Academic Level (Year in School)

The academic level, or year in school, is determined at the beginning of most current term in SIS.  Academic level determination includes all units, including test and other credit. Prospective students/Applicants to the university do not have an academic level. Values are:

  • UW Special Guest
  • Freshman
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
  • Graduate
  • Professional Year 1
  • Professional Year 2
  • Professional Year 3
  • Professional Year 4


Academic Load

The number of credits a student takes determines the academic load.  The credits vary by career or the student’s degree objective.   For undergraduates, the credits are:
  • 12+ credits = full-time load (F)
  • 9-11 credits = three-quarters load (T) 
  • 6-9 credits = half-time load (H)
  • 1-6 credits = less than half-time load (L)
  • 0 credits = no unit load


Account Consolidation

The process of combining multiple accounts into a single account during the transition to Office 365.


Acknowledge Reportable Event

This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to acknowledge receipt of a reportable event that does not require further IRB review. Upon acknowledgement, the study will return to the approved state.


Ad Libitum

A latin word that means "to one's pleasure." In nutrition, ad libitum (abbreviated "ad Lib") refers to feeding management in which animals are fed without restriction. Cows are usually considered fed ad libitum when the refusals (orts) amount to approximately 5 to 10% of what has been offered the day before.


Admission Plan

The primary intended major as indicated by an applicant on the Admissions application (e.g. Psychology BS – BS 832). Request the ‘Subplan’ when generating reports for more information.


Admission Secondary Plan

The secondary intended major as indicated by an applicant on the Admissions application (e.g. Psychology BS – BS 832). Request the ‘Subplan’ when generating reports for more information.


Admissions Admit Status - Detailed

Admissions Admit Status - Detailed, or Admissions Program Action, indicates where the student is in the admissions process. Important for verifying enrollment.

SIS Admissions Program Action Codes and their meaning
Admissions Program Action  Description
WADM Administrative Withdrawal
ADRV Admission Revocation
ADMIT Admit
WAPP Applicant Withdrawal
APPL Applicant
COND Conditional Admit
DATA Data Change
DDEF Defer Decision
DEFR Defer Enrollment
DENY Deny
DEIN Intention to Matriculate
MATR Matriculation
PLNC Plan Change
PRGC Program Change
RAPP Readmit Application
RECN Reconsideration
WAIT Waitlist
WAOF Waitlist Offer


Admissions Applicant Affiliations

A field used in the admission's process to track an applicant's/admitted student's participation or association with certain programs or UW affiliations. This field is also known as Recruitment Category.

SIS Recruitment Category Codes and their meaning
SIS Recruitment Category Code Description Award
BEL Business Emerging Leaders $10,000+ / Year
ITAP Information Technology Academy PEOPLE Program Tuition Scholarship
PEOP PEOPLE Program Tuition Scholarship
POSS UW-Madison Posse Tuition Scholarship
WAVS First Wave Scholarship Tuition Scholarship


Admissions Application Materials

There is one data point in WiSH for the Admissions Application Materials:
  • Admissions Application Materials
This data point displays an ImageNow link. This data point is primarily intended to allow Scholarship Administrators and Reviewers to review a summary of the Admissions Application for incoming Undergraduate students. Please note - when accessing the ImageNow link, users must be logged into VPN via their GlobalProtect app.

Additionally, please note that only Users/Reviewers with the appropriate ImageNow access will be able to access the links. If you’d like to sign your Review Group(s) up for ImageNow access for Admissions Application Materials, please use our sign-up sheet.


Advanced Course Level

Program knowledge level most useful for individuals with mastery of the particular topic. This level focuses on the development of in-depth knowledge, a variety of skills, or a broader range of applications. Advanced level programs are often appropriate for seasoned professionals within organizations; however they may also be beneficial for other professionals with specialized knowledge in a subject area.


Allometric (equation)

Allometric equations take the general form Y = aMb, where Y is some biological variable, M is a measure of body size, and b is some scaling exponent. See West et al. (2012) for more details.


Allometry

The growth of body parts at different rates, resulting in a change of body proportions.


Alternate Address

In Microsoft 365, an alternate address is any email address associated with a NetID@wisc.edu or service account (something@domain.wisc.edu). Any NetID or Service account may have any number of email addresses associated with it. These email addresses includes, but is not limited to, previous alias/alternates accounts and/or user/role/service accounts that have been consolidated with the NetID. A message destined to any of the alternate addresses will be delivered to the main address on the account (NetID@wisc.edu or something_domain@wisc.edu).


ANABOLISM:

The part of the metabolism in which metabolites are used in the growth and repair of body tissues.


Ancillary Committee (ANC)

Ancillary Committees (ANC) are committees that have oversight for specific areas of a submission, such as investigational drugs, conflict of interest, or Veterans Affairs (VA) issues. These committees do not issue approval for the study a whole; only for their areas of oversight.

The IRB will forward submissions to the appropriate ancillary committee if review is needed and has not yet been provided. Ancillary committees may request  documentation from the study team that is additional to the IRB application completed in ARROW.


APPL*

Application Status Code
Student Information System (SIS) Program Action Code: Application status code. 
Internal application received code within UW-Madison student database system. 


Apple GSX

The Apple Global Service Exchange is used to check a customer's Applecare warranty status and other system information.
http://gsx.apple.com


Application Plan

An Application Plan defines index keys of a document. It is created in the Perceptive Content Management Console and set in a Capture Profile.


Apply-To Opportunity (WiSH)


Approved with Administrative Hold

This is a state in ARROW.  Studies in the Approved with Administrative Hold state have been reviewed and approved by the IRB; however, additional administrative documentation is required before final approval is granted (e.g. submission of a Certificate of Confidentiality). 


APTLII*

Arabic Persian Turkish Language Immersion Institute 
Residential summer language immersion program for undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals for academic credit at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.  Learn More


ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION

Reproductive procedure by which semen previously collected from sires, packaged in “straws” and frozen in liquid nitrogen is thawed and manually deposited in the uterus of a cow in estrus, in the hope of conception. Artificial insemination is a technology that allows for genetic improvement based on selection and use of superior sires.(see also Timed Artificial Insemination).


Automatic Reply

Also known as a vacation message or an out of office message. Automatic reply is a rule that can be set in your Office 365 account that will automatically reply to incoming emails with a preset response for a preset amount of time.


BeyondTrust (Formerly Bomgar)

a remote desktop solution that allows for remote troubleshooting and the presentation of meetings
Handling Information


BILE

A liver secretion that is necessary for proper digestion of fats.


BIOLOGICAL VALUE (of a protein)

A measure of protein quality. The percentage of protein in a feed which is not lost in the urine or the feces of the animal. Biological value is a reflection of the balance of amino acids available to the animal after digestion and absorption.


BKLT

booklet


Black

K, one of the four process colors used in the CMYK printing process, black in color. Also referred to as the Key color


Bleeds

printed image that extends beyond trim marks, so finished product does not have a white border (generally 1/8" is the setting for bleed)


Blended

  1. Blended learning is a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through delivery of content and instruction via digital and online media with some element of student control over time, place, path, or pace.  Can also be called Hybrid Learning.


BLOAT

A swelling of the left side of the cow caused by a frothy material which prevents gases of fermentation from being eructed from the rumen. Occurs primarily when cows are grazing certain species of legumes especially, alfalfa. If not treated immediately, bloat can cause death in a matter of hours. More...


BULL (CLEAN-UP)

A bull used for natural mating after mutiple artificial insemination attempts have failed to establish pregnancy.


CALORIE

A unit of heat that can be used to measure the amount of energy in a feed or a ration. A calorie is the amount heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water from 14.5 ° centigrade to 15.5 ° centigrade.


CALS*

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 
Includes 19 academic departments that span the college's seven priority themes: basic sciences, food systems, bioenergy and bioproducts, healthy ecosystems, changing climate, health and wellness, and economic and community development.   Learn More


CALVE (to)

(see Parturition)


Capital Asset

A device that cost $5,000 or more when it was purchased


Capture Profile

A reusable collection of settings that simplifies entering documents into Perceptive Content imaging software. Captures profiles can set entities such as document keys, device choice, workflow queues, etc.


CATABOLISM

The part of the metabolism in which metabolites are oxidized for the production of work and heat.


CATALYST

A substance present in small amounts that increases the rate of chemical or biochemical reactions without being consumed in the process.


CELL WALL

Fibrous structure that provides rigidity to the plant. The cell wall is composed of digestible fibrous carbohydrates (cellulose; hemicellulose and pectin) and an indigestible phenolic compounds (e.g., lignin and tannin).


CELLULOSE (C6H10O5)n:

A polymer - long chain- of glucose units. Cellulose is the most abundant organic matter in the world. It is a major component of plant cell wall. Ruminant can use cellulose as an energy source because of fermentation by bacteria in the rumen.


CEREAL

A plant in the grass family (gramineae), the seeds (i.e., grain) of which are used for human and animal food (e.g., maize, rice and wheat).


CLINICAL

Involving or based on direct observation of the patient (a clinical diagnosis). A clinical disease is a disease that can be diagnosed by examination because of signs / symptoms of discomfort, anomalies of the normal state


Clone ID

  1. A Clone ID is an ET Number assigned to the basic curriculum of a course. It is inclusive of Instances that share the same Curriculum ID. See also: Curriculum ID [KB Curriculum ID]


Closed

This is a state in ARROW.  Studies in this state have been closed by the IRB after the investigator has submitted a study completion report. 


Cloud Service

Services made available to users on demand via the Internet from a cloud computing provider's servers as opposed to being provided from a company's own on-premises servers. Cloud services are designed to provide easy, scalable access to applications, resources and services, and are fully managed by a cloud services provider.


Coil Bind

a plastic coil that has a 4:1 pitch ratio used as a binding material to hold a book together


Coil Bind

see page 32, job J143418 for example


Collaboration Space

Collaboration Space is a type of notebook in Office 365's Class Notebook app. It is a notebook for all students and the teacher in the class to share, organize, and collaborate.


Collate

a finishing term for gathering paper in a precise order


College Code

For current students, the college code represents the school or college in which the student is enrolled. For incoming students, the college code represents an applicant's desired School/College (i.e. Admit Status of APPL); for admitted students, it represents the School/College the student was admitted into (i.e. Admit Status of ADMT, DEIN, or MATR).

In SIS, college code is also known as academic group.

SIS Academic Group Codes and their meaning
Academic Group Code Description
 ALS College of Agriculture & Life Sciences 
 AMN  Officer Education
 ART  Division of the Arts
 BUS  School of Business
 DCS  Division of Continuing Studies
 EDU  School of Education 
 EGR  College of Engineering 
 HEC  School of Human Ecology
 IES  Institute for Environmental Studies
 INL  International Division
 L&S  College of Letters & Science 
 LAW  School of Law
 MED  School of Medicine
 MSN  University of Wisconsin-Madison
 NUR  School of Nursing
 PHM  School of Pharmacy
 RGE  Research & Graduate Education
 VET  School of Veterinary Medicine


College Code - Future

When a student changes their School/College (i.e. at SOAR), the change is often future effective dated. This means that the change is set to occur on a date in the future and the student's new college code will not become their current college code until that date. College Code - Future displays this future college code and the effective date (the date it will change in SIS) of any student who is set to have their college code changed. Once the effective date passes, the student's college code will change to the new value and College Code - Future will become blank. Please note: this field may also populate if a student changes their major and that change is set to a day in the future. This is because college code and major exist on the same table in SIS.


College Transcripts

There are three separate data points in WiSH for Undergraduate College Transcripts:
  • College Transcript #1
  • College Transcript #2
  • College Transcript #3
These data points display an ImageNow link. This data point is primarily intended to allow Scholarship Administrators and Reviewers to review College transcripts for incoming Undergraduate transfer students as well as incoming Undergraduate first year students who took College courses prior to enrolling at UW-Madison (i.e. in High School). Please note - when accessing the ImageNow link, users must be logged into VPN via their GlobalProtect app.
Please note – This will not display a transcript for current work at UW-Madison for enrolled Undergraduate students. If you would like to request a transcript for a current Undergraduate student’s work at UW-Madison, please request that students upload an Unofficial Transcript as part of your application.
Additionally, please note that only Users/Reviewers with the appropriate ImageNow access will be able to access the links. If you’d like to sign your Review Group(s) up for ImageNow access for College Transcripts, please use our sign-up sheet.


colloquia*

Aka colloquium is a seminar or “conference at which scholars or other experts present papers on, analyze, and discuss a specific topic.”


COLOSTRUM

The thick and yellowish secretion collected from the mammary gland at the first milking after calving. The colostrum is low in lactose but normally high in total solid (24%). It is rich in fat, proteins and antibodies that help the new born calf to fight infectious diseases. The secretion collected from the second to the eighth milking is referred to as "transition milk" because of it intermediate composition between colostrum and whole milk.


Complete Exemption Checklist

This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to complete the exemption checklist when a submission is in the exempt review state.  This activity must occur for all exempt reviews before the IRB staff reviewer can send modifications to study team and grant exemption. 


Complete Expedited Checklist

This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer (who must also be an IRB member) to complete the expedited checklist when a submission is in the expedited review state.  This activity must occur for all expedited reviews before the IRB staff reviewer can send modifications to study team and record the expedited review decision. 


Conditional Application (WiSH)


Confirm Study Completed

This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager to document IRB agreement with the study team's assessment that the study meets study completion criteria.


Consultant Review

This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to document nature of the consult and any relevant information about the outcome of the consult.


Contact Group/List

A contact group/list is a personal group which is stored in your Contacts folder and can contain entries from your personal Contacts and from the Global Address List (GAL).


Content Library

A Content Library is a type of notebook in Office 365's Class Notebook app. It is a notebook for teachers to share course materials with students. Teachers can add and edit its materials, but for students, the notebook is read-only.


Copy Reportable Event to Other Study

This is an activity in ARROW that allows the PI or POC to copy a reportable event application to another study.  For example, if a reportable event affects several studies open by the PI, the PI only needs to fill out the RE application one time and then copy it to the other affected studies.


Course Planning Group (CPG)

  • The Course Planning Group (CPG) is a cross functional team within Education Support Services (ESS) which offers support in professional development course instruction and logistical coordination.


Critical Thinking

 The art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it (Foundation for Critical Thinking).


Cronbach alpha

 Cronbach's alpha is a measure used to assess the reliability, or internal consistency, of a set of scale or test items. In other words, the reliability of any given measurement refers to the extent to which it is a consistent measure of a concept, and Cronbach's alpha is one way of measuring the strength of that consistency. See more here: Virginia stat Consulting or here (Wikipedia).


Cumulative GPA (Grade Point Average)

A student’s cumulative Grade Point Average at UW-Madison for all graded courses.  It is calculated by adding the value of all of the grade points and dividing by the number of credits for graded courses.


Curriculum ID

  1. Curriculum ID, as seen in CSIS, is using the ET Clone ID number that is assigned to the basic curriculum of the course. It is inclusive of Programs that share the same curriculum. See also: Clone ID [KB Clone ID]


Customer's Originals

print ready copy


Cycle Management

Cycle Management is the annual process to close out one cycle in WiSH and open a new one. UW-Madison performs this process each August, and members of the OSFA WiSH Team lead the process.

For more information on the process, please check out this Blackbaud video on Cycle Management.


Delegate

Someone granted permission to interact with another person's Office 365 account (email, calendar, address book, etc). This can include reading, writing, modifying, and deleting items.


Departmental Support (DS)

The DoIT group under User Services that provides Departmental Tech Support to Contract Partners.


Departmental Tech Support

Refer to the IT Services page for information: Departmental Tech Support. Departments that use DoIT Departmental Tech Support are called Contract Partners. They are supported by the Contract Partner Support (CPS) Help Desk.


Device Profile

A profile that links the scanner device to Perceptive Content. Device profiles are set in scanner profiles.


DIGESTIBILITY (Coefficient of)

A measure of the proportion of a feed that is digestible. The digestibility of a nutrient is often measured as the difference between the amount of nutrient ingested minus the amount of nutrient excreted in the feces, expressed as a percentage of the nutrient ingested: 100 x (intake - excreted)/intake.


Document Lifecycle

The document lifecycle is the sequence of stages that a document goes through from its creation to its eventual archival or deletion. Proper procedures throughout the document’s lifecycle are an important part of content management.

This is a set of defined processes that help your KB Group obtain, organize, store and deliver information crucial to its operation in the most effective manner possible. The stages of a document’s lifecycle include: creation, publication (site access), categorizing (topics), keywords, metadata tagging, delivery or sharing, repurposing, review and reporting, archiving and / or deletion.


DoIT Billing Customer ID

A payment system that allows departmental customers to pay for DoIT goods and services though an account-specific set of numbers: DoIT Numbers - Overview (DoIT Billing Customer ID). As part of the Workday transition in July 2025, your DoIT Number became your DoIT Billing Customer ID.


Double-sided

see duplex category


Drill

typically 3 or 5 circular holes on the binding-edge of a sheet of paper, created by drilling through paper 

 * 3 hole and 5 hole with 5/16" drill is standard 


Drop fold

Drop fold is a set of multiple pages that fold together as a booklet, and are then dropped into a machine that does a right angle fold, commonly for mailing.


Dunning Letter

  1. A dunning letter is a notification sent to a customer, stating that the customer is overdue in paying an account receivable to the sender.


EASLC

East Asian Legal Studies Center, now the Graduate Programs Office. Established in 1990 by Charles Irish, it assumed and ran the MLI, LLM-LI, LLM, and SJD programs. In 2009 it moved the MLI degree from the Grad School to the Law School and changed it to the LLM-Legal Institutions degree.  Eventually the Center was moved under the umbrella of the Law School Research Centers and the Graduate Programs Office is a separate entity.


Edit Letter to STE

This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to create and edit correspondence to notify the study team of the IRB review outcome for a particular application  The IRB staff reviewer will choose from several letter templates based on the type of application and the IRB's motion and will be able to manually edit the letter as needed.    


Elastic (goods and services)

Elastic goods and services generally have plenty of substitutes. Inelastic goods have fewer substitutes and price change doesn't affect quantity demanded as much. Some inelastic goods include gas, electricity, water, drinks, clothing, tobacco, food, and oil.


Eloqua Profiler

The analytics side of Eloqua, UW-Madison’s marketing automation tool. Eloqua is used to send any OAR email or text sent to more than one person at a time - typically called marketing communication. The Eloqua Profiler plugin to Salesforce enables Salesforce users to view a contact’s history with OAR marketing communication. See Getting Started in Salesforce.


Email Address

WiSH uses the preferred email address which is almost always the campus address for current students (i.e. the wisc.edu email address).


Email Address

An email address identifies the account that messages should be delivered (e.g., bbadger@wisc.edu). An account can have multiple email addresses. Each account in Microsoft 365 has only one primary address, but an account can have multiple alternate addresses. An account will accept email for any email address on the account.


Email Domain

In email addresses, the domain is the part of an email address comes after the @ symbol. For example, for the email address of "bbadger@wisc.edu", the domain is "wisc.edu".


Email Template

The subject and body of an email, usually with customizeable fields for name, date, etc. Used to respond to often-asked questions to save response time white using consistent language.


EMPL ID

EMPL ID, or Employee ID, a unique identifier assigned by PeopleSoft. Each student will have an EMPL ID in WiSH.


Employee-in-Training

Persons holding a title in the Employees-in-Training title group are normally acquiring additional training or experience in their field of specialization. Two examples of Employees-in-Training titles are Postdoctoral Fellow and Postgraduate Trainee.
Source: Office of Human Resources, Unclassified Title Guideline: Summary of Unclassified Appointment Types


ENROLLMENT PLAN

Method used to select cows which are eligible for hormonal treatment (such as Ovsynch). For example, the enrollment plan may be defined by the voluntary waiting period or a negative pregnancy check.


EPD - folder

see page 21, job E140069 for example


Epistemology

The theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. Epistemology is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion (Wikipedia).


EPITHELIUM

Membranous tissue, usually in a single layer, composed of closely arranged cells separated by very little intercellular substance. The epithelium forms the lining of the respiratory, intestinal, and urinary tracts and the outer surface of the body.


ESL*

English as a Second Language
Any non-native English speaker admitted to the university may take ESL courses. Special students and exchange students may be allowed to take ESL courses when space is available. Learn More.


ESLAT*

English as a Second Language Assessment Test
Used to assess students' English language skills required for academic work and to place students in appropriate ESL courses. The ESLAT is required of many new graduate and undergraduate students. Learn More.


Exchange ActiveSync Protocol

Exchange ActiveSync (also known as EAS) is a communications protocol designed for the synchronization of email, contacts, calendar, tasks, and notes from a messaging server to a smartphone or other mobile devices. The protocol also provides mobile device management and policy controls.


Exchange Protocol

A service -- similar to IMAP, POP3, and ActiveSync -- that works to transfer and synchronize email/calendar information between the server and the end user's client.


FA - Expected Family Contribution (EFC)

The Expected Family Contribution (EFC) was a number that determines a student’s eligibility for federal student aid. Starting with the 2024-2025 Academic Year, EFC has been replace with the Student Aid Index. You will still see EFC in WiSH for one more year. The EFC formulas, calculated according to a formula established by law, use the financial information students/parents provide on their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to calculate the EFC. A family’s taxed and untaxed income, assets, and benefits (such as unemployment or Social Security), family size and the number of family members who will attend college during the year are all considered in the formula.   The EFC is a number used by the school to calculate the amount of federal student aid a student id eligible to receive. The EFC is a measure of a family’s financial strength -- the lower the EFC -- the "needier" the student.  EFCs range from $0 to $99,999.


FA - Federal Need

Federal Need, sometimes referred to as financial need, is the amount of financial aid a student can receive if they are receiving federal aid. To calculate a students Federal Need, their Student Aid Index is subtracted from their Cost of Attendance.
For example:

Cost of Attendance $29,684 - SAI $3,108 = Federal Need $26,576. This means that the student may receive up to $26,576 in need-based aid, but can receive up to 29,684 in total aid.


Faculty

The UW-Madison faculty consists of all persons with instructional, research and service responsibilities who hold the rank of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor with at least a one-half time appointment with UW-Madison, or a full-time appointment held jointly between UW-Madison and UW-Extension.


SOURCE: Faculty Policy and Procedures 1.02.A


FALSE NEGATIVE

An animal that tests as negative but who is actually positive. The percent of false negative for a test can be calculated as 100 – SENSITIVITY.


FALSE POSITIVE

An animal that tests as positive but who is actually negative. The percent of false positive for a test can be calculated as 100 – SPECIFICITY.


Federal Ethnicity

All colleges and universities in the U.S. are required to collect and report student and employee race/ethnicity according to federal Department of Education guidelines. This briefing paper describes the requirements for collection and reporting of race/ethnicity that have been in effect since December 2007.
Colleges and universities are expected to use the federal methodology for the public reporting of enrollment, degrees conferred, graduation rates, employee counts, and other such standard metrics. Because individuals can identify multiple racial/ethnic categories that could result in duplicated counts, the Department of Education mandates use of a hierarchical methodology, as follows:
  1. All international individuals are reported in a separate category called “International”. “International” in this context refers to individuals who are not U.S. citizens and are not in permanent resident or refugee status.
  2. Domestic (non-international) individuals who identify as Hispanic are reported as “Hispanic”, regardless of the racial identities provided.
  3. Domestic individuals who do not identify as Hispanic but identify multiple races are reported as “2 or more races”.
  4. Domestic individuals who do not identify as Hispanic and only identified a single race are reported in that racial category (i.e. American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, White).

Racial/ethnic sub-categories for students are not considered part of the federal reporting methodology and are used only at the state and UW System level.


FERPA Hold

A “Y” in this field indicates that the student has placed a FERPA-related hold on their record. Contact the student or look them up in SIS before sharing their information with outside entities. Values are:
  • Y - Yes
  • N - No
  • U - Unknown


Field

A place where we store a value, like a name or address. If we think of our data like a spreadsheet, then a field would be a column on the spreadsheet.


Field of Study

Academic plans (majors) are aggregated into four divisions called the Field of Study. The Field of Study for a student is based on the student’s primary academic program.  This allows the user to select a division rather than listing several majors. Values are:

SIS Field of Study Codes and their meaning
SIS Field of Study Code Description
HUM Arts and Humanities Division
BIO Biological Sciences Division
PHY Physical Sciences Division
SOC Social Studies Division


FileVault

A built in feature of Mac OS X which enable encryption of the user directory. This feature is enabled by default in OS 10.10.


Finalize Documents

This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer or IRB floater to finalize IRB-approved documents for the study team.  The documents that can be finalized include IRB-approved consent forms and recruitment fliers.  Once the IRBS or IRBF finalizes a document, it is made into a pdf file and stamped with the IRB approval date, expiration date and name of the reviewing IRB.


financial aid*

Any grant or scholarship, loan, or paid employment offered to help a student meet his/her college expenses. Such aid is usually provided by various sources such as federal and state agencies, colleges, high schools, foundations, and corporations.  Learn More.


Flush cut

cut to the edge


Fold

bindery term, one or more intentional creases in the paper


Follow

A Salesforce tool that enables the users to be notified when a change is made to a record. See Follow a Record in Navigating Salesforce.


Food Loss

Food losses refer to the decrease in edible food mass throughout the part of the supply chain that specifically leads to edible food for human consumption. Food losses take place at production, post-harvest and processing stages in the food supply chain. Food losses occurring at the end of the food chain (retail and final consumption) are rather called “food waste”, which relates to retailers’ and consumers’ behavior.


Force Apply (WiSH)

The process of manually adding students to an opportunity's applicant pool. For instructions on how to force-apply, please refer to this WiSH KB Force-Apply help page.


Forward to Deferral Response Pending

This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager to forward a submission in the IRB withdrawn state to the Deferral Response Pending state.


Forward to Faciliated Reviewer

This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to forward an application to a facilitated reviewer.  This activity should be used when it is determined that facilitated review is the most appropriate review process for the application.


Foward to Full Review

This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to forward an application in the expedited review state to full review because the application  requires full review.


FTE (Full Time Equivalent) and Headcount

There are two basic ways that we count the number of employees. When we use headcount, each individual person counts as one employee whether their appointment is full time or part time. When we use "FTE," we are using the "Full Time Equivalent."

The Full Time Equivalent is the total of all positions using the percentage of the appointment rather than the number of individual employees. This is what the headcount looks like for the same employees using each measure:

Employee A - .5 appointment
Employee B - 1.0 appointment
Employee C - .6 appointment
Employee D - .4 appointment

Using Headcount, there are 4 employees
Using FTE, there are 2.5 employees (.5 + 1 + .6 + .4 = 2.5)



Full Mailbox Permissions

Full mailbox permissions can be assigned between any two accounts within UW-Madison's Microsoft 365 environment.

table showing what you can or cannot do with full mailbox permissions
What can I do with full mailbox permissions? What can't I do with full mailbox permissions?
  • Create email drafts
  • Send calendar invites
  • Create events
  • Delete emails
  • Read emails
  • Send emails *

* To send emails, you will either need 'send as' or 'send on-behalf' of permissions.

See how to manage full mailbox permissions for an account for further details.


GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT

The stomach and the intestine as a functional unit.


General Application (WiSH)


Global Action

An action a user can take outside of an object. All actions relate back to one or more objects, but global actions are housed on Salesforce’s lightning experience bar (called the Salesforce tool bar in our documentation), located in the upper right corner, for easy access. See Global Actions in Navigating Salesforce.


Global Address List (GAL)

The Global Address List (GAL) is the address look up feature in Office 365. It contains email addresses for individuals and resources, excluding those that are hidden. Office 365 uses the Global Address List to supply email addresses when you are composing a message or inviting individuals to meetings.


Global Studies Passport Program*

Passport Program
An agreement/collaboration between UW-Madison and Madison College (fka MATC) to provide Madison College students a broader range of international studies courses not otherwise available at Madison College. -  Learn More


Global Warming Potential (GWP)

An index (i.e., a relative measure) of how much heat a greenhouse gas traps in the atmosphere over a chosen time horizon, relative to that of carbon dioxide. The GWP represents the combined effect of the differing times these gases remain in the atmosphere and their relative effectiveness in absorbing outgoing thermal infrared radiation. Although the most common time horizon is 100 years, GWP have been reported also for time horizons of 20 years and 500 years.


Gloss finish

shiny, reflective, smooth finish on paper or laminate


GLUCOSE: (C6H12O6)

A six carbon sugar which is the building block of starch and cellulose. Glucose is rapidly fermented into volatile fatty acids by ruminal bacteria.


GLYCEROL

A three carbon sugar which form the backbone of triglycerides and other fats.


Halftone

converting a continuous tone to dots for printing


Help Desk Level 2

The former name of the combined team of the current Contract Partner Support Help Desk and DoIT Help Desk Enterprise Support. The Help Desk announced a re-organization in December 2024.


HEMICELLULOSE

A type of carbohydrate similar to cellulose except that it contain not only glucose but also other 6 carbon sugars and also 5 carbon sugars.


HEMOGLOBIN

An iron rich protein found in the red blood cells which function as a carrier of oxygen and carbon dioxide.


High School City

The city of the high school(s) attended. WiSH pulls the last attended high school for this data. To see data for prior attended schools, requests the student’s high school transcript(s).


High School Class Percentile

The percentile is calculated by SIS when Admissions enters the high school class rank and high school class size as reported on the high school transcript. WiSH pulls this data for the last attended high school. To see data for prior attended schools, request the student’s high school transcript(s). Please note that High School Class Percentile is not always weighted.


High School Class Rank

An applicant's relative academic position compared to their High School graduation class. Viewed as a single number, should be combined with High School Class Size to get accurate data. WiSH pulls the last attended high school for this data. To see data for prior attended schools, requests the student’s high school transcript(s). Please note that High School Rank is not always weighted.


High School Class Size

This is reported on the high school transcript as Rank in Class/Number in graduating class. WiSH pulls the last attended high school for this data. To see data for prior attended schools, requests the student’s high school transcript(s).


High School GPA - Estimated



This field estimates the high school GPA (generally through junior year of high school) based on a visual review of the high school transcript. This GPA is not an objective calculation, it is a visual estimate. Valid values in hierarchical order are:
  • A
  • A-
  • AB
  • B
  • BC or lower


High School Name

The high school listed is the one from which the student intends to graduate. WiSH pulls the last attended high school for this data. To see data for prior attended schools, requests the student’s high school transcript(s).


High School Rural Designation (WI High Schools Only)

The designation assigned to an applicant by the Office of Admissions and Recruitment based on a student's High School community. Please note that the designation is only consistently populated for Wisconsin High Schools at this time. The designation values are as follows: 
  • City - Large: Territory inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with population of 250,000 or more.
  • City - Midsize: Territory inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with population less than 250,000 and greater than or equal to 100,000.
  • City - Small: Territory inside an urbanized area and inside a principal city with population less than 100,000.
  • Suburb - Large: Territory outside a principal city and inside an urbanized area with population of 250,000 or more.
  • Suburb - Midsize: Territory outside a principal city and inside an urbanized area with population less than 250,000 and greater than or equal to 100,000.
  • Suburb - Small: Territory outside a principal city and inside an urbanized area with population less than 100,000.
  • Town - Fringe: Territory inside an urban cluster that is less than or equal to 10 miles from an urbanized area.
  • Town - Distant: Territory inside an urban cluster that is more than 10 miles and less than or equal to 35 miles from an urbanized area.
  • Town - Remote: Territory inside an urban cluster that is more than 35 miles from an urbanized area.
  • Rural - Fringe: Census-defined rural territory that is less than or equal to 5 miles from an urbanized area, as well as rural territory that is less than or equal to 2.5 miles from an urban cluster.
  • Rural - Distant: Census-defined rural territory that is more than 5 miles but less than or equal to 25 miles from an urbanized area, as well as rural territory that is more than 2.5 miles but less than or equal to 10 miles from an urban cluster.
  • Rural - Remote: Census-defined rural territory that is more than 25 miles from an urbanized area and is also more than 10 miles from an urban cluster.


High School State

When combined with home address, can give an accurate idea of the region the student was originally from. WiSH pulls the last attended high school for this data. To see data for prior attended schools, requests the student’s high school transcript(s).


High School Transcript

There are three separate data points in WiSH for High School Transcripts:
  • High School Transcript #1
  • High School Transcript #2
  • High School Transcript #3
These data points display an ImageNow link. This data point is primarily intended to allow Scholarship Administrators and Reviewers to review High School transcripts for incoming Undergraduate students. Please note - when accessing the ImageNow link, users must be logged into VPN via their GlobalProtect app.

Please note that only Users/Reviewers with the appropriate ImageNow access will be able to access the links. If you’d like to sign your Review Group(s) up for ImageNow access for High School Transcripts, please use our sign-up sheet.


High School Transcript - Unofficial

There is one data point in WiSH for a student's unofficial High School Transcript:
  • High School Transcript - Unofficial
This data point displays an ImageNow link. This data point is primarily intended to allow Scholarship Administrators and Reviewers to review an unofficial High School transcript for incoming Undergraduate students. Please note - when accessing the ImageNow link, users must be logged into VPN via their GlobalProtect app.

Please note that only Users/Reviewers with the appropriate ImageNow access will be able to access the links. If you’d like to sign your Review Group(s) up for ImageNow access for High School Transcripts, please use our sign-up sheet.


Highlight

the lightest areas in a picture or halftone


Hold Change for Continuing Review

This is activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to hold a change application submitted by the research team in order to proceed with review of a continuing review application that has also been submitted concurrently.  In ARROW, with the exception of a personnel change amendment, only one submission will be in the IRB review process at a time.


Hold Change for Reportable Event

This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to hold a change application submitted by the research team in order to proceed with review of a reportable event application that has been submitted concurrently.  In ARROW, with the exception of a personnel change amendment, only one submission will be in the IRB review process at a time.


Hold Continuing Review for Reportable Event

This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to hold a continuing review application submitted by the research team in order to proceed with review of a reportable event application that has been submitted concurrently.  In ARROW, with the exception of a personnel change amendment, only one submission will be in the IRB review process at a time.


Hold for Scheduling: Ancillary Committee Review Pending

This is a state in ARROW.  Studies in this state cannot be scheduled for an IRB meeting until the Ancillary Committee Review decision has been entered into the system.


Hold IRB Review - Continuing Review Required

This is a state in ARROW.  In this state, change applications are being held until a continuing review application has been submitted by the study team and reviewed by the IRB.


Hold IRB Review - Submission of Reportable Event Pending

This is a state in ARROW.  In this state, continuing and change applications are being held until a reportable event has been submitted by the study team.  Once the reportable event has been submitted, the continuing or change will transition back to the pre-review state.


HSLC

Health Sciences Learning Center


HULL

Outer covering of grain or other seed, especially when dry (syn: husk).


HYDROCHLORIC ACID (HCl)

Strong acid secreted by the abomasum that breaks down chemical bounds and thus contributes to the digestion of feeds.


HYDROLYSIS

Decomposition of a chemical compound by reaction with water.


IELTS*

International English Language Testing System 
English language proficiency test for higher education and global migration. Learn More.


Import File (WiSH)


IncludeDoc

  • A custom class that embeds the contents of a KB document or url into a host KB document.


Industrial Refrigeration Center (IRC)

  • The Industrial Refrigeration Consortium (IRC) is a collaborative effort between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and industry. They work to improve the safety, efficiency, and productivity of industrial refrigeration systems and technologies, realizing this goal by conducting applied research, delivering knowledge transfer, and providing technical assistance. Although efforts are focused on industrial refrigeration systems that utilize anhydrous ammonia, they also work with systems that use other refrigerants.

    The IRC offers a unique combination of complementary resources that include academic qualifications, technical expertise, and practical experience. They provide objective information that is not biased by an affiliation with any particular organization.


INFLORESCENCE

The arrangement of flowers on a stalk that characterizes a plant species.


Inform Institutional Official

This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to inform the Instituitonal Official of a reportable event for which the IRB determined required reporting internally and/or externally (e.g. to the IO, regulatory agency, funding agency, etc.). 


Intermediate Course Level

Program knowledge level that builds on an introductory program, most appropriate for learners with detailed knowledge in an area. Such persons are often at a mid-level within the organization, with operational or supervisory responsibilities, or both.


Internal Data

By default, all Institutional Data that is not explicitly classified as Restricted, Sensitive or Public data is treated as Internal data. See UW-Madison Data Classifications


Internal End Date (WiSH)

The final day on which a student can match to an Auto-Match opportunity. It is also the final day a student's imported SIS data will update in an opportunity's application grid. (The data will freeze at 11:59 PM on this day.) Please note that:

  • Students cannot see the Internal End Date; it is only for administrators.
  • Every opportunity must have an Internal End Date that ends before the start of Cycle Management of the next year (the process of opening the new General Application for the year.)
  • If you change the Internal End Date after it has passed to a date in the future, students will start matching to your opportunity (if an Auto-Match) and student imported SIS data will begin to update again.
  • Internal End Dates should be set as the same day or after the date the Public End Date is set to.


INTERNATIONAL UNITS (IU)

A unit of measurement of the amount of biologically active vitamin in a feed or required in a diet.


Introductory Course Level

Program knowledge level most beneficial to learners new to a skill or an attribute. These individuals are often at the staff or entry level in organizations. Although such program may also benefit a seasoned professional with limited exposure to the area.


IRB Close Study

This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to close a study in the approved state once the study team has submitted a study completion report.


Issue Ancillary Decision

This is an activity in ARROW that allows an ancillary committee representative to indicate in the ARROW system the outcome of the ancillary committee review.


KCS (Knowledge-Centered Service)

KCS (Knowledge-Centered Service) is a knowledge/information management model. It focuses on knowledge being created, used, reviewed, and edited by the same team that is resolving the issues, rather than a parallel knowledge management team. 


KERNEL

The whole grain of a cereal. The meats of nuts and drupes (single stoned fruits).


Keyline

an outline drawing (see also trim box defintion)


KILO CALORIE (KCAL)

One thousand calories.


Knowledge

 That, which is discovered and used to change one's life or the life of others.


L&S Department ID/UDDS

A Department ID is the sequence of numbers that identifies a specific campus department, program, or entity. Historically, the Department ID was known as a "UDDS," which stands for "Unit, Division, Department, Subdepartment." This term is still in use in some resources, so we are including it in this glossary listing.

In more practical terms, a Department ID/UDDS is the unique combination of letters and numbers that identify the division, department, and possibly subdepartment, associated with a particular personnel, research, financial, or other activity or transaction.

EXAMPLE:  The full Department ID for a particular Letters & Science Department would be written as : 48XXXX.

"48" stands for "College of Letters & Science"

"XXXX" are the four numbers that identify the specific department, program, project, or other administrative entity.

A list of Letters & Science Department ID/UDDS numbers can be found at:

UW Madison Coding Information Dept ID

Click on the link and you will be directed to the Accounting Services web site.  Click on the Coding link on the left side of the screen.  Click on the Organization/Dept ID.  When the excel list opens click on A48 to find a list of all Letters & Science Departments and descriptions. 

UDDS Look Up Tool


L&S Majors, Certificates, and Degrees

The official lists of majors, certificates, and degrees offered in Letters & Science are available on-line:

  • The Guide provides a comprehensive list of undergraduate majors, special degree programs, certificates, and concentrations organized by the respective school or college that offers the academic program.
  • The Guide also provides a comprehensive list of graduate degrees, minors, and certificates. The information is organized alphabetically for all university programs.


LACTOSE

A disaccharide composed of a unit of glucose and a unit of galactose. Also known as milk sugar, lactose is produced commercially from whey.


Laminate

using a high-temperature process to melt plastic on paper, can be one or two-sided


Laminating - Downstairs

see page 25, job J143415 for example


Laminating - Upstairs

see page 24, job J143414 for example


LAMINITIS

Inflammation of the sensitive vascular tissue of the hoof.


LAXATIVE

A feed or drugs that will induce bowel movements (defecation) and relieve constipation.


LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. This often refers to the NetID Utility, which is used for NetID password resets and to look up customer information such as NetID, email forwarding and filter information, current university affiliation, and active services.


LDT and Marketing Production Team

  1. The LDT and Marketing Production Team Education Support Services team that is responsible for the creation, processing, and delivery of instructional and promotional assets for InterPro efforts.


Leadership Team

  1. The Leadership Team provides necessary support to enable the efficient execution of InterPro's overall operation.  The Leadership Team functions to ensure strong lines of communication between each sub-unit, encouraging alignment to InterPro's mission, pursuit of its vision, and overall effectiveness of execution.


LEAF

Structure, usually flat and green that grows from a stem or stalk of a plant and is responsible for photosynthesis.


Learning

 The process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience (Kolb, Experiential Learning; Experience as the Source of Learning and Development).


Learning Design and Technologies (LDT)

  1. The Learning Design and Technologies (LDT) team provides effective support, consultation, strategic planning, and leadership in all current and emerging areas of teaching, learning, and technologies. Their work supports faculty, staff and students, and includes all phases of instructional design, development, and evaluation.

    They are dedicated to providing high quality learning experiences; empowering stakeholders with effective best practices, technologies, support and consultation; building constructive partnerships with UW-Madison campus units; and sustaining a strong record of scholarly activity through research and conferences in order to stay informed of emerging areas that drive educational innovation.


Learning Environment

  1. learning environment is a combination of social and physical qualities that create the classroom experience. It includes classroom management procedures, as well as the way the space is organized, furnished and maintained.


LearnModes

A special type of application plan that can interface with Windows programs outside of Perceptive Content and pull information from them. The information can then be mapped to document keys.


LEGUME

A plant of the family leguminosae which bears a pod that splits into two valves with the seed attached to lower edge of one of the valves (examples: pea, bean, clover, alfalfa, lespedeza). Also, legumes are characterized by the nodules on their roots that allow these plants to use atmospheric nitrogen reducing the need for nitrogen fertilizer and improving soil fertility.


Letter of Recommendation

There are five separate data points in WiSH for Letters of Recommendation:
  • Letter of Recommendation #1
  • Letter of Recommendation #2
  • Letter of Recommendation #3
  • Letter of Recommendation #4
  • Letter of Recommendation #5
These data points display an ImageNow link. This data point is primarily intended to allow Scholarship Administrators and Reviewers to review the Letters of Recommendation from the Admissions Application for incoming Undergraduate students. Please note - when accessing the ImageNow link, users must be logged into VPN via their GlobalProtect app.

Please note that only Users/Reviewers with the appropriate ImageNow access will be able to access the links. If you’d like to sign your Review Group(s) up for ImageNow access for Letters of Recommendation, please use our sign-up sheet.


Life Cycle Assessment

LCA addresses the environmental aspects and potential environmental impacts (e.g. use of resources and the environmental consequences of releases) throughout a product's life cycle from raw material acquisition through production, use, end-of-life treatment, recycling and final disposal (i.e. cradle-to-grave). There are four phases in an LCA study: a) the goal and scope definition phase, b) the inventory analysis phase, c) the impact assessment phase, and d) the interpretation phase (ISO 2006).


Lightning Experience

Salesforce’s user interface, designed to be flexible, customizable, and optimized to help the user focus on, in OAR's case, recruiting and yielding students.


Lignin

Lignin is a class of complex organic polymers that form key structural materials in the support tissues of most plants. Lignins are particularly important in the formation of cell walls, especially in wood and bark, because they lend rigidity and do not rot easily.


LIGNIN

Indigestible phenolic compound which, as the plant matures, is deposited in the cell wall and is responsible for the decrease in digestibility of the cell wall carbohydrates.


LIMESTONE

A sedimentary rock, chiefly calcium carbonate (CaCO3), containing variable amounts of magnesium. It is used as building stone, but also as a source of calcium in ration of animals.


LIPASE

An enzyme that breaks down fat.


LIPID

Any of the numerous fat or fat-like materials that are generally insoluble in water, but soluble in common organic solvents. Nutritionally, lipids contain about 2.25 times more energy then carbohydrates.


LIPOPROTEINS

Protein coated packages that transport fats in the bloodstream


LIPOTROPIC

Any compound that helps to prevent the accumulation of abnormal or excessive amounts of fat in the liver, control blood sugar levels, and enhance fat and carbohydrate metabolism.


List View

An organizational tool available in each Salesforce object that enables users to view records by specific data field(s) in that object. See How to Create a List View of Your Campaigns.


LIVER

A large gland that has multiple functions, one of which is to secrete bile and digestive enzymes that are mixed with the digesta entering the duodenum.


Living Documentation

Living documentation is a dynamic system documentation that provides information that is current, accurate and easy to understand. Documents that are written in a natural language format serve as the core of living documentation. Your content experts can review the documentation to ensure that it describes the desired behavior of the system from a logical standpoint.


LMS

  1. learning management system (LMS) is a software application or Web-based technology used to plan, implement, and assess a specific learning process. Typically, a learning management system provides an instructor with a way to create and deliver content, monitor student participation, and assess student performance.


LOA

Leave of absence


Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP)

  1. The Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) provides state and local municipalities with the resources and training required to manage their road systems. Training — from government and industry experts, engineering consultants, contractors, and highway and enforcement agency representatives — includes one-day workshops in several different locations around the state. Resources include videos, and online and printed manuals, bulletins, and Crossroads articles.

    The UW-LTAP is part of the
    National Local Technical Assistance Program Association (NLTAPA), as Wisconsin's LTAP center.


Log Private Comment

This is a way for IRB staff to make comments on applications that are saved to the history log, but are not visible outside the IRB office.  Study teams cannot see private comments.


Log Scientific Review Comment

This is an activity which allows a coordinator of any scientific review committee to comment on a submission during their review.  This comment is visible to the study team and the IRB staff.


LTE

Limited Term Employment


Lupe

small magnifying glass used to review a printed image, plate, and position film


Lync

Microsoft Lync (formerly Microsoft Office Communicator) and Microsoft Lync for Mac are instant messaging clients used with Microsoft Lync Server or Lync Online available with Microsoft Office 365. Lync is currently not available within UW-Madison's implementation of Office 365.


LYSINE

One of the 20 amino acids constituting the building blocks of proteins. Animals have a high requirement for lysine, and it is often deficient in proteins of plants.


Mailing Address

The mailing address is generally, but not always, the address of the student while attending UW-Madison. Official university mail is sent to the mailing address. Mailing address fields also include address lines 1 and 2, city, state, postal code, county and country.


Malnutrition

Lack of proper nutrition, caused by not having enough to eat, not eating enough of the right things, or being unable to use the food that one does eat (see more on Wikipedia).


MAMMALS

A class of vertebrate animals distinguished by self-regulating body temperature, hair, and in the female (a) milk producing gland(s).


Management Console

A major component of Perceptive Content that allows users with appropriate permissions to manage many aspects of Perceptive Content including drawers, doctypes, application plans, etc.

Where your boss plays Mine Sweeper™.


MCAL

Abbreviation for Megacalorie.


MEAL

1. The episodes of feed ingestion throughout the day.
2. The edible seed or other edible part of a grain, coarsely ground (as opposed to flour which is finely ground).


MEGACALORIE

One million calories.


MELAB*

Michigan English Language Assessment Battery
Intermediate to advanced level standardized examination for adult non-native speakers of English. Learn More.


MESLS*

Madison English as a Second Language School
Provides high quality language instruction in a friendly, home-like setting to help students improve their English language abilities for academic purposes, career advancement, and everyday social and practical needs. Learn More.


METABOLISM

Refers to all of the changes that nutrients undergo after they are absorbed from the digestive tract. Metabolism is divided into anabolism and catabolism.


METABOLITE

A product of metabolism of nutrients.


METABOLIZABLE PROTEIN

In ruminant nutrion, metabolizable protein, often abbreviated MP, is the amount of digestible protein that reach the small intestine, which is the source of amino acids absorbed into the blood. The three main sources of MP include rumen undegraded protein (the dietary protein fraction that has not been degraded in the rumen), the microbial (bacterial) protein synthesized in the rumen from the fermentation process, and the endogenous protein (intestinal digestive enzymes and sloughed cells from the gastro-intestinal tract). The latter source is minimal.


MFA-Duo (multi-factor authentication)

Multi-factor authentication is part of the new UW–Madison login process that verifies your identity. It combines something you know (your NetID and password) with something you have (smartphone, token/fob or tablet) preventing anyone but you from logging into a system. UW-Madison has partnered with Duo to provide this service.

You will now need to log in by:

  1. Entering your NetID and password, and

  2. Confirming your login with the Duo app on your device.


Microsoft 365 (Email and Calendaring System)

Office 365 is a cloud-based service provided by Microsoft. To see what features are available in UW-Madison's implementation, check here: Microsoft 365 - What features are included in Microsoft 365?


MILK FEVER

Condition that occurs immediately or within the first day after calving. The cow has cold ears and a dry muzzle. This condition is due to a calcium imbalance. As opposed to what the name implies, there is no "fever", but rather a paralysis of the limbs.


MILL (a)

1. A building equipped with the machinery for grinding grain into flour or meal. 2. A device or mechanism such as rotating millstones, that grinds grain.


MILL (to)

To grind, pulverize or break down into smaller particle size in a mill.


MINERAL

1. The inorganic chemical elements (e.g., calcium phosphorus magnesium) determined by combusting a sample in a furnace and weighing the mineral residue. 2. Minerals play major roles in numerous metabolic processes. (syn Ash).


MLB

Main Logic Board


MLI

The Master of Legal Institutions was the predecessor to the LLM-Legal Institutions degree. Was housed in the Grad School and was moved to the Law School as the LLM-LI around 2010.


Mortality

is incidence of death in a population. It is measured in various ways, often by the probability that a randomly selected individual in a population at some date and location would die in some period of time. Contrast to morbidity.


Multi on

two or more different images placed on one sheet two or more of the same images up on one sheet


Multi up

(see Step-and-repeat)


MULTIPAROUS (cow)

A cow that has given birth more than once.


NCR - Digital

see page 9, job X140725 for example


NET ENERGY OF LACTATION (NEl)

The amount of energy in a feed which is available for milk production and body maintenance. Feeds generally are similar in total energy content but vary widely in the proportion of the total energy which is available for maintenance and milk production. The remainder of the energy in the feed is lost in the feces urine, gas belched form the rumen and excess heat production by the cow. In the cow, it takes 0.74 Mcal NEl to produce 1 kg of milk containing 4% fat and the net energy content of most feed range from 0.9 to 2.2 Mcal NEl per kg dry matter.


NEUTRAL DETERGENT FIBER (NDF)

A measure of the amount of cell wall in a feed determined by a laboratory procedure. Neutral detergent fiber includes cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin.


New Full Change

This is an activity available to study teams for all studies in the Approved state.  This allows study teams to initiate a new change of protocol.


New Reportable Event

This is an activity available to study teams for all studies in the Approved state.  This allows study teams to initiate a reportable event. 


Non-Service Related Appointment

Income with no work requirement; related to a non-service appointment (e.g. Fellow, Scholar, Trainee). Payment of the funds is not dependent on work or service to the university performed by the recipient.


NON-STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATE

(see non-fiber carbohydrate).


OAR Salesforce Website

https://uwmadison.my.salesforce.com/


Office Online

Office Online (previously Office Web Apps) is an online office suite offered by Microsoft as a part of Office 365, which allows users to create and edit files using lightweight, web browser-based versions of Microsoft Office applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. The offering also includes Outlook, People, Calendar and OneDrive for Business, all of which are accessible from a unified app switcher (Outlook on the web).


Offline Data File (OST)

Typically, when you use a Microsoft Exchange Server account (Office 365 account), your email messages, calendar, and other items are delivered to and saved on the server. You can configure Outlook to keep a local copy of your items on your computer in an Outlook data file that is named an offline Outlook Data File (.ost). This allows you to use Cached Exchange Mode or to work offline when a connection to the Office 365 (Exchange) computer may not be possible or wanted. The .ost file is synchronized with the Office 365 (Exchange) computer when a connection is available.


Offset & Digital Job

see page 12, job J143515 for example


OIL

Lipid, usually of vegetal origin, which is liquid at room temperature (as opposed to fats).


OneNote Class Notebook

The OneNote Class Notebook is an Office 365 app that helps instructors set up OneNote in their class. This app will create a class notebook, which includes three types of sub-notebooks: Student Notebooks, Content Library, and Collaboration Space.


Online Support

  1. Online Support offers support for Canvas, Web Conferencing software, screen-casting software, Box used in online courses, initial CAE Software Troubleshooting, and L3 process support.


Organizational Unit

An organizational unit (OU) is a subdivision within an Active Directory to which you can place users, groups, computers, and even other organizational units. Organizational units can be created to mirror an organization's functional or business structure. Each domain can implement its own organizational unit hierarchy. If an organization contains several domains, there may be organizational unit structures in each domain which are independent of the structures in the other domains.

The term "organizational unit" is often shortened to "OU" in casual conversation. The organizational units within the School of Education’s AD domain are "WCER" and "SOEIT".


Original

material that is to be reproduced using various printing methods. i.e., PDFs, documents, photographs, artwork, product sample, or artist's drawing


Outlook

Microsoft's desktop email and calendar application. It is part of the Microsoft 365 suite of desktop applications and can be used to view email, calendar, contacts, and more.


Outlook for Mac

Microsoft Outlook for Mac is an email and calendar client that's available as part of Microsoft's 365 suite. It can be used to manage email, calendar, contacts, and more.


Outlook on the web

Microsoft's service for accessing your Microsoft 365 account via web browser. Log into Outlook on the web.


Outlook Profile

A profile is what Outlook desktop client uses to remember the e-mail accounts and the settings that tell Outlook which account(s) to connect to and where your e-mail is stored.


Overlay

transparent cover sheet on artwork often used for instructions


OVULATION

Release of an oocyte (i.e., egg) from a mature follicle. In dairy cows, ovulation occurs 24 to 32 hours after the first standing event of behavioral estrous. Similarly, ovulation occurs 24 to 32 hours after an injection of Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone; (Gn-RH) administered in the presence of a dominant follicle.


PALATABILITY

The taste and flavor property of a feedstuffs that make them more or less acceptable to be eaten.


PaloAlto GlobalProtect

The VPN client recommended for WiscVPN


PAPILLAE (reticulo-rumen)

1. Small projections on the inner surface of the rumen and the reticulum wall that increase the surface area of absorption of volatile fatty acids and other end-products of bacterial fermentation.


PAPILLAE (tongue)

Protuberances at the surface of the tongue that detect the taste of a feed.


Payment for Environmental Services (PES)

Payments to farmers or landowners who have agreed to take certain actions to manage their land or watersheds to provide an ecological service. As the payments provide incentives to land owners and managers, PES is a market-based mechanism, similar to subsidies and taxes, to encourage the conservation of natural resources.


Personal Folders File (PST)

A Personal Folders file (.pst) is an Outlook data file that stores your messages and other items on your computer. This is the most common file in which information in Outlook is saved by home users or in small organizations. Learn more.


PHENOLIC (compound)

Organic substance in which the carbon atoms are linked together in a ring structure (also called aromatic structure). Lignin is an example of phenolic compound.


PLACENTA

An organ that develops during pregnancy in female mammals. It lines the uterus and partially envelopes the fetus, to which it is attached by the umbilical cord. Following birth, the placenta, then called the after birth, is normally expelled. The retention of the placenta usually leads to bacterial infection of the uterus called metritis.


Plan Group

The Plan Group is the three digit number that follows the student’s program code, indicating the major type (ex: for Communications majors, the code is 201, instead of the full BS201 or BA201). Use this as a short cut for schools/colleges that have the same major for many programs.


plate

Plate is a metal plate is imaged in a plate setter for each separation on an offset press job.


Plate gap

gripper space. The area where the grippers hold the sheet as it passes through the press


POLISH (to)

To free from coarseness; to refine.


POLYGASTRIC

Having more than one digestive cavity; Having a stomach divided into different chambers (e.g., ruminants).


POPULATION (statistics)

The set of individuals, items, or data from which a statistical sample is taken. In statistical terms, a population is defined as a larger set from which samples are obtained.


Portfolio (WiSH)


Print Reviewer Checklist

When a study is scheduled for an IRB meeting, IRB staff reviewers will upload a reviewer checklist summarizing any issues/concerns/questions that the board should be aware of.  The checklist can then be printed out by key board reviewers during their review of the study.  This is where board members comment on affirm/deny staff recommendations.


process color

the process of combining four basic colors to create a printed color picture or colors composed from the basic four colors


Public Data

UW-Madison data is classified as public when unauthorized disclosure, alteration or destruction would result in little or no risk to individuals or the University. Public data is freely accessible, usually from a university webpage. See UW-Madison's Data Classifications.


Public End Date (WiSH)


PYLORUS

The passage connecting the stomach (abomasum) to the duodenum.


Qualifications (WiSH)


Query Library

A facet of interactive reporting (Help Desk Level 2-supported service).


RADICLE

The part of a plant embryo that develops into the primary root.


Record Facilitated Review Decision

Some studies undergo a facilitated review rather than a full review, for example, studies sent to the NCI CIRB.  IRB staff will record the facilitated review decision using this activity.  This activity moves the study to the "awaiting correspondence" state.


Reportable Events

Refers to any submission that is not an initial, continuing or change of protocol.  Reportable events include noncompliance, new information, adverse events and unanticipated problems.


Reschedule

This allows the IRB office to place an item on a different agenda that what was originally scheduled.


Research (Applied)

Study directed toward gaining (scientific) knowledge to meet a recognized need


Resilience

The capacity of a system to buffer shock and stresses. The ability to recover from setbacks, adapt well to change, and keep going in the face of adversity.


Resolved

This is an end state in ARROW.  Reportable events in this state have been acknowledged by the IRB, but no further action is needed and therefore, the reportable event is considered resolved. 


RETICULO-RUMEN

The first two stomachs of a ruminant comprised of the reticulum and the rumen. A microbial population lives in the rumen and enable the cow to digest dietary fiber. The digesta in the rumen and the reticulum is being exchanged once about every 50 to 60 seconds under the influence of a rhythmic cycle of contraction which also results in passage of some digesta from the reticulum into the omasum through the reticulo-omasal orifice.


RETICULUM

The second stomach of a ruminant in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells. Also called honeycomb stomach. The reticulum is joined to the omasum by the reticulo-omasal orifice.


Right-Angle fold

two folds at right angles to each other


Roles

Each user has at least one role assigned to them in ARROW. A user's current role appears in the gold box on the left side menu of the homepage. Some users will have multiple roles. Click the desired role under the My Roles text on the left side menu to change roles in the system. Be sure to select the correct role since different activities are available to users based on their role.


Rules

A feature in Office 365 which allows you to take some action when a message arrives into your account or when you are sending a message. Examples of potential actions include move/copy/delete, mark with a category/read/importance, or forward/redirect.


Saddle Stitch

Saddle stitch is term for a pair of staples added to a collated booklet along the spine.


Salesforce

Salesforce started in 1999 in San Francisco and quickly grew in the 2000s to be an industry leader in Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Salesforce was originally designed as a business-to-business (B2B) application to help companies improve their sales processes, and by extension, maximize their sales. It developed an Education platform in 2016. 


Salesforce Compliance Form

All Salesforce users agreed to the terms of the Recruitment CRM Compliance Form for UW–Madison prior to gaining access to Salesforce. All users are responsible for continuing to comply with the form's terms for the duration of their access. Failure to comply will result in revocation of access.


Salesforce Lookup field


A lookup field in Salesforce is used to find other records in Salesforce to build relationships between records.  For example, in a contact record one uses a lookup field to find and relate another record such as an organization or community to the contact.


Lookup fields are not searchable in the global search on the home page, but can be searched with the Enhance Lookup feature.  See a video about this in knowledge base article Wildcard search and search limitations (video)


Salesforce User

A UW-Madison employee who has agreed to follow the terms of the Recruitment CRM Compliance Form for UW–Madison and has been granted access to OAR's Salesforce platform.


Sample

rough layout of a printed piece showing position and finished size


SASLI*

South Asian Summer Language Institute 
A formal educational collaboration of the US Department of Education-designated Title VI National Resource Centers for South Asia, dedicated to training students, faculty, and professionals in the languages of South Asia. Learn More.


Scanner Profile

A reuseable collection of settings that defines scanner parameters. A scanner profile sets things like DPI (dots per inch) and Simplex (single-side) /Duplex (double-sided) on scans. Scanner profiles are located and set in capture profiles.


Schedule for IRB Meeting

This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to schedule a submission for an upcoming IRB meeting.  Once the IRB staff reviewer schedules the submission for a meeting, the submission moves to the IRB Pre-Meeting state. 


Searchable Question (WiSH)

When marked, enables questions to appear on the Public Website to be used as filters. However, we strong discourage users from making questions searchable. Some question types when made searchable have the capacity to overload the Public Website. Our best practice is to never use the searchable function.


Self cover

a cover of the same paper as inside text pages


Send Change for Exemption to Ancillary Committee

This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to send a change of protocol for an exemption to an ancillary review committee.  For example, if an exemption initially required VA R&D Committee review and a change is being made to the exemption, the IRB staff reviewer could send the change to the VA R&D Committee for review.


Send On Behalf Of

In Office 365, this permission allows a delegate to use this mailbox to send messages. However, after this permission is assigned to a delegate, the From address in any message sent by the delegate indicates that the message was sent by the delegate on behalf of the mailbox owner.


Send to Ancillary Committee

This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to send full board review applications to ancillary committees for review.  All ancillary committee approvals must be in place before scheduling for IRB meeting can occur. 


Service Related Appointments

Employment payment, compensation for work performed in service to the university. Income is contingent upon an activity or employee position (e.g. Project Assistant, Research Associate, Teaching Assistant, etc.).


SILAGE

Method of preservation of fresh forages based on the partial fermentation of the sugars in absence of oxygen. Silage can be made in various silos.


SILO

Structure constructed to help preserving forages as silage. Different types of silos includes: Tower silo, oxygen limiting silo, trench silo, etc.


Single-sided

only one side of the page is printed, meaning the back side of each page is blank


SLP

Student Leadership Program (often referred to as "SLP Program"): "SLP" also refers to students who have SLP positions, which includes the following: Student Web Writer, Student Developer, Level 2 Student Analyst, SOAR Student Ambassador, WiscIT Student Lead, Data & Metrics Lead, and Student Team Lead (STL).


SOMATIC CELLS

(a) Any of the cells of a plant or animal except the reproductive cells. (b) Milk somatic cells are primarily leukocytes (white blood cells) and some epithelial cells shed from the lining of the mammary gland. The leukocytes are derived from blood and consist of macrophages, lymphocytes, and polymorphonuclear cells, primarily neutrophils (PMN). Normal milk does contain somatic cells, and the concentration of these cells is almost always less than 100,000 cells/ml in milk from uninfected/uninflamed mammary quarters.


Special student*

Non-degree seeking student
 AKA University Special Student, students not currently enrolled in a UW-Madison degree program, but are taking UW-Madison courses for credit or audit. Learn More.


STALK

The main stem of an herbaceous plant.


staple

Staple is a term for a staple added to a printed packet or book, commonly in the upper left corner or along the left side of a booklet.


STILLBORN CALF

A calf born dead or that dies within 48 hours of birth.


STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATE

(see Fibrous carbohydrate).


Study Completed

Once a study team has submitted a study completion report, the study moves from the "Approved" state to the "Study Completed" state. The study remains in this state for a period of 18 months, during which time the study team can reopen the study.  After 18 months, the study is permanently archived. 


SUBCLINICAL

Without clinical manifestations; said of the early stages or a very mild form of a disease, e.g. subclinical disease, infection, parasitism, or when a disease is detectable by biological tests but not by a clinical examination.


Submit Administrative Hold Response

After a study has been approved with an administrative hold, study teams must resolve the conditions of this hold; this is done by submitting a response.  


Submit Deferral Response

This is an activity in ARROW that allows the PI or POC to submit a deferral response to the IRB.  Once the PI or POC submits the deferral response, the submission transitions back to the IRB Pre-Review state.


Submit Facilitated Review Notes

This is an activity in ARROW that allows an IRB member to submit their facilitated review notes.  This activity transitions a submission from the IRB Member Facilitated Review state back to  the In Facilitated Review state once the assigned IRB member(s) has completed their review.


Submit Reportable Event Notes

This is an activity in ARROW that allows an IRB member to submit their reportable events notes.  This activity transitions a submission from the IRB Member Review of Reportable Event state back to the IRB Pre-Review state once the assigned IRB member(s) has completed their review.


Submit Study Completion Report

This is an activity in ARROW that allows a PI or POC to submit their study completion report.  This activity is available in the following states for an initial review: Approved, Exemption Granted, Expired.  The study then transitions to the Study Completed state.


Subset - Collated

see page 7, job X140743 for example


Subset - Uncollated

see page 8, job X140742 for example


Supplemental Question (Apply-To/Fund-Specific Applications)


Sustainability

Sustainability is a holistic concept that built on three inter-related pillars: environmental, social and economic. To be sustainable, any entrepreneurial activity must be economically viable, ecologically healthy and socially equitable. A universal definition of sustainability was given for the first time by the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) in the Brundtland report published under the auspices of the United Nations in 1987.


Sustainable Intensification

Narrowly defined, SI refers to increase food production from existing farmland in ways that place far less pressure on the environment and that do not undermine our capacity to continue producing food in the future. However, Garnett et al. (2013) added the following four premises underlying SI: (a) The need to increase production; (b) Increase production must be met through higher yields because increasing the area of land in agriculture carries major environmental costs; (c) Food security requires as much attention to increasing environmental sustainability as to raising productivity; and (d) SI denotes a goal but does not specify a priori how it should be attained or which agricultural techniques to deploy.


Technical Support

  1. The Technical Support Team is responsible for departmental desktop, laptop, and mobile device support. You can also contact them for help with local department systems, Box, Teams, USI, and Microsoft Office.


Teleconference

  1. A Teleconference is a conference with participants in different locations linked by telecommunications devices.


THYROID GLAND

A two-lobed gland located in the throat and secreting the hormone thyroxin, which regulates the iodine metabolism in the body.


TIMED ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION

Method of AI breeding in which the timing of artificial insemination (AI) is based on a hormonal protocol that synchronizes the timing of ovulation. This is in contrast to timing insemination based on direct or indirect detection of estrous behavior. Hormonal protocols for Timed AI were developed in 1995 and have been widely adopted by dairy producers for reproductive management.


TOEFL*

Test of English as a Foreign Language 
Standardized test to measure the English language ability of non-native speakers wishing to enroll in American universities. The test is accepted by many English-speaking academic and professional institutions. Learn More.


Total Cumulative Credits

The total credits earned by the student up to and including the current term. This should be the sum of all terms in the given career, up to and including the present term. It includes transfer, test and other credits as well as UW-Madison credits.


Total Mixed Ration (TMR)

Refers to the practice of loading pre-determined amounts of all feed ingredients and blending them in a mixer, followed by delivery to a group of cows, usually housed and managed in confinement. Typically a dairy nutrition consultant will make recommendations using least-cost ration formulation software to determine the amounts and type of feed to blend based on economic considerations (minimizing feed cost), while providing the lactating cows with all know nutrients required for health and high milk production performance.


TOTAL MIXED RATION (TMR)

Mixture of the forages, concentrates, minerals and vitamin supplements of a ration. The total mixed ration has the advantage of offering a balanced ration at each meal rather than on a 24 h basis.


TRIGLYCERIDE

A fat composed of three fatty acids and glycerol.


UIDL*

Special student classification: Visiting international students from the dissertation level 
Dissertation level visiting international student. Learn More.


UIGL*

Special student classification: Visiting international students from the graduate level
Graduate level visiting international student. Learn  More.


UIUL*

Special student classification: Visiting international students from the undergraduate level 
Undergraduate level visiting international student. Learn More.


ULTRA-VIOLET:

Ray in sunlight which enables vitamin D to be synthesized under the skin.


Umbrella Apply-To Opportunity (WiSH)

This opportunity structure allows you to replicate the functionality of the conditional application using an Apply-To Opportunity. In this case, the Apply-To is used as the overarching (umbrella) application for a series of Auto-Match Opportunities. This term is specific to UW-Madison, so you will not find it on the Blackbaud Knowledgebase.  
For more information on how to create an umbrella apply-to opportunity, please refer to our Umbrella Apply-to help page.


University Special Students*

See Special student*.


UNOL*

Special student classification: Online only

The online-only University Special (nondegree) student classification (UNOL) is for students who are not currently in a degree program at UW–Madison and planning to enroll in stand-alone online courses for which they meet the prerequisites. For more information and further restrictions please see our UNOL webpage.
Undergraduates who are applying in the UNOL classification are required to submit official transcripts from all other colleges and universities to confirm good standing and a minimum GPA of 2.0 cumulative and in the most recent semester. Qualified high school juniors and seniors who are applying in the UNOL classification are required to submit a high school transcript with a minimum high school GPA of 3.0 overall and in the most recent semester.


Upload Checklists

Prior to an IRB meeting, staff reviewers are able to upload reviewer checklists summarizing any issues/concerns/questions for the board to consider.


Upload Scanned Reviewer Checklist

During their review of a submission, IRB members make comments on and respond to specific staff questions/recommendations on hardcopies of the reviewer checklists that they have previously printed out.  These hardcopies with board member comments are uploaded into ARROW after the IRB meeting and become part of the studies electronic file.   


Variable Data

see page 34, job X141473 for example


Variable Data

see page 34, job X141473 for example


Very Low Density Lipoprotein (VLDL)

Particles that carry cholesterol and fat throughout the bloodstream. These particles are released from the liver into the bloodstream. They are similar to chylomicrons which originate from the gut because they both carry cholesterol and triglycerides which are gradually released in the bloodstream to be absorbed by body cells along the way. In the process of losing triglycerides, the VLDLs grow smaller and turn into LDLs (Low Density Lipoprotein) which have lost all their triglycerides.


VOLATILE

Evaporating readily at normal temperature and pressure.


VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS (VFA)

Products of fermentation of carbohydrates (and some amino acids) by the rumen microorganisms. Acetic acid, propionic acid and butyric acid are the primary volatile fatty acids which are absorbed through the rumen wall and used as an energy source by the cow.


VOLUNTARY WAITING PERIOD

The number of days between calving and first attempt to breed a cow. A typical voluntary waiting period is 45 days. However, it may varies from less than 40 to 80 days depending on farmer’s preference and reproductive protocol in place on the farm.


WESLI*

Wisconsin English as a Second Language Institute
A for-profit, stand-alone independent English program, is to prepare students to be collaborative leaders in their chosen academic and professional environments. Learn More.


Wisconsin Federation Login

an authentication and authorization framework that allows applications the ability to provide campus-specific login services


Withdraw Reportable Event

This is an activity in ARROW that allows the PI or POC to withdraw a submitted continuing review from the review process.  This activity moves the submission to the Withdrawn state at which time the PI or POC can send the submission back to Pre-Submission.


withdrawal*

Is a term used for “dropping all courses during a given term.”  "(Note: You can drop all of your courses prior to the start of a term without going through the withdrawal process.  This is considered 'canceling your enrollment'.)" Learn More.


Work and tumble

using the same plate and same guide, printing one side of a sheet, and flipping it from gripper to tail to print on the back of the sheet. Similar to perfecting but 2 passes


Workflow

A workflow is a series of activities/steps that are necessary to complete a task. Each step in a workflow has a specific step before it and a specific step after it, with the exception of the first and last steps. In a linear workflow, the first step is usually initiated by an outside event. If the workflow has a loop structure, however, the first step is initiated by the completion of the last step. Example workflow: A shared conference room needs to be managed on a first-come-first-served basis. Assigned users would be able to reserve the conference room if it is available. Otherwise, the invitation will be declined automatically by the resource calendar.


Workflow

A set of customizable queues that documents can optionally be sent to once entered into the Imaging Service.

Workflow lets you route a document through a business process from start to finish with a customizable set of options.


Yellow

Y, one of the four process colors used in the CMYK printing process, yellow in color