News for University Housing staff
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Eagle’s Wing Child Care and Education Programs recently became nationally accredited through the National Early Childhood Program Accreditation (NECPA)! This recognition is a testament to the incredible work done by Eagle's Wing every day to support families and create a nurturing, high-quality environment.
Eagle's Wing provides a variety of child-care programs for children ages 6 weeks – 8 years for families from University Apartments, UW-Madison, and the surrounding community. Congratulations again to the Eagle's Wing team!
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Bird-Safe Glass Partnerships Take Flight
At UW–Madison, bird collisions are most likely to happen where glass meets green: lakeside residence halls, mirrored facades near trees, and glass that reflects a false sky.
To address this, UW–Madison installed bird-safe decals on Dejope’s most hazardous windows last summer. The retrofit was made possible through the UW–Madison Green Fund, which supports student-led environmental initiatives, in collaboration with faculty from Forest and Wildlife Ecology, students from Audubon Society UW–Madison, BCC volunteers, and staff from University Housing, FP&M, and the Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance.
Learn more about this project here!
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HEaRT Events
49th Annual Gutterball
The 49th Annual Gutterball hosted by HEaRT was a great success! See you for the 50th!
- Gutterball Awards:
- Strike Off Champion: John Ryan
- Gutterball Champion: Dave Odenweller
- High Score Champion: Vance Bingham
- High Score Team: MS Team 1
- Low Score Team: Happy Krampers
2025 Staff Breakfast
In case you missed it, check out some highlights from the 2025 Staff Breakfast!
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Leanpath - A Forkful of Sustainability
All-you-care-to-eat Dining Markets at the UW have seen a rapid reduction in kitchen food waste thanks to cutting-edge technology known as Leanpath.
This technology tracks the type of food, the food weight, and the reason the food is being discarded. The data is then used to produce helpful statistics and assign financial cost and environmental factors to food scraps. Through this process, Dining staff can critically evaluate foods that are commonly wasted and are encouraged to make more strategic purchasing decisions.
Dining continues to advance the sustainability of campus with the help of students, staff, and faculty, in order to support the UW’s recently released sustainability goals.
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Workday Training
Find information about training for all employees, links to training resources, and opportunities to get a first look at Workday on the Training page on the Administrative Transformation at UW–Madison website.
Employees will find Workday Fundamentals: Workday for All Employees in their Universities of Wisconsin instance of Canvas. This training will teach employees how to navigate the Workday home page, view and edit information, and learn the difference between My Tasks and Notifications.
UW–Madison is offering a three-part, in-person training series to help employees who do not use a computer in their work, learn how to use Workday on a computer and smart phone. Sessions will be held between July 21 and August 8, 2025, for daytime, second, and third shifts. Housing employees (non-computer users) will automatically be scheduled and supervisors will be provided with the details soon. Sessions will be available in English, Spanish, Hmong, Tibetan, Chinese, and Nepali.
Training schedule:
- Session 1 (July 21 – 25): Log in; view pay slips and leave balances
- Session 2 (July 28 – August 1): Update W2, W4, and benefits
- Session 3 (August 4 – 8): Apply for internal positions; accept lump sums
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HR News
Welcome, New Housing Employees!
Join us in welcoming new staff who joined the team in May.
Cristina Ocelotl Jimenez, DCS
Kellie Marchewka, DCS
Miguel Marroquin Santos, DCS
Ida Sobotik, UA
Malcolm Jones, DCS
Seana Miller, Res Life
Christopher Cates, DCS
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On July 7, 2025, MyUW tiles related to specific employee self-service and manager self-service tasks will get a refresh.
A new Workday tile will replace the Time and Absence, Personal Information, Manager Time and Approval, HRS Approvals used by supervisors, and Payroll Information tiles.
Employees do not need to add the Workday tile as it will automatically update in MyUW.
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Deadline for changing employee information in MyUW
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Changes to personal information (address updates, name changes, emergency contacts, etc.) must be entered by June 14.
June 30 is the deadline to make changes to direct deposit and tax information.
The ability to make changes will resume when Workday goes live on July 7.
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