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Campus ‘Craft’ Collaboration
Everyone loves the Terrace, but for three students, this summer will be extra special. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences , UW Business School and Wisconsin Brewing Company have uniquely collaborated on a new market product, Inaugural Red, a craft beer brewed by UW students in a fermented food and beverages class. Andy Lefeber, Sean Hinds and Paige Wolff are three food science students that have worked together since late January to create an amber lager through Campus Craft Brewery, an education collaboration between University of...
read moreLit Fest Lights Up the Union
The Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Publications Committee is celebrating literature and writing in a range of shapes and forms during their annual Lit Fest April 27-May 1 in Memorial Union. Throughout the year, WUD Publications Committee promotes reading and writing by providing students professional experience in publishing. The four presenters offer unique perspectives on literature and will be available to give students valuable insight into how to approach different kinds of writing. “I hope Lit Fest will also give students an...
read moreMusic Professor Brings Life to Creatures
The JACK Quartet visits Shannon Hall from New York on Friday, May 8 at 8 p.m. to perform the world premiere of UW Professor Laura Elise Schwendinger’s Creature Quartet. Schwendinger, who is the first composer to win the American Academy in Berlin Prize Fellowship, wrote the Creature Quartet, a one-movement piece for string quartet that is an ode to extinct, mythological and endangered creatures. “The work is a personal response to imminent mass extinction,” Laura explained. “The various movements flow through the piece, providing a...
read moreWUD and LGBT Campus Center Celebrate Out and About Month
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Campus Center (LGBT CC) of UW-Madison celebrates Out and About Month this April, and the Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) has joined in the festivities. “Like with all of our community-based events, our goal is to bring people together to celebrate the awesome spectrum of LGBTQ identities and to show that there are multitudes of lives and experiences within LGBTQ communities,” said Director of the LGBT CC Gabe Javier, who is excited to partner with WUD. “It’s important that LGBTQ...
read moreUnion Dining is Going Paperless
With Earth Day just around the corner, Union Dining is planning something to make trees and customers happy by implementing request-only receipts. The program, which is estimated to save $15,000 should the pilot be successful, is set to launch April 20 in two Dining locations and will allow cash registers to print receipts only if a customer asks for it, saving paper in the long run and taking another step toward sustainability in the Union. “The idea to create a more environmentally friendly practice has been discussed for the past...
read moreShould I Go to The Terrace?
With our favorite furniture making their epic return to the Memorial Union Terrace this week, we thought you might need a guide to answer one of life’s greatest questions. Follow along and see where your answers lead you! There’s an orange, yellow or green chair waiting just for you! Can’t get enough of the Terrace? Check out the Terrace Chairs – A Love Story series!
read moreThe Living Room of Campus Receives State Recognition
We always knew Memorial Union had a rich history and established tradition, and now, it’s official! On February 27, Memorial Union was added to the Wisconsin State Register of Historical Spaces. This esteemed recognition will be a stepping stone in the journey to be added to the National Register of Historical Spaces, and it is a testament that Memorial Union is the heart and soul of campus for students, alumni and the Madison community. “It’s calling out Memorial Union as a specific historical space,” said Hank...
read moreEzra Klein Featured at Distinguished Lecture Series
Students and community members praised both Ezra Klein and his news media venture, Vox, when he was invited on campus as part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s (WUD) Distinguished Lecture Series on March 9th. Ezra Klein is the Editor-in-Chief of Vox, a news website that focuses on providing the most important news to consumers in ways that are extremely easy to absorb and comprehend. Vox does this through the use of graphs, lists and “Card Stacks.” Ezra also spoke directly to interested students in an intimate Q&A and gave a public...
read moreStudents Screen Print Open Mic Night Posters
What do you get when you put graphic design students and Wisconsin Union Directorate Music members together in a Wheelhouse Studios room? Some serious screen printing, that’s what! Our very own marketing graphic design student employees came together with WUD Music to create original screen-printed posters for WUD Music’s Open Mic Night events. The collaboration is just another example of how the students of the Wisconsin Union make this space so innovative. Be sure to look for the Open Mic Night posters the next time you visit!...
read moreLights, Camera, Sundance
Fundance. That is what many students from the Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Film Committee were calling their trip to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah this January. Every year, a select group of students from the WUD Film Committee are invited to travel to Park City to encourage the next step in leadership and bring films back to campus for their programing throughout the year. This years group was a mix of associate directors and three new WUD Film members. Hari Jost, Director of WUD Film, is a senior double majoring in...
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