"UW System Regents to focus on accountability," UW-Oshkosh Today, Oct. 2.
When the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents meets in Stevens Point this week, the spotlight will be on accountability...
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October 3, 2008
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Board Of Regents
"UW Regents discuss need for greater accountability in 2009," Daily Cardinal, Oct. 3.
UW System Board of Regents revealed Thursday a new system wide accountability proposal to be released this spring...
"Regents will provide portrait for all schools," Badger Herald, Oct. 3.
The Board of Regents convened for their monthly meeting at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Thursday to discuss accountability, student misconduct and campus safety issues...
"Regents up lab budget," Stevens Point Journal, Oct. 3.
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approved an almost $2 million increase to the budget of an on-campus waste management center...The laboratory on the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus will contain a wastewater treatment plant, a composting center, a microbiology lab and a recycling center...
"UW Regent: More info needed on job finalists," Associated Press, Oct. 3.
A regent involved in the failed University of Wisconsin-Parkside chancellor search said Friday he and his colleagues lack enough information to make good hiring decisions...
UW System
"Alumnus leaves $400,000 to UW System," Student Voice, Oct. 2.
A donation of $400,000 was made to the UW System by an alumnus that passed away and is to be evenly split between UW-Madison’s department of Bacteriology and UW-River Falls’ College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences...
"More schools to join UW-Madison transfer program," Associated Press, Oct. 3.
University of Wisconsin System leaders say they've expanded a program that allows students to earn UW-Madison degrees after spending their first two years at other campuses...
On Campus
"UW Athletic Department lacks oversight, a resigning Athletic Board member says," Wisconsin State Journal, Oct. 3.
A member of the UW Athletic Board is resigning because he said the oversight committee has become a rubber stamp for the will of the UW Athletic Department...
"UW's WiscAlerts text messaging does not reach more than 3,000 students and staff," WKOW 27, Oct. 3.
UW Madison implemented the WiscAlerts text messaging system this fall...Wednesday, officials tried it out and found a number of glitches...
"WiscAlert text messages program to be improved," Wisconsin Public Radio, Oct. 1.
The manager of the U-W Madison’s new emergency text-alert system says he’s satisfied with today’s first full-scale test of the service…despite just 65-percent of the test calls reaching subscribers...
"Acclaimed jazz musician holds UWSP master class," Stevens Point Journal, Oct. 3.
...Wynton Marsalis, a critically-acclaimed jazz musician, hosted a master class with the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Jazz Ensemble on Thursday as part of the Sentry Insurance Invitation to the Arts...
"Naming of UW-L's football stadium resurfaces," WKBT, Oct. 3.
Controversy surrounding the naming of the University of Wisconsin La Crosse's football stadium has resurfaced. This time, the final decision could be left up to Wisconsin's highest court...
"UW-L Foundation focuses on Centennial Campaign," Racquet, Oct. 1.
UW-La Crosse's new academic building, tentatively named "Centennial Hall" is now the center of fundraising efforts for the UW-L Foundation's Centennial Campaign...
"Updating the 'living room' of campus," Stoutonia, Oct. 2.
The (UW-Stout) Memorial Student Center could be headed for a major makeover. On September 23, architects unveiled a $15 million project that would transform everything from the heating systems to the confining hallways. The concept design for the MSC, built in 1985, would update the building’s cramped layout and dreary structure...
"United Council," Stoutonia, Oct. 2.
University of Wisconsin-Stout students' votes will decide whether participation in the United Council is still worth spending $32,000 a year out of tuition...
"UW Credit Union to donate $215,000 to need-based scholarships at UW-Madison," Wisconsin State Journal, Oct. 3.
The University of Wisconsin Credit Union will donate $215,000 to need-based scholarships at UW-Madison and match contributions from its members today through Dec. 31, university officials said Wednesday...
"University chancellors, presidents across US debate drinking age," Student Voice, Oct. 2.
While 130 chancellors and presidents of colleges and universities across America have signed a public statement that declares that the 21 age drinking laws are not working to curb binge drinking, Interim Chancellor Connie Foster has decided not to sign...
"UWRF Students raise funds, provide support in Uganda," Student Voice, Oct. 2.
Students from the UW-River Falls chapter of Building Tomorrow continue their fundraising efforts and will travel to Uganda in January 2009, where they will help to build a school...
State
"Investment fund for 10 private Wisconsin colleges restricts cash withdrawals," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Oct. 3.
A short-term investment fund that holds $34 million from 10 private Wisconsin colleges restricted cash withdrawals this week amid the national credit crunch, leaving some schools to find other ways to pay operating costs...
"Credit crunch impacting student loan availability," Channel 3000, Oct. 2.
The cost of going to college keeps rising, and the current credit crunch isn't helping students trying to further their education...
National
"A Tale of Two GI Bills," Inside Higher Ed, Oct. 3.
The new Post-9/11 GI Bill, signed into law this summer, marks a major investment in veterans’ educational benefits...
"As credit crisis freezes colleges, worries mount," Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 3.
When the stock market plunged 778 points last week, losing almost 9 percent of its value in one day, higher education responded in an uncharacteristic way: It began to buckle... (paid subscription required)
"Winners and losers in the shake-up," Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 3.
The nation’s economic turmoil could have a big impact on higher education, leading to different outcomes among institutions and states. Chronicle reporters and editors analyze the possible repercussions... (paid subscription required)