters building, days after two slabs fell off the facade and crashed to the sidewalk outside the building’s main doors.
“I definitely think they have the ability to change [the academic calendar] but don’t really care,” stressed Silver.
“The fact that we implemented [SD/UD grading] in the spring and not in the fall is, I think, unfair to students,” Kons said. “What this university has been promoting throughout the entire pandemic is a failure to understand the needs of students. I think it highlights a disconnect between students and the university.”
The scholarship is awarded to students who excel greatly in natural science, engineering, mathematics and have high academic and research achievements.
The fully-online Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation program will look to examine the relationships between psychedelic drugs and mental health, including MDMA, also known as ecstasy; psilocybin, the active ingredient in mushrooms; ketamine and more.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank understands the importance hiring the right person to replace University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez.
“Leadership matters,” Blank told reporters Wednesday after UW officials announced the formation of a nine-member search committee. “And leadership matters for maintaining the culture and the ethos and the quality of programs we have here.
With college-age students now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, University of Wisconsin campuses have a new rule that leaders hope will encourage young adults to get their shots.
UW System interim President Tommy Thompson asked campus chancellors Wednesday to allow students who have gotten vaccinated against COVID-19 to be exempt from the weekly COVID-19 testing regimen.
“One of the inducements, encouragements to not to have to go through testing is to get vaccinated,” Thompson said.
Noted: University of Wisconsin students who get their vaccines will be exempt from weekly testing requirements under new system guidance.
UW System interim President Tommy Thompson asked campus chancellors Wednesday to allow students who have gotten vaccinated against COVID-19 to be exempt from the weekly COVID-19 testing regimen.
“One of the inducements, encouragements to not to have to go through testing is to get vaccinated,” Thompson said.
Students at all University of Wisconsin System campuses will be able to avoid regular COVID-19 testing requirements if they get vaccinated.
The news brought relief to many students struggling with stress, burnout and a lack of motivation to learn after more than a year of mostly online classes. But it also brought a bit of confusion as to why UW-Madison offered a similar policy last spring and is bringing it back for this semester but didn’t give students grading flexibility last fall.
’I appreciate seeing faculty recognized for their work within the classroom, as it speaks volumes to the impact that they have made on students like myself,’ member of the Distinguished Teaching Awards Committee says.
The UW-Madison Senior Class Officers-elect look forward to fostering an environment where Rathskeller sauce is free flowing, the Humanities building is turned into a skatepark and an escalator is built on Bascom Hill. Rising seniors Pranav Srivastava and Barnabas Shiferaw were elected as President and Vice President, respectively, for the class of 2021-22 Senior Class Office, receiving 782 votes of the 1,888 completed ballots.
According to the university, Almaz Yimam has worked the counter at the Wiscard office at Union South since 2002, welcoming hundreds of thousands of students and employees to campus.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Monday it will give students the option to take eligible courses on a pass-fail grading system this semester, in an effort to alleviate student stress and burnout.
In races for open seats, Juliana Bennett beat Ayomi Obuseh with low turnout in the student-dominated 8th District around UW-Madison.
Each year, before classes begin, newly admitted students to the University of Wisconsin-Madison are welcomed to campus to receive their very own Wiscard — the “key to campus life” carried by every student. The beloved “Wiscard Lady” Almaz Yimam, cup of black coffee in hand, has long been the first face that greets them.
The University of Wisconsin at Madison has changed how it uses exam proctoring software Honorlock in response to complaints that the software failed to recognize the faces of students with darker skin tones, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
Aconcrete slab broke off the side of Van Hise Hall on Sunday afternoon, landing almost directly in front of an entrance to one of the most highly trafficked buildings on UW-Madison’s campus.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison will implement a more flexible grading policy this semester and retroactively adjust student transcripts from throughout the pandemic in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, administrators announced Monday.
