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UW System officials said they are concerned over the implementation of a financial aid waiting list for Wisconsin students from lower-income families, and that the uncertainty surrounding their financial aid could limit their higher education opportunities.
Community boards can benefit greatly from the participation of UW System chancellors, but those chancellors need to be "ultra-transparent" in disclosing such participation.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced it will provide a $125 million grant to help fund the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center on the UW-Madison campus; the center, which will also have more than $100 million in state and private-sector funding behind it, will examine ways to create new kinds of fuel and will benefit the entire state.
Related: "University will build bioenergy fuel lab," Wisconsin State Journal, June 27.
Also: "UW-Madison awarded major grant for bioenergy research," Wisconsin Radio Network, June 26.
UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow expressed disappointment in the state Senate's funding limitations on the campus's Growth and Access plan, saying the Senate's proposal only gives the program a small portion of the financing it needs to be successful.
The version of Wisconsin's biennial budget crafted by the state Senate includes greater funding for UW System building projects; the budget will go next to the state Assembly, followed by a conference committee and finally to the desk of Gov. Jim Doyle.