UW System Clipsheet

August 28, 2008

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On Campus

"UWSP chancellor challenges faculty to mold 'global citizens'," Stevens Point Journal, Aug. 28.

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Chancellor Linda Bunnell welcomed the start of the 2008 school year Wednesday by lauding some of the school's accomplishments and identifying some challenges in the coming years...

"Gow offers praise, presents challenges in address to UW-L," La Crosse Tribune, Aug. 28.

Joe Gow shared plenty of good news about the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse during the All-University Address on Wednesday, but the chancellor also presented challenges the school faces in the year ahead...

"Noncredit classes offered this fall," River Falls Journal, Aug. 28.

...UW-River Falls will offer three non-credit classes this fall...

"University responds to student deaths," WKOW, Aug. 27.

...Newly appointed chancellor Biddy Martin was at Ogg Hall greeting students. She says the fatal crash affects more than the UW...

"UW's new chancellor meets students as they move in," Channel 3000, Aug. 27.

Thousands of University of Wisconsin students are moving into their dorm rooms this week, and the school's new chancellor is also trying to acquaint herself with campus life...

"UW-Whitewater student housing," WCLO News, Aug. 27.

Kyle Geissler talks with Janesville Gazette reporter Kayla Bunge about the expansion of student housing around UW-Whitewater...

"Students spread out in Whitewater," Janseville Gazette, Aug. 27.

The single-family neighborhoods near the UW-Whitewater campus are changing, and longtime residents are upset that students are spilling out of what traditionally were areas of student housing and into their single-family neighborhoods...

State

"Tech college students' grant fund runs out," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Aug. 27.

The state Higher Educational Aids Board stopped awarding Wisconsin Higher Education Grants for technical college students on Aug. 21. Students applying after that date will be put on a wait list but will be unlikely to receive the grants, which provide $429 to $1,105 per year to thousands of technical college students, said the agency’s executive secretary, Connie Hutchison...

"Not worth the cost," Editorial, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Aug. 27.

...By seceding from MATC, which Germantown petitioned to join in 1971, Germantown would deprive that district of $5.5 million in annual revenue. That would hurt the district's ability to provide the quality programs it offers now to a host of students, including those from Germantown who choose to attend MATC...

"State budget keeps getting worse," Editorial, Wisconsin State Journal, Aug. 27.

The house of cards known as the state budget is predictably collapsing...