Retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain will headline the first event of the 2022-23 Wisconsin Union Directorate Distinguished Lecture Series
A time-honored Madison celebration, University of Wisconsin‒Madison Homecoming, will return Oct. 17-22 for its 111th year. Presented by the Wisconsin Homecoming Committee, the week-long festivities will include long-running traditions, such as a parade throughout downtown Madison, and new events.
Some of the free events that attendees can experience include the following:
The timeless beauty of music by Beethoven, Mozart, Robert Schumann, and Andrea Casarrubios will usher in the Wisconsin Union Theater’s renowned annual Concert Series in Shannon Hall at Memorial Union with performances by the Emerson String Quartet on Sept.
2022-23 Wisconsin Union Theater season begins Sept. 15
An equity plan more than a year in the making, called the Equity Strategic Action Plan (ESAP), will kick off soon with campus stakeholders’ feedback driving the actionable ways the University of Wisconsin–Madison Center for Leadership & Involvement (CfLI) will work to further improve policies, practices and support of marginalized campus community members.
Carnegie Hall’s National Jazz Youth Orchestra (NYO Jazz) will perform on the Shannon Hall stage at Memorial Union in Madison on Aug. 7 at 7 p.m. as part of Wisconsin Union Theater’s summer jazz offerings.
Seating is available on a first come, first served basis, and no tickets are required.
The Wisconsin Union’s Outdoor UW, Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Music Committee and Hoofer Outing Club are ready to make a splash with the Union’s first-ever Lakefront Live at the Memorial Union Terrace on July 14 at 6 p.m. The free outdoor concert – featuring indie pop band Sleeping Jesus – turns the band at the UW Credit Union Terrace Stage 180º around to face audience members on paddle and watercraft on Lake Mendota.
The Wisconsin Union has released an updated July schedule of free music that will take place at its lakefront destination, the Memorial Union Terrace.
Joining the lineup of music and other types of events that began in May, July 2022 music performances at the UW Credit Union Terrace Stage include:
The Wisconsin Union Theater team invites patrons to jazz up their year with its six-show Jazz Series, which runs from Sept. 15, 2022-March 25, 2023, at Memorial Union.
The series lineup includes:
University of Wisconsin–Madison team members collaborated for months with a common goal: determine how to further strengthen leadership education at UW–Madison.
Leadership advocates from across campus convened to facilitate UW–Madison’s participation in the Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership (MSL), an international research program focused on understanding how higher education can help students develop leadership skills.
