Varsity! Varsity! U-Rah-Rah Wis-con-sin!

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 Ron and Heather Swenson

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!

DPPS Helps: UW and tribal leaders honor newly installed Truman Lowe sculpture

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! Prepress Position open now

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 …

Cool Treats on a Hot Day

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?

175th Anniversary Toolkit

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 …

Welcome Ben Hamaker to the DPPS Production Team

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!

Seeing Double?

It’s great to see our creative work out in the wild. This photo was taken at the recent Hasler Lab Open House, where Bucky Badger encountered a foam-core cutout of himself (holding a Secchi disk), and mocked the statue’s pose. Staff at DPPS modified a standard Bucky image we have on file to add the …

University Staff Recognition Awards Ceremony

Congrats to Dan Eberle on winning the University Staff Recognition Award! The ceremony was today, where all ten winners were recognized and gave a short talk about themselves and those in their team. Dan gave a humorous speech about delivering his own reward to the Office of University Staff (since it was produced here at …

Fiscal Year 2023 Deadline Announced

Please be advised that any print orders requiring billing in Fiscal Year 2023 must be placed no later than June 23rd at 3 PM CST. Orders placed after this deadline will be billed in Fiscal Year 2024. DPPS is happy to work with you on pre-billing projects you are not quite ready to print but …