UW System Clipsheet

"Researchers can help create jobs," Column, Stevens Point Journal, March 14.

With proper funding, Wisconsin's vast and potentially expanding capacity to conduct groundbreaking academic research will fuel the state's economy for years to come.

"Show and tell," Editorial, Badger Herald, March 14.

An editorial criticizing the UW System for removing salary information from the Internet; such information is still available to anyone who requests it.

"UW fights for partner benefits," Badger Herald, March 14.

UW-Madison will begin an aggressive campaign to secure domestic partner benefits for its faculty and staff; UW-Madison is currently the only campus in the Big Ten not to offer such benefits.

"Dean is 'interim' no more," Baraboo News Republic, March 14.

UW Colleges and UW-Extension Chancellor David Wilson announced that Tom Pleger has been named the permanent Dean at UW-Baraboo/Sauk County.

"College helps prepare students for life," Column, Marshfield News-Herald, March 13.

UW-Marshfield/Wood County Dean Andrew Keogh shares the benefits of that college's smaller-than-average class sizes and academic programs in liberal education.

"Students unsure about factoring race into admissions policy," Marshfield News-Herald, March 13.

UW-Marshfield/Wood County students share their views about updates to the UW System admissions policies that emphasize both academic and nonacademic factors.

"UW Comp Lit program in danger," Capital Times, March 13.

Citing budget constraints, UW-Madison officials said the campus's Comparative Literature department will receive no new funding, and that after all current faculty leave or retire, the department will close; the major, however, will continue to exist on campus.

"UW shines in introducing dean finalists," Editorial, Marshfield News-Herald, March 14.

Brief profiles of the five finalists for dean at UW-Marathon County.

"Biotech firm to make pre-flu vaccine at UW-Madison," Business Journal of Milwaukee, March 14.

UW-Madison's Waisman Clinical BioManufacturing Facility will host a New Mexico-based biotechnology company's manufacturing of a DNA-based pre-flu vaccine.

"College: A unique situation," Column, Fond du Lac Reporter, March 14.

A UW-Whitewater student with cerebral palsy shares her college experiences, particularly her interactions with the services available for students with disabilities.

"Catholic group answers back," Badger Herald, March 14.

A UW-Madison student organization that was denied segregated fee funding due to a lack of student control over its operations amended its bylaws so no organizational work could be done without a majority of students present.

Related: "A more porous church-state wall," Inside Higher Ed., March 14.

"At their bidding: Offers please county officials," Janesville Gazette, March 13.

UW-Rock County officials receive a lower-than-expected price tag for a major expansion project at the college.

"Women hammering for Habitat," Decatur Daily News, March 13.

Rather than spending Spring Break basking in the warm sun of the Florida beaches, a group of UW-River Falls students traveled to Tennessee to assist with a Habitat for Humanity project.

"Tech teachers make top dollar," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 14.

An audit of the Wisconsin Technical College System discovered that faculty at some WTCS institutions earn higher salaries than their counterparts at nearby UW System campuses.

Related: "Technical college faculty is well paid," Associated Press, March 14.

Also: "Audit finds Western faculty at bottom of Wisconsin's salary list," Associated Press, March 14.