Wisconsin Union Student Showcase: Distinguished Lecture Series
At the Wisconsin Union, there are so many ways for students to excel in leadership positions. One opportunity is the Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS), a Wisconsin Union Directorate committee. The committee’s 25 student members devise the annual speaker schedule for the Distinguished Lecture Series and plan the Wisconsin Festival of Ideas, an annual event that showcases professor and student research. We caught up with a few of this...
Welcome, Susan Dibbell
Meet Susan Dibbell ‘84, the new Deputy Director of the Wisconsin Union. Susan has been working at the Union for 28 years and was active on Wisconsin Union Directorate as a UW-Madison student. During her time at the Union, Susan has worked on a variety of projects including activating Union South as a social space by adding more recreational and educational programs and creating the Morgridge Center for Public Service. Susan began her...
A Unified Role: Director and President
Mark Guthier and Jack Comeau both fell in love with college unions at an early age. Wisconsin Union Director Mark Guthier found his calling as an Indiana University (IU) Law School student. During the school year, Mark worked as an assistant hall director in the residence halls and enjoyed working with students. During his third year of law school, he got an internship with the Association of College Unions International; this started...
Former WUD President Readies Herself for the Real World
Entering the workforce is a daunting process for many new graduates, but Sarah Bergman is hitting the ground running. Sarah has just finished her presidency of the Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) and her last semester as an undergraduate at UW-Madison this spring. In a few months she’ll be starting her residency with City Year, a leadership program where she’ll be teaching severely underprivileged children in Chicago. Until then,...
Student Leadership: Road Trip Edition
A five-day road trip with 34 others whom you’ve never met before may seem like a recipe for disaster, but, this group of student leaders found it impactful. Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Alternative Breaks Committee presents the Wisconsin Experience Bus Trip (WEBT). This annual, week-long trip brings UW-Madison student leaders together from a range of different campus offices with the goal to enact the Wisconsin Idea by...
From One Union to Another: Hank Walter Bids UW-Madison Farewell
From building the new Union South to the Memorial Union Reinvestment, the Wisconsin Union has experienced an incredible amount of change over the last 10 years, and Hank Walter has been there to see it all. Hank will not be going too far as he joins our Big 10 rival, Indiana University, as the executive director of their student union. “Some of what I’ll be doing is similar in terms of daily management and some will be crafting...