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The seven-story building surrounded by safety fences and construction barricades at the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley's west wing is in its final stages of construction. When the doors to the $14 million Communication Arts Center open in September, it should stand out among campuses in the system for its energy-efficient and environment-friendly design...
...Why did you choose UW-Fox Valley? I chose UWFox due to its close proximity to my friends and jobs in Appleton. UW-Fox also has a great reputation in the sciences and despite already having a bachelor's degree, I needed more science classes in order to get into graduate school...
For many aspiring game designers and electronic artists, some downloads of their early work and kudos posted in online forums are about the best they can expect when they're just starting out. That's why Elena Bertozzi, an instructor of multimedia digital arts, communication and games at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, started the PlayExpo, a juried show of interactive entertainment at the school, which recently announced this year's winners...
The class inspired Lipanot to sell the T-shirts on his own time. He wants to raise money to combat malaria in developing countries that don't have the resources -- like a simple mosquito net -- to prevent it. He says one shirt purchase equals one net...
UW-Eau Claire is working on ways to warn students and staff in case of an emergency. Thursday afternoon the All Campus Emergency Notification System was tested. It was put into place last May after campus shootings at other schools in recent years. University staff says this would most likely be used to warn people about severe weather, but could also be used if there were some sort of attack on campus...
The 20 shirts, all donated by UW-Stout students, are part of The Clothesline Project, a program started in Cape Cod, Mass., in 1990 to address the issue of violence against women. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The project educates viewers about the issue, promotes ways to prevent violence, puts a human face on the statistics and celebrates the strength of women to break the silence about abuse...
UW-Eau Claire's student newspaper, The Spectator, earned eight awards recently from the Wisconsin Newspaper Association...
UW-Eau Claire students Katie Geary and Shannon Zirnhelt took a spring break trip to the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and came home richer than they could have imagined...
Though many students are unaware of UW-Platteville's process in students, services and technology, the campus' latest addition in technology is the Enterprise Resource Planning software being used in many classrooms. Through the participation in an international software company's university alliance program, students can experience this growing knowledge of software...
In the midst of midterms and finals UW-Madison students often find it difficult to receive help from professors with crowded office hours, but with the Greater University Tutoring Service looking to expand its services, help may be more readily available to students...
Dear Fellow Badgers, You and I have been privileged to attend one of the top 25 teaching and research universities in the world. We are the beneficiaries of the people of the state of Wisconsin and of the ongoing support of our federal government... [Authors: Tashia and John Morgridge, University of Wisconsin - Madison '55]
Although we all come from different backgrounds, are majoring in different subjects and have different goals and expectations for ourselves, every single UW-Madison student can agree with the following statement: Tuition hikes suck. Unfortunately, these increases are inevitable, even in the midst of a recession. Chancellor Biddy Martin's Undergraduate Initiative proposal is yet another justification for an additional tuition increase. However, is it a practical and justified burden to place on students? The short answer is yes, but despite the many issues Martin's Undergraduate Initiative proposal addresses, it also unfortunately contains several flaws which need to be dealt with before the proposal itself actually takes effect...
After University of Wisconsin Chancellor Biddy Martin's release of a document outlining the university's goals for the next five years, Faculty Senate members are still debating the ideas and words contained within the plan. The Strategic Framework document lays out strategies to implement Wisconsin's goals and describes the university's vision to become a model for 21st-century learning...
...Currie and others hope these tiny bugs and their fungus will help unlock answers to fight a major challenge for the United States: energy...
Carl E. Gulbrandsen, WARF managing director, told a recent WisBusiness.com luncheon that the new federal stimulus package is good news for UW-Madison research...
The show, called "IMHO," or "In My Humble Opinion," is one of a number of shows UW-Madison staff members have created for the Big Ten Network. It aired for the first time last month. "We have made it a priority," he said. "This is a way to showcase the University of Wisconsin to a national audience. ... If we eat the production costs, then we get an hour or a half hour of national TV time, essentially for free."...
...But perhaps the fifth star of the show is the campus itself, which is the backdrop to much of the drama that will play out over the course of eight episodes. And although promotional materials for the series say it will cover subjects ranging "from hookups to breakups to academic pressure and homesickness," UW-Madison administrators are wary of how the show will portray the university, concerned it will glamorize a culture of drinking and partying...
A new MTV reality series featuring four freshmen at the University of Wisconsin-Madison premieres Monday night...
The University of Wisconsin-Madison campus is buzzing in anticipation of a new reality show set in the city that aims to give a candid look at college life, but some are concerned about how the show will portray the university...
With the MTV reality show "College Life" set to premiere tonight, University of Wisconsin officials are concerned about the balance of aspects of campus life the show will depict...
...University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac is celebrating its 40th anniversary...
When Brownsville native Charlie Combe died recently at age 47, he left an unusual gift to carry on his legacy. Combe, a music professor at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, died of a heart-related illness March 4. On the day of his funeral, custom instrument maker Federico Sheppard questioned what might be done with the Brazilian rosewood guitar Combe was set to pick up from Sheppard's Wisconsin guitar shop that day...
Nicholas Phillips has been playing the piano for 20 years now. "I just love music and making music," said Phillips, an assistant music professor at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire. He performed Friday at the Recital Hall in the Center for Performing Arts. A day earlier, he presented a special master class for ISU piano students. A native of Monrovia, Ind., Phillips said he enjoys playing at colleges and community music halls across the state...
Salaries for full professors at public and private universities in Wisconsin are below national averages, according to a new national report being released Monday...
A new national report released Monday shows salaries for professors at Wisconsin's public and private universities are below the national average...
According to a national study released Monday, full professors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison earn significantly less than the national average for those who work at doctoral universities. That finding will surprise virtually no one in town, as leaders of the state's flagship university have long argued that low pay has led to a brain drain of top faculty members bolting the institution for higher-paying jobs elsewhere. However, it may surprise some to learn that assistant professors at UW-Madison earn more than the national average. Assistant professors are generally considered entry-level faculty members...
Spencer Sebo dreams of developing the fuel source of tomorrow, and he has a plan for how to get started. Next fall, the D.C. Everest Senior High School student will attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison to study chemical engineering. The big question, though, is where he'll find the money to pursue his dream...
The issue: Free college tuition for returning veterans. Our view: It's the right thing to do, but the state needs to tap into an available federal program to pay for it...
A poll released by the U-W Health system suggests a majority of Wisconsin voters would support raising the state's beer tax...
A majority of Wisconsin voters support raising Wisconsin's low beer tax and using the proceeds to nab drunken drivers and prevent and treat alcohol abuse, a recent survey shows...
The 2009 Earth Day event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 18 at the University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc campus...Coordinators are UW-Manitowoc, Lakeshore Technical College, Silver Lake College and the Manitowoc County Recycling Center. A number of activities and educational opportunities will be available for all ages...
...And while it was the crown that convinced a young Kauth to set her eyes on one day earning the Alice headgear, it would become the work that would move her to nominate herself for the position and become a finalist for the 62nd Alice in Dairyland....Kauth is attending UW-River Falls and studying agriculture, business and dairy science. She said looking at her parents, FFA officers and people across the state who work in the agriculture industry opened her eyes to the career's potential...
Sometime in the future, visitors to the Fox Cities might search the Internet and take a virtual tour of the Fox River based on research by Lawrence University history students...
Advocates of lifting the ban on same-sex marriage in Wisconsin say while recent victories in Iowa and Vermont are welcome signs of progress, they don't see them spurring a movement here to overturn the Badger State's 2-year-old constitutional amendment...
Demand for large-animal veterinarians is soaring, and a shortage could put the nation's food supply and Wisconsin's massive agriculture economy at risk, farm and government officials say. The American Veterinary Medical Association goes so far as to call the large-animal vet shortage a threat to national security. As the economy hemorrhages jobs, the large-animal veterinarian profession is booming. The demand is acute in Wisconsin, where 1.3 million cows produced 24.5 billion pounds of milk last year...About 2,500 students a year graduate from the nation's 28 veterinary colleges, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, according to a GAO report to Congress issued Feb. 29...
While the overall economy is struggling, the underground economy is surging, according to a still unpublished paper by a University of Wisconsin-Madison economist. Unreported income in the U.S. has likely ballooned to as much as $2.25 trillion, creating a ratio of unreported income to reported adjusted gross income that is approaching the peak levels of the World War II era, the university said Monday...
On paper, the annual report on faculty salaries being released today by the American Association of University Professors suggests a good year for professors' pay. The average increase across all categories was found to be 3.4 percent for 2008-9. While that's down from last year's average of 3.8 percent, last year's total was outpaced by inflation, while this year's gains came amid virtually no inflation (at least according to official statistics). If you are a faculty member reading this and not feeling particularly flush, however, there's good reason, as the AAUP report is quick to point out...
Faculty pay has been battered by the deepening national recession, but you can't tell that from the American Association of University Professors' new annual report on the economic status of the profession. The average salary of a full-time faculty member rose 3.4 percent in 2008-9, it says, a rate well above inflation. That would be good news, but the association collected the salary information in the fall of 2008, before layoffs, pay cuts, and furloughs began to crimp faculty members' incomes. In short, the numbers "do not reflect the ominous economic reality that is now confronting colleges and universities across the land," says the report, titled "On the Brink."... (paid subscription required)
...As the economy sinks, dwindling state appropriations and plunging endowment values are forcing colleges to make significant budget cuts. Professors -- from the tenured to the adjunct -- are beginning to see teaching-load increases and travel restrictions, along with salary cuts and layoffs... (paid subscription required)
Little by little, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act -- better known as the economic stimulus package -- is having an effect on college campuses. While the biggest ticket items, such as tens of billions in research and state stabilization dollars, are not yet flowing in any meaningful way, colleges have begun to take advantage of separate provisions in the new law designed to make it easier for them to borrow money to finance capital projects...
Many colleges have special orientation programs, prior to those offered for all entering students, for those who are from minority groups. The idea is that minority students entering a predominantly white college benefit from talking about the issues they may face, and connecting with fellow minority students and with groups on campus that help them. The programs have also been criticized over the years -- and sometimes abandoned as a result -- for segregating students at the start of college. Mount Holyoke College, which has for many years had a voluntary program for minority students in advance of the general orientation, plans this year to start a special section at the same time, also voluntary, for white students from the United States. (There is also a mandatory pre-orientation for international students.) Over three and a half days, the white and minority students will spend time separately and together, talking about race, before they join the four-day program for all new students...