Discovery Building Welcome Desk Operations
Updated Fall 2021
The Discovery Building Welcome Desk is staffed Monday through Friday, 9:00am-3:00pm. Exceptions to this schedule may occur. Management and staffing of the Welcome Desk is provided by UW-Madison Campus and Visitor Relations.
The scope of service includes:
Open and close the Welcome Desk
Display signage when the desk is closed and with desk operational updates as needed
Respond to in-person inquires
Provide Discovery Building, campus, and community information and referral services to
assist visitors, vendors, students, faculty, staff, and community members with locating
information and resources, utilizing a variety of internal and external resources
Contact Event, AV, Outreach and Catering staff for event related needs via Programming managed radio channels
Contact UW Physical Plant Customer Service for 1st floor and exterior building maintenance and custodial issues
Contact UWPD for safety, security, and emergency situations
Contact DiscoverIT for Check-In Kiosk and 1st floor digital screen technical issues
Maintain a building lost and found

