UW System Clipsheet

January 15, 2008

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UW System

"UW campuses, others look at minority students' success in new way," Associated Press, Jan. 14.

Officials begin to look at the results of the "Equity Scorecard," a project measuring each college's success at retaining and recruiting minority students.

On Campus

"Search and screen committee for UW-Madison chancellor announced," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jan. 14.

The UW-Madison chancellor search and screen committee was announced and will be chaired by Marsha Mailick Seltzer, a Vaughan Bascom professor of social work and pediatrics.

Related: "UW System chancellor search panel announced," Wisconsin State Journal, Jan. 14.

"UWO profs experiment with podcasting lectures," Oshkosh Northwestern, Jan. 15.

Twelve instructors will begin making podcasts for their classes as part of a new UW-Oshkosh initiative.

"Now 10 years old, Kohl Center called 'tremendous success'," Capital Times, Jan. 14.

A look back at the Kohl Center ten years after the ribbon cutting.

"Radical cooperation," Editorial, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jan. 15.

An editorial discussing UW-Milwaukee's plans to build a new engineering campus, as well as a business park.

"Wisconsinites assist in post-Katrina rebuilding projects," Wisconsin Public Radio, Jan. 14.

Students from Madison and Green Bay are heading to New Orleans to repair homes damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

Listen: http://clipcast.wpr.o...news/news080114cq.rm

State

"Jessica Doyle touts state's Covenant to area students," Sheboygan Press, Jan. 15.

Jessica Doyle met with Plymouth High freshmen to outline the Wisconsin Covenant program, which focuses on making higher education in the state more accessible.