Terrace Paver Commemorates a Lifetime Union
On November 1, 2004, 29 family members gathered at the doors of the Paul Bunyan Room in the Memorial Union. They were celebrating the 60th anniversary of a meeting that would truly leave a legacy. John and Helen were both first-year students at UW-Madison when their paths crossed on a Wednesday night in 1944. Helen was volunteering as a hostess at a canteen in the Paul Bunyan Room. While greeting people at the door, Helen caught the...
Welcome the New WUD Officers and Directors
We are pleased to announce that the Union Council has chosen the new Wisconsin Union Officers and Wisconsin Union Directorate committee directors. These student leaders will serve during the 2016-17 academic year. We are very excited to have them on board and look forward to working with them to accomplish their goals for the Wisconsin Union. Wisconsin Union Officers: Deshawn McKinney: Wisconsin Union President Deshawn is a junior...
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,...