UW System Clipsheet
May 12, 2006
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"Shields' experience at UW-Fox Valley pays off," Letter to the Editor, Appleton Post-Crescent, April 27.
UW-Fox Valley Dean Jim Perry lends his support to recently appointed UW System Regent Tom Shields, the first "non-traditional" student to be appointed to the board.
On Campus
"Larson steps aside for new UW-EC chief," Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, May 11.
UW-Eau Claire Interim Chancellor Vicki Lord Larson bid adieu to students and colleagues at a farewell reception, calling herself a "Blugold forever;" new Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich will begin at the campus in June.
"Construction begins on UW Master Plan to transform campus," Channel3000.com, May 11.
Ten construction projects worth about $600 million will be underway on the UW-Madison campus one year from now, all part of the UW-Madison Master Plan to build new facilities and add more campus green space.
"Fixing the future: UW-Stout markets inventions," WQOW TV, May 10.
The hands-on nature of the UW-Stout campus has enabled prospective inventors to flesh out their ideas.
"UW-L faculty senate censures Hitch," La Crosse Tribune, May 12.
The UW-La Crosse Faculty Senate said Provost Elizabeth Hitch should have consulted the campus's shared governance policy before appointing an interim dean of the College of Science and Health.
"UW-Madison probes allegations of misconduct," Wisconsin State Journal, May 12.
UW-Madison officials said because they have accepted federal resources intended for research, they have an obligation to investigate the use of such funds by faculty; one campus researcher facing allegations of misconduct resigned earlier this year.
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State
"Call for unity heard at Waukesha forum," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 12.
Tom Hefty, outgoing president of the Waukesha County Economic Development Corp., said recent job-loss trends in the Milwaukee area should spur leaders to invest in education and research in order to bolster that region's economy.