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A proposal by the governor has lawmakers in the Chippewa Valley wondering if he's leaving western Wisconsin out in the cold. The UW System has recommended that UW-Eau Claire's plan to update its education building be given priority for state funding. But the governor is recommending $240 million worth of projects for UW-Milwaukee's campus. As a result, UWEC's project was taken off the list...
When Tino Balio convinced United Artists to donate its early films, photographs and corporate records to the University of Wisconsin Center for Theater Research in the 1960s, it put UW-Madison on the map as a major film research center. Before long, the center's name would be changed to reflect that status, becoming the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research...
...On an annual basis, University Housing Food Services purchases more than $9 million in food and supplies, according to Food Services administrator Angie Erickson. A main concern for the staff is determining when and how to deal with the thousands of pounds of leftover or uneaten food each day. Workers must make sure the leftover food complies with Wisconsin statutes related to keeping food free of disease...
There'll be 31 major construction projects on University of Wisconsin System campuses in Governor Doyle's proposed capital budget. And they're getting the shovels ready in Superior, for the largest-ever project for the campus there...
...As part of an eventual "Gang of Six" governors, Doyle helped ensure last month’s $787 billion federal stimulus package would help states pay for education and health care, not just infrastructure. That political victory has been heralded by schools advocates for preventing teacher layoffs and protecting students, even as it has been assailed by conservatives for imposing an expensive new burden on federal taxpayers. And it highlighted the growing influence Doyle and other Democratic governors — aided by a party that controls both the White House and Congress — now play on national issues from economic recovery to health-care reform...
Concerns are being raised about a proposal included in the state budget to grant illegal immigrants in-state tuition rates at UW campuses. State Senator Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) says it a ridiculous proposal and should be an outrage for many people. He says it encourages people to break the law and would end up costing the state money to support that behavior...
State lawmakers have wrapped up their first round of public hearings on the proposed state budget. The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee was in Sparta Monday, where hundreds of people turned out to comment on the budget plan. Committee co-chair Mark Pocan (D-Madison) says it provides real feedback on key issues. Comments on Monday covered a wide variety of issues, such as a proposed increase in the cigarette tax, education funding, and the creation of domestic partner registries...
Classes are expected to begin Oct. 5 at a Globe University career college to be built at 2651 Midwest Drive, just east of the Franciscan Skemp Healthcare clinic in Onalaska...Globe University offers a master’s in business administration degree, as well as bachelor’s degrees, associate degrees and technical diplomas in areas of business, health sciences, information technology, legal sciences and creative production. Many classes also are available online...
Career advisers at Stateline Area colleges are reassuring apprehensive soon-to-be grads that, despite the bleak news reports, jobs are available. Students are flocking to Beloit College's Office of Field and Career Services in numbers the department hasn't seen in three years...
...While college towns have long been considered recession-resistant, their ability to avoid the depths of the financial crisis shaking the rest of the nation is noteworthy. The ones faring the best right now are not only major education centers; they also are regional health-care hubs that draw people into the city and benefit from a stable, educated, highly skilled work force.The big question hanging over these communities is whether their formula for success can outlast the nation's nastiest recession in at least a quarter-century...
...But on March 2, a recruiter from the now-combined Merrill Lynch/Bank of America called to tell her the offer had been rescinded because of provisions in the nation’s economic stimulus package that make it difficult for bailout beneficiaries to hire foreign workers...Business-school deans worry that the restrictions could hurt their ability to attract foreign students, who fill about 30 percent of the seats in full-time M.B.A. programs... (paid subscription required)