As the days get shorter and the weather turns colder, you may start to feel isolated, anxious, or depressed. You are not alone, and there are campus resources available to support you to finish out the semester strong. Staff within Student Affairs can help you navigate this time. Dean of Students Christina Olstad and the …
Dear Colleagues, As faculty and staff at UW–Madison, we are partners in helping our students thrive on campus. While we say it often, it’s true: This semester is like no other, and with the upcoming cold weather and recent time change, in addition to stress from COVID-19, the current political climate, or racial injustice and …
Message to students: Have fun, stay safe this weekend
Often times, students feel the impact of financial stress, which can impede on overall happiness and the ability to be their best. When you have the cost of tuition, daily expenses, and rent, and then add a pandemic to an already overloaded Badger, anxiety can heighten, especially around the cost of food, and where to …
Dear Badger Students and Families, While the start of this academic year is different than prior years, it still is an exciting time as you prepare to start your first semester at UW–Madison. Our first priority is the health and safety of all of our students. We encourage you to visit UW–Madison’s Smart Restart website …
Badgers take care of one another—it’s what we do. As a Badger, we need to support our peers now more than ever. We want all students to live out their own, unique Wisconsin Experience. It is important to our campus values that we pay attention to the health and safety of all our peers and …
We know that our Badger community will rise to the challenges before us and commit to protecting our community against COVID-19. Those who don’t follow public health requirements will be held accountable through university disciplinary action and municipal sanctions. Public health concerns about individual students and student groups can be reported to the Office of …
Dean of Students Office hosts themed drop-in sessions every Wednesday at noon.
On March 26, we hosted our first virtual town hall to address recent bias and hate incidents.