Trail Tales: Update from the Wisconsin Hoofers
From no experience to a club history-making first. Before joining the Hoofer Riding Club, University of Wisconsin–Madison Mara Bunderson had no equestrian experience. This summer, she competed in the International Horse Show Association National Championships. She took first place in the Hunter Seat Individual Introductory Equitation Division — the first time the Wisconsin Hoofers’ Wisconsin Equestrian Team has ever had a rider win...
Find Your People and Leadership Opportunities through the Wisconsin Union Directorate
Students are asking: Where can I find my people, the people I enjoy spending time with and could be forever friends? Some are also asking, where can I find hands-on opportunities to hone my skills and learn new ones? There’s one answer to both of these questions: the Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD). What is WUD (pronounced like “wood”)? It’s called a programming board, meaning the student leaders creating programming. In the...
Events That Will Have You Falling for Fall Vibes 🍂
It’s officially the season when we exchange our flip-flops for boots, and pumpkin spice becomes a food group ☕️. So bundle up, and gear up for fall fun at Wisconsin Union events! Gather your crew to enjoy it all, or find your crew at experiences for a lifetime. Free Pumpkin Carving, Oct. 23 Carve a pumpkin outside of Union South! Hosted by the Wisconsin Union Directorate Global Connections Committee. Open to all students, staff,...
Your Terrace Season Bucket List
I have yet to try many Wisconsin Union adventures. Let’s make a deal; I’ll try something new this summer through the Union, and you will, too! I put together my Terrace season 2024 bucket list and am sharing it here with you! Don’t know about Terrace season? Oh, my friend, you are in for a treat: we’re talkin’ summer by the lake with free concerts, free movies and oh so much more. Don’t have a friend with a lake house? Well, now...
Travel, Learn, and Lead on the Wisconsin Experience Bus Trip
Want to tour Wisconsin’s top sites, hear from accomplished leaders across the state, learn more about your leadership style, and make new friends – all for free? Of course you do! Welcome to the Wisconsin Experience Bus Trip, or WEBT, a weeklong event hosted by the Center for Leadership & Involvement each year after the end of the spring semester. This year’s statewide extravaganza will take place May 13-17. The adventure starts...
Time for a Winter Adventure
Have the snow flurries kept you inside this winter? Winter is too long to stay inside, and there are so many ways to enjoy the season. Time to embrace it, and we have events to help you do that! Soar through the winter shivers with Outdoor UW Skate Nights Starting on Jan. 19, 2024 (pending weather conditions), scamper down to Lake Mendota for “first-come, first-served” ice skating events and rentals. You can glide on the ice showing...