The Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Publications Committee will celebrate culture in literature and storytelling during the WUD Publications Lit Fest from April 16 to April 26.
[image class="right" title="" src="/assets/Uploads/e3b66d8245/litfest-2015.jpg" alt="litfest 2015" width="320" height="213" id="7870"]WUD Publications will kick off the week-long celebration with a how-to session on travel blogging during which attendees will learn about how to record memories they won’t want to forget and create story ideas from their travels.
The sunburst chairs will return to the Wisconsin Union’s Memorial Union Terrace April 24 at 4:30 p.m., and UW-Madison students and community members are invited to take part in their return.
April 24 will mark the start of Terrace season, an almost-90-year-old Madison tradition at one of Wisconsin’s most iconic summer destinations.
Media mention, published: 2/5/18
"Getting the campus food you love is now easier than ever thanks to a new delivery service through Tapingo. Tapingo, a mobile food ordering service that serves many universities across the country, started providing online ordering for pick-up at UW-Madison in fall 2017. Now, customers can also order food from University Housing and the Wisconsin Union to be delivered anywhere on campus, or even up to one mile beyond campus."
The Wisconsin Union’s Badger Market in Union South has received approval from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
The Hoofers Winter Carnival will return Feb. 3-11 with everything from ice golf on Lake Mendota to the Hoofer Rail Jam, a snowboard and ski competition.
[image class="right" title="" src="/assets/Uploads/0284721818/OutdoorUW-WinterCarnival2015-LT-1hockeybucky2.jpg" alt="family winter carnival" width="480" height="320" id="6978"]New this year will be a performance by Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser and Celtic cellist Natalie Haas, family fun at Alumni Park, and the hive, a not-to-be-missed surprise on Flannel Day at the Memorial Union Terrace.
The Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Publications Committee’s Ministry of Magic invites University of Wisconsin-Madison students, faculty, staff and Wisconsin Union member[image class="right" title="" src="/assets/Uploads/7f9bf54fff/WUD-PubCom-Yule-Ball-2015-AM-085-1.JPG" alt="WUD PubCom Yule Ball 2015 AM 085 1" width="468" height="286" id="6506"]s to party with Potter and overindulge in butterbeer at the 8th annual Yule Ball on Friday, Nov. 17.
Original art pieces have debuted above waste bins at Union South with the goal of improving visitors’ waste disposal practices.
[image class="right" title="" src="/assets/Uploads/208713556d/waste-stream-display-final-small.png" alt="waste stream display final small" width="444" height="253" id="6212"]The art pieces are the result of a collaborative effort among the Wisconsin Union and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Life Sciences Communication (LSC), Office of Sustainability and Art Department.
The Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Art Committee’s “Art En Route” art project debut on Oct. 1 with eight pieces of art displayed on eight Madison Transit buses until Jan. 1, 2018, and will celebrate the project’s debut at an opening reception Oct 7 at 2 p.m. in Gallery 1308 at Union South.
Eight creative writers paired with eight visual artists to create the eight collaborative “Art En Route” works.
[image class="right" title="" src="/assets/Uploads/9b72f34b33/charles-burnett.png" alt="charles burnett" width="306" height="308" id="5921"]
Charles Burnett
Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) Committee announces its fall speaker lineup, which will kickoff with a lecture by filmmaker Charles Burnett.
Burnett is a MacArthur Fellow and honorary Academy Award winner. His work explores race, gender, and class in America. He is best known for his films "Killer of Sheep" (1978) and "To Sleep with Anger" (1990).
Work has begun on the Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Art Committee’s “Art En Route” project after final artist selection.
“Art En Route” has paired eight creative writers with eight visual artists to create collaborative works that will be photographed and installed on the exterior wraps of various Madison Metro Transit buses from Oct. 1, 2017, until Jan. 20, 2018.
WUD Art Committee members and Madison art community members chose artists from the greater Dane County to participate in this innovative project.