UW-Madison Graduate School Dean <graduateschooldean@grad.wisc.edu> Mon, Mar 30, 8:44 PM to taa@taa-madison.org, Office, LAURENT, PATRICK, president@taa-madison.org Dear TAA Leadership, We appreciate your message regarding issues that graduate students are facing. As you noted, the university is working to quickly identify and mitigate hardships for students, faculty, and …
– OPEN LETTER TO ADMINISTRATORS – – UPDATE: Over 1,330 of your colleagues signed! – On March 30 we sent the first batch of 900 signatures to University administrators. Late that evening, Dean William Karpus sent a disappointing and largely …
The Political Education Committee of the TAA has published its Spring 2020 Voter’s Guide. The Voter’s Guide contains key information for voting in Madison on April 7th, including: Making a plan to vote safely amid the COVID-19 outbreak TAA endorsements …
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As Madison and the university community address public health concerns related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), it is crucial that adequate protections are in place for graduate workers, their families, and their students. On Wednesday morning, March 11, TAA members …
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UW–Madison policies about graduate students are complex. Some of this is necessary complexity — after all, many of us are employees and students at the same time, and need to be protected and supported in both those roles. But in …
This week’s Cap Times cover story shines a spotlight on UW–Madison graduate workers’ long struggle for quality workplace protections. The article highlights the precarity and stress of working as a graduate assistant, and the fight for new policies and decision-making …
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Readers are advised that the letter and linked article contain frank discussions of suicide and graduate worker mental health. UW–Madison workers and members of the university community have reacted with shock, sadness, and anger over a recent article describing the …
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“We, the members of the TAA, call on university administrators to enact the changes enumerated below and declare our readiness to act in defense of our learning and working communities.” The TAA has released its campaign platform, putting forth …
Between the cost of moving to a new country, bureaucratic red tape, and culture shock, starting graduate school as an international student is tough. At UW–Madison, however, international students face another obstacle: a fee of $100 per semester just for …
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