Tag Student life

Talib Kweli to headline All-Campus Party concert

March 31, 2008

The Wisconsin Alumni Student Board's (WASB) All-Campus Party (ACP) is proud to announce Talib Kweli as the headline act for this year's Badger Blowout Concert, presented by UW Credit Union.

Recent sightings: Ketchup with that?

March 29, 2008

Ketchup packets, still taped to a hallway wall, spell out the greeting “Happy Birthday Sam” outside the Ogg Hall room of undergraduate…

All-Campus Idol to showcase UW–Madison talent

March 25, 2008

The Wisconsin Alumni Student Board (WASB) is set to host the fourth annual All-Campus Idol, a campus version of "American Idol" that showcases the singing talent of University of Wisconsin–Madison students.

Shared Governance Committee seeks applications

March 25, 2008

The Shared Governance Committee, a committee of the Associated Students of Madison (ASM), is now accepting applications for more than 100 available positions on more than 45 committees all over campus for fall.

Recent sightings: YESSSSSSSS!

March 21, 2008

Photos: Jeff Miller Nicholas Maaseen, a soon-to-graduate medical student at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH),…

WUD Art Committee hosts 80th annual student art show

March 20, 2008

The Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Art Committee at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will host its 80th annual student art show at the Memorial Union in April.

Seminar to provide free financial counseling to UW–Madison students

March 19, 2008

University of Wisconsin–Madison students are invited to learn what it takes to stop counting pennies and start securing their futures at the annual Financial Independence Seminar, to be hosted Saturday, April 5, by the Wisconsin Student Alumni Board (WASB).

Recent sightings: Move ’em out!

March 14, 2008

Photo: Jeff Miller Undergraduate student Lara Nicol organizes her luggage as others board two…

Students asked to complete NSSE survey

March 12, 2008

Every two years, a sample of UW–Madison freshmen and seniors is scientifically selected to represent the University of Wisconsin for the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE).

Faculty will pitch in to increase need-based scholarships

March 4, 2008

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Faculty Senate approved a resolution on March 3 that will encourage faculty to be frontline contributors to the goal of expanding access to low-income students.

UW-Madison prepares emergency text messaging service

March 3, 2008

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is preparing an emergency text messaging service that will be able to send warnings directly to the cell phones of students, faculty and staff members in the event of a campus emergency.

UW-Madison prepares emergency text-messaging service

March 3, 2008

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is preparing an emergency text-messaging service that will be able to send warnings directly to the cell phones of students, faculty and staff members in the event of a campus emergency.

Campus invited to conduct rules forum

February 28, 2008

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Offices of the Dean of Students will hold a public comment forum on UW System’s proposed changes to state rules regarding student conduct and conduct on university property.

UW students help El Salvadoran towns build wastewater system

February 27, 2008

New Year's Eve in Nejapa, El Salvador, looks a lot like the Fourth of July. At Griselda Guzman's house, homemade fireworks lighted the front yard, where the guests dancing outside her pale yellow home included 11 University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering students and three advisers.