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At a forum about updates to the UW System's admissions policies, Regent Danae Davis said emphasizing both academic and nonacademic factors when considering whether to accept applicants will prepare all UW System students for success in a growing global economy.
UW System President Kevin Reilly said the university has already begun to plan for the increase in students that could accompany signings of the Wisconsin Covenant, which will enable Wisconsin students who meet certain academic and nonacademic criteria to attend a Wisconsin college or university; Reilly said the UW is considering increases in faculty, as well as physical space.
UW-Madison uses all available resources to help students who seek psychological help, but is often bound by privacy laws.
Related: "UW has mental health policies in place," Capital Times, April 21.
Also: "Campus deemed safe by UW Police," Spectator, April 23.
UW-Milwaukee financial aid officials said they have always chosen private lenders that best serve their students.
Editorial: "Administration is unwilling to admit when conflicts of interest arise," Editorial, Advance Titan, April 23.
Also: "Students deluged with school loan offers," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 22.
The opening of the Acuity Technology Center this fall will add to the remarkable strides UW-Sheboygan has made to serve students in the community; the college already offers four-year degrees in collaboration with other UW System institutions.
Related: "Campus collaborates with UW-Sheboygan," Advance Titan, April 23.
Editorial: "Universities should be commended for continuing education programs," Editorial, Advance Titan, April 19.
UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow said he hopes visits to promote the campus among potential students in Milwaukee will help UW-L achieve a more-diverse student body.
UW-Green Bay's new First Nations Studies program, which was approved by the Board of Regents following student requests, will enable students to work with tribal leaders in northeast Wisconsin as an alternative to classroom education.
UW-Eau Claire faculty, staff and students honored two students who passed away last month with a memorial service on campus.
A UW-Milwaukee engineering professor and his students are praised for their work to install a plaque in the Miller Park parking lot to honor Hank Aaron's final home run at County Stadium.
UW-Madison professor James Thomson, credited with scientific breakthroughs in stem-cell research, will operate a laboratory at the University of California-Santa Barbara, where he will also serve as a part-time adjunct professor; Thomson will remain a full-time faculty member at UW-Madison as well.
Among the items taken out of Gov. Jim Doyle's biennial budget proposal by the Joint Finance Committee were measures to grant benefits for domestic partners of state workers and to allow UW System unclassified employees to collectively bargain; the JFC will now begin broader talks as it works to approve its version of the budget to be passed on to the state Assembly and Senate.
Related: "Benefits plan out of budget," Badger Herald, April 23.
A report released by UW-Washington County and the West Bend Economic Development Corp. shows many area businesses list workforce development as the top challenge to economic growth.