Category: Information for Academic Staff

Generation Alpha

There’s no doubt that some people view generational categories with the same skepticism as placemat horoscopes and Magic 8 Ball predictions. They scoff at the notion that an entire generation can be summed up by a few choice adjectives. Obviously, not all Baby Boomers are motivated by money, not every Gen Xer demands flexibility, and …

Employee Discounts and More

Most UW–Madison employees are familiar with the heavily discounted bus pass available through Transportation Services, but how familiar are you with lesser known benefits on campus? For example, keeping on the theme of transportation, do you know about the Red Bike rental program or the discounts available for Madison BCycle? Thanks to various campus units …

Time Management Tips

Sometimes we may not need more hours in the day, but rather more hours dedicated to completing our tasks. Below are a few ideas and if you have any others that work for you, talk about them with your colleagues! Make a plan for your day: ● Prioritize your tasks after looking through your calendar. …

The Academic Staff Word Search

Academic Staff at UW–Madison can often find themselves in an alphabet soup of acronyms. Can you find the Academic Staff acronyms in the word search below? You can use the Alphabet Soup Decoder Ring to learn more about each acronym. Download a PDF for printing.      Solution

Winter Activities

12th Annual Frozen Assets Festival, February 3-4 Guess when the lakes are going to freeze highlight Cross-country skiing and snowshoeing City of Madison Parks cross-country skiing page The Madison Nordic Ski Club offers area trail maps and trail conditions Check out trail options through the Wisconsin State Park Snowshoe Trails: Devil’s Lake, The Glacial Drumlin State Trail, The Ice Age …

100 Years Ago

A quick scan of Wisconsin newspapers from September 1923 reveals that UW-Madison has always been newsworthy and that reporting from one hundred years ago may sound familiar to readers today.

Sharing is Caring

When you first joined UW-Madison as an academic staff member, you may have heard the term “shared governance” mentioned as a benefit of working here. Maybe you were curious and delved further into what this means. Or maybe, like many of us juggling busy work and home lives, you accepted it as a good thing but remained vague on the details.