UW System Clipsheet

June 26, 2008

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On Campus

"Botched chancellor hire in Wisconsin raises questions about search process," Chronicle of Higher Education, June 26.

...Robert Felner, dean of the College of Education & Human Development at the University of Louisville, was scheduled to become Parkside's chancellor in August. He declined the appointment earlier this week as details emerged about his role in a federal probe...

"Lawmaker critical of UW hiring," Wisconsin Radio Network, June 25.

Incoming UW-Parkside chancellor Robert Felner has stepped down amidst a federal probe at old current college in which he's accused of mishandling a half million dollars in federal grant money...

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"Ex-UW-P pick Felner in turmoil," Kenosha News Online, June 26.

...Felner, currently the dean of the College of Education and Human Development at Louisville, was selected at the end of May to take over as chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. He was scheduled to start work next week, but resigned Sunday after a criminal investigation at his current school came to light....

"UW-Rock to offer course at Janesville GM," Beloit Daily News, June 26.

General Motors will be home to a course offered by the University of Wisconsin-Rock County next semester...

"UW-W gets field of dreams," Janesville Gazette, June 26.

The UW-Whitewater will be the first University of Wisconsin campus to have a baseball diamond with an artificial surface after the State Building Commission on Wednesday approved $1.74 million to change Prucha Field to synthetic turf...

"State to pay for updates to 2 UWSP buildings," Stevens Point Journal, June 26.

The State Building Commission approved spending $966,800 Wednesday to quiet noise infiltrating a University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point recital hall and to bring an elevator into code compliance at the Dreyfus University Center...

"UWS projects get final OK," Superior Daily Telegram, June 25.

The State Building Commission gave final approval Wednesday for two hard-fought University of Wisconsin-Superior building projects that will “transform the campus and the community,” said State Sen. Bob Jauch, D-Poplar...

State

"MATC Board increases property tax levy 4.9%," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 26.

The Milwaukee Area Technical College Board on Tuesday night unanimously approved a 2009 budget that increases the property tax levy 4.9% — an increase that means the college has boosted the levy 31% in the last five years...

National

"Career programs stress college, too, and give students leg up, study says," New York Times, June 26.

...Over the last quarter-century, a new kind of high school program known as a career academy has proliferated, especially in low-income districts, that combines job placement, college preparation and classes beyond the vocational trades, from accounting to health care...