UW System Clipsheet

"Regents awash in ideas on strategic plan," Capital Times, Sept. 7.

The UW System Board of Regents discussed the initial phases of the university's strategic plan to utilize its resources to help Wisconsin thrive in the global economy.

"Virginia Tech spurs campaign to make UW campuses 'safest places in Wisconsin'," Daily Cardinal, Sept. 10.

The Board of Regents heard an update on the President's 2007 Commission on University Security, one designed to update the UW System's safety and security measures and prevent an incident like the one at Virginia Tech University in April.

"Regents see UWSP plan," Stevens Point Journal, Sept. 7.

UW-Stevens Point Chancellor Linda Bunnell presented the campus's three-phase master plan to the Board of Regents, outlining the numerous campus improvement projects contained therein.

"UWO holds its breath for budget request," Oshkosh Northwestern, Sept. 10.

UW-Oshkosh, like all UW System institutions, continues to wait for the state Legislature to craft a budget so it will know the fate of its growth plans; an adequately funded UW System would enable the university to recruit and retain talented faculty and staff, construct state-of-the-art academic buildings and improve Wisconsin's economic standing by graduating more four-year college-degree holders.

"Covenant could pressure state to increase education funding," Marshfield News-Herald, Sept. 8.

Members of Gov. Jim Doyle's administration continue to encourage Wisconsin's students to sign up for the Wisconsin Covenant, a program wherein qualified students will be guaranteed admission to a Wisconsin college or university upon graduating for college; the more students and families that support the Covenant, one gubernatorial cabinet member said, the more likely the Legislature will approve more funding for education.

"Hair dye and tax breaks won't cut it," Column, Wisconsin State Journal, Sept. 9.

A column criticizing some provisions in the Assembly's budget proposal.

"Tapping a hidden resource: Academic R&D in the UW System," Column, Wisconsin Technology Network, Sept. 7.

The UW System's faculty should be allotted more time for research and development, something that is increasingly responsible for the success of local economies after groundbreaking research efforts lead to new spin-off companies.

"Collective bargaining would better resolve UW conflicts," Column, Sept. 8.

This column argues in favor of granting UW System faculty and academic staff collective bargaining rights.

"Health school gets a $10 million boost," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sept. 9.

UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Carlos Santiago said an area businessman's sizable donation to the completion of the campus's School of Public Health will go a long way to advancing the project and improving the welfare of the city's residents.

Editorial: "Others now have to step up for UWM's public health school," Editorial, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Sept. 9.

"UWMC to offer 4-year engineer degrees," Wausau Daily Herald, Sept. 8.

In partnership with UW-Platteville, UW-Marathon County will soon begin offering a new delivery method for its four-year engineering degrees, one that includes online office hours and a mobile laboratory where students can log their required lab time.

"Loans are as tricky as ever," U.S. News and World Report, Sept. 7.

Many colleges and universities, including the UW System and its campuses, are working to eliminate any appearance of conflict of interest between their financial aid offices and private educational lenders.