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The Legislature's Joint Committee on Finance approved $149 million in state funding for the UW System; if approved by the full Legislature and Gov. Doyle, these funds will allow the university to move forward with a number of crucial initiatives.
Related: "Wisconsin Covenant plan gets panel OK," Associated Press, June 6.
Also: "Doyle push for domestic partner benefits hits snag," Wisconsin Radio Network, June 5.
UW System officials said the university must continue its efforts to recruit and retain students from traditionally underrepresented communities, as students from such communities account for a growing pool of untapped students.
Related: "UW-M/WC expects rise in minority students," Marshfield News-Herald, June 6.
Among the UW System initiatives that the Joint Finance Committee approved Tuesday were UW-La Crosse's Growth and Access plan, which seeks to increase enrollment of students of color and from lower-income families through additional financial aid, and UW-Green Bay's plan to expand enrollment, faculty and staff positions and academic programs.
Related: "UWGB Growth Agenda on track," Green Bay Press-Gazette, June 6.
Although UW-Oshkosh's proposed residence hall was removed from the Joint Finance Committee's proposed budget for the UW System, campus officials and area legislators say they will work to have it reinstated in the final budget; UW-Oshkosh's proposed new academic building was included in the budget from the committee.
Editorial: "Growth spurt at UWO beneficial to region," Editorial, Oshkosh Northwestern, June 6.
UW-Waukesha officials still favor making the freshman-sophomore college into a university center, where other four-year institutions could offer degree programs through UW-Waukesha without undermining its original mission; a needs assessment of higher education in the Waukesha area is forthcoming.
Related: "UW-Waukesha preparing to determine its four-year future," Waukesha Freeman, June 6.
Edward Weidner, who was the founding chancellor at UW-Green Bay and namesake of the campus's performing arts center, passed away this morning at age 85.
The renovation of UW-Stevens Point's Lee Dreyfus University Center is expected to be complete in January, and campus officials said community excitement is growing.
UW-La Crosse's Murphy Library is partnering with UW-Madison's Digital Collections Center to digitize the former campus's collection of 50,000+ photos of steamboats; the project is slated to take four years and, when completed, will allow anyone to instantly access the collection online.
UW-Stevens Point's campus garden not only enables gardeners to learn new and unique approaches to their craft, but also provides the surrounding community with organic, locally grown vegetables to purchase.
The UW System is seeking to be a leader among the nation's higher education institutions when it comes to remedying any conflicts of interest regarding its relationships with private educational lenders; after revelations of such conflict, many colleges and universities around the country are altering their financial aid policies.