UW System Clipsheet

July 30, 2008

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On Campus

"UW-Milwaukee neighbors seek information on dorm plans," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, July 29.

More than 100 residents from Milwaukee’s Riverwest and east side neighborhoods packed a community meeting Tuesday night to discuss providing more input on a proposed dormitory that would house 500 to 700 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students...

"Q&A with UW Foundation President Sandy Wilcox," Capital Times, July 30.

By most accounts, the economy's immediate forecast is mostly cloudy -- if not gloomy.It wouldn't be much of a stretch to assume that such a climate would cause many a sleepless night for Sandy Wilcox, president of the University of Wisconsin Foundation -- a nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation that is the official fundraising organization for UW-Madison...

"Nearly 10,000 sign up for UW text alert service," Capital Times, July 29.

An emergency text messaging system on the UW-Madison campus is nearing 10,000 subscribers, after being launched less than three months ago...

National

"House and Senate negotiators approve compromise Higher Education Act," Chronicle of Higher Ed, July 30.

After months of negotiations, lawmakers have reached agreement on a long-delayed bill that would set federal higher-education policy for at least the next five years...

"Big Argus is watching you," Inside Higher Ed, July 30.

...The National Association of Scholars announced on Tuesday the launch of the Argus Project- named for the figure of Greek mythology whose body was covered with eyes - to recruit volunteers to monitor college campuses nationwide. The volunteers, a mix of faculty members and private citizens, "have begun to look into whether that college conducts politicized teaching, requires ideological adherence, or sustains slights to conservative students," said the association's announcement...