Tag Madison Initiative for Undergraduates
Final MIU report proves value of targeted funding
Over the past five years, the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Madison Initiative for Undergraduates (MIU) has filled in critical gaps at times when shrinking support from state and federal sources might have eroded aspects of the undergraduate experience. As the Office of Academic Planning and Institutional Research releases MIU’s fifth and final progress report, campus leaders agree: the initiative has had a positive, long-lasting impact. Read More
Fourth year of MIU brings stability, success
When the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates (MIU) first went public in 2009, the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus – and the state of Wisconsin itself – looked very different. Read More
New living, learning community to welcome biology students
To help bio newbies get off to the right start, as many as 130 students will begin 2014 in BioHouse, the university’s 10th residential learning community. Read More
Early-career faculty improving undergraduate education
Nineteen early-career faculty have been named fellows of the new Madison Teaching and Learning Excellence (MTLE) program. Read More
Class explores worldwide picture for AIDS, HIV
"This is an important time in HIV research," Matt Reynolds, an HIV researcher at University of Wisconsin–Madison, tells an undergraduate class on the Monday morning after Thanksgiving. Read More
Third year’s a charm for Madison Initiative for Undergraduates
WisCEL is one of the major success stories of the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates (MIU). As the University of Wisconsin–Madison spotlights practices increasing educational innovation on campus, the release of the third-year MIU progress report shows the impact of this targeted funding on high-impact practices across campus. Read More
New Center for Pre-Law Advising to host open house
The newly opened Center for Pre-Law Advising will host an open house to celebrate its debut and engage with students interested in studying law. Read More
Engineering moving classroom into digital age
The Internet has profoundly affected the lives of those born into an information-saturated world, the “digital natives.” It has shaped nearly all of their expectations of the world, including what they expect from an institution of higher learning. Read More
Student orientation launches with a renewed focus
Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration (SOAR) officially launched at Union South on May 31, promising an experience that will be slightly different for the 2012 incoming new transfer and freshmen students. Read More
Residential community helps science-minded college women succeed
The UW–Madison Women in Science and Engineering residential learning community offers a support system for women in STEM (science, technology, engineering or math) that ranges from social connections to academic resources and mentoring connections. Read More
Student services enhance College Library
With its long-established reputation as the place to see and be seen on the UW–Madison campus, College Library likes to play on its strengths as a social library. Read More
WisCEL: New learning center to open
At two UW–Madison libraries, newly remodeled instructional spaces ripe with technological upgrades are helping turn the 1,000-year-old, lecture-based, "one-size-fits-all" instructional model upside down. Read More
Transfer Transition Program: Providing innovative ways to serve transfer students
Hundreds of students transfer to UW–Madison in the spring semester, and thousands more do it in the fall. Read More
Finalists named for advising director role at UW–Madison
As part of a comprehensive plan to improve academic advising services - recognized as a critical element of undergraduate education - UW–Madison has announced five finalists for a newly created position of director of undergraduate advising. Read More
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. Read More