UW System Clipsheet
June 13, 2006
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"Walsh and Wiley set proper tone," Editorial, Wisconsin State Journal, June 13.
UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley and UW Board of Regents President David Walsh are listening to the public and are setting a positive example of constructive dialogue.
"All should share in funding of free tuition for veterans," Column, Green Bay Press Gazette, June 13.
UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard supports the tuition waiver for veterans at UW campuses, but believes that funding costs should not be passed on to other students.
"UW Regents approve Ag Station land transfer," Ashland Daily Press, June 12.
Control of the Ashland Agricultural Research Station will be transferred from UW-Madison to local counties.
"University of Wisconsin can't ignore questions from media," Editorial, La Crosse Tribune, June13.
Complex, and potentially controversial, issues like admissions, provide an opportunity for the UW System to foster dialogue with the public.
On Campus
"County unlikely to fund expansion," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 12.
A state task force charged with improving higher education in the Milwaukee suburbs has recommended building new facilities at UW-Waukesha, but local government and business leaders are not ready to pay for the expansion.
"Center to aid Latinos-Alzheimer's study," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 12.
Construction has begun on the new Latino Geriatric Center in Milwaukee, a collaboration of the Medical College of Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, and the Alzheimer's Association of Southeastern Wisconsin.
State
"Official convicted in travel deal," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 12.
State procurement official Georgia Thompson was convicted Monday of manipulating the bidding for state travel contracts.
Related: "Thompson guilty in contract case," Associated Press, June 13.
Also: "Official convicted in travel pact case," Wisconsin State Journal, June 13.
"Welcome to Madwaukee, " Wisconsin State Journal, June 9.
Madison and Milwaukee have cooperated, rather than competed, to boost economic growth in Wisconsin, and the UW System could play a role in furthering the joint effort.