Leading, Learning, and Growing during a Fall like No Other
What does community look like when we can’t all gather in-person? How can leadership, learning and connectivity happen when our campus community resides across the world rather than on campus? These questions and others about how to support the campus community during the COVID-19 pandemic arose as student leaders of the Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) began planning for fall 2020. What does community look like when we can’t...
A New Vibe on the Terrace: Our Pop Culture Campaign
You may have noticed a new vibe on the Terrace… one that pops. Our new pop culture-based Terrace messaging campaign highlights the excitement you feel at the Terrace with a new spin focusing on how to stay safe in light of COVID-19 at this space we all know and love. It all started when the Wisconsin Union Marketing team was tasked with coming up with a clever way to announce the Terrace summer reopening while educating our community...
Terrace Season August Wallpapers
Terrace season is here, and we couldn’t be happier to share it with you! Below, you can find our wallpapers for your desktop and phone featuring a wavy, summery Memorial Union Terrace and UW-Madison-themed design. You might even be able to spot some of our own Wisconsin Union summer apparel in the water alongside Terrace chairs, flamingos, ducks, brats and burgers. Click each image below to download the wallpaper. We hope that...
Bottling up Sustainability: Water Bottles and the Union
Wisconsin Union members and guests can now purchase a reusable, recyclable aluminum Pathwater water bottle with a student-created design that celebrates everything Union through Grubhub when purchasing Meals To-Go and when ordering food and beverages at the Memorial Union Terrace. These cost-effective, recyclable, made-in-the-USA bottles feature sustainably sourced, reverse osmosis-filtered water. In providing this custom,...
An Inside Look into the Union’s Summer Apparel Line
The Wisconsin Union summer apparel line features cool retro throwback vibes that’ll have you groovin’ right into a summer frame of mind. We want to give you a behind the scenes look at how our in-house marketing team created this Terrace-themed, summer merch, which inspired the entire Summer 2020 Terrace look. In this story, we share a step-by-step look at how our summer apparel line came to life. Click here to check out the new...
Hoofers Adapt: What Accessibility Looks Like at the Wisconsin Union
Kathryn Bach and Megan Gray created Hoofers Adapt with one mission in mind: to advocate for access to nature and the outdoors. They lead Hoofers Adapt, a group of passionate advocates for accessibility and inclusion in outdoor pursuits at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. UW-Madison occupational therapy students Bach and Gray joined Hoofer Ambassadors in hopes of learning about inclusivity in outdoor programming. The Wisconsin...