About the Student Union Initiative

The Student Union Initiative is a proposed plan to fund improvements to the Wisconsin Union facilities, which include Memorial Union and Union South. The main goal of the Initiative is to preserve the past at Memorial Union and build the future at Union South using funds from student segregated fees, private donations and other sources.

When the Student Union Initiative passes, the UW-Madison campus, including student organizations, Union employees and every student looking to enrich their college experience.

University of Wisconsin-Madison students voted “yes” to an initiative that will preserve the stature of Memorial Union while significantly upgrade and renovate the nearly 80-year-old building and build a new “green” student union on the current site of Union South. According the paper ballot counted by Associate Students of Madison Student Election Commission, the Initiative passed by about 600 votes, 1671 to 900.

To learn more about the specifics of the Student Union Initiative, please click the links on the left.