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Eagle’s Wing Child Care celebrates 25 years, says farewell to director
Eagle’s Wing Child Care is marking 25 years since it started, and director Debb Schaubs is retiring with plenty of fond memories.
International Learning Community fosters global connections among residents
The International Learning Community houses in Adams Residence Hall allow residents to be immersed in a language and learn about another culture.
UW-Madison housing finder service puts apartment search on laptops, phones
The Campus and Visitor Relations office at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has enhanced its apartment-finding service with technology from a UW–Madison spinoff business that simplifies housing searches for students, faculty, staff and the public.
Greenbush housing renovation open house May 28
A new program to help people buy and renovate homes in the Greenbush Neighborhood, co-sponsored by UW–Madison, will be discussed at a meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. at HotelRED, 1501 Monroe St.
Movers encouraged to donate and recycle to reduce waste and mess
As the mid-August downtown leases turn over, overflowing dumpsters and buried curbs contain many items that can be reused or recycled. In an effort to reduce landfill waste and increase community benefit, the UW–Madison WE CONSERVE program and Office of Sustainability are partnering with the City of Madison, Goodwill Industries, Society of St. Vincent de Paul and student organization REthink Wisconsin to collect and donate reusable items.
Fire on Old University Ave. displaces students
The Dean of Students’ Office is leading efforts to assist approximately 50 University of Wisconsin–Madison students affected by an overnight structural fire near campus.
UW working to reduce move-out waste
Moving Days, Hippie Christmas, or just a giant mess - whatever you call it, the mid-August piles of discarded possessions overflowing Madison dumpsters and curbs include many that could be reused or recycled.
University Housing to launch Creative Arts and Design Community
The Arts Institute and University Housing at UW–Madison next fall will launch a residential learning community for students interested in creative disciplines including art, dance, design, engineering, fashion, film, music, theatre and computer science.
University names residence hall after civil rights pioneer
A University of Wisconsin–Madison residence hall will be named for Wisconsin civil rights pioneer Vel Phillips, according to University Housing officials.
Former housing chief Newell J. Smith dies at 93
Newell J. Smith, director of University Housing for 41 years and the namesake of a University of Wisconsin–Madison residence hall, passed away on Friday, Aug. 5. He was 93.
New GreenHouse for sustainability nurtures community
Though enticing, the food spread across the tables is only part of the point of this meal. The two dozen students at this Global Food for Thought dinner are here to feed their minds as well as their stomachs.
Home-Field Advantage
The minivan is dwarfed by the loading dock at Gordon Commons, so it pulls up several feet short of where trailer trucks routinely make deliveries…
Live webchat on Nov. 3 answers housing questions
Are you a student thinking about where to live next year? Or a parent who would like to learn more about options for on- or…
Web chat to answer housing questions
Questions about housing for next year? We have answers!
Gordon Commons boiler uses cooking oil to heat water
The University of Wisconsin–Madison's Division of University Housing has cooked up the latest in energy savings. Nearly three months ago, officials installed a boiler in Gordon Commons that uses spent cooking oil as an energy source.
Keeping it local: UW–Madison diners get ‘homegrown’ veggies
A new local food initiative on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus is starting very close to home.
University Housing Conference Services keeps Madison thriving in the summer
The mass exodus from the university residence halls each May may lead some to believe that these busy buildings enter a summer slumber until they welcome back their students in the fall.
Recent sighting: Picturing Friends
House fellow Jerrod Walker photographs Lisa Bacon (left) and Colleen Larsen, also house fellows, as nearly 175 residential life student staff within…
Recent sightings: Safety 24/7
Dean of Students Lori Berquam (right) talks with (left to right) students Nick Lang, Natasha Flatt and Meagan Walsh as they move into a…
Summer conference services uphold university ideal
With the spring semester coming to a close, the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus prepares for a transition from predominantly undergraduate students to a highly diverse summer population. For University Housing Conference Services Program Director Sharon Seagren, June, July and August are the busiest months of the year.