Early in her tenure as UW-Madison chancellor, Biddy Martin addressed students during the Chancellor’s Convocation at the Kohl Center, part of Wisconsin Welcome activities in August 2008.

Chancellor Biddy Martin (right of center) and Dean of Students Lori Berquam (far right) chatted with students in front of the Kohl Center following the Chancellor's Convocation.

During move-in day at Ogg Hall for 2008’s fall semester, Chancellor Biddy Martin offered a personal welcome to an incoming undergraduate and his parents.

Viewing UW-Madison as an agent for change during an economic recession, Chancellor Biddy Martin held three Chancellor’s Forums on campus. Here she listened as a forum participant shares highlights from brainstorming sessions at the campus’s Red Gym.

Introduced during Biddy Martin’s time as chancellor, the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates used a supplemental tuition charge to invest in the undergraduate experience while expanding the pool of need-based financial aid.

Chancellor Biddy Martin reacted with a laugh as a new UW-Madison graduate did an impromptu dance during the 2009 spring commencement ceremony at the Kohl Center.

Chancellor Biddy Martin and Richard Davidson, director of the UW’s Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, escorted His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet from the grounds of Olin House, the chancellor's university residence, during a reception in May 2010.

As part of a unique exchange with Beijing Sports University, nine Chinese student-athletes spent fall semester 2010 at UW-Madison, where they attended classes and internships. The students presented an autographed photo to Chancellor Biddy Martin (right) during a welcome event.

As students filed out of the Chancellor’s Convocation in September 2010, volunteers handed out copies of a book selected for Go Big Read, a common-reading program introduced by Chancellor Biddy Martin to engage the campus and Madison community in a shared, academically focused reading experience.

Dancers in a masquerade parade kicked off Illuminate: UW-Madison Year of the Arts on campus. “Throughout the university’s history, the arts have provided richness, depth, diversity and insight to the entire campus community,” said Chancellor Biddy Martin, a passionate advocate for the arts and humanities.

During one of many special events during Chancellor Biddy Martin’s time as UW-Madison chancellor, students welcomed President Barack Obama to the stage at Library Mall at in September 2010 — the first visit by a sitting president in 60 years.

Audience members listened and shared their thoughts as Chancellor Biddy Martin described the New Badger Partnership during a campus forum in October 2010, one of many public sessions held to discuss the proposal for a new business model for the university.

Hundreds of visitors gathered in December 2010 for the grand opening of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, which houses public and private research institutes on the UW-Madison campus. During her tenure as chancellor, Biddy Martin spoke often of the power of interdisciplinary research.

UW fans cheered during the Rose Bowl game between UW-Madison and Texas Christian University in January 2011. An avid Badgers fan herself, Chancellor Biddy Martin included the Rose Bowl berth on her list of the campus’s 2010 accomplishments.

Chancellor Biddy Martin embraced the power of social media, from posting to Facebook and Twitter, to leading live web chats, such as one she and other administrators conducted from her Bascom Hall office in February 2011 to answer questions and share thoughts about a state budget proposal.

Chancellor Biddy Martin turned to John Morgridge after he and Tashia Morgridge, both UW alumni and frequent donors to the university, addressed graduates during the 2011 spring commencement ceremonies at the Kohl Center.