Spring semester Dean’s List now online

One way that UW–Madison recognizes the academic excellence of its students is through the Dean’s List. At the conclusion of every semester, high achieving students are included on the list and generally receive a letter from their school or college recognizing the achievement. The honor is also noted on their transcript.

In an effort to make the list more accessible to students and parents, the Registrar’s Office recently launched a new, searchable website of honorees.

The site will be updated at the conclusion of each semester.

To be eligible for the Dean’s List, students must complete a minimum of 12 graded degree credits during that semester.  Each school or college sets its own GPA requirements to receive honors.

Questions about a particular student’s eligibility for the dean’s list should come from the student, due to privacy laws, and should be directed to the academic affairs section of the dean’s office in the school or college in which they are enrolled.

Questions about the website or eligibility can also be directed to deanslist-registrar@em.wisc.edu.

In addition to the new website, University Communications will continue to send notices of Dean’s List honorees to local newspapers across the state and country.

Please note, students must have a valid home address on file with the university for this information to reach a hometown newspaper.

To change your hometown with UW–Madison log in to the Student Center module of My UW–Madison, my.wisc.edu and select the Personal Information tab. Additional instructions can be found here.

Announcements are typically sent to the largest circulation newspaper in the student’s home zip code and take several weeks to process after the end of each semester. The spring list will be reaching newspapers during the week of June 7 for publication in later June.

University Communications also sends a similar list of graduation announcements, typically six weeks after the end of each semester.

Questions about newspaper publishing schedules are best directed to newspapers. However, resends or problems related to newspaper distribution can be directed to jplucas@wisc.edu.