Managing Information, UW-Madison Graduate School
This section contains what you need to know to access GWIS, ISIS and InfoAccess, to update your program or unit's directory or your program's information for the Major Areas of Study pages.
Remember, you'll will need passwords for many different reasons:
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To update your program/unit directory (login and password is your department's 3 digit major code).
GWIS authorization (see section about GWIS below)
For updating the Graduate School Catalog. When production for the catalog begins, you will receive an email with the Web address for updating your department's narrative and course indicator list. You will use your last name to login and you'll need to create a password, which you will use each time you make changes online.
GWIS
GWIS was created by the Graduate School to allow electronic communication
between departments and the Graduate School Office of Admissions. GWIS
is a copy of Graduate School applicant data found in ISIS. This is the
system you will use to track and update an applicant's progress in the
admissions process. Contact Judy
Bauman in the office of Admissions and Academic Services to get access
to GWIS.
Student
Academic Record Administration (SARA)
SARA was created by the Graduate School for tracking satisfactory progress
of enrolled graduate students. SARA consists of "live" data
pulled directly from ISIS, in addition to tracking data developed by the
Graduate School (e.g. requests for grade changes, late enrollment, overloads,
and degree completion processing). SARA can provide a list of students
by programs, or it can display comprehensive information about one student
at a time. Contact Judy Bauman
to get access to SARA.
ISIS
ISIS stands for 'Integrated Student Information System'. It is a campuswide
system that all modules feed data to: admissions, financial aid, the registrar's
office, etc. To get access to ISIS you must register for classes.
InfoAccess
This is the service provided by DoIT-End User Computing to provide authorized
user access to data in the University's Data Warehouse. You must have
an InfoAccess account to be able to download the necessary files.
Program/Unit
Directory Information
The Graduate School maintains information about staff in all graduate-degree
granting departments and programs. You can use this directory to view
other program's contact information. We use this directory when sending
information to departmental faculty and staff. Check with your Admissions
Coordinator, who should update the directory for your department each
time staff changes.
Major
Areas of Study
The Graduate School provides a list of available graduate majors and department
contact information. Check with your Admissions Coordinator, who
should be updating this information when necessary.