Seal Of The University Of Wisconsin

Who We Are The Universities of Wisconsin are a constellation of 13 public universities making Wisconsin future ready, for all. Our unique and individual universities are part of a collective network and respected brand, offering Wisconsin exceptional value in public higher education. The people and communities of Wisconsin take pride in their public universities.

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The University of Wisconsin's seal and motto The University's first chancellor, John Lathrop, who assisted in the creation of the seal, described the interpretation of the logo quotThe real meaning of 'lumen' is made perfectly clear by the eye and the rays. If in classical Latin 'numen' means a divine power manifested in any way, and if

Seal. The UW System seal represents the long-standing relationship between the state of Wisconsin and its public universities. The seal is reserved as an official ceremonial mark to be used in media or communications from the Office of the President on materials such as Official documents Awards and certificates

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The Seal. The seal of the University of Wisconsin is called the Numen Lumen - after the type of motto it contains. It is in the middle of the sign, above the Eye of God, looking intently forward. The inscription is quotmaskedquot in its eyelashes each letter is isolated by a long, thin line. Above the eye with the black pupil is an eyelid

The phrase quotNumen Lumen,quot developed as part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's seal and motto, is Latin and can be translated to mean, quotGod, our light.quot But, according to a University Communications News Library article, the UW's first chancellor, John Lathrop, who assisted in the creation of the motto, interpreted it to mean, quotThe divine

When I was a freshman at the UW in the late '80s, the most prevalent university logos adorning T-shirts and other items were Bucky Badger with a block quotWquot in the background and the quotNumen Lumenquot seal. By the time I was a senior, Barry Alvarez arrived on campus and the Motion W became popular.

One of the great mysteries of UW-Madison is the university's seal, a vaguely creepy-looking design showing the rays of the sun over an upturned eye, and the rhyming motto quotNumen Lumen.quot Sometimes, when the UW is feeling particularly pretentious, it includes the Latin phrase Universitatis Wisconsinensis Sigillum, which means quotthe seal of the University of Wisconsin.quot

You may be wondering why the UW uses this seal if no one truly knows what it means. The Numen Lumen motto was the first official seal of the UW, chosen on February 11, 1854, to replace the 50-cent piece that was simply a stand-in when the paperwork establishing the UW was signed in 1848.