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Baseball commissioner Bud Selig has a message for graduates at the University of Wisconsin: Dream big and don't fear failure. In his commencement address Saturday, Selig urged the graduates to be resolute during these difficult economic times. Selig did not address baseball's drug problem or this season's drop in attendance. Instead, the 1956 Wisconsin graduate said he views baseball as a metaphor for life...
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay bade farewell Saturday to more than 750 graduates during commencement ceremonies for the class of 2009. Here's a look at the class by the numbers...
The world has changed dramatically over the last year, and the talent, skills and dedication of college graduates are increasingly important, Gov. Jim Doyle said in a commencement address at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Saturday...
The University of Wisconsin-Parkside's 2009 spring graduating class of about 420 students faces one of the toughest job markets in decades. But students and speakers at graduation Saturday morning expressed both fear and courage, reservations as well as dreams. Gov. Jim Doyle, the keynote speaker at the commencement for master and bachelor of science degree candidates, addressed the challenges and opportunities ahead of the 2009 graduates...
...Four years later, Propson walked across the stage, collected her diploma and became the 5,000th graduate of UWO's College of Nursing. The Potter native was one of 1,400 graduates to receive degrees Saturday during UWO's 135th spring commencement ceremonies at the Kolf Sports Center...
The four finalists for the UW-Marshfield/Wood County Extreme Makeover Education Edition contest were announced Sunday during the college's graduation ceremony. Jennifer Voda, Amanda Yost, Amanda Klein and Nona Foemmel have a chance to receive a semester's tuition free at UW-Marshfield if they win the contest...
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Anastasia Wilson sits in a wheelchair in a brightly lit art studio on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus, her feet resting limply in laceless, Nike shoes...Born with cerebral palsy, she can’t grasp a paintbrush. Instead, she paints with a wooden wand, strapped to the center of her forehead like a unicorn’s horn, swishing black acrylic paint back and forth on the canvas...
If the economy is hampering the ability of students to attend college, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point isn't feeling the effect...At UWSP, the number of freshman heading to class in September will actually increase from last year by about 20 students, despite a decline in applications...
A student at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is among the hundreds of state residents with confirmed cases of the swine flu...
An electrical engineer at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee has been awarded one of two Shaw Scientist Awards given by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation for his research on a novel method for earlier diagnosis of retinal disease. Hao Zhang, an assistant professor in UWM's College of Engineering and Applied Science, is developing imaging equipment that produces a detailed profile of blood vessels within the eye...
There's a hidden treasure in a building on the east side of the UW-Whitewater campus...The Winther Counseling Lab at UW-Whitewater has been offering free and confidential counseling to campus students and staff and to children, adults and families in the community for about 10 years, said Dave Van Doren, clinic director...
State employees are struggling to understand how Gov. Jim Doyle will implement his plan requiring them to take 16 unpaid days off over the next two years...All 30,000 or so employees at the University of Wisconsin System statewide will be subject to the furlough, including President Kevin Reilly, said the System's spokesman David Giroux...
With the state's budget deficit growing and the time to resolve it running down, lawmakers will attempt their own Ironman triathlon next week. The budget committee is aiming to vote on most of the toughest questions posed by Gov. Jim Doyle's more than $60 billion budget proposal by the end of May so the full Legislature can take action by its June 30 deadline. That would mean taking on state aid to schools and local governments, Medicaid health care for the poor, road funding, the University of Wisconsin System and a good deal more in just three days...
Employment opportunities for college graduates might be slim, but those who stand the best chance are those who started their job search four years ago. With students graduating throughout Kenosha at Gateway Technical College, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and Carthage College, school officials said they’re helping those students make the transition to the career world. A recent survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers indicates that might not be as easy as it looks. According to the survey, 19.7 percent of 2009 graduates who applied for jobs actually had them, compared to two years ago when the figure was 51 percent...
A legislative analysis says Gov. Jim Doyle's plan to allow some illegal immigrants to qualify for in-state tuition would affect few students and cost very little. The plan would allow illegal immigrants who graduate from Wisconsin high schools and have lived in the state three years to be charged in-state rates at Wisconsin universities and technical colleges...
Even in a tough economy, graduation is something to celebrate. Thousands of graduates from area colleges - Marquette University, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, UW-Madison, Beloit College and Cardinal Stritch University - did just that in ceremonies Sunday...
On Saturday, 240 students walked, sauntered, loped, strutted and paraded across the stage during Blackhawk Technical College's graduation ceremonies...Despite tough economic times and high unemployment, many graduates said they already had found jobs...
...The new law, which could potentially more than double the amount covered in the current GI Bill, could open college doors to thousands of veterans, many of whom would not otherwise have considered college because of the expense. The law provides the equivalent of in-state tuition at the highest-priced public college in the state where the veteran lives, based on undergraduate tuition and fees. There is also a monthly housing allowance and a $1,000 stipend for books and supplies...
Rep. Tom Petri doesn't appear to be gloating, but he does smile when asked if he feels victory is near in his longtime battle to reform the $85 billion federal student loan industry. And the Republican congressman from Fond du Lac doesn't much care that once again, a Democratic president is directing the change that Petri has sought for more than two decades: replacing a federal subsidy program with direct lending from the government...
A group of American Muslims, led by two prominent scholars, is moving closer to fulfilling a vision of founding the first four-year accredited Islamic college in the United States, what some are calling a "Muslim Georgetown"...
When two first-year French horn players in Southern University's marching band were beaten so badly they had to be hospitalized in intensive care, it exposed a dirty secret: Hazing isn't reserved for fraternities...The University of Wisconsin-Madison last year briefly suspended its marching band after allegations that underclassmen were forced to drink huge amounts of alcohol...
...In fact, despite stories of a large number of students who face gargantuan debt, about a third of graduates leave college with no debt at all for their education. Of the 65 percent who face debt, the average they owe is around $20,000. That's just below the starting price of a 2009 Ford Escape. "Most people borrow a reasonable amount of money, they pay it back, and they are better for having gone to college," says Mr. McPherson... (paid subscription required)
In a region where college preparation often begins at birth, some glossy new public school brochures offer a tantalizing formula for parents who crave assurance that their children are on track: a seven-step pathway to higher education that starts as early as kindergarten...