The University of Wisconsin-Madison's new chief diversity officer wants to make one thing clear about his role on campus. "I'm not the vice provost for black folks," Damon Williams, vice provost for diversity and climate, said at a recent meeting of the Academic Staff Assembly. Williams, who is African American, started work at UW-Madison on Aug. 1 and is in the process of developing a new strategic framework for how the university will approach diversity issues on campus for years to come. The UW System's most recent 10-year diversity initiative, Plan 2008, garnered mostly mixed reviews when it came to a close late last year...
...Other departments at UWSP are seeing an increase in students searching for a little extra financial help from scholarships. Nearly everyone is feeling the economic pinch, probably students more than most. They are more often turning to scholarships from academic departments, an avenue many might not have considered in better economic times. Departmental scholarships often are small -- usually a few hundred dollars -- and rarely top $1,000. But there are many available to students; last year alone, the UWSP Foundation distributed about $629,000 through departments, and some scholarships don't even go through the Foundation...
With all the stimulus money getting tossed around these days, you'd figure biotechnology would be near the top of the wish list. Instead, specific funding for early stage science companies was practically written out of the $780 billion package, claims the president of Madison-based Centrose LLC...
A surge in drug cartel violence along Mexico's northern border towns has put the spotlight on safety measures for college spring breakers heading south. Colleges throughout Wisconsin are issuing warnings, a step to reinforce the State Department's travel alert for Mexico...
College kids love to talk about themselves, so it should be a real gabfest when University of Wisconsin-Madison students get their own talk show on the Big Ten Network. "In My Humble Opinion," or IMHO for texters, will have its premiere episode on Thursday at 4 p.m. on BTN, then will get a weekly time slot on the network starting Tuesday, April 7 through July...
An alleged rape at the University of Wisconsin prompted campus officials to hold a forum Tuesday night to address sexual assaults...This action stems from a series of articles in the Badger Herald newspaper chronicling an alleged rape of a student by fraternity members last October...
In the wake of allegations of rape at the Sigma Chi fraternity house, members of the University of Wisconsin community gathered Tuesday night to discuss sexual assault and suggest methods for improving campus resources in the future. Dean of Students Lori Berquam moderated a panel of experts who spoke on sexual assault resources and the legal and university structures in place for when a victim files a report...
The Associate Director of Housing responded Tuesday to the resignation of house fellows across the UW-Madison campus. Kay Reuter-Krohn said over the course of the current school year, four house fellows have resigned. During the ’07-’08 school year, three house fellows resigned, which she said is in the ballpark for most resignations...
...Twenty-eight students from Rock and Dane county high schools—including Parker, Milton, Edgerton and Evansville—spent the last two Saturdays in college. This is the fourth year the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine has hosted the workshop intended to give high school students a feel for what it's like to be a veterinarian...
Two major UW-Whitewater construction projects are progressing toward completion: the College of Business and Economics and a residence hall. The COBE building, a $42 million project that began in April 2007, is four months from completion. The residence hall will be ready for occupancy by fall of 2010...
