Some 1,200 lucky freshmen enrolled at public universities and colleges in Wisconsin this fall will get a pleasant surprise in the mail next month. They’ll be the first recipients of scholarships from the Fund for Wisconsin Scholars, a private, nonprofit foundation created by a donation of $175 million from philanthropists John and Tashia Morgridge last year...
Hundreds of randomly selected freshmen enrolled at public universities and colleges in Wisconsin this fall will be the first recipients of privately donated scholarship money. Philanthropists John and Tasha Morgridge donated $175 million to create the Fund for Wisconsin Scholars...
...When she returned to (the UW-Madison) campus last semester, her friends were supportive and tried not to drink around her, but she needed a social life with friends that didn't involve alcohol. She found both through The College Connection, a new program from Connections Counseling that augments traditional counseling by offering a schedule of free social activities to anyone who wants alcohol and drug free activities and a mentoring program that emphasizes friendships...
Two years after giving former University of Louisville dean Robert Felner's research center a $375,000 contract, a California school superintendent received a doctoral degree from U of L in only one semester. A spokesman for the American Association of University Professors said it is "virtually unheard of" for a student to be awarded a Ph.D. in that amount of time...
Amid a wave of complaints about Robert Felner, a former University of Louisville dean who is now under federal investigation, administrators supported the embattled dean and even bankrolled a lawyer to defend him from faculty critics. While the university’s president and provost have recently apologized for backing Felner for so long, details emerging from the controversy show a broken grievance process at Louisville that many say favors administrators and leaves professors unprotected from retaliation...
For many students, the move from high school to college is a foregone conclusion. Their parents attended college and helped guide them through applying, registering and settling in. For first-generation students, however, the transition to postsecondary education is not always as fluid...
Officials and business leaders from both Wisconsin and Japan gathered Tuesday to celebrate the opening of an innovative new Kikkoman research facility in University Research Park...Additionally, the Kikkoman Foundation is granting $100,000 in scholarships to students studying at UW-Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies...
Although UW-Madison School of Business Dean Michael Knetter told a women’s leadership organization Tuesday the school undercharges for its tuition, he clarified Wednesday he is sensitive to the financial struggles many students face...
...According to the Institute of International Education, the number of American students studying abroad has steadily increased since the mid-1980s. Nearly 50,000 students studied abroad in 1985, while 223,534 college students took classes abroad in 2005...
Charles Bomar, professor of biology and program director of the applied science program at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, has been appointed to serve on the Fulbright Scholar Peer Review Panel by the National Academy of Sciences. The review committee is part of the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, the group that administers the Fulbright Scholar Program...
Sometimes, a community can overthink economic development. Cases in point: Two nationally-known companies planning landings in Oshkosh. Two lessons for a community aching for some commercial development and new job opportunities...But, in the bigger picture, Oshkosh now has a partnership foundation laid involving its university community and an Internet colossus. Great things come from even little starts with big players...
This year, UW-L's student population will include about 400 international students from over fifty countries, including 210 new students from this summer and fall. Additionally, UW-L will welcome 87 more new international students this spring. Numbers like this give UW-L the third largest international student population in Wisconsin, behind only Madison and Milwaukee...
