Category: Housing Highlights

Housing Partners in Giving Special Events

Order a Bucky Book The Bucky Book 34 features coupons from over 300 local businesses. Save 50% off at local businesses, restaurants, and services, thru September 2026! The Bucky Book is a 550+ page Dane County coupon book with 20,000+ in 2 FOR 1 or 50% savings at grocery stores, restaurants, golf courses, entertainment and more. With businesses like …

2025 Open Enrollment (OE) Period

October 6 – October 31, 2025 The Open Enrollment (OE) period for 2025 runs from Monday, October 6 – Friday, October 31. This is the only time of the year when you can make benefits changes unless you have a life event (marriage, birth of a child, divorce, employment change, etc.) that allows you to …

2025 Partners in Giving: Be Part of Something Bigger

The 2025 Partners in Giving campaign is underway! Be a part of something bigger by participating beginning October 6 through December 2, 2025. For over 50 years, Partners in Giving, the voluntary workplace fundraising campaign for State, Universities of Wisconsin, and UW Health employees, has been making a difference. Since 1973, the Partners in Giving …

My Benefits Account Computer Labs

Cultural Linguistic Services is hosting computer labs to help UW–Madison employees with English as a second language, set up their new account in My Benefits. All employees will need an account in My Benefits to enroll in benefits, review their benefits, and make changes to benefits information. This process requires a one-time account setup. At these computer …

Workday Cybersecurity Awareness Training

The Cybersecurity Awareness Training for employees became available on Thursday, September 11, 2025. There are three training versions available: Workday has uploaded all employees hired through June 14, 2025. Any new employees hired beginning June 15, 2025 (and in the future), need to be assigned this training by either their manager or by a Learning Partner (HR). …

Cancer Awareness T-Shirt Campaign

Honoring ALL cancer survivors can involve showing support, raising awareness, and celebrating their strength. October is a time when many events and activities focus on honoring cancer survivors and raising awareness. Join us in wearing the pink t-shirt with “lavender ribbon” this October calling attention to the importance of early detection, treatment advancements, and support …

Check Out Jetpacks and Portable Screens

Event Services have Jetpacks and Portable Screens available for check out to Housing employees. The Jetpacks are WiFi hotspots that can be taken with you when traveling to locations that are away from the office and provide Internet connectivity when you aren’t near a WiFi signal. The Portable Screens attach to your laptop and add …

DCS and UHF ~ Multilingual multishift Workday training announcement

In July 2025, all Universities of Wisconsin faculty and staff will use Workday to perform employee self-service tasks. Starting May 6, computer-based Workday training will be available for employees and managers.    UW–Madison will also offer a 3-part in-person training series to help employees learn how to use Workday on a computer and smart phone. This training is designed for employees who do not regular …

2025 – 2026 Parking Applications & Transportation Resources

Parking applications are now open for the upcoming academic year! Parking Application Suggestions Important Parking Dates and Deadlines   Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Applications Open April 23 July 2 July 30 August 13 Application Round Deadline May 23 July 22 August 12 August 26 Offers emailed July 2-3 July 30-31 August …

Congrats, 2025 ROSE Award Winners!

Every year, University Housing celebrates the top-performing 1% of our student employees at the Recognition of Student Employee (ROSE) Award ceremony. This year, twenty students were recognized for their outstanding work performance and contributions to Housing. The 2025 ROSE Award ceremony was held on Thursday, April 17. Help us congratulate and celebrate the winners this …