Category Employee News
Fall 2024 political activity guidelines for employees, students
As election season approaches, UW–Madison provides guidelines regarding employee and student rights and restrictions regarding political campaign and public advocacy activities on campus.
Two deans reappointed after 5-year reviews
Albert O. Nicholas Dean of the Wisconsin School of Business Vallabh Sambamurthy and School of Pharmacy Dean Steve Swanson have agreed to accept reappointment to their positions.
Pay plan increase to take effect in July
In July, the University of Wisconsin–Madison will provide a 2 percent wage increase to eligible employees under the 2023–2025 pay plan.
Search begins for next dean of the School of Medicine and Public Health
A search committee has been appointed to help identify and select candidates to be the next dean of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and vice chancellor for medical affairs.
Mallory Musolf named next secretary of the academic staff
Mallory Musolf, a former member of the Academic Staff Executive Committee who has served in administrative roles on campus for more than a decade, has been named secretary of the academic staff.
UW–Madison names Haddix new School of Education dean
Haddix has held numerous leadership positions in her 16 years at Syracuse University and currently serves as associate provost for strategic initiatives. She also led for two terms as chair of the Reading and Language Arts department in the School of Education at Syracuse. Haddix describes her work as “very interdisciplinary” and believes the School of Education’s focus on education, arts and health is aligned with her vision of what a holistic approach to education should be.
Employee Appreciation Ice Cream Socials
This annual event serves as a gesture of thanks for employees’ hard work and dedication throughout the academic year by serving our world-famous Babcock ice cream.
42 faculty honored with Vilas professorships and awards
Extraordinary members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty have been honored during the last year with awards supported by the estate of professor, U.S. Senator and UW Regent William F. Vilas (1840-1908).
Evjue Chair, Hilldale professors named
Six members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty have received the Evjue Distinguished Chair and Hilldale Professorships.
Meet the 2024 Academic Staff Excellence Award winners
Each year, the University of Wisconsin–Madison recognizes outstanding academic staff members who have excelled in leadership, public service, research and teaching. These exceptional individuals bring…
UW–Madison leadership seeks employee feedback on administrative services
This survey will help leadership to learn about overall satisfaction with these services and identify ways to improve them. The survey results will also provide valuable baseline metrics for administrative transformation at UW–Madison, including the transition to Workday in July 2025.
UW–Madison presents paid parental leave policy to Board of Regents
The new policy provides eligible employees with up to six weeks (240 hours) of paid parental leave within a 12-month period for the birth or adoption of a child.
Free tickets to April 1 women’s NIT basketball game offered to employees
In partnership with UW Athletics, UW–Madison continues to express its appreciation for the contributions of faculty, academic and university staff members, and postdoctoral fellows.
Meet the winners of the 2024 Hilldale Awards
Faculty members representing the arts and humanities, biological sciences, physical sciences and social sciences are selected from nominations submitted by department chairs.
Four years of graduate assistantship minimum stipend increases planned
UW–Madison has committed to increasing minimum graduate assistant stipends for the next four years in a forecasting plan, which emphasizes factors that are critical to student success: tuition remission, health and dental insurance benefits, paid vacation and sick leave, and mentorship training. The new approach gives students, principal investigators, departments, programs, schools, and colleges the ability to budget for increases to minimum stipends several years into the future.
2nd and 3rd shift employee recognition event in celebration of 175 years
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will recognize second- and third-shift employees at a late-night appreciation event on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, from 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. in Varsity Hall at Union South.
UW–Madison Public Records Custodian Julie Laundrie on the importance of Sunshine Week
March 10-16 is national Sunshine Week, which was first established in 2010 to raise awareness of the importance of the Freedom of Information Act and the importance of government transparency.
Search begins for new secretary of academic staff
A search committee is being formed to identify candidates for the next secretary of the academic staff. The person selected will replace Jake Smith, who served since 2014 in the Office of the Secretary of the Academic Staff as deputy secretary and then as secretary.
Public presentations scheduled for vice chancellor for research search candidates
Three finalists for the vice chancellor for research will visit campus over the next three weeks. The candidates’ names and CVs will be made available to the UW–Madison community 48 hours prior to each visit.
UW–Madison moves up in annual ranking of America’s Best Large Employers
UW–Madison came in at No. 113 on the list of employers with more than 5,000 employees. In 2023, the university ranked No. 196 in the same survey.