News for University Housing staff
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Discover Your Numbers!
Free Health Screening Event on July 30th
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A FREE Health Screening Event has been scheduled at for UW employees (and spouses) who are enrolled in the State of Wisconsin Group Health Insurance Program. This screening event will be held Thursday, July 30th, 11am-4:30pm at Dejope Residence Hall! Limited space is available. There are only 125 screenings available. Sorry, no walk-ins!
At the onsite screening, you'll learn your measurements for blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), cholesterol (HDL, LDL and total), triglycerides and glucose, and be in and out in 20 minutes.
Registration ends June 12th for UW Housing Employees!
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Congratulations to our Housing Employee Award Recipients
- Amy Jo Wallace
- Andrea Fullerton
- Courtney Lowman
- Down Thao
- Gustavo Diaz Solano
- Qiqi Song
- Scott Seyforth
- Thomas Arendalkowski
- Vanessa Hellenbrand
- Human Resources Team
Thank you for all of the hard work you do for UW Housing!
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UW Housing Madison Mallards Baseball Game
- Ticket + Hat for $16 – Includes a grandstand seat and a Mallards baseball hat. Your ticket is color‑coded so they know to hand over your hat at the gate. Easy.
- Pepsi Pre‑Game Party Tent – Soda Package for $30 – Includes a grandstand seat plus 90 minutes of unlimited ballpark food and all the soda or water you can handle.
- Pepsi Pre‑Game Party Tent – Beer Package for $37 – Includes a grandstand seat with the same unlimited food, soda and water but now with beer and cider.
Gates open at 3:05pm, and the first pitch is at 4:05pm. Let’s make this outing a home run!
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University Housing Career Staff Survey
We remind all University Housing career staff to participate in a brief survey designed to better understand your experience within our division. Our goal is to better understand your experience so that we can continue to strengthen our division as a great place to work. Please complete this brief, anonymous survey at https://go.wisc.edu/housing-staff-survey or by scanning the QR code on our survey flyers.
The survey will remain open until June 15.
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50th Housing Gutterball Winners
Congratulations to our 50th Gutterball winners!
Most Gutterballs – Aida Palacios
High Score Champion – Jenn Kempfert
Highest Scoring Team – Sometimes, There's a man: Yusuf Bin Rella, Jeff Payton, John Jones and Rob Bingham
Lowest Score Team – Bunch of Carrots: Kellie Marchewka, Michael Ouellette, Eevie Ouellette, and Nicole
Strike Off Champion – Yusuf Bin Rella
Youth High Score – Cecelia Cates (Chris Cates' daughter)
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2026 March Madness Bracket Challenge Winners
Congratulations to our HEaRT March Madness Bracket Challenge winners!
1st Place Men's NCCA Bracket Challenge – Beth Miller
1st Place Overall NCAA Bracket Challenge – Beth Miller
- Beth led the Men's bracket with a winning score of 131 points and combined score of 283 points!
1st Place Overall Women's NCAA Bracket Challenge – Scott Hendricks
- Scott earned an impressive 173 points!
This year, we had 46 participants, representing 16 different Housing units, including 13 first‑time participants—which is fantastic to see!
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HR News
Welcome staff newcomers to Housing in April!
- Joel Mathis, Res Operations - Assignments
- Logan Darnall, UHF
- Sabi Attiyeh, UHF
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Earn Your $150 Well Wisconsin Incentive!
A health screening is one way to complete your health check! Do this, along with the health assessment and well-being activity, by October 16, 2026, to earn the $150 Well Wisconsin incentive.
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Employee Health and Wellness Fair
Watch for big news and updates on the upcoming Employee Health and Wellness Fair, Thursday, July 30th at Dejope Residence Hall, Lake Mendota Room.
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Notice of Tuition Reimbursement Policy Update - Effective 1/26/2026
University Housing recognizes the importance of supporting the educational ventures of our staff. Follow the checklist of steps for requesting, approving, and receiving reimbursement. Employees who are considering or who have already made a commitment to an educational program may seek reimbursement for tuition costs associated with the classes related either to their existing position, or in some cases, promotional opportunities.
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Reminders for Applying to a Blue-Collar Multi-Shift (BCMS) Opening
BCMS is the transfer process for certain blue-collar positions within the division. Positions posted through the BCMS process are open to any permanent University Housing employee who currently holds a position in the same title, with some exceptions.
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Beware of Increased Phishing Attempts
This month, a nationwide security incident occurred at Instructure, the vendor that operates Canvas. The incident appears to be resolved, however it affected thousands of higher education institutions across the country. With this type of high-profile outage, there is often an increased risk for related phishing attempts.
Please be alert and use caution when interacting with emails that:
- Have unusual From or Reply-To fields
- Are unsolicited
- Create a sense of urgency
- Have grammatical errors and misspellings
- Link to pop-ups that don’t match the printed text
Visit the UW-Madison IT website for more resources that explain what phishing attempts look like and how you can protect yourself.
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