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...
Announcing our 2020-21 Student Officers, Directors
For you, a Wisconsin Union event is an experience for a lifetime; for the students behind our events, it’s an opportunity of a lifetime. Behind the scenes are students who plan, promote and implement more than 1,000 events each year. They are part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate, which includes 10 committees and six Wisconsin Hoofers clubs. The committees plan everything from art gallery exhibitions to live music at the...
Collaborating to Make a Difference through Art
The Wisconsin Union’s Wheelhouse Studios is partnering with University of Wisconsin-Madison student organizations to use a popular Wheelhouse event to bring attention to important topics. Wheelhouse hosts the event, called Free Art Friday, on the first Friday of every month during the academic year in the lower level of Memorial Union. Last semester, Wheelhouse hosted a Free Art Friday collaboration with the Wisconsin Union...