Shared governance ensures representation for academic staff, university staff, faculty and students at UW–Madison. It is particularly important to academic staff who are responsible for a wide variety of roles on campus. By participating in shared decision making, our diverse perspectives, expertise and input can help shape the university’s policies and practices, ensuring we continue …
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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 …
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 …
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. …
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
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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.
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.