Mental Health Awareness Month Wallpapers and GIFs
Beautiful and peaceful: these words came to mind when a Wisconsin Union artist shared this month’s wallpapers and GIFs that she created in honor of May being Mental Health Awareness Month. This month and always, give yourself permission to self-care. So get lost in the music that moves you. Try that smoothie recipe you’ve been meaning to make. Hug your canine and feline members. Read a book that you want to read, not one...
Best Wishes from the Wisconsin Union
All of us at Wisconsin Union miss having you at Memorial Union and Union South. It’s just not the same without you, without your vitality, your presence, and your enthusiasm. You really make the Union what it is for the campus, community and visitors, and your absence is surely felt each and every day. But we know we’re all where we’re supposed to be. We know we’re doing what we need to be doing. And that’s a good thing. But we...
Water We Up To?
After a 10-year break, the Hoofer Scuba Club is back in action planning annual remote winter break trips. With an excited group of young divers and the generous aid from a Hoofer Council Grant and the Wisconsin Union Director’s Fund, the Club successfully planned two remote winter break trips in the past year. In staying true to its mission, the Club hopes to expand into international waters and incorporate more citizen science diving...
(Virtual) Experiences for a Lifetime
We are still here for you. We continue to create experiences, provide classic Wisconsin Union culinary options for pick-up, and find new ways to gather Badgers and Badgers-at-heart together. While we can’t be together in-person right now, we can join together in other ways. No matter where we all are, we are a community. We invite you to take part in the activities and events our student leaders and staff have created for you. Below...
A Graduating Senior’s Perspective on COVID-19
By Maddie Boulanger It is safe to say that I did not expect my last semester of college to end this way. As I sit at the desk in my childhood bedroom in Appleton, Wis., I can’t tell if it feels like life has come full-circle or to a full-stop. It is, perhaps, both. Maddie Boulanger is a senior in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications graduating in the class of 2020. There have been massive changes to every level of society...
Wallpapers in Honor of the National Month of Hope
This month, we are sharing with you desktop and phone wallpapers that our team created in honor of April being National Month of Hope. We hope this article finds you well and safe. While a lot has changed in the past month, our dedication to serving you continues. We, at the Wisconsin Union, are still here for you, providing pick-up dining services and planning stories and experiences to share with you. Computer...