{"id":3,"date":"2025-07-18T07:50:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uwsa\/connect\/?page_id=3"},"modified":"2026-10-30T18:53:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:53:26","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uwsa\/connect\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Connect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow 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href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uwsa\/connect-resources\/2026\/06\/03\/reminder-on-where-to-direct-pcard-payroll-and-benefits-related-questions\/\"><strong>Reminder: Where to Direct PCard, Payroll &amp; Benefits-Related Questions<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1\">Media Roundup<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-recent-post\"><ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates has-author wp-block-latest-posts\"><li \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uwsa\/connect-resources\/2026\/11\/03\/uw-daily-11-3-2026\/ \" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\">UW Daily \u2013 11\/3\/2026<\/a><div class=\"item-info wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\"><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-recent-post\"><ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates has-author 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January 5 OPID, the Universities of Wisconsin\u2019s Office of Professional and Instructional Development, is celebrating 50 years in 2027. OPID welcomes your proposals for the 2027 Spring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uwsa\/connect-resources\/2026\/10\/27\/benefits-open-enrollment-ends-friday-october-30-2026-430-p-m\/ \" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\">Benefits Open Enrollment ends Friday, October 30, 2026, 4:30 p.m.<\/a><div class=\"item-info wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\"><span class=\"item-date\">October 27, 2026<\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\"><p>Benefits Open Enrollment ends Friday, October 30, 2026, 4:30 p.m. Review your current benefits and dependents and make final changes for 2027 by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, October 30, 2026. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uwsa\/connect-resources\/2026\/10\/26\/office-of-internal-audit-team-training-highlights\/ \" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\">Office of Internal Audit Team Training Highlights<\/a><div class=\"item-info wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\"><span class=\"item-date\">October 26, 2026<\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\"><p>The Office of Internal Audit held its bi-annual team training on October 14-15 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Madison, bringing together colleagues from across the Universities of Wisconsin for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uwsa\/connect-resources\/2026\/10\/26\/cybersecurity-awareness-week-5-ask-before-you-gamble\/ \" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\">Cybersecurity Awareness Week 5: Ask Before You Gamble<\/a><div class=\"item-info wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\"><span class=\"item-date\">October 26, 2026<\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\"><p>When something feels off, do not leave it to chance. 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Nobody [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uwsa\/connect-resources\/2026\/10\/20\/how-to-stop-zoom-ai-from-automatically-taking-notes\/ \" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\">How to Stop Zoom AI from Automatically Taking Notes<\/a><div class=\"item-info wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\"><span class=\"item-date\">October 20, 2026<\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\"><p>Zoom My Notes is a Zoom AI Companion feature that can display desktop notifications reminding you to start taking notes when your microphone is turned on in supported applications, such [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uwsa\/connect-resources\/2026\/10\/20\/save-the-date-help-shape-the-future-of-wisconsins-universities\/ \" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\">Save the Date: Help Shape the Future of Wisconsin&#8217;s Universities<\/a><div class=\"item-info wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\"><span class=\"item-date\">October 20, 2026<\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\"><p>The Universities of Wisconsin have scheduled two public forums to hear from finalists for UWs president.&nbsp; The same finalists will appear at both forums, giving participants two opportunities to hear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fcbf148c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div style=\"--wp--block-button--width: 25;\" class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uwsa\/connect-resources\/read-more-news\/\"><strong>Read More News<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Roundup Brand Resources Staff Changes Connect Spotlights AI Resources Latest News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6468,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uwsa\/connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uwsa\/connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uwsa\/connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uwsa\/connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uwsa\/connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uwsa\/connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1524,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uwsa\/connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions\/1524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uwsa\/connect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}