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In light of record cuts to UW System schools in the state budget, Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich and his administrators addressed campus Tuesday in Davies Center on how UW-Eau Claire plans to make up the difference. "We have to take a budget cut," Levin-Stankevich said...
Chancellor Richard Wells and his budget team spoke about survey results and campus updates at an open forum Tuesday at Reeve Union. With so many numbers flying around, Wells and his team launched an anonymous Web survey in order to receive feedback on UW-Oshkosh’s budget situation...
When Chancellor David Markee retires this summer, members of the administration say he will leave a mark on UW-Platteville. Upon hearing of his retirement, several prominent members of the campus community shared their thoughts on his time at the top...
Spring is a time of renewal and hope. Belt's Soft Serve is open, and the robins and sandhill cranes have found their way back to central Wisconsin. But something feels different this year. Economic storm clouds have gathered and are bringing uncertainty to your hometown university, as well as to private and public sector businesses in central Wisconsin. In times such as these, it is tempting to see the cup as half empty rather than half full. I prefer to take another approach: We have good news, and we have bad news... [Column by UW-Stevens Point Chancellor Linda Bunnell]
Donald Christian, dean of arts and sciences since 2004, resigned from his UW-Eau Claire position to take a provost and vice president of academic affairs position at State University of New York at New Paltz. He will also hold tenure in the biology department. For Christian, the move is an opportunity for academic leadership at a high level. Christian said SUNY at New Paltz is attractive to him because it is similar to Eau Claire in that it is liberal arts based, has strong study abroad programs and is building a heavy emphasis on undergraduate research...
Drug company funding of continuing medical education raises conflicts for the University of Wisconsin. The school should set strict guidelines...
UW-Stout is closer to starting major work on its student center. On Wednesday, the State Building Commission approved the $18 million project. It will now be included in Governor Doyle’s 2009-2001 capital budget, which will be considered this year by the legislature...
Area college students make a big effort to help the hungry. Tuesday at UW-Stout, Kids Against Hunger put together ready to eat meals to send to people in need overseas. Volunteers were hoping to fill 10,000 meal packets which will be shipped to developing countries and refugee camps. It turns out they put together more than 23,000 bags. That will feed more than 140,000 people. Student organizers are so encouraged by the turn out, they hope Tuesday's effort will turn into an annual affair...
A senior citizens organization is surveying its members and University of Wisconsin-Parkside employees about interest in elderly housing on campus...
One year after her death, those who knew the UW junior search for comfort...
During her 21 years of life, Brittany Zimmermann loved many things. She loved spending time with her family and friends in her hometown of Marshfield, Wis. She loved her fiancé, Jordan Gonnering, whom she lived with as they both attended UW-Madison. And each spring, she loved returning home to spend Easter weekend with the people she cared about most...
Two student organizations collaborated Wednesday in an effort to educate students about the similarities between sexual assault culture in Darfur and in the United States...
UW football players used scholarship funds earmarked for housing and food to purchase mopeds, and in some cases, cars...
27 News uncovered the wife of UW-Madison Athletic Director Barry Alvarez provided a moped to a Badger football player, with the terms of the exchange of the vehicle unclear.
University of Wisconsin faculty and staff presented the preliminary results of a self-study of the athletic department Tuesday, which suggest the university is on track to receive NCAA recertification this fall...
Several significant projects across the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus were given the green light Wednesday by the state's Building Commission...
When Chancellor Biddy Martin introduced her new Madison Initiative for Undergraduates, she did so in front of dozens of University of Wisconsin student leaders, including members of this editorial board. Instead of holding a press conference with solely university administrators, legislative leaders and other supporters, Martin opened the doors of her home to hold informal roundtable discussions on her innovative plan...Nevertheless, we hope Martin takes even greater steps to involve students who have never been tapped for counsel in the past. Forums and e-mails only go so far, so we encourage the chancellor to go a step future: Visit classes, talk to students at libraries or the Union — use her visibility and position to listen to the concerns of more than just student leaders...
Although Chancellor Martin's Initiative is a worthy cause, it misses the larger issues with the current tuition hike...
Tough recipes for tough times. Except in academia. When Gov. Jim Doyle proposed a leaner budget for state operations, it included cuts of $63.4 million for the University of Wisconsin-Madison over the next two years. That seemed in line with cuts to state agencies and the idea that in difficult economic times, there has to be some belt-tightening across the board. But UW-Madison wants to take a few notches off that scrimping with a new plan called the "Madison Initiative for Undergraduates."...
...The letter called negative attention to the final round of employee bonuses dispensed by the state of Wisconsin in the final quarter of 2008; the disc contained a list of recipients...
Marquette University's request for $10 million in state funds for the first phase of a new engineering center was rejected by the Wisconsin Building Commission on Wednesday...
Viterbo University is hiring in a time when layoffs seem to dominate the news...
In the latest sign of the growing national prominence of community colleges, President Obama has named the chancellor of a two-year-college district in California to the government’s top postsecondary-education position, the White House announced on Wednesday... (paid subscription required)
Looking at the current environment for higher education and the state of the U.S. economy, it's hard not to think that community colleges are poised for a period of increased influence and visibility. With sharply rising unemployment and the growing recognition that the country needs to radically ramp up the number of Americans with at least some college credential, two-year institutions' career focus and open-access mission are likely to give them a central role in many state, regional and local policies...
In Educating Global Citizens in Colleges and Universities (Routledge), Peter N. Stearns argues that colleges and universities have an obligation to prepare students from an increasingly globally connected world. But what does that mean? Stearns, provost at George Mason University, discusses the role of the curriculum, including foreign languages, study abroad, and branch campuses...