A Message of Support to the BIPOC Community

Dear students and colleagues, Today I’m reaching out to the entire university, and especially members of the campus community who identify as Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) to acknowledge the heaviness of the …

Tributes for Graduating Students

In order to recognize and celebrate your students and your family, we invite you to create a video message for your student and the graduating class. There is no charge to use these services — …

Important Commencement Reminders

Congratulations families of graduating students! We are enthused to celebrate your students this weekend and are writing to share important reminders for the week. They include: Sending a Tribute message to the graduating class Student tickets …

Preparing for Commencement

If your student is graduating and planning to attend the in-person Spring Commencement ceremony, there’s a few things they need to do first to ensure everyone’s safety. Students should make sure they have the Safer Badgers app, and get tested so it turns green to give them access. Also, graduating students must register to attend the ceremony via Canvas.

University Housing Spring Move-Out

As a reminder, all residents will need to select a time slot to move out of the residence halls at the end of the semester. Sign-ups for move-out are now available in My UW Housing. Move-out runs from April 30–May 9 at noon, and students should vacate their room within 24 hours of their last final exam.

COVID-19 Weekly Update #16

As we head into the final weeks of the semester, we thank you for everything you have done to support the health and safety of our community by following our COVID-19 protocols. It’s critical we …

COVID-19 Weekly Update #15

Campus and the broader community continue to make great progress on vaccination to protect against COVID-19 – now more than 19,000 employees and students have had at least one dose of vaccine. The faster we’re …

COVID-19 Weekly Update #14

We are beginning to see a rise in COVID-19 cases on campus and in the greater Madison area as highly contagious variants of the virus spread widely in the community. We need to act now to control the …