The Annual Benefits Enrollment (ABE) period is September 30–October 25, 2024. This is your opportunity to enroll in or change your benefits for the upcoming calendar year. Certain benefits require re-enrollment if you wish to continue them into 2025. Changes made during this period will be effective January 1, 2025. There will be a limited number of benefits plan changes for the 2025 calendar year. For details, visit wisconsin.edu/abe. You can prepare for Annual Benefits Enrollment by reviewing your current benefits elections. Go to MyUW, locate the Benefit Information tile and click “View Benefits.” Presentations and other resources to assist with benefits enrollment can be found at benefits.wisc.edu/2025. Additional resources will be announced in the coming weeks.

As the Engineering Drive utility project continues, roadway and sidewalk closures that began September 23 are affecting Engineering Drive access for pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists. Please use designated detour routes and use extra caution when traveling in this area of campus. Find details and maps on the Transportation Services website at transportation.wisc.edu.

The 2024 Diversity Forum, Threads of Belonging: Navigating Differences and Building Community, is now open for registration. Hosted by UW–Madison’s Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement (DDEEA), the forum will take place at Union South on November 13 and 14 with in-person and online attendance options. Author and entrepreneur Steve L. Robbins and playwright, performer, educator and producer Fanshen Cox are keynote presenters. The Diversity Forum is free and open to the public. Register online.

The university is seeking proposals for the 2024 Information & Technology Leadership Conference on Tuesday, Dec. 3, featuring keynote speaker Laura Patterson, former chief information officer of the University of Michigan. Proposals should engage the UW information and technology community in conversations around leadership development, problem-solving, team building or other aspects of leadership. Proposals are due by October 10.