Division of Information Technology (DoIT)
DPPS (and all of campus) is closed on Thanksgiving. We will be open regular hours on Friday, November 24 with reduced staff. Please submit your orders online as usual, and we will process them as soon as possible. Thanks for all you do for campus and your audience!
Ever wondered how chemical waste is disposed at UW–Madison? Check out this article on how employees at FP&M keep us safe by properly removing chemical waste on campus! While the team from DPPS is thankful to have moved to our new location off campus, we do miss our interactions with the team at Safety as …
A new name is appearing on your proof emails starting this week… Please join us in welcoming Travis Trumpf to the DPPS team as our Prepress Technician! Travis is a former DPPS employee who left the UW for a while and has returned to his old role serving customers with their file prep for offset …
Monday, October 2nd was a beautiful day on campus. The sun was shining, and there was a breeze, even though it was in the upper 80’s. If you were within earshot of the Carillon Tower on Bascom Hill, you may have heard the ringing of the bells from 4:50-5:10 pm. This was a celebration concert …
Congratulations to offset press operator Ron Swenson on getting married this past weekend! Ron and Heather tied the knot with family and friends present to commemorate the occasion. Ron has worked at DPPS for nearly 8 years as part of our production team, and we couldn’t be happier for him and his bride!
UW and tribal leaders honor newly installed Truman Lowe sculpture “Effigy: Bird Form” is meant to evoke the effigy mounds that have since disappeared. The sculpture is located on the eastern edge of Observatory Hill just north of Van Hise Hall. Read the full article at: https://news.wisc.edu/uw-and-tribal-leaders-honor-newly-installed-truman-lowe-sculpture/ Why is DPPS mentioning this on our website? …
Work With Bucky! Well, not directly with him, but at the same University… 😁 UW–Madison’s Digital Publishing and Printing Services is currently recruiting a Prepress Technician for our state-of-the-art facility on Madison’s east side. If you are experienced in the prepress or graphic design field and want to work with a great team of like-minded …
As temperatures reached the upper 90s this week in Wisconsin, the DPPS managers made sure our team stayed cool by serving up some Italian ice! What do you do to keep your cool?
Are you marketing the 175th Anniversary of UW–Madison in some of your materials? To mark UW–Madison’s 175th anniversary, a yearlong celebration is planned from July 2023 to May 2024. Check out the Brand and Identity toolkit to learn how you can help promote the 175th anniversary. They’ve included brand resources, logos, templates, messaging tools, social …
Our most recent hire, Ben Hamaker, is currently training in our production center on all of the processes we employ to serve customers through printing. Ben comes to us with prior experiences in customer service, process improvement, and product quality control. Welcome, Ben!