UW System Clipsheet
October 1, 2009
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Board of Regents
"Bill to ensure geographic diversity on board of regents moves ahead," Blog, Wisconsin State Journal, Oct. 1.
A bill that would ensure geographic diversity on the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents moved one step forward Wednesday. The state Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee voted to approve the legislation on a vote of 8-4...
"Bills may restructure Regent membership," The Spectator, Oct. 1.
Northwestern Wisconsin and UW-Eau Claire could have permanent representation on the UW System's governing body - that is, if state lawmakers approve legislation making its way through the Legislature...
UW System
"Most Big Ten presidents not getting bonuses," Daily Iowan, Oct. 1.
While the state Board of Regents mull a possible bonus for UI President Sally Mason, other Big Ten institutions have already closed the issue...Other Big Ten university officials, however, have either not been offered a bonus or declined possible incentive pay...
On Campus
"UW-Stout saving money through free email system," WEAU-TV, Sept. 30.
One local university is saving thousands of dollars with a new free e-mail system. The University of Wisconsin-Stout is only the second campus in the UW-system to start using Microsoft Live as it's email system. About 9,000 students are affected by the change. Students will now be able to keep the exact same email account after they graduate...
"Big Ten budgets not so big," Minnesota Daily, Sept. 30.
From administrators to custodians, men and women employed by the universities in the Big Ten are dealing with heavy budget cuts and salary freezes. While no two schools have reacted the same way, each has developed a plan to withstand the economic trouble without totally devastating its students and employees. But some face bigger obstacles than others...
"Butler chosen as U.S. district judge," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Oct. 1.
Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis B. Butler was nominated by President Barack Obama Wednesday for a federal judgeship...Butler is the justice-in-residence lecturer at the University of Wisconsin Law School...
"On Campus: UW-Madison Athletic Department nets big chunk of Big Ten media money," Blog, Wisconsin State Journal, Sept. 30.
The UW-Madison Athletic Department got $12.7 million last year from contracts with Big Ten media, which include ABC, ESPN, CBS and the Big Ten Network, according to an athletics budget report. The rest of campus got about $2 million from the contract with the Big Ten Network, the result of an arrangement in which UW Athletics gets 70 percent of the revenue, while campus gets 30 percent...
"SLAC demands meeting with chancellor," Badger Herald, Oct. 1.
The Student Labor Action Coalition marched on Chancellor Biddy Martin’s office Wednesday in protest of the University of Wisconsin’s agreement with multinational corporations that manufacture UW apparel...
"Professor gets grant for plant research," Leader-Telegram, Oct. 1.
An assistant biology professor at UW-Eau Claire has netted the school's first federal stimulus funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the National Science Foundation. Derek Gingerich received $150,000 to conduct research on plant-light reactions over the next three years...
"UWO building renovation bids $1.3 million under budget," Oshkosh Northwestern, Oct. 1.
Bids to renovate a building for the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh's student advising, career services, counseling, and academic support offices came in $1.3 million under budget...
"The Pointer on the Hub: Changing the Face of campus communication methods," The Pointer, Oct. 1.
...Three hundred million users are on Facebook worldwide and it is only getting bigger said an article published by Facebook creators on Sept. 15. The University of Wisconsin Stevens Point is taking part in this continual growth in its very own way. Departments, student organizations and on-campus offices are developing Facebook fan pages to get their messages to students and even parents of students...
"H1N1 complicates student privacy laws," Stevens Point Journal, Oct. 1.
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point faculty members might inadvertently be bumping against a federal law protecting education records when they talk with parents about the H1N1 virus, or swine flu...
"Davies brakes for Oak," The Spectator, Oct. 1.
The plans for the new Davies Center are officially on hold for the Council Oak, said UW-Eau Claire's Campus Facility planner Rick Gonzales, who spoke at a meeting with the University Steering Committee on Tuesday. Gonzales said he was optimistic the plan would not break the $48.8 million budget despite the delays, but at this point no one knows what the outcome will be...
"Technology center proposed for UWGB," Fourth Estate, Oct. 1.
UW-Green Bay may have the opportunity to incorporate an innovative product-from-waste technology center that would connect students and local businesses through research. The UW System created a Research to Jobs Task Force last February which produced several ideas regarding the creation of possible technology centers...
"UW-O provides assistance, services to disabled students," Advance-Titan, Oct. 1.
At UW-Oshkosh, almost 600 students have a documented disability of some kind, but two groups work to provide these students with accommodations and the help they need to be successful...
"Opposition to coal burning plants on UW campuses," Wisconsin Public Radio, Sept. 30.
Students and environmentalists are speaking out against the heating plants on several UW-campuses. Critics says the facilities are hurting the environment by burning coal for heat, without using modern pollution controls...
"Back to nature," Kenosha News, Sept. 30.
...What started out as a chance for students to hike the trails around the university turned into a partnership with Parkside when the college offered to send a geosciences professor and a few students to help the youngsters learn about the soil and plants around them...
State
"Badger State's tech boom," Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Oct. 1.
There was a time at the University of Wisconsin-Madison when starting a company ranked somewhere between gambling and arms dealing...What changed? Experts point to a number of factors -- luck, generous tax credits, research breakthroughs. But say ''innovation'' in Madison and one word repeatedly surfaces: WARF...
"MATC, Johnson Controls to build state's largest solar power project ," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Oct. 1.
Milwaukee Area Technical College and Johnson Controls Inc. will build the state's largest solar power project, a $6.9 million "solar education farm" that will help train technicians in the renewable energy field...
National
"Graham Spanier: The changing role of the public-university president," Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 30.
Graham B. Spanier, president of the Pennsylvania State University system, explains why it's more difficult to be president of a public university now than it was just a few years ago, and why today's college presidents are seldom inclined to speak out on political issues...
"Campus Connection: Canadian university guarantees job after graduation," Capital Times, Oct. 1.
...The University of Regina, which is located north of the border in Saskatchewan, has introduced a unique program guaranteeing students a successful career launch following completion of their undergraduate degree...If a student doesn't land "meaningful employment" within six months of graduation, the University of Regina will waive tuition charges for up to one year (30 credit hours) of additional education...
"Saving public higher ed," Column, Inside Higher Ed, Oct. 1.
Our nation’s system of public higher education is in crisis...Less well known is that the crisis in the publics has the potential to undermine the high quality of American higher education as a whole...(Author: Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern University)...