Embattled Chancellor Linda Bunnell announced Wednesday that she will step down from her leadership of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on May 31. The decision comes after nearly a month of controversy in which the university's Student Government Association passed a unanimous vote of no-confidence in Bunnell's leadership, and UWSP Foundation leaders criticized her spending and her poor relationships with some members of the community...
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Chancellor Linda Bunnell announced her resignation Thursday amid criticism from students and donors and questions about how she handled a traffic crash...Foundation President Bob Spoerl said he was surprised and relieved by her resignation after a year of bickering...
After months of controversy concerning her leadership, the embattled chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will step down May 31, officials announced Thursday. Linda Bunnell, who was appointed chancellor in 2004, became the public focus of attention after she failed to report an accident in her state vehicle in February. Community anger over the incident brought to the surface a long-simmering battle among Bunnell, the UW-Stevens Point Foundation and some of the school's major donors...
The sudden resignation of University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Chancellor Linda Bunnell on Wednesday drew a line down the middle of Stevens Point, with some people lining up in support of Bunnell and others pleased by her resignation. Everyone seemed surprised by the announcement, but that is where the similarities ended. Some felt her conflicts with the Student Government Association and the UWSP Foundation were being exaggerated and were overshadowing her accomplishments. But others viewed her move as one that was right for the university...
Linda Bunnell, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, resigned today following a hit-and-run incident that occurred after she had bought three alcoholic drinks, the Associated Press reported...The hit-and-run appeared to be just one of many problems Ms. Bunnell faced...
Central Wisconsin will lose a strong force in economic development and higher education with Linda Bunnell's planned resignation May 31, local leaders said. Many are confident, though, that the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will replace its chancellor with a new leader who will build upon Bunnell's contributions...
The latest rankings put the University of Wisconsin-Madison first in the nation in ... printmaking? While sports rankings usually grab most of the headlines on campus, the academic prowess of the graduate programs at UW-Madison also ranks among the best in the country, according to the 2010 edition of U.S. News and World Report's "Best Graduate Schools"...
U.S. News and World Report named several University of Wisconsin graduate programs among the best in the country as a part of its "Best Graduate Schools" 2010 list released Thursday...Sociology placed the highest out of UW programs at second in the nation...Other UW programs in the top 10 include chemistry, education, psychology, and library and information studies...
University of Wisconsin-Parkside chancellor candidate John Folkins took the stage Thursday, fielding questions from faculty, staff, administrators and students on a wide range of issues. A professor of communication disorders from Bowling Green State University in Ohio, Folkins served as provost there prior to a two-year term as founding CEO of Research Institute, a non-profit corporation that markets to businesses the research and concepts developed by university faculty. He outlined six phases of "reinventing" himself during his life in academia, as a student, faculty member, department chairman and associate provost at the University of Iowa prior to joining Bowling Green...
The UW-Whitewater head football coach apologized today after banning student reporters from interviewing players and coaches. In an e-mail to a reporter from the student newspaper, the Royal Purple, coach Lance Leipold said he was sorry for his behavior and especially his use of inappropriate language, according to a university press release...
Still grumpy because your dream political science class is full again? The school has something more to offer: UW-Madison just launched an iTunes page last week, featuring a series of podcasts and videos, including a political science talk show. For an institution of global ambitions, there couldn’t be a better way to extend its outreach...
Nearly one year ago, Mark Coyne, a registered nurse, was one of the three people killed in a University of Wisconsin Hospital Med Flight helicopter crash near La Crosse. On Thursday, with Coyne's widow, Ann, by her side, the first Mark Coyne Scholarship was awarded to Kristy Schnabel, of Madison...
I would like to respond to the Opinion piece by Dan Walters on April 23 ("Cynicism justified on conduct code") regarding the proposed changes to student conduct policies for the UW System. Mr. Walters is wrong when he argues students have the right to full representation by an attorney at a formal misconduct hearing. There simply is no such right, as a review of case law will attest...(Author: Ervin H. “Kipp” Cox, Director, Student Advocacy and Judicial Affairs, Assistant Dean of Students, UW-Madison)...
Contracts for three UW-Whitewater faculty members will not be renewed in July, the beginning of the fiscal year, due to the state budget cuts. Two fundraising positions and one alumni relations position in the university advancement division have been cut from university staffing for next school year, said John Enslin, assistant chancellor of University Advancement...
Platters' staff and management is looking to help save the environment while saving students money at the same time. Part of this initiative was a display made to help students realize how much food they wasted on a daily basis. The management placed a display near the tray return area inside Platters containing all of the discarded food that was considered edible. The average amount of food wasted was 350 pounds a day, Karen Bast, Dining Services administrator at Platters, said...
