Wisconsin Union’s Member-Only Events Offer Entertainment, Education
The Wisconsin Union celebrates its esteemed members by offering them exclusive, member-only events throughout the year. These events are not only fun for members, but also provide them with valuable information about the important role that they play in creating experiences for a lifetime. The Union hosts four member-only events each year. One recent gathering was the Hearts and Drafts Valentine’s Day event, which sold out very...
Student Leaders Plan and Promote Revelry Music Festival
Determined student leaders brought annual music festival Revelry to life at the Orpheum Saturday, April 30, despite budget cuts, bad weather and competition with nearby venues. Revelry attracted more than 600 students and community members. The Wisconsin Union Directorate Music Committee’s Revelry Music Festival is still in its formative years, having only begun in 2012. The mission of the festival is to bring an end-of-the-year music...
Graduating Seniors Celebrated their Success and the Future at Union South and Memorial Union
We invited graduating seniors to stop in for the graduation party of the year May 12-15. During the weekend celebration, Union South, Memorial Union and (drum roll, please) the Terrace offered music, photo opportunities, food, beverages and much more to graduating seniors and their families to commemorate their time at UW-Madison. The weekend celebration kicked off with graduating seniors returning nearly 700 iconic sunburst chairs to...
Celebrating Union South’s 5th Anniversary
Like many of us, Union South found itself a bit busier than usual on its birthday. On April 15, people flocked to the building throughout the day to help celebrate the exciting 5 year mark of the union’s revived existence on the UW-Madison campus. Attendees included students, faculty, staff and community members, as well as the building’s architect and the students and committees who had worked on the original plans for the...
Photographer Sally Mann to Speak at the Wisconsin Union
Mark your calendars for March 29 when photographer Sally Mann will be speaking at the Memorial Union. Sally is known for her black and white photography, some of which can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art and the Whitney Museum in New York City. Sally will be visiting campus to speak about her work and to engage students, Wisconsin Union members and the community in a...
Winter Carnival Continues its Icy Tradition
Every year, Lake Mendota becomes an icy platform for fishing, hockey and more, with droves of students embracing the fun that winter brings to Madison. One weekend in particular sparks an icy passion among Madisonians: the Hoofers annual Winter Carnival. This year brought a trove of activities to the lake, starting off with a snowshoe hike from the Union to a bonfire part at Picnic Point. Participants skied and hiked across Mendota to...