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Support For Student Voting at UW Madison

Voting can be a confusing process for students. Here’s how UW–Madison helps educate students about exercising their right to vote. Voting-compliant ID: Most students have a driver’s license or other ID for voting. For those who don’t, the university offers a free voting compliant ID during student orientation and through the Wiscard office. A second …

We Say Goodbye to Emily Kanekeo and Diego Jaimes

  Emily and Diego wrapped up their five-week PEOPLE Program internships in Business Services this week by creating and facilitating a highly competitive game of Jeopardy. Not surprisingly, five of the question categories were Bursar’s, Purchasing Services, Financial Info Management, Disbursements, and Risk Management. The sixth category was Business Services Employees. They did a great …

Purchasing Services welcomes Melissa Viken

We are pleased to announce that Melissa Viken will be joining Purchasing Services as a Procurement Specialist. Melissa is a Senior Purchasing Agent at the Department of Transportation and has been the IT buyer there for the last four years. During that time she was also a subject matter expert during the rollout of the …

Purchasing Services Welcomes Eric Thompson

We are excited to announce that Eric Thompson has joined Purchasing Services as a purchasing agent working in the scientific commodity areas along with  Jeff Whitman, Janet Bresnahan and Carla Parker effective 7-9-18. Eric is no stranger to Purchasing Services ashe has been a fully delegated purchasing agent at SSEC on campus for nine of …

Penny War Winner!

After a slow start Team Tia prevailed and took the title! This Penny War raised close to $600. All proceeds will benefit the Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin. We thank everyone who donated! Our goal, division-wide, was to raise enough to “Adopt-A-Dairy-Cow” for one month.  Milk is a protein-rich product that rarely gets donated to Second …