Attempts to encourage UW-Madison’s student body to have a say in choosing their student representatives proved mostly futile last week after just six percent voted in the Associated Students of Madison student election — the lowest turnout in 10 years.
“I was really upset when I found out they were tearing our house down,” Wunk Sheek Co-president of Fiscal Relations Collin Ludwig said. “I wish the university could look for parking spots in places that won’t affect students of color."
Dean of Students Lori Berquam will be leaving her position at UW-Madison in August to participate in a fellowship program. Berquam has worked with UW-Madison’s Division of Student Life since 2002 and has served as dean and chief student affairs officer since 2007. She has been undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer and has a positive prognosis.
After months of student outcry against the controversial mandatory meal plan, Director of Housing and Dining Jeff Novak came before Student Council to address concerns Tuesday night.
Questions from members of Student Council Tuesday prompted a delay on a vote of legislation that would allow first year representation on the body, as some want further clarification on the measure.
The UW-Madison School of Education is tied for second in the country in U.S. News and World Report's 2019 rankings of the best education graduate schools in the nation. Trailing UCLA and tied with Harvard, UW-Madison also ranked highly in education specialities, including No. 1 for administration, curriculum and instruction and education psychology. The school also ranked third for counseling and personal services, as well as education policy.
Donald Moynihan, director of the UW-Madison’s LaFollette School of Public Affairs, announced via Twitter Tuesday that he will be leaving this coming fall to join the faculty of Georgetown University. Moynihan — who has been with the university for 13 years — is an expert in public management who has researched issues like performance, budgeting, administrative burdens, election administration and employee behavior. Moynihan will join Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy.
If you’re stressed out during midterm season, University Health Services has got you covered. UHS is in the middle of a “Supporting Student Success” workshop series that aims to help UW-Madison students coping with school-related stress.
An online petition from the Associated Student of Madison’s Equity and Inclusion Committee calls on the university to draft a usage policy — which would encourage students to use the bathroom that they are most comfortable using — by mid-April.
Students will soon see the LGBT Campus Center name replaced with Gender and Sexuality Campus Center in the Red Gym, the campus center recently announced. After initially changing the center’s name to the Gender and Sexuality Spectrum Center in November, the name was changed once again to reflect a broader community and allow for growth of language and emerging identities, according to a news release.
Global Connections, a subsection of the Wisconsin Union Directorate, pulled out all the stops for their annual Multicultural Fashion Show Sunday.
After faculty spoke out in opposition to a UW-Stevens Point’s proposal that would cut 13 humanities majors in order to expand or add 16 STEM programs, over 20 national societies have penned a letter in opposition.
Twelve UW-Madison faculty members will be honored this April with the university’s annual Distinguished Teaching Awards. Recipients of this historic award, which dates back to 1953, are chosen based on student nominations and contributions faculty have made to student learning in their departments. This years winners include associate professor of integrative biology, Ellen Damschen, botany professor Simon Gilroy and professor of Afro-American Studies Michael Thorton.
UW-Madison students gathered at the Social Science building Thursday to learn about the history of race, as well as discuss why race continues to be a relevant issue on the UW-Madison campus.
The Student Service Finance Committee narrowly shot down an amendment that would change its current attendance policies, after a debate that lasted for nearly an hour Thursday.
UW-Parkside became the second UW System school to declare no confidence in System President Ray Cross, following controversial comments he made in the wake of a decision to merge the state’s two-year and four-year schools.
Dear prospective student, Welcome to University of Wisconsin, Madison! As you begin the process of deciding if you’ll be attending school here, a large group of concerned students and alumni have some important information regarding a new mandatory meal plan that may impact your decision. Recently, University Housing implemented a new mandatory meal plan for all incoming students living in residence halls.
An average box of 12 condoms from Walgreens costs between $10 and $11, coming out to a little less than $1 per condom.
Research from a group of UW-Madison graduate students sheds new light on the potential relationship between gun ownership and mental health. Sociology graduate student Jinho Kim found that teens with easy access to a firearm in their home were 3 percent more likely to experience severe depressive symptoms, and the effects were greater for girls.
It’s not just a high school movement. Hundreds of students and community members gathered Wednesday at noon on Library Mall to get the attention of legislators and advocate for tighter gun laws as part of National Walkout Day.
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