1 to 1

referring to copies, SS docs to SS copies


1 to 2

referring to copies, SS docs to DS copies


2 to 1

referring to copies, DS docs to SS copies


2 to 2

referring to copies, DS docs to DS copies


Abomasum

The fourth digestive chamber of the digestive system of most ruminants. The abomasum is located after the forestomachs (rumen, reticulum and omasum) and before the first segment of the small intestine (i.e., the duodenum); It is sometimes referred to as the "true" stomach because of its acid-secreting ability, which is found in most other mammalian species.


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


Academic Program

Schools/Colleges/Divisions enter information into the Academic Program field for their own population of students. As such, there is a variation in what data it conveys. A student's Academic Program may indicate a student's degree program, but it can also indicate their School/College or major. A full list of all Academic Programs for all careers can be found on the Registrar Office's website.


Account

Salesforce object that houses account records. Account records contain information about entities - school, university, Community-Based Organization (CBO), association, and business contact and location information. See Salesforce Objects.


Account Consolidation

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


Acidosis (rumen)

Condition characterized by a low rumen pH (below 6). The normal rumen function are impeded usually because too much concentrates were fed.


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.


ACT Composite

The rounded whole number average of the four subject test scores of the ACT (English, mathematics, reading, and science reasoning). WiSH selects the highest ACT composite score reported to the Office of Admissions and Recruitment. Only students and applicants who have taken the ACT will have scores.


ACT Test Scores

The four subject test scores of the ACT (English, mathematics, reading, and science reasoning) and the scores of their sub-sections.

SIS ACT Subject Codes and their meaning
SIS Subject Code Description
COMP Composite
CWRT Combined English/Writing
ELA English Language Arts
ELAN English Lang Arts Nat Norms
ENGL English
MATH Mathematics
NS Natural Science
READ Reading
SCIRE Science Reasoning
SS Social Science
SS-AG Alg/Coor Geometry Standard Sub
SS-AL Arts Literature Standard Subsc
SS-EA Elem Algebra Standard Subscore
SS-GT Plane Geom/Trig Standard Subsc
SS-RH Rhetorical Skills Standard Sub
SS-SS Soc Studies/Sci Standard Subsc
SS-UM Usage/Mechanics Standard Subsc
STEM STEM Score
STEMN STEM National Norms
WDDS Writing Dev and Support
WDIA Writing Ideas and Analysis
WDLUC Writing Lang Use and Con
WDORG Writing Organization
WNN Writing National Norms
WRSUB Writing Subscore
WRT Writing Subject Score


Active Directory

Active Directory is a collection of network resources that can contain users, computers, printers, groups, and even other Active Directories. Active Directory services allow administrators to handle and maintain all network resources from a single location, providing users access to the network resources they need to get their work done. Active Directory is a feature primarily of Microsoft Windows, although other operating systems can participate in it to a limited degree.

AD services control much of the activity that goes on in WCER’s network environment. In particular, they make sure each person is who they claim to be (authentication), usually by checking the username and password they enter, and allow them to access only the data they’re allowed to use (authorization).

In general, WCER users don't need to know how to configure their computers to connect to the Active Directory domain. If your device is provided by WCER, Research IT has configured this for you.


Adaptation

Adjustment or preparation of natural or human systems to a new or changing environment which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities (Source: EPA Glossary).


Administrative Contact

An organization's administrative point of contact, responsible for assigning staff time to the Office 365 transition. Communicates with the Office 365 Team and their organization's leadership.


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

Admissions Admit Status 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
AC Accepted Admission
AD Admitted
AP Applied
CN Cancelled
PM Pre-Matriculant (i.e. Intend to Enroll)
WT Waitlist


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.


Admissions Category - Academic Performance and Course Rigor



This data point provides a summary of high school academic performance through placing students in one of three groups based on similar grade performance and course rigor. Admitted students are not equally distributed between these hierarchical group. As of 1/29/2025, admitted first-year students are distributed across the three academic groups as follows:  

  • Group 1: (34.0% of admits) This group has achieved all A/A- Grades taking rigorous courses across 4-5 course subjects. Course subject areas include English, Math, Science, Social Studies, and World Language

  • Group 2: (33.5%) Most of the students in this group have achieved A- grades with rigor across 4 subjects. Some students may have achieved higher grades with slightly lower rigor or slightly lower grades with slightly greater rigor.

  • Group 3: (32.4%) This group contains all remaining admits. Most students in this group have achieved A-/AB grades with rigor across 2-4 subjects. 

It is appropriate to note that access to high course rigor is not consistent among our admitted students and that some schools do not offer as many opportunities for advanced course work. As a result, not every student will have an opportunity to achieve at the highest academic performance and course rigor groups. The Academic Performance and Course Rigor Group should be used in conjunction with other aspects of student achievement. 


Admissions Category - First Choice Major Fit



This field will display a “Y” when the admission’s review determines clear passion and commitment to the applicant’s first choice major through the campus essay, coursework, involvement, and/or other application materials.


Admissions Category – Wisconsin Idea and Impact



The Wisconsin Idea is one of the longest and deepest traditions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and serves as the guiding principle in all that we do. Simply put, the Wisconsin Idea states that the education a student receives on our campus should influence people’s lives beyond the boundaries of the classroom to make the world a better place.

Through the review of an applicant’s involvement, essays, and letters of recommendation, this item rates the applicant’s eagerness to explore and embody the principles of the Wisconsin Idea and their potential to enrich our campus community. 

Valid values in hierarchical order are:
Extraordinary

Few are given this highest rating. Students in this category have shown evidence of interest in making an impact on their community through a UW-Madison education AND shown evidence of currently making an impact on their school/community. This could include:

  • Reflection on work they've already done to make an impact on their community/society and how they will continue to do so
  • An action or impact plan to advance change that is inspired/informed by their lived experiences, observations, or intellectual pursuits
  • Extraordinary commitment to furthering knowledge through discovery, leadership, and problem solving to assist in addressing societal challenges
Exceeds Expectations

These students show evidence of a genuine interest in making an impact on their community through a UW-Madison education. This could include:

  • Making an impact in their community or society at large
  • Contributing to research/discovery to serve the greater good
  • A desire to address societal challenges
Meets Expectations

This is the most common rating in our applicant pool by far. These students show involvement in high school and/or interest in involvement as a student at UW-Madison though do not rise to the level of the first two categories.

Average These students may have limited involvement and/or share minimally as to how they will become involved as a student at UW-Madison.


    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.


    AFCHRON

    AFCHRON is the "affective chronometry" R01 also known publicly as the Emotion and Wellness Study.

    It was separate from the MIDUS cohort.


    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.


    AMINO ACID

    One of the 20 building block units of protein. Amino acids contain both an amino group (NH2) and an acid or carboxyl group (COOH).


    AMMONIA (NH3)

    A pungent gas. Ammonia is extensively used to manufacture fertilizers and nitrogen containing compounds. Also, ammonia is the end-product of protein degradation by ruminal bacteria.


    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.


    Annotations

    In Perceptive Content imaging software, annotations are used to mark up and add comments to a document without affecting the original image. Annotations enable you to select, add notes to, or even block out parts of a document. The file types that support annotations are: TIFF (.tif), JPEG (.jpg), Bitmap (.bmp), GIF (.gif), and PNG (.png).


    ANTIBODY

    Protein released in the blood that is generated in reaction to a foreign protein (antigen) that has entered the body. Antibodies produce immunity against certain micro-organisms or their toxins.


    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

    This is a state in ARROW. Studies in the Approved state have been reviewed and fully approved by the IRB and relevant ancillary committees, if any.


    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). 


    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).


    Assign to IRBS and IRB

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager to assign a new submission to an IRB staff reviewer and an IRB (e.g. Minimal Risk IRB or Health Sciences IRB). 


    Assigned to IRB Meeting

    This is a state in ARROW. Studies in this state have been assigned to an upcoming meeting by either the IRB staff reviewer or the IRB submission manager.  In this state, the IRB staff reviewer can record the IRB meeting decision and draft meeting minutes.


    Asynchronous

    1. Asynchronous learning is a student-centered teaching method that uses online learning resources to facilitate instruction that is not being delivered in person or in real time.  Discussion forums and recorded lectures are examples of asynchronous components in an online course.


    Authors

    A KB user who may edit documents. Authors may or may not be able to publish documents and all follow their KB Group's agreed upon document workflow.


    Auto-Match Opportunity (WiSH)


    Autodiscover

    Exchange Autodiscover is a web service that helps Microsoft Exchange administrators configure user profile settings for clients running Outlook Enterprise/Subscription/2019/2016. It allows users to easily configure their email client knowing only their email address and password.


    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.


    Awaiting Correspondence

    This is a state in ARROW.  Studies in this state have undergone IRB review, a meeting decision has been recorded and the IRB staff can draft correspondence for the study team. 


    Award Period (WiSH)

    The Award Period is the term(s) you intend to pay the student their scholarship/award.


    Begin Review Period (WiSH)


    BeyondTrust (Formerly Bomgar)

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


    Bezoar

    A small stony concretion that may form in the stomachs of certain animals, especially ruminants. Bezoars are caused by a buildup of material in the gastrointestinal tract that the stomach can't digest.


    Biogenic

    Produced or brought about by living organisms.


    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.


    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...


    BOR

    Board of Regents; the governing board for the UW System.  See: https://www.wisconsin.edu/regents/


    Box

    a cloud-based file storage and collaboration service. See: IT Services: Box


    Brochure ID

    1. The Brochure ID is a unique identifier assigned in ET to a specific promotional material piece.


    BROWSE

    The part of leaf and twig growth of shrubs, woody vines, and trees that is available for animal consumption.


    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.


    CALVE (to)

    (see Parturition)


    Canvas/EdTech Support

    1. Canvas/EdTech Support (Online Support) offers support for Canvas, Web Conferencing software (Zoom), screen-casting software, Box used in online courses, CAE Software Troubleshooting, Campus Software Library troubleshooting outside of departmental desktop support.


    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.


    Capture Token

    A licensing mechanism. Every scanner used with ImageNow uses a token; if all tokens are in use, another scanner cannot be configured until one is released.


    CARBOHYDRATE

    Any of a group of chemical compounds, including sugars, starches, and cellulose, containing only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, with a ratio of hydrogen to oxygen of 2:1.


    CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2)

    A gas produced by combustion or oxidation of organic matter. Carbon dioxide is also produced in large quantities during ruminal fermentation.


    CATABOLISM

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


    Categories

    Is a feature in Outlook and Outlook on the web that allows you to assign a keyword or phrase (and color) to help you keep track of items/events. Using this feature you can easily find, sort, filter, or group different items/events that are located across your different folders/calendars.


    Category (WiSH)

    Within the WiSH system, students are assigned categories to show their status/progression through the system. Students can have different categories within the General Application, Auto-Match, Apply-To and Post-Acceptance grids depending on where they are in the scholarship process. Below are a list of the available categories within WiSH. Please note: Applicants may not see the same category names as administrators. If applicants see a different name, it will be indicated in the table.

    Apply-To Student Categories

    WiSH Apply-to Student Categories and their meaning
    Name Visible To Impact/Definition
    Accepted Applicants and Reviewers The applicant has accepted the award. If the portfolio has a funding string and Post-Acceptance is NOT turned on, the student's award will be sent to their financial aid offer in the Student Information System (SIS) as soon as they are in this status.
    Accepted - Paid Out From Payroll Applicants and Reviewers (displays as "Accepted") Instead of being paid through the Bursar's Office, the applicant's award was processed and paid to them through Payroll.
    Accepted – Post to Financial Aid for Disbursement Applicants and Reviewers (displays as "Accepted") Sends the student's award to their financial aid offer in the Student Information System (SIS) while also allowing the student to continue to complete Post-Acceptance.
    Accepted - Sent to Payroll/Glacier Applicants and Reviewers (displays as "Accepted") This status is used to track which awardees with visas you or your business office have sent to the Glacier Team. Awards in this status will NOT be sent to SIS. If a student's award was previously sent to SIS using a different status and their was moved to this status, their scholarship in SIS will be removed
    Applicant Declined Applicants and Reviewers The applicant has declined the award.
    Cancelled Administrators only The scholarship administrator no longer wishes to offer the student the award.
    Drafted Applicants The application has been started/opened but the applicant has not yet submitted the application.
    Ineligible – Drafted Applicants and Reviewers (displays as "Drafted") A way you can mark a student who has started an application as ineligible without notifying the student.
    Ineligible – Submitted Applicants and Reviewers (displays as "Submitted") A way you can mark a student who has submitted an application as ineligible without notifying the student.
    Offered Applicant and Reviewers The scholarship administrator has offered an award to the applicant. The applicant can now accept or decline this offer. If set to immediately, communications notifying the applicant of their offer will be sent as soon as they are moved to this category. If set to upon approval, the communications notifying the applicant of their offer will be in scholarship administrator's message queue to be approved. 
    Plan to Offer Reviewers The scholarship administrator has encumbered funds by creating an offer for the applicant. However, the applicant cannot see the offer. To them, their category is still "Submitted." Additionally, the applicant has not been sent a communication notifying them of their offer.

    Automatch Student Categories

    WiSH Automatch Student Categories and their meaning
    Name Visible To Impact/Definition
    Accepted Applicants and Reviewers The applicant has accepted the award. If the portfolio has a funding string and Post-Acceptance is NOT turned on, the student's award will be sent to their financial aid offer in the Student Information System (SIS) as soon as they are in this status.
    Accepted - Paid Out From Payroll Applicants and Reviewers (displays as "Accepted") Instead of being paid through the Bursar's Office, the applicant's award was processed and paid to them through Payroll.
    Accepted – Post to Financial Aid for Disbursement Applicants and Reviewers (displays as "Accepted") Sends the student's award to their financial aid offer in the Student Information System (SIS) while also allowing the student to continue to complete Post-Acceptance.
    Accepted - Sent to Payroll/Glacier Applicants and Reviewers (displays as "Accepted") This status is used to track which awardees with visas you or your business office have sent to the Glacier Team. Awards in this status will NOT be sent to SIS. If a student's award was previously sent to SIS using a different status and their was moved to this status, their scholarship in SIS will be removed.
    Applicant Declined Applicants and Reviewers The applicant has declined the award.
    Cancelled Administrators Only The scholarship administrator no longer wishes to offer the student the award.
    Drafted Applicants The applicant has not submitted the General or Conditional, if applicable, Application.
    Nominated Reviewers The applicant has been nominated to receive an award, often by a committee. This category encumbers funds for the applicant, but the applicant only sees the category "Submitted."
    Offered Applicant and Reviewers The scholarship administrator has offered an award to the applicant. The applicant can now accept or decline this offer. If set to immediately, communications notifying the applicant of their offer will be sent as soon as they are moved to this category. If set to upon approval, the communications notifying the applicant of their offer will be in scholarship administrator's message queue to be approved. 
    Plan to Offer Reviewers The scholarship administrator has encumbered funds by creating an offer for the applicant. However, the applicant cannot see the offer. To them, their category is still "Submitted." Additionally, the applicant has not been sent a communication notifying them of their offer.
    Submitted Applicants and Reviewers The applicant has completed all necessary/required parts of the General and (if applicable) Conditional Application.

    Post-Acceptance (P.A.) and Renewal Student Categories

    Post-Acceptance/Renewal Student Categories and their meaning
    Name Visible To Impact/Definition
    Awarded Applicants The scholarship administrator approves the applicant's P.A. and marks the award payment to be sent to their financial aid offer in the Student Information System (SIS). Once a student is moved to this category, they can no longer adjust their P.A. answers. If P.A. is not turn on, when an applicant accepts their award, their P.A. category will be automatically flipped to "Awarded" and sent to SIS.
    Awarded by Bursar Upload Applicant (displays as "Awarded") The scholarship administrator paid the applicant's award using the Bursar Scholarship Upload process instead of using WiSH functionality.
    Awarded - Paid Out From Payroll Applicants (displays as "Awarded") Instead of being paid through the Bursar's Office, the applicant's award was processed and paid to them through Payroll. When in this category, students cannot adjust their P.A. answers.
    Awarded - Sent to Payroll/Glacier Applicants (displays as "Awarded") This status is used to track which awardees with visas you or your business office have sent to the Glacier Team. Awards in this status will NOT be sent to SIS. If a student's award was previously sent to SIS using a different status and their was moved to this status, their scholarship in SIS will be removed. When in this category, students cannot adjust their P.A. answers.
    Cancelled Applicants The scholarship administrator has cancelled the award and future disbursements (if applicable).
    Deferred Applicants The scholarship administrator has deferred the payment for another term (for renewals specifically).
    Drafted Applicant The applicant has started to complete the P.A. questions but they have not submitted their responses.
    Final Disbursement Applicants The scholarship administrator marks this award payment as the last payment of a renewable scholarship. This category works similar to "Awarded" in that the scholarship will be sent to SIS for payment.
    Pending Administrators Only The initial category of the P.A. grid. When the scholarship administrator first encumbers an award for the applicant in the Applications grid, the applicant appears in the P.A. grid with this status.
    Requested Applicants The applicant has been asked to completed P.A. Applicants automatically move to this category when they accept the award.
    Submitted Applicants and Reviewers The applicant has completed all necessary/required parts of P.A.

    General Application and Conditional Application Categories

    General and Conditional Application Student Categories and their meaning
    Name Visible To Impact/Definition
    Archived Administrators Only The applicant's application has been archived.
    Drafted Applicants The application has been started/opened but the applicant has not yet submitted the application.
    Submitted Applicants and Reviewers The applicant has completed all necessary/required parts of the General and (if applicable) Conditional Application.


    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.


    Certify Not Human Subjects Research

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to certify that an application does not constitute human subjects research.  This activity occurs in the Pre-review state.


    CHEW (to)

    To crush or grind (food) in the mouth by continued action of the teeth with the help of the tongue (syn to masticate).


    CIO

    Chief Information Officer


    Citizenship Country

    A student's country of citizenship. This value captured on the application for admission, and when necessary, is verified by the International Student Services Office. There is a value for every country.

    Country codes and descriptions
    Country Code Country Description
    ABW Aruba
    AFG Afghanistan
    AGO Angola
    AIA Anguilla
    ALA Aland Islands
    ALB Albania
    AND Andorra
    ARE United Arab Emirates
    ARG Argentina
    ARM Armenia
    ASM American Samoa
    ATA Antarctica
    ATF French Southern Territories
    ATG Antigua and Barbuda
    AUS Australia
    AUT Austria
    AZE Azerbaijan
    BDI Burundi
    BEL Belgium
    BEN Benin
    BES Bonaire, Sint Eustatius & Saba
    BFA Burkina Faso
    BGD Bangladesh
    BGR Bulgaria
    BHR Bahrain
    BHS Bahamas
    BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina
    BLM Saint Barthelemy
    BLR Belarus
    BLZ Belize
    BMU Bermuda
    BOL Bolivia
    BRA Brazil
    BRB Barbados
    BRN Brunei Darussalam
    BTN Bhutan
    BVT Bouvet Island
    BWA Botswana
    CAF Central African Republic
    CAN Canada
    CCK Cocos (Keeling) Islands
    CHE Switzerland
    CHL Chile
    CHN China
    CIV Cote D'Ivoire
    CMR Cameroon
    COD Congo, The Democratic Republic
    COG Congo
    COK Cook Islands
    COL Colombia
    COM Comoros
    CPV Cape Verde/Cabo Verde
    CRI Costa Rica
    CUB Cuba
    CUW Curacao
    CXR Christmas Island
    CYM Cayman Islands
    CYP Cyprus
    CZE Czech Republic
    DEU Germany
    DJI Djibouti
    DMA Dominica
    DNK Denmark
    DOM Dominican Republic
    DZA Algeria
    ECU Ecuador
    EGY Egypt
    ERI Eritrea
    ESH Western Sahara
    ESP Spain
    EST Estonia
    ETH Ethiopia
    FIN Finland
    FJI Fiji
    FLK Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
    FRA France
    FRO Faroe Islands
    FSM Micronesia, Federated States
    GAB Gabon
    GBR United Kingdom
    GEO Georgia
    GGY Guernsey
    GHA Ghana
    GIB Gibraltar
    GIN Guinea
    GLP Guadeloupe
    GMB Gambia
    GNB Guinea-Bissau
    GNQ Equatorial Guinea
    GRC Greece
    GRD Grenada
    GRL Greenland
    GTM Guatemala
    GUF French Guiana
    GUM Guam
    GUY Guyana
    HKG Hong Kong
    HMD Heard and McDonald Islands
    HND Honduras
    HRV Croatia
    HTI Haiti
    HUN Hungary
    IDN Indonesia
    IMN Isle of Man
    IND India
    IOT British Indian Ocean Territory
    IRL Ireland
    IRN Iran (Islamic Republic Of)
    IRQ Iraq
    ISL Iceland
    ISR Israel
    ITA Italy
    JAM Jamaica
    JEY Jersey
    JOR Jordan
    JPN Japan
    KAZ Kazakhstan
    KEN Kenya
    KGZ Kyrgyzstan
    KHM Cambodia
    KIR Kiribati
    KNA Saint Kitts and Nevis
    KOR Korea, Republic of
    KOS Kosovo
    KWT Kuwait
    LAO Lao People's Democratic Rep
    LBN Lebanon
    LBR Liberia
    LBY Libya
    LCA Saint Lucia
    LIE Liechtenstein
    LKA Sri Lanka
    LSO Lesotho
    LTU Lithuania
    LUX Luxembourg
    LVA Latvia
    MAC Macao
    MAF Saint Martin (French part)
    MAR Morocco
    MCO Monaco
    MDA Moldova, Republic of
    MDG Madagascar
    MDV Maldives
    MEX Mexico
    MHL Marshall Islands
    MKD Macedonia, fmr Yugoslav Rep of
    MLI Mali
    MLT Malta
    MMR Myanmar
    MNE Republic of Montenegro
    MNG Mongolia
    MNP Northern Mariana Islands
    MOZ Mozambique
    MRT Mauritania
    MSR Montserrat
    MTQ Martinique
    MUS Mauritius
    MWI Malawi
    MYS Malaysia
    MYT Mayotte
    NAM Namibia
    NCL New Caledonia
    NER Niger
    NFK Norfolk Island
    NGA Nigeria
    NIC Nicaragua
    NIU Niue
    NLD Netherlands
    NOR Norway
    NPL Nepal
    NRU Nauru
    NZL New Zealand
    OMN Oman
    PAK Pakistan
    PAN Panama
    PCN Pitcairn
    PER Peru
    PHL Philippines
    PLW Palau
    PNG Papua New Guinea
    POL Poland
    PRI Puerto Rico
    PRK Korea, Democratic People's Rep
    PRT Portugal
    PRY Paraguay
    PSE Palestine, State of
    PYF French Polynesia
    QAT Qatar
    REU Reunion
    ROU Romania
    RUS Russian Federation
    RWA Rwanda
    SAU Saudi Arabia
    SDN Sudan
    SEN Senegal
    SGP Singapore
    SGS Sth Georgia & Sth Sandwich Is
    SHN Saint Helena
    SJM Svalbard and Jan Mayen
    SLB Solomon Islands
    SLE Sierra Leone
    SLV El Salvador
    SMR San Marino
    SOM Somalia
    SPM Saint Pierre and Miquelon
    SRB Serbia
    SSD South Sudan
    STP Sao Tome and Principe
    SUR Suriname
    SVK Slovakia
    SVN Slovenia
    SWE Sweden
    SWZ Swaziland
    SXM Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
    SYC Seychelles
    SYR Syrian Arab Republic
    TCA Turks and Caicos Islands
    TCD Chad
    TGO Togo
    THA Thailand
    TJK Tajikistan
    TKL Tokelau
    TKM Turkmenistan
    TLS Timor-Leste
    TON Tonga
    TTO Trinidad and Tobago
    TUN Tunisia
    TUR Turkey
    TUV Tuvalu
    TWN Taiwan, Republic of China
    TZA Tanzania, United Republic of
    UGA Uganda
    UKR Ukraine
    UMI US Minor Outlying Islands
    URY Uruguay
    USA United States
    UZB Uzbekistan
    VAT Holy See (Vatican City State)
    VCT St Vincent and the Grenadines
    VEN Venezuela
    VGB Virgin Islands (British)
    VIR Virgin Islands (U.S.)
    VNM Viet Nam
    VUT Vanuatu
    WLF Wallis and Futuna Islands
    WSM Samoa
    YEM Yemen
    ZAF South Africa
    ZMB Zambia
    ZWE Zimbabwe


    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.


    COB

    The central core of an ear of corn.


    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. 


    CONCENTRATE

    Feedstuffs usually rich in energy and coming from the part of the plant that accumulate nutrient reserves for an embryo (fruits, nuts, seeds and grains). The word concentrate is also used to refer to the mixture of minerals and other supplements used to feed dairy cattle.


    Conditional Application (WiSH)


    Confirm for IRB Agenda

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager to confirm that a submission can be included on the assigned IRB meeting agenda (for example, once PRS review is complete).  The meeting date cannot be changed through this activity, only through the Reschedule activity. 


    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.


    Connections Program*

    "Offers select applicants, who are Wisconsin residents, the opportunity to start at a partner college or university and finish their bachelor's degree at UW-Madison and hold the distinctive UW-Madison student status from the beginning." Learn More.


    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

    Contacts are like electronic cards that store a person's information. A contact can be as basic as a name and email address, or include more information like a street address, multiple phone numbers, and a photo.


    Contact

    Salesforce object area that houses Contact records. Contact records contain contact information for individuals, and if they are an applicant, EMPL ID. Also contains a plugin to Eloqua Profiler. See Salesforce Objects.


    Contact

    A contact in Salesforce is a record about a single individual person and fundamentally it contains information about how to 'contact' a person.  


    Contact Group

    A contact group -- formerly called "distribution list" -- is a group of contacts that you can send messages, meeting requests and tasks requests.


    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.


    Continue Button

    ARROW forms have a Continue button at the bottom that moves you forward through the application. Clicking Continue saves the current page and moves  the user to the next page. Continue is not the same as the Forward  button on a browser. Do not use the Forward button on a browser when completing forms in ARROW or the data entered will be lost.


    Continuing or New Student

    A value assigned to a student based on their admissions and enrollment at the university. It is not a standard field in SIS and is thus calculated using a mixture of enrollment data and admissions data. The value “continuing” is assigned to students who are ‘eligible to enroll’ or ‘enrolled’ in the SIS affiliation table. The value “new” is assigned to applicants who have applied for admission, been admitted or indicated they intend to enroll.

    Timing is an important consideration if using this field in terms of your scholarship cycle.  A ‘New’ applicant will become a ‘Continuing’ student when matriculation occurs.  For Admit Terms, matriculation occurs:
    • Admitted for summer term = matriculation occurs in late March
    • Admitted for fall term = matriculation occurs in May
    • Admitted for spring term = matriculation occurs in mid-November


    Contract Partner(s)

    "Contract Partners" is the name for customers who are supported by DoIT Departmental Support for their tech support. Formerly customers may have been called other terms like Bascom Platinum, VIP, etc.


    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.


    Correspondence Prepared

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB floater to confirm that correspondence they've drafted is ready for review by the IRB staff reviewer.


    Count Sheep

    Midnight test. Lamb. Some text here.


    Course Number

    1. The Course Number is another way of referring to an Instance Number [KB Instance Number], or an unique identifier that refers to a specific offering of a course.


    Course Options Program (CO)*

    Course Options Program
    Created by the Wisconsin State Legislature; allows qualified public high school students to enroll in courses at public universities and colleges. Learn More.


    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.


    Cover weight

    heavier-weight (thicker/more-rigid) paper consisting of various grades


    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).


    Crop

    to cut off parts of a picture or image


    Crop marks

    printed lines showing where to trim a printed sheet


    CROWN

    Base of the stem where roots arise


    CRUDE PROTEIN

    A measure of the amount of protein in a feed determined as the amount of nitrogen multiplied by 6.25. The factor 6.25 is the average grams of protein that contains 1 gram of nitrogen. The word "crude" refers to the fact that not all nitrogen in most feed is exclusively in the form of protein. Because most feeds contain non-protein nitrogen (NPN), crude protein generally overestimates the actual protein content of a feed.


    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.


    Custom Properties

    Additional fields that can be used to describe a document. Custom properties are associated with Doctypes. The number of custom properties is not limited.


    Customer's Originals

    print ready copy


    Dashboard

    A Salesforce object that houses dashboards. Dashboards are a collection of data visualizations tied to reports that allow the user to see an overview of data and track operational progress. See Salesforce Reports & Dashboards for Recruitment.


    Dashboard (WiSH)


    Degree Conferred

    Degree conferred populates with any degrees a student has been conferred/has completed at UW-Madison and the date the degree was conferred.


    Densitometer

    a quality control device to measure the density of printing ink


    Deny Request to Reactivate

    This is an activity in ARROW in which the IRB submission manager can deny a study team's request to reactivate a submission that was previously withdrawn by the IRB (e.g. due to lack of submission of a continuing review for a study that has an expired IRB approval).  Execution of this activity will result in email notification to the study team that the request to reactivate has been denied and the study team will need to start the submission process over.


    Deny Request to Reopen

    This is an activity in ARROW in which the IRB submission manager can deny a study team's request to reopen a submission that was reported by the study team as completed or is in the closed state. 


    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.


    Dissertator Status

    This data point signals whether or not a student is currently a dissertator/completing their dissertation. The values are:
    • Y - Yes
    • Blank - No or No data


    DOC

    document


    DocType

    A special index key that is associated with custom properties.


    Document capture

    Document capture is any one of several processes used to convert a physical document to another format, typically a digital representation.


    Document Keys

    Values set that define and describe a document. There are seven for campus’ implementation of ImageNow: Drawer, Doctype, and five optionable/customizable keys. Discrete documents cannot have the same value for all of the key(s) otherwise they will be considered the same document and effectively merged.


    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.


    Document Review Mode

    Click on the Title of a document in any queue: Active, In Review, In Progress, Inactive and/or Trash to see its content in read-only mode.


    DoIT

    Division of Information Technology


    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.


    DoIT Repair

    The group that handles computer hardware repairs, advanced software troubleshooting and virus removal. Repair is the group that handles machines checked in by the onsite help desk.


    DoIT*

    Division of Information Technology
    DoIT delivers desktop, server, and mainframe computing services and supports networks, telecommunications, Internet connectivity, administrative and academic systems, security, instructional technology, and other functions for UW-Madison. Learn More.


    Double-sided

    see duplex category


    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.


    Drop*

    A term used to indicate dropping a single course.   " (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.


    DRY COW

    A non-lactating cow. The dry period is the time between lactation, when the cow is not secreting milk.


    DUODENUM

    First part of the small intestine. The secretions of the liver and pancreas are discharged into the duodenum.


    Duotone

    a halftone picture made up of two printed colors


    EAO

    Employee Assistance Office.  The Employee Assistance Office is a resource provided by the University of Wisconsin to assist employees and their immediate family members or significant others who are finding it difficult to successfully cope with personal or work related issues and concerns.  http://eao.wisc.edu/


    EAR (of corn)

    The seed-bearing part of a cereal plant. An ear of corn is composed of the grains, the cob, but not the husk, which are removed during harvesting.


    Ecosystem Service

    Benefits people derive from ecosystem. Ecosystem services are typically grouped in four broad categories: provisioning, such as the production of food and water; regulating, such as the control of climate and disease; supporting, such as nutrient cycles and crop pollination; and cultural, such as spiritual and recreational benefits. (Source: Wikipedia)


    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.    


    eduroam

    A worldwide roaming access wireless internet service that allows affiliates of participating schools to access the internet at other participating campuses.
    Handling Information


    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 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".


    EMBRYO

    An organism, animal or vegetal, at its early stage of development.


    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


    End Review Period (WiSH)


    ENDOSPERM

    The nutritive tissue of a plant seed, surrounding and absorbed by the embryo.


    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 - binder provided

    see page 22, job E140248 for example


    EPD - folder

    see page 21, job E140069 for example


    EPD Academic Staff Committee

    1. EPD Academic Staff Committee This committee assists department academic staff with information about academic staff governance and promotions. They are also connected with the college-wide CASI: Committee on Academic Staff Issues which advises the College of Engineering dean on academic staff policy and procedure formulation, review and development, in compliance with campus policies and procedures.


    EPD Community

    • The EPD Community is a central space within Socialcast where conversations can occur related to EPD events or outings, announcements on achievements or fun facts/stories, and anything else the department would like the EPD Community to become. 


    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).


    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.


    EXCRETION

    The removal of a material from an organism. Example of material excreted include tears, urine, feces, sweat and carbon dioxide. Examples of an organism's organs involved in excretion include eyes, bladder, rectum, skins and lungs.


    Exemption Granted

    This is a state in ARROW.  Applications in this state have undergone review by an IRB staff reviewer and determined to qualify for exemption. In this state, the study team can submit changes of protocol, personnel changes, and reportable events, as well as report study completion.  


    Extend Exemption

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the study team to automatically set a new 5 year renewal period for the exemption if the activities are not yet complete.  The study team must provide attestation of exempt status of study.  There is no limited on the use of the “Extend Exemption” activity, as long as the activities conducted under the exemption are not yet complete and the the exempt status of the study has not changed.


    FA - Cost of Attendance (COA)

    The estimated cost a student is expected to incur while attending the university. The student’s estimated Cost of Attendance (COA) for the academic year may vary by residency, active terms of enrollment (e.g., December graduates), enrollment level (e.g. ½ time) , Study Abroad program, program of study and other miscellaneous adjustments.  The COA includes both direct cost, which appear on the student account (tuition and fees) and indirect cost which is an estimate of a student’s cost for books, housing, food, transportation/travel and miscellaneous expenses.
    For more information on the Cost of Attendance, please visit the Office of Student Financial Aid's Cost of Attendance web page.


    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 - Gift Need (Need Not Met by Gift Aid)

    Gift Need the gap between the cost of attending college and the gift aid a student is granted. In other words, it is the gap that remains for an individual student after all scholarship and grands (but not loans and Federal Work Study) are applied towards their Federal Need.
    Federal Need – Total Gift Aid = Gift Need


    Equation Examples:

    $5,000 Federal Need - $3,000 Grant Aid awarded  = $2,000 Gift Need
    $5,000 Federal Need - $10,000 Grant Aid awarded  = $0 Gift Need


    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.


    Favorite

    A Salesforce tool that enables the user to quickly find a set of records. See Add Favorite and Favorites List in Navigating Salesforce.


    FERMENTATION (in the rumen)

    The transformation of carbohydrates in absence of oxygen by rumen micro flora that produces volatile fatty acids such as acetic acid, propionic acid and butyric acid, and gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4).


    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


    FIBROUS CARBOHYDRATE

    Hemicellulose and cellulose that can be quantify by the neutral detergent fiber procedure.


    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


    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.


    First Generation

    A student who does not have a parent that graduated with a bachelor’s degree (as defined by the University of Wisconsin System). First Generation is a recruiting category used by the undergraduate Admissions office to indicate that a student has reported themselves to be a first generation college student. Please note: this is a self-report field which means students may accidentally mark themselves as first generation or they may not know that they would be considered first generation. Values are:
    • Y - Yes
    • Blank - Did Not Indicate First Generation Status OR Graduate/Professional/Special Student (i.e. who did not complete Undergraduate Admissions App)


    Foamcore

    strong, styrofoam-like board that printed material is mounted to


    FODDER

    Coarse feeds, such as straw, corn or sorghum stalks.


    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.


    Font

    A font is a set of printable or displayable text characters in a specific style and size.


    Food Desert

    This term was defined by Congress in 2008 as an area in the USA with limited access to affordable and nutritious food, particularly such an area composed of predominantly lower income neighborhoods and communities


    Food Insecurity

    The USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) defines food insecurity as a household characteristic. Food insecure households are those for which “consistent access to adequate food is limited by a lack of money and other resources at times during the year” (See more at: USDA-ERS).


    Food Insecurity

    The state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. During the first decade of this century, more than 800 million people live every day with hunger or food insecurity as their constant companion (see also National Academy of Science definitions).


    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.


    Food Security

    Food security exists “when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life.” According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the three pillars of food security are: availability, access and (safe) utilization. In addition you can learn about the four dimensions of food insecurity at the FAO website.


    Food Waste

    Food waste is a component of food loss and occurs when an edible item goes unconsumed as a result of human action or inaction, such as food discarded by retailers as a result of appearance or plate waste by consumers.


    FORAGE

    Feed that stimulate rumination due to their long particle size and their high content in fiber. Generally, forages are composed of the leaves and stems (stalk of plants. The bacterial population of the rumen allows the ruminant to digest forages.


    FORAGE TO CONCENTRATE RATIO

    Usually expressed as two percentages. The percentage of ration dry matter that is made up of forage and the percentage of ration dry matter that is composed of concentrates. The two total 100. For example a 50:50 forage to concentrate ratio means that a cow eating 20 kg of dry matter of that ration would eat 10 kg of concentrate dry matter and 10 kg of forage dry matter.


    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 Archive

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB to move a study to the archived state. 


    Forward to Archive

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager to manually forward a submission that has been withdrawn by the IRB to the archive state.  


    Forward to Changes Requested - Scientific Review

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager to forward a submission in the IRB withdrawn state to the Changes Requested -Scientific Review state.


    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 Expedited Reviewer

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


    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.


    Forward to IRB Administrative Review

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager to forward a new submission to administrative review when scientific review is not required for the new submission. The activity requires attestation from IRB submission manager  that scientific review is not required. 


    Forward to IRB Pre-Meeting

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager to transition a submission out of the PRS review state back to the IRB Pre-Meeting state in preparation for review at a convened IRB meeting.  


    Forward to IRB Pre-Meeting

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager or the IRB staff reviewer to forward a submission currently in the PRS review state to IRB Pre-Review.


    Forward to IRB Review of Modification Response

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to forward a submission to the IRB for review of a modification response from the study team.  This activity can be used when the study team's response requires additional review by the full IRB.


    Forward to Issues Pending

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


    Forward to Modifications Requested

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager to forward a submission in the IRB withdrawn state to the Modifications Requested state.


    Forward to Pre-Submission

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to forward a submission back to the Pre-submission state.  This activity can occur in Pre-review, In Expedited Review and In Exempt Review states.  This activity can be used when the application has been triaged incorrectly (e.g. requires review by a different IRB or scientific review). 


    Forward to Scientific Review

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager or IRB staff reviewer to forward a submission to scientific review.  Applications will be assigned to: 1. CTRC PIR, 2. PRMC, or 3. ICTR SRC. 


    Foward to Exempt Reviewer

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to forward an application to an exempt reviewer.  This activity should be used when it is determined that exempt 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.


    FRUCTOSE (C6H12O6)

    A sweet sugar occurring in many fruits and honey.


    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.


    Fund Code

    The 'Fund Code' field on a WiSH portfolio is intended for the scholarship funding string. Fund Codes must be formatted in the correct format and include the correct components as shown below:
    • Account_Fund_Program_Org_Project/Grant (Example: 5711_233_9_123456_PRJ1234)
    Awards made in WiSH will NOT send to SIS, pay out students, show up in WISER, etc. unless a Fund Code is present and accurate.


    GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT

    The stomach and the intestine as a functional unit.


    General Application (WiSH)


    GERMINATE (to)

    To begin to or to cause to grow (syn to sprout.


    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.


    GOITER

    An enlargement of the thyroid gland associated with iodine deficiency and visible as a swelling at the front of the neck.


    GPS Form*

    Graduate/Professional School Advising Form
    A form to take to an advisor in the graduate or professional program you are interested in before applying as a Special student.  Learn More.


    Greenhouse Gas (GHG)

    Any of the atmospheric gases, both natural and anthropogenic, that contribute to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation produced by solar warming of the Earth's surface. Water vapor (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (NO2) and ozone (O3) are the primary greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.


    Greenhouse Gas Effect

    Heat trapping effect of greenhouse gases in the troposphere (lowest portion of the earth's atmosphere)


    Group

    Groups in Office 365 let you choose a set of people that you wish to collaborate with and easily set up a collection of resources for those people to share - such as emails, files, and calendar data. You don’t have to worry about manually assigning permissions to all those resources because adding members to the group automatically gives them the permissions they need to the tools your group provides.


    Halftone

    converting a continuous tone to dots for printing


    Head-to-head

    right reading sheets with head on top, that, when duplexed, heads run together on front and back of sheet. The back sheet is right-side up


    Head-to-toe

    right reading sheets with head on top, that, when duplexed, heads run opposite on front and back of sheet. The back sheet is upside down


    HEAT PERIOD

    A period of 9 to 24 hours preceding the ovulation during which cows are receptive to bulls and exhibit a typical behavior of mounting other cows or standing when mounted by other cows (or a bull).


    Hedonic

    Relating to or considered in terms of pleasant (or unpleasant) sensations.


    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.


    Hide/Show Errors

    The Hide/Show Errors link appears at the top of each application form. This link checks the submission for any required questions that are not answered.


    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.


    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.


    Home Address

    The home address is generally, but not always, the permanent home address where the student resides when not attending UW-Madison. All home address fields - address lines 1 and 2, city, state, postal code, county, country - relate to the home address. However, as these attributes are dependent upon the student keeping them updated, they are not always accurate.


    home institution*

    University or college a student is currently admitted to and attending.


    Human Resources

    1. Human Resources handles payroll, benefits, payroll funding information, recruiting, reclassifications and promotions, retirements, emeritus appointments, HR concerns.


    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.


    I-9 Form

    Federal form that proves employment eligibility that must be completed by all new employees.  UW-Madison completes their I-9s electronically using HireRight.  

    Section 1 of the electronic I-9 form must be completed on or before the first day of the appointment.  The electronic I-9 system will provide the lists of acceptable documents and detailed instructions on how to complete the form.  The required documents must be presented in person to the hiring department within three days of the appointment start date.


    ImageNow Printer

    Software that enables you to "print" files into a .TIFF (tagged image file format); for desktop users, the ImageNow Printer will display as a device in the “Devices and Printers,” “Printers and Faxes” area of the Windows’ Control Panel.


    Import File (WiSH)


    Imposition

    the arrangement of pages on a press sheet, or, the arrangement of fields on a document


    Impression

    putting an image on paper


    Inbox

    The Inbox appears whenever a user logs into ARROW. Studies that appear in the Inbox require action by the user before a study can move forward in the review process.


    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.). 


    Institution

    [Noun]

    1:  From institutional economics:  Economic institutions include norms (uncodified social rules), laws, and property relations (such as private property or communal property).  

    2:  From sociology:  Social institutions are established or standardized patterns of rule-governed behavior. They include the family, education, religion, and economic and political institutions.  The also include the nested systems of relationships, processes, beliefs, practices, arrangements, expectations, and incentives that constitute these higher-order institutions.
    See Topics in Sociology for more information, examples, and interesting food for thought.

    3:  A large organization that has a particular kind of work or purpose.
          (e.g., financial/educational/research etc. institution)
          ...The food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the IPCC, the World Bank, central banks in general.

    Other definitions (not necessarily used in this class):

    4:  A building that people are sent to when they need to be looked after, for example old people or children with no parents - often used to show disapproval:  I was determined not to put my mother in an institution.
     
    5:  When something is started or introduced in society, especially something relating to the law or politics:  The institution of divorce proceedings

    6:  To be an institution:  if a person, place, event, etc. is an institution, they have been an important part of a place for a very long time - often used humorously:  The British pub isn't just somewhere to drink - it's an institution.





    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.


    INTERNATIONAL UNITS (IU)

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


    InterPro Customer Service

    1. InterPro Customer Service is responsible for handling emails from customers.


    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.


    IRB Member Modification Review

    This is a state in ARROW in which an IRB member can conduct a review of a modification response by the study team upon the request of an IRB staff reviewer.  In this state, the IRB member can submit modification review notes regarding their assessment of the modification response.  Then the IRB staff reviewer forwards the submission back to IRB Review of Modification Response.


    IRB Review of Modification Response

    This is a state in ARROW.  Studies in this state were previously reviewed by the IRB and modifications were requested.  The response from the study team requires review by the IRB to determine whether the study team has adequately addressed the IRB's requests.  In this state, the IRB staff reviewer can send the modification response to an IRB member or schedule it for review at a full meeting.


    IRBD (IRB Director)

    Abbreviation for IRB director role.


    IRBSM (IRB Submission Manager)

    Abbreviation for IRB submission manager role.  The submission manager is responsible for the triage and administrative review of all IRB submissions to ARROW.


    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.


    Issue CTRC PIR Decision

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the CTRC PIR committee representative to indicate in the ARROW system the outcome of the committee review.  Once the motion has been entered, the study will transition out of the 'Scientific Review' state.


    Issue PRMC Motion

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the PRMC representative to indicate in the ARROW system the outcome of the PRMC review.  Once the motion has been entered, the study will transition out of the 'Scientific Review' state.


    Issue SRC Motion

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the SRC representative to indicate in the ARROW system the outcome of the scientific review. Once the motion has been entered, the study will transition out of the 'Scientific Review' state.


    Jump-To

    The Jump-To menu at the top of each application allows the user to jump directly to any section of that form.


    Kanopy

    A video streaming service that was discontinued by UW-Madison Libraries. Any questions about Kanopy must be referred to the General Library Help Desk

    For more information, see https://www.library.wisc.edu/music/2018/06/28/kanopy-no-longer-available/


    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. 


    KETOSIS

    A condition characterized by a lack of appetite, especially for concentrates and an abnormally high concentration of ketone bodies (e.g., acetone, hydroxy-butyrate) in the blood. Ketosis or acetonemia occurs when the cow mobilizes large amounts of body reserves in early lactation.


    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 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.


    Laminating - Downstairs

    see page 25, job J143415 for example


    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.


    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.


    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.


    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.


    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.


    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.


    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.


    Macro

    A macro is a set of pre-programmed instructions that can be applied to a Salesforce record at the user’s discretion. Macros are used for repetitive tasks. One example in OAR is the use of a macro to: 1) Respond to an often-asked question with an email template that does not have customizable fields, and 2) To update and close the case. 


    Major

    A student’s major is referred to as an academic plan in SIS. Some students may have more than one plan, and all are brought forward. How a student declares a major varies by school or college. Undecided students may show as BA 000 and BS 000.

    Sub-plan is available as a sub-attribute for major in criteria and reports. These codes are generally used for major options and some honors programs.


    Major - Future

    When a student changes their major (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 major will not become their current major until that date. Major - Future displays this future major and the effective date (the date it will change in SIS) of any student who is set to have their major changed. Once the effective date passes, the student's major will change to the new value and Major - Future will become blank.


    Major Option

    Major Option is a named option is a formally documented sub-major within an academic major program.

    For more information, please check out this CAP KB page on named options in academic majors.


    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).


    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™.


    MASTICATION

    To grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth to prepare it for swallowing and digestion (Syn: Chew).


    MATC-Conn*

    Madison Area Technical College Connections Program
    Connections Program offers select applicants, who are Wisconsin residents, the opportunity to start at a partner college or university and finish their bachelor's degree at UW-Madison and hold the distinctive UW-Madison student status from the beginning. 


    MEGACALORIE

    One million calories.


    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.


    MICROBE

    Animal or vegetal organism of microscopic dimension (syn Microorganism).


    MICROORGANISM

    (see Microbe).


    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?


    Microsoft 365 Account

    The location in the Office 365 system where your email, calendar, task list, and address book are stored. Each Office 365 account has one primary address, but can have many alternate addresses.


    Microsoft 365 Transition Website

    Located at 365transition.wisc.edu, the Office 365 Transition Website is the first stop for those who are interested to know more about the transition. It provides general info on everything from the project history and the business case to the Office 365 Team roster and announcements to campus.


    Microsoft 365 Video

    Office 365 Video is an intranet website portal where people can post and view videos. It's a streaming video service that's available with SharePoint Online in Office 365. It's a great place to share videos of executive communications or recordings of classes, meetings, presentations, or training sessions, for example. Office 365 Video displays a thumbnail image of each video on the site. You just select a thumbnail to view a particular video.


    MILL (to)

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


    MItigation

    A human intervention to reduce the human impact on the climate system; it includes strategies to reduce greenhouse gas sources and emissions and enhancing greenhouse gas sinks (Source: EPA Glossary).


    Modfications Requested

    This is a state in ARROW.  Studies in this state have gone to an IRB meeting and IRB modifications have been sent to the study team.  Study teams must submit a response to the modifications before the study can move on from this state.


    Modification Response Approved

    This is an activity that is completed by a staff review.  This means that a modification response submitted by a study team has been reviewed by the IRB staff reviewer and was found to have adequately addressed the IRB's concerns without the need for additional full board review. 


    Modification Response Reviewed

    Allows a floater (assistant) to confirm that they have completed a preliminary review of a modification response submitted by a study team. Additional action must be taken by the assigned staff reviewer in order for the submission to move forward in the system.


    Moire

    occurs when screen angles are wrong causing odd patterns in photographs


    MONOGASTRIC

    Having one digestive cavity (i.e., one stomach).


    MOPTC*

    Must Obtain Permission to Continue- Status Code Student Information Services (SIS) internal code indicating that a student must obtain permission to continue from their dean's office, typically from failure to maintain good academic standing.


    MORBIDITY

    Morbidity is an incidence of ill health. It is measured in various ways, often by the probability that a randomly selected individual in a population at some date and location would become seriously ill in some period of time. Contrast to mortality.


    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.


    MOSSE*

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem George L. Mosse Graduate Exchange Fellowship 
    Enables graduate students from UW Madison to spend an academic year at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (HUJ) in order to advance their careers and broaden their intellectual horizons. Learn More.


    Multi on

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


    MULTIPAROUS (cow)

    A cow that has given birth more than once.


    NCR - Offset

    see page 10, job F141492 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.


    New Continuing Review (CR)

    This is an activity available to study teams for all studies in the Approved state.  This allows study teams to initiate a new continuing review application.


    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. 


    NOC

    The former name for the Network Operations Center, now the Systems & Network Control Center (SNCC).


    NON-FIBER CARBOHYDRATE

    Carbohydrates that are not part of the neutral detergent fiber, but generally accumulate in the plant as energy reserve (e.g., starch). These carbohydrates usually are more rapidly and more completely digested than the fibrous carbohydrates (syn Non-structural carbohydrate).


    NON-PROTEIN NITROGEN (NPN)

    Nitrogen that comes from a source other than protein but may be used by a ruminant in the building of protein. NPN sources include compounds such as urea and anhydrous ammonia, which are used in feed formulations for ruminant only.


    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).


    Notebook Production Group (NPG)

    1. The Notebook Production Group (NPG) collaborates with instructors and EPD faculty and staff to create high-quality digital and printed course material for EPD's professional development courses. The team uses a combination of tools, expertise, and a streamlined, efficient, and organized process are to ensure that all materials meet the needs of both internal and external customers.


    OAR Salesforce Website

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


    OASDI*

    Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance: 
    It is the official name for Social Security in the United States. It is a comprehensive federal benefits program that provides benefits to retirees, disabled people and their survivors. Learn More.


    OBESE

    extremely fat.


    Object

    A table in our Salesforce database. If we think of our data like a spreadsheet, then an object is a tab on the spreadsheet.


    OCIS

    Office of Campus Information Security


    Odyssey*

    UW-Odyssey Project

    This project offers a University of Wisconsin-Madison humanities class for adult students facing economic barriers to college. Learn more here: Odyssey Project


    Office of Admissions and Recruitment*

    Admissions and recruitment office for all new, transfer or reentry freshman, sophomore, junior or senior students. Learn More.


    Office of the Registrar*

    UW-Madison Office of the Registrar supports the teaching and learning mission of the University of Wisconsin-Madison by providing essential enrollment, curricular, and student record services to the campus community. It is organized into four areas: 

    • Administration, Reporting and Eligibility Services
    • Application Development and Technical Services
    • Curricular and Academic Management Services
    • Student Services


    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


    Offset Job

    see page 11, job F141490 for example


    Offset Paper

    term for uncoated paper


    Offsetting

    using an intermediate surface to transfer ink. This also occurs when images of freshly printed sheets transfer images to each other


    OHR

    Office of Human Resources


    OHR

    OHR refers to the Campus Office of Human Resources


    OIL

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


    OMASUM

    The third stomach of a ruminant between the reticulum and the abomasum. It is characterized by the presence of muscular leaves that may have an absorptive function.


    OneDrive for Business

    OneDrive for Business is Office 365's file hosting service. It allows users to upload and sync files to a cloud storage and then access them from a web browser or their local device.


    OneNote

    OneNote is an electronic version of a paper notebook where you can write down notes, thoughts, ideas, scribbles, reminders, and all kinds of other information. Unlike the traditional document page format of other programs such as word-processing or spreadsheet programs, OneNote offers a free-form canvas where you can type, write, or draw notes in the form of text, graphics, and images wherever and however you want them.


    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.


    Opacity

    the amount of show-through on a printed sheet. The lesser the amount of show-through the thicker the paper, the more show-through the thinner the paper


    Opportunity

    Salesforce object that houses opportunity records. Opportunity records contain application term and status (stage) data. See Salesforce Objects.


    Opportunity (WiSH)


    Opportunity Administrator (WiSH)


    OPT*

    Optional Practical Training
    Provides the ability to work under F1 employment, off-campus independent of your curriculum; however, work on OPT must be related to your academic program of study. Learn More.


    Org

    Short for organization, the place where our Salesforce data, configuration, and customization lives. We log in with our Net ID to access our Salesforce org. You might also hear this called “our instance of Salesforce”. 


    ORGANIC MATTER

    Compounds composed of carbon oxygen hydrogen and nitrogen. All living organisms are composed primarily of organic matter. Fats, carbohydrates and proteins are examples of organic compounds.


    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


    ORTS

    This is a German word that refers to leftovers of a meal. In dairy nutrition the orts is the amount of feed refused from a daily offering. In dairy nutrition research, orts must be sampled and analyzed in order to calculate with precision the consumption of dry matter and nutrients by the cow. Orts expressed as a percent of dry matter offered is a criteria to determine whether an animal was fed ad libitum (Syn: refusals).


    Outage

    Any event in which any of the following criteria are or will be met will constitute an IT Service Outage for a DoIT managed/monitored IT Service:

    • The IT Service is unavailable to its customers or a subset of its customers.
    • The IT Service is unable to function as designed and installed.
    • IT Service performance has degraded to a degree to render the resource unusable.
    • Multiple users' work may be lost.


    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.


    Owner

    The owner is the IRB staff member who has been assigned to review that submission.  Other IRB staff members can take ownership of a submission through the Take Ownership activity. 


    Page count

    total number of pages in a book including blanks


    PaloAlto GlobalProtect

    The VPN client recommended for WiscVPN


    Pantone Matching System

    (PMS) Industry standard for ink mixing


    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.


    PARTURITION

    The act of giving birth (Syn Calving).


    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.


    Perceptive Content

    The desktop application used to access the Enterprise Content Management/Imaging Service at UW-Madison .

    Perceptive Content, formerly ImageNow, is a Hyland system provided to campus that allows users to enter and store documents. Documents are commonly entered via scanner, but can be “printed” into the system or bulk-imported as well.


    Perf (Perforation)

    a series of small cuts at regular intervals usually made to help a sheet tear apart evenly


    Perfect bound book

    see page 29, job J143396 for example


    Permissions

    In Microsoft 365, permissions can enable an individual to access another individual's mail, calendars, and contacts. For example, if User A wanted the ability to modify events in User B's calendar, User B would need to assign read/write/modify permissions to User A. Review complete list of permissions levels (and definitions): Microsoft 365 - Mail and Calendar folder permission levels.


    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.


    Phone Number

    The student’s designated preferred phone number.


    PHOTOSYNTHESIS

    The process by which the chlorophyll of plants converts carbon dioxide and water into simple sugars with the simultaneous release of oxygen.


    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.


    PO

    Purchase Order


    POD

    The structure that contains the seeds of leguminous plants. It usually splits open after drying of the plant.


    Point of Contact (POC)

    The point of contact on a study has the capacity to edit the application and can also submit to the IRB on behalf of the PI.  There may four point of contacts assigned to a study and only the PI and the POCs can submit directly to the IRB.


    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).


    POP

    Post Office Protocol (also referred to as POP3)

    The DoIT Help Desk recommends configuring your Mail client with IMAP instead of POP3. POP3 is recommended only for users who want to read their email offline.


    POP3/POP

    Post Office Protocol (POP) is an application-layer Internet standard protocol used by local email clients to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection.


    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)


    Pre-Submission

    This is a state in ARROW. Pre-submission is the default state for any newly-created submission. Applications in Pre-Submission have not yet been submitted to the IRB.


    PRECISION

    1. The degree with which a measurement is reproducible, that is, yielding similar results when repeated (see also Accuracy).
    2. the number of significant digits to which a value has been reliably measured.


    Primary Academic Program Code

    The Primary Academic Program is designated for each term by the student’s highest ranking career and associated program.


    PRIMIPAROUS (cow)

    1. A young cow that is pregnant for the first time. 2. A cow that has given birth once.


    process color

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


    Program Number

    1. A Program Number can currently be viewed in CSIS by using the unique ET Instance Number assigned to a unique offering of a course being held over specific dates in a specific location. See also: Instance Number [KB Program Number]


    Program Support

    • Program Support is responsible for working with program directors, department faculty, guest lecturers, instructional designers, technical specialists, and student employees to coordinate the scheduling, development, and delivery of both credit and non-credit courses from inception through evaluation.


    PROTEASE

    Digestive enzyme that breakdown proteins into peptides.


    PROTEIN

    A chain or multiple chains of amino acids (more than 100). Proteins are composed of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen nitrogen (16% on average,found in the form of amino acids) and often sulfur. Proteins have important functions in the body. They are present in all plants and animals and they are essential in the ration of animals. See also Crude Protein.


    PROTOZOAN

    Most primitive form of life in the animal kingdom composed of only one microscopic cell.


    PYLORUS

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


    Qualifications (WiSH)


    RDS - Remote Desktop Service

    The Remote Desktop Service (RDS) is a Windows Terminal Server that provides supplemental and/or remote access to applications that are only available on campus, typically on a Windows platform.
    See:  
    Note: This service replaces The Windows Access Facility (WAF) which retired July, 2020.


    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.


    Record Meeting Decision

    During or after an IRB meeting, IRB staff use this activity to record the outcome of the review (e.g. approved, deferred, etc.).


    REGURGITATION

    Reversal of the natural direction in which contents flow through a tube or a cavity in the body. During rumination, rumen contents are regurgitated through the esophagus in the mouth for further mastication.


    Remove from Agenda

    A study that has been assigned to an IRB meeting may need to be removed from the agenda for various reasons (new information has come to light, the study team needs to make additional revisions, etc.).  This activity allows IRB staff to remove a previously scheduled item from an agenda and send it back to pre-review.


    Report

    A Salesforce object that houses the Report Builder tool and folders for reports in use. Salesforce reports are operational, helping the user to answer questions related to data in Salesforce. See Salesforce Reports & Dashboards for Recruitment.


    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.


    Residency for Tuition

    A student's most recent residency status as determined by the Residency Office. Values include “Wisconsin State Resident,” “Non-Resident for Wisconsin,” "Minnesota Compact" or “Unknown”. Please note that the most recent residency may be for a future term.


    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. 


    Resource Account

    In Office 365, a resource account is a non-person account that can be classified as either "room" or "equipment". Examples can include meeting/conference rooms, audio-visual equipment, or vacation calendars. Individuals must be granted permissions to interact with a resource account. More details.


    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.


    Reviewer Notes

    Reviewer Notes are notes made in an application by IRB staff. Reviewer notes labeled IRB Question require a response from the study team. Only IRB staff can create Reviewer Notes in ARROW.


    Revoke Exemption

    If new information comes to light, or changes are made such that a previously exempted study no longer meets the criteria for exemption, the IRB director may revoke the exemption.  This moves the exemption to the "closed" state.


    RHIZOBIUM

    A type of bacteria that live in association with the roots of legume plants and make the nitrogen of the air available to the plants.


    RHIZOME

    A root-like usually horizontal stem growing under or along the ground that sends out roots from its lower surfaces and leaves or shoots from its upper surface.


    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.


    ROOT

    Part of the plant, usually under ground that maintain the plant, withdraw water and other nutrient from the soil, and sometimes accumulate reserves of nutrients.


    ROTC*

    Reserve Officer Training Corps
    "The University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of few universities in the U.S. that host ROTC programs in conjunction with the Army, Navy, and Air Force. These programs offer students the opportunity to earn a commission as an officer in any of the three armed services while pursuing their bachelor’s degree." Learn More.


    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.


    SAT (Composite and Component)

    The highest SAT composite score as reported to the Admissions Office, using the total score of the two components from a single test date: Mathematics (MATHS) and Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (EBRW).  The best possible score is 1600. 
    • Before March 2016, the SAT composite score was the combined score of the three main test sections (mathematics, verbal, and writing). The best possible score was 2400.


    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. 


    Scope (WiSH)


    Score

    an intentional crease made in paper to help eliminate cracking when folded


    SCOUR

    see diarrhea.


    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.


    SECRETION

    The movement of a material from one place to another. Secretion is often required to move a material to the place where it can be excreted. Examples of materials secreted include all materials excreted (see Excretion above), plus enzymes, hormones and saliva. The organs that play a role in secretion include all those involved in excretion, plus the digestive glands like salivary glands, pancreas, liver and gallbladder and endocrine glands like the thyroid gland, pituitary gland, and ovaries and testes.


    Self cover

    a cover of the same paper as inside text pages


    Send Administrative Issues to Study Team

    The IRB Submission Manager reviews all new submissions to ARROW for completeness and any other administrative concerns (incorrect/missing documentation,etc.).  Any identified issues are sent from the submission manager to the study team via this activity.


    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 Correspondence to STE

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to send formal correspondence from the IRB (e.g. IRB approval letter) to the study team.  The study team members with email/edit access will receive notification that formal correspondence has been sent that then the study team can access the document(s) in their ARROW workspace.


    Send Issues to STE

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to send issues, including reviewer notes, requests for modifications and clarifications, to the study team to address.  This is a transitional activity that moves a submission to the Issues Pending state.


    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 Revised Determination to Study Team

    This is an activity in ARROW in the Exemption Granted state.  This activity allows the IRB staff reviewer to send a revised exemption determination to the study team.


    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. 


    Send to IRB Member

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer to send modifications made by the study team to an IRB member to review.  This is a transitional activity that moves a submission from the IRB Review of Modification Response to the IRB Member Modification Review state.


    Send to Pre-Submission

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the PI or POC to send an application back to the Pre-Submission state from the Withdrawn state. For example, the PI withdrew an application from the IRB review process and now wants to start the submission process again using the previously withdrawn application.


    Send to PRS Review

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB submission manager to send a submission to Preliminary Review Session (PRS) review. Once the IRB submission manager executes this activity, the submission moves to the PRS review state.


    SEO

    Systems Engineering and Operations


    Service Account

    Microsoft 365 service accounts are intended to be used for shared/changing roles (e.g., info, secretary, webmaster, newsletter, feedback, etc.) or service/programmatic access (e.g., printers, copiers, mailers). Service accounts can be accessed via all Outlook clients. Learn more about the types of accounts available within UW-Madison's implementation of Microsoft 365.


    Service Account

    An OAR email address that ends in @admissions.wisc.edu and that represents a core function of our office rather than an individual. See Case Queues in Cases.


    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.).


    Set Expiration Date

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the IRB staff reviewer or IRB floater to set the expiration date for a continuing review submission, rather than relying on the default expiration date set by the system (at 1 year minus 1 day from the meeting date). 


    SharePoint

    SharePoint is a web application framework and platform which integrates intranet, content management, and document management. You can use it as a secure place to store, organize, share, and access information from almost any device. Learn more.


    SharePoint Designer

    Microsoft SharePoint Designer is a specialized HTML editor and web design freeware for creating or modifying Microsoft SharePoint sites, workflows and web pages.


    Short Course

    • A Short Course is one of the main products EPD offers. These are 1-5 day courses that are held either on-campus or in a popular location. Participants earn continuing education credits or professional development hours by attending that may be used toward professional licensure, i.e.: Licensed engineers in WI must earn 30 credits/hours every biennium. See also non-credit.


    Sifting and Winnowing

    The phrase "sifting and winnowing" refers to UW-Madison's historic tradition of defense of intellectual and academic freedom. The words are taken from an 1894 report of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents and were originally used to explain the board's refusal to censure a professor accused of socialist and pro-union activity. The words are mounted on a plaque on the front of Bascom Hall:

    WHATEVER MAY BE THE LIMITATIONS WHICH TRAMMEL INQUIRY ELSEWHERE, WE BELIEVE THAT THE GREAT STATE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SHOULD EVER ENCOURAGE THAT CONTINUAL AND FEARLESS SIFTING AND WINNOWING BY WHICH ALONE THE TRUTH CAN BE FOUND.


    SILO

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


    SOAR*

    Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration 
    New student orientation, program advising and course registration for freshman, transfer, or an international students. Learn more here: SOAR / Student Orientation Advising and Registration / Center for the First-Year Experience


    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.


    SOP

    Standard Operating Procedure


    SPROUT (to)

    To grow or to develop quickly (syn to germinate).


    Stack by page or subset

    to keep each piece separate or independent


    STANDARD DEVIATION (statistics)

    Standard deviation (SD) is a measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean. If the data points are further from the mean, there is higher deviation within the data set. The SD shares the same unit as the mean. The SD is calculated as the square root of variance by determining the variation between each data point relative to the mean. The symbol for standard deviation is σ (the Greek letter sigma). Approximately, in a normal distribution,
    38% of all observations are within ± 0.5 SD units of the mean;
    68% of all observations are within ± 1 SD units of the mean;
    95% of all observations are within ± 2 SD units of the mean;
    99% of all observations are within ± 3 SDunits of the mean.


    Stereotype Threat

     The term refers to being at risk [given a specific set of contextual circumstances] of confirming a negative stereotype about one's social group as a self-characteristic [i.e., a personal trait]. For example, Let's say that you find yourself in a situation in which you realize that someone may have a steretotype about you [because of you physical appearance, gender or any other general characteristic of social group] and there is a part of you that is afraid that your [about to be undertaking] action and behavior will prove to that person that the stereotype is true. The concept was first introduced in seminal publication of Steele and Arsonson (1995) (see also ResearchGate link).


    STILLBORN CALF

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


    Stock

    the material to be printed on


    STOVER

    Fodder; mature-cured stalks from which seeds have been removed, such as stalks of corn or stalk of sorghum without heads.


    STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATE

    (see Fibrous carbohydrate).


    Student Group

    Student Groups are SIS attributes used for hundreds of different populations on campus, including First Year Interest Groups (FYIGs), honors programs, and others. If you would like to have a Student Group added to WiSH, please contact us at scholarships@finaid.wisc.edu. Values include:

    SIS Student Group Codes and their definitions
    SIS Student Group Code Description
    BEL Business Emerging Leaders
    CAE Center for Academic Excellence
    CAQS CALS Quickstart Participant
    CEO Center for Educational Opportunity
    CESP Community Environmental Scholars Program
    CSP Chancellor’s Scholars
    ECSL ECE Summer Launch
    FNED High Financial Need
    FSC1 Farm Short Course Year 1
    FSC2 Farm Short Course Year 2
    FWAV First Wave Program
    HDLA Honors - Liberal Arts (EDU)
    HLLA Honors - Liberal Arts (L&S)
    HMAJ Honors in the Major (L&S)
    ISSI International Student Summer Institute
    MESL Mechanical Engineering Summer Launch
    PEOP PEOPLE Program
    PKSP Powers-Knapp Scholars
    POSS Posse Program
    WESL WI Experience Summer Launch
    WISE WISE – Enrollment (i.e. Women in Science & Engineering)


    Student Notebooks

    Student Notebooks are a part of Office 365's Class Notebook app. They are private notebooks that are shared between each teacher and their individual students. Teachers can access these notebooks at any time, but students cannot see other students’ notebooks.


    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. 


    Stunted growth

    Stunted growth also known as stunting and nutritional stunting, is a reduced growth rate in human development, characterized by a low height for one's age. It is a primary manifestation of malnutrition (or more precisely undernutrition) and recurrent infections, such as diarrhea and helminthiasis, in early childhood and even before birth, due to malnutrition during fetal development brought on by a malnourished mother. An estimated 162 million children under 5 years of age, or 25%, were stunted in 2012 (Source: Wikipedia).


    Sub-Domain

    A sub-domain is a domain that is part of a larger domain; the only domain that is not also a sub-domain is the root domain. For example, doit.wisc.edu and engr.wisc.edu are sub-domains of the wisc.edu domain.


    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 Issues Response

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


    Submit Modification Response

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows the PI or POC to submit their modification response to the IRB.  Once the PI or POC submits their modification response, the submission transitions to the IRB Review of Modification Response state.


    Submit Modification Review Notes

    Review state to the IRB Review of Modification Response 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 Request to Reactivate

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows a PI or POC to submit a request to reactivate a submission that is in the IRB withdrawn state.  


    Submit Request to Reopen

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows a PI or POC to submit a request to reopen a study that is in the Study Completed state or in the Closed state.


    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)


    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.


    SYMBIOSIS

    The intimate living together of two dissimilar organism in any of various mutually beneficial relationships.


    Synchronous

    1. Synchronous learning refers to a learning environment in which everyone takes part at the same time. Lecture is an example of synchronous learning in a face-to-face environment, where learners and teachers are all in the same place at the same time.


    SysOps

    Systems Operations


    System Administrator (WiSH)


    Tabs Job

    see page 3, job J143400 for example


    Take Ownership

    This is an activity in ARROW that allows an IRB staff reviewer or IRB director to take ownership of a submission from another IRB staff reviewer. This may be necessary when the original assigned staff reviewer is unavailable or workload needs to be shifted.


    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)

    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.


    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.


    Trim Box

    (see also Keyline defintion)


    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.


    Undergraduate Admissions Recruitment Initiated Event Campaign

    Campaign used by recruiters for high school, college and organization visits. 

    Naming Convention
    State or Country Code - School Name - Month - Year


    Undergraduate Admissions Recruitment Invited Event Campaign

    Campaign used by recruiters for college fairs, panels, and other events we are invited to.

    Naming Convention
    State or Country Code - School Name - Year [for fairs] 
    OR
    State or Country Code - Org Name - Event Name - Season - Year [for other external events]


    Undergraduate Admissions Recruitment Trip Campaign

    Campaign used by recruiters to set up a recruitment trip or recruiting season itinerary.

    Naming Convention
    Last Name-State or Country Code - Month - Year
    OR
    Last Name - Season - Year


    Undergraduate Admissions UW Sponsored Event

    Campaign used by recruitment and events team members for prospective student recruitment sessions and Visit Bucky events.


    Unit of Mass in Metric System

    1,000,000,000,000,000  1x1015 petagram (Pg) quadrillion  
    1,000,000,000,000  (Million Metric Tons or Megatonnes)1x1012 teragram (Tg) trillion
     1,000,000,000  (Thousand Metric Tons) 1x109 gigagram (Gg) billion
     1,000,000  (Metric Ton) 1x106 megagram (Mg) million
     1,000   1x103 kilogram (Kg) thousand  
     100   1x102 hectogram (Hg) hundred  
     10   1x101 decagram (Dg) ten  
     1    gram    
       0.1 10-1 decigram (dg) tenth   
       0.01 10-2 centigram (cg) hundredth  
       0.001 10-3 milligram (mg) thousandth  
       0.000,001 10-6 microgram (µg) millionth  
       0.000,000,001 10-9 nanogram (ng) billionth  
       0.000,000,000,001 10-12 picogram (pg) trillionth  
       0.000,000,000,000,001 10-15 femtogram (fp) quadrillionth  


    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.


    UNOS*

    Special student classification: Others, one term only
    Non-degree seeking students, one term as designated by ACSSS* academic advisor. Learn More.


    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.   


    UREA [CO(NH2)2]

    A nitrogen-containing organic compound found in urine and other body fluids. Urea is synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide. Urea can be used as fertilizer or as a source of nitrogen in the ration of ruminants.


    UV Coating

    protective liquid coating applied to printed sheets (similar to varnish), bonded and cured with ultra-violet (UV) light


    UW Board of Regents*

    “. . . consists of 18 members, 16 of whom are appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. ” “The Board is responsible for establishing policies and rules for governing the System, . . .future state needs for collegiate education, . . . admission standards and policies, reviewing and approving university budgets . . .. “ Learn More.


    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.


    W-9 Form

    1. Form W-9 is a commonly used IRS form titled Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification. True to its name, individuals and entities use the form to provide their taxpayer identification number to entities that will pay them income during the tax year. Companies use your W-9 for accounting purposes but doesn't send the form to the IRS. The information is used to prepare 1099-MISC forms at the end of the year.


    WD Worker ID

    The ID assigned in Workday. This ID can be used for Graduate students, Professional students, or International students (i.e. Students with a J-1 or F-1 Visa Type) to be paid via the “Payroll” method.


    Web Conference

    1. A Web Conference is a form of real-time communication in which multiple computer users, all connected via the Internet, see the same screen at the same time in their Web browsers. Some Web conferencing systems include features such as text chat, VoIP (voice over IP), whiteboard, and full-motion video. Can also be referred to as a Webinar.


    Wisc Account Administration Site

    A web site that allows administrators and end users to manage accounts (NetID and departmental) that access Office 365, WiscMail, CloudFax, Box, Qualtrics, LastPass, and Google Apps.


    Wisconsin County

    The county of residence for a student.

    Note: We suggest using in combination with Mailing Address, Home Address, Residency for Tuition and/or High School State to ensure accuracy.


    Wisconsin Federation Login

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


    Withdraw Continuing Review

    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 or archive it.


    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.


    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


    Work and turn

    using the same plate and common guide, printing one side of a sheet, and flipping it from left to right to print on the back of the sheet


    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.


    Workspace ONE

    Workspace ONE is VMWare’s unified endpoint management (UEM) service. The service allows individual campus units to configure and manage devices on multiple platforms such as macOS, iOS, Android, and Windows. Workspace ONE allows Research IT to purchase and install Apple App Store software on enrolled devices, and to uninstall software and reassign licenses as needed.

    Users also have access to popular UW campus-provided software as well as freely available offerings via the self-service features of the Workspace ONE Intelligent Hub. Workspace ONE also allows the configuration of security and other device policies.


    WSO

    Workspace ONE


    WSOB*

    Wisconsin School of Business 
    At the University of Wisconsin Madison, Grainger Hall, dedicated to "foster a passionate and diverse community of scholars, leaders and learners to address the business challenges, inspire leadership, and improve lives."  Learn More.


    Yellow

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


    YOP*

    Youth Options Program
    Created by the Wisconsin State Legislature; allows qualified public high school students to enroll in courses at institutions of higher education for qualified junior and senior Wisconsin public high school students. Learn More.