The Wisconsin Union and SOAR: Partnering for a Great First Campus Experience
SOAR, all University of Wisconsin-Madison students get to experience this freshman and transfer orientation event. Here, at the Wisconsin Union, we help make it all happen, including event management, facilities coordination, and programming. We come together as a team to help all incoming students and their families enjoy some of their first days at UW. SOAR stands for “Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration.” It is the...
6 Reasons to Buy a Limited Edition Terrace Chair
We, at the Wisconsin Union, are partnering with the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) to make a difference for thousands of animals and the people who care for them. Together, we have unveiled a new, limited edition, mini Terrace chair that will help support the school’s building expansion project. It’s cow-print! In this article, we’ll give you six reasons you need this mini Terrace chair in your life....
Bonding through Basecamp
From choosing classes to moving into a dorm, freshman year may seem intimidating. But, imagine if a student could go into freshman year with their questions about their university answered already by other students and a bunch of new friends on campus. Enter: Basecamp. Basecamp is a wilderness adventure that provides incoming freshmen and transfer students with a unique experience to become one with the outdoors. On these trips,...
Social Cinema: WUD Film and Havens Wright Center for Social Justice Join Forces
Many know the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a major research institution, boasting countless labs and lecture halls from the biological sciences to the liberal arts. But UW also provides social and cultural learning opportunities beyond the classroom that partnerships across campus help make possible. The Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Film Committee and the Havens Wright Center for Social Justice’s partnership has flourished...
Celebrating Day of the Badger
Calling all Badgers and Badgers-at-heart! We need your help to continue to provide student leadership opportunities, top-notch facilities and world-class programming. On April 9, Badgers will come together to make a difference. Join us during this day-long rally, called Day of the Badger, to make a difference through giving and sharing the call for others to give to the Union’s Student Leadership Endowment Fund. Your Day of the Badger...
Behind the Art of the 91st Annual Student Art Show
To view some of the best art created by UW-Madison students, there is no better place to look than the 91st Annual Student Art Show. Located in the Memorial Union’s Main Gallery and Class of 1925 Gallery, the art show presents fantastic, thought-provoking pieces, all curated by the Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Art Committee. Just as each piece of artwork has its own story, the artists behind the art have their own tale to tell as...