UW System Clipsheet
June 26, 2006
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UW System
"UW should rein in salaries for top officials," Column, Wisconsin State Journal, June 22.
A column arguing that UW System officials should invest the money targeted for an administrative pay plan elsewhere in the university.
"Leave student fees up to the Regents," Column, Wisconsin State Journal, June 25.
A UW-Madison student columnist recommends that the Board of Regents educate students about segregated fees and the purposes they serve because allowing students to have more influence over fees will only complicate the process.
Column not available online.
On Campus
"Charting a course for growth at UW," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 25.
John and Tashia Morgridge, who made a $50 million donation to UW-Madison to help fund the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, feel strongly that the campus has the ability to reach across disciplines to create the world's latest innovations.
"A leader in turbulent times, Hastad bids UW-L farewell," La Crosse Tribune, June 25.
Outgoing UW-La Crosse Chancellor Doug Hastad said he was not leaving UW-La Crosse because he was unhappy, although he did note his frustration about working in a political environment that is "less than supportive" of public higher education as he prepares to lead a private Wisconsin institution, Carroll College in Waukesha County.
"UW-WC picks up 5th bachelor's degree, 2nd partner school," Waukesha Freeman, June 23.
UW-Waukesha County will partner with UW-Oshkosh to offer a bachelor's degree in liberal studies, the fifth degree in an expanding list of four-year degree offerings at the normally freshman-sophomore institution.
"Research keeps UWMC staff busy this summer," Wausau Daily Herald, June 25.
Many faculty and staff at UW-Marathon County spend their summers working on their own research projects.
State
"State makes change in purchasing policy," Associated Press, June 24.
The Department of Administration shifts its policy to allow UW System and other state employees to purchase hardware items costing less than $100 from local businesses.
"Marotta intervened in UWM project bidding process, lawsuit contends," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 24.
One vendor who was denied a state building contract is claiming former state Department of Administration officials had a hand in awarding the contract to a company that had ties to the Doyle administration.
"Rape law expands to include alcohol," Wisconsin State Journal, June 25.
UW-Madison campus health officials are praising a revised sexual assault law that includes alcohol in a list of substances that can impair one's ability to provide consent.
National
"Ex-UW professor Denice Denton dies," Wisconsin State Journal, June 26.
UW-Madison faculty and staff are mourning the death of Denice Denton, a former UW-Madison professor of electrical and computer engineering and chancellor of University of California-Santa Cruz.