University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Group Profiles

Features on committees, units, centers, and similar campus groups

Elevating your Impact

Meet the dedicated committee championing academic staff growth Behind the scenes, a dedicated group of volunteer academic staff is working to elevate your career.  The Professional Development and Recognition Committee (PDRC), a standing committee of the Academic Staff Assembly, is composed of passionate members from across campus who collaborate with university leaders to create meaningful …

Getting to Know the Center for Teaching Learning and Mentoring (CTLM)

Interested in learning more about generative AI? Care to know where lifesaving Narcan nasal spray is available on campus? Eager to attend and/or participate in campus conferences and events? All this and more can be found at UW-Madison’s Center for Teaching, Learning and Mentoring (CTLM). What exactly is the CTLM? The Center for Teaching, Learning …

What is Ombuds?

Did you know there is a safe and confidential space to turn to when you are struggling in your job? This place is known as Ombuds. Ombuds is available free of charge for all faculty and staff and provides a space to collaboratively talk through complaints, clarify issues, and consider options and resources to address …

Understanding Academic Staff Assembly Districts: Your Role in Representation

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 …

Spotlight – Mentoring Committee

Much of the Academic Staff Assembly’s work of shared governance is carried out by volunteers, like you, who participate in many ways on the Assembly’s standing committees. These committees span a variety of academic staff causes and interests, including communications, compensation, awards, diversity, student affairs, transportation, athletics, information technology and many more. Employee professional growth …