Please take a moment to view this brief video in which Professor Richard Dawkins reads a selection from A.E. Housman, and explains why it is meaningful to him…
Office Professionals Conference
Classified Staff took part in the popular and successful Conference for Office Professionals. Members of UW-Madison classified staff were able to attend the conference at no cost to themselves thanks to the sponsorship by the …
Words of Walt
April is Poetry Month, so today we bring you an American classic from Walt Whitman as read by Will Geer… Pioneers! Oh Pioneers!
The Treasure Across the Hall
Our colleagues in shared governance, the Academic Staff, have a unique art installation currently on display in their Bascom Hall office, which is just across the hall from us. The name of the display is Paper Power and …
Women’s Leadership and Diversity Framework
Classified Staff was well represented at both events hosted by the Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement (DDEEA): Women in Leadership Symposium and the UW-Madison Diversity Framework Informational Session. For a third year, the Women in Leadership …
Words of Wonder
April is Poetry Month, so please check back each week in this space where we will bring you poetry to soothe your busy thoughts. We open Poetry Month with this appropriate quote from President Kennedy “When …
A Man is Silenced, but not the Message…
It was on this day, 4 April , in 1968, that Martin Luther King Jr., was struck down by an assassin’s bullet. He was visiting the city of Memphis, Tennessee in support of striking sanitation …
Shared Governance Briefing
UW-Madison campus is home to a large community of English Language Learners, from all parts of the world. On 31 March Cultural Linguistic Services assisted the leadership of Classified Staff Shared Governance in briefing Nepalese …
Si Se Puede
March marks the birthday of Cesar Chavez. This day is a State holiday in California, Colorado and Texas. In 1927, Mr. Chavez was born into a family of Mexican-American migrant workers. In 1962, he founded (along …
Where do posters come from?
As you stroll about the campus, many questions may come to mind, such as who shovels the snow? Who rakes the leaves? Who raises the flag over Bascom Hall? And who prints all …