University of Wisconsin System Daily Clipsheet http://www.wisconsin.edu/clipsheet/ 60 2009 Board of Regents - University of Wisconsin System. All Rights Reserved. http://blog.uwgb.edu/inside/index.php/log-news/news/05/14/a-thank-you-for-outgoing-regent//w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/Board_of_Regents__01_20120516081240.html<div><p>Chancellor Thomas K. Harden made a special presentation -- a crystal bowl -- to former University of Wisconsin System Regent Judy Crain of Green Bay at the May 12 commencement on campus...</p></div>Board of Regents http://www.npr.org/2012/05/10/152442826/paying-for-college-more-tough-decisions?sc=emaf/w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/National__01_20120516080911.html<div><div> <p>Middle age is prime time for saving money. From your late 40s through early 60s, you're supposed to squirrel away cash to cope with health care costs in your old age. But for millions of Americans, middle age also is the time when children are seeking help with higher-education bills, and elderly parents may be needing assistance with daily care...</p> </div></div>National http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/college-inc/post/state-grant-aid-goes-increasingly-to-the-wealthy/2012/05/15/gIQARIvHRU_blog.html/w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/National__02_20120516082016.html<div><p>State grant and scholarship programs for college students increasingly favor students who aren't needy, according to a new report. The report, "Beyond Need and Merit," comes from the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution...</p></div>National http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-05-16/health-of-USA-nation/54984404/1#.T7OZZb_6iqo.email/w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/National__03_20120516075550.html<div><p>Education may not only improve a person's finances, it is also linked to better health habits and a longer life. For instance, people who have a bachelor's degree or higher live about nine years longer than those who don't graduate from high school, according to an annual report, out today, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics...</p></div>National http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/education/david-coleman-to-lead-college-board.html?_r=1&ref=education/w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/National__05_20120516081731.html<div><p>David Coleman, an architect of the common core curriculum standards that are being adopted in nearly all 50 states, will become the president of the College Board, starting in October...</p></div>National http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/05/16/rethinking-humanities-phd/w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/National__06_20120516075724.html<div><p>The warning last year from Russell Berman, who at the time was president of the Modern Language Association, was apocalyptic: If doctoral programs in the humanities do not reduce the time taken to graduate, they will become unaffordable and face extinction...</p></div>National http://www.wisconsin.edu/clipsheet/docs/2012/2012-05-16_LT_ConfluenceProject.pdf/w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/On_Campus__01_20120516080024.html<div><p>A redevelopment project totaling nearly $100 million unveiled Tuesday would transform a portion of downtown Eau Claire into the community's crown jewel, featuring a performing arts center, a university suite-style residence hall and businesses...</p></div>On Campus http://www.wisconsin.edu/clipsheet/docs/2012/2012-05-16_LT_ArtsResidenceHall.pdf/w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/On_Campus__02_20120516080131.html<div><p>Off-campus, apartment-style university housing planned for downtown Eau Claire would ease UW-Eau Claire's overcapacity dormitories, but also create a community of students studying the arts...</p></div>On Campus http://www.wisconsin.edu/clipsheet/docs/2012/2012-05-16_LT_ConfluenceBusinesses.pdf/w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/On_Campus__03_20120516080222.html<div><p>What's been termed the Confluence Project in downtown Eau Claire is expected to have about 27,000 square feet of space designated for commercial use...The latter's first floor would be occupied by commercial tenants and the upper floors by UW-Eau Claire students in apartment-style dormitories...</p></div>On Campus http://www.wisconsin.edu/clipsheet/docs/2012/2012-05-16_LT_TheaterExpansion.pdf/w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/On_Campus__04_20120516083422.html<div><p>The subject of a performing arts center has been a much-debated topic in Eau Claire for years...Controlled ultimately by the university and the Eau Claire Regional Arts Center, it would serve as a space for university and community performances, as well as national and touring shows. The new venue would not be the only place for performances in the city, but it would accent the potential of current venues at UW-Eau Claire, such as Haas Fine Arts Center...</p></div>On Campus http://www.weau.com/news/headlines/CRIME_ALERT_Racist_graffiti_found_at_UW-Stout_stadium__151631115.html/w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/On_Campus__05_20120516080452.html<div><div> <p>The search is on for vandals who've left a mess of graffiti, some of it racist all over a local college campus. And right now, campus police are turning to the internet to help find the suspects. The University of Wisconsin-Stout is offering a $2,500 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible...</p> </div></div>On Campus http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/151545845.html#!page=0&pageSize=10&sort=newestfirst/w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/On_Campus__06_20120516080554.html<div><p>University of Wisconsin-Stout is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in two separate vandalism incidents in which graffiti was sprayed on a campus entrance sign and the Don and Nona Williams Stadium...</p></div>On Campus http://host.madison.com/news/local/education/campus_connection/campus-connection-uw-prof-named-to-panel-tasked-with-examining/article_8da940be-9ec0-11e1-b3f1-001a4bcf887a.html/w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/On_Campus__07_20120516080713.html<div><p>UW-Madison professor Gloria Ladson-Billings is one of seven education heavyweights from across the country named to a panel that's designed to accelerate and advise on efforts to close achievement gaps at schools in the United States...</p></div>On Campus http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/chadima-investigation-costs-university-44000-4j5e7ul-151562345.html/w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/On_Campus__08_20120516081044.html<div><p>The University of Wisconsin-Madison spent nearly $44,000 for the private attorney who led an inquiry into allegations of sexual impropriety and abuse of authority against John Chadima, the university's former senior associate athletic director...</p></div>On Campus http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/law-firm-charges-uw-for-two-chadima-investigations/article_e46eaa80-9eaa-11e1-8991-001a4bcf887a.html/w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/On_Campus__09_20120516080833.html<div><div> <p>It cost UW-Madison about $43,700 to hire a retired Dane County Circuit judge to lead two inquiries into John Chadima, the senior associate athletic director who resigned earlier this year amid a sexual assault allegation...</p> </div></div>On Campus http://www.620wtmj.com/blogs/johnmercure/151587625.html/w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/On_Campus__09_20120516081136.html<div><p>Remember this loser? He's John Chadima, the former UW assistant athletic director who resigned amid allegations that he sexually harassed and assaulted student members of the athletic program, including two student employees and a football player...</p></div>On Campus http://walworthcountytoday.com/news/2012/may/15/uw-whitewater-names-associate-vice-chancellor//w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/On_Campus__09_20120516081413.html<div><p>The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has named Greg Cook as the next associate vice chancellor for academic affairs...</p></div>On Campus http://ballparkdigest.com/201205154866/college-baseball/news/loggers-to-underwrite-uw-la-crosse-program-renovate-copeland-park/w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/On_Campus__10_20120516081525.html<div><div> <p>In an unusual partnership, the La Crosse Loggers (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) will underwrite the UW-La Crosse baseball program and work together on fundraising for Copeland Park improvements...</p> </div></div>On Campus http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/movies/6-uwm-films-to-show-at-cannes-ed5ed5h-151652595.html/w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/On_Campus__11_20120516082711.html<div><div> <p>Six films from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee film department have been selected to be part of the Cannes Film Festival, which starts Wednesday and runs through May 27...</p> </div></div>On Campus http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/education/university/head-em-up-move-em-out-thousands-of-uw-students/article_b3dbd3b0-9eba-11e1-b394-0019bb2963f4.html/w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/On_Campus__12_20120516082925.html<div><div> <p>Spring is here! The birds are chirping, the grass is growing, car horns are blaring and tempers are rising all over the UW-Madison campus. Why? It's move-out time...</p> </div></div>On Campus http://www.wiscnews.com/baraboonewsrepublic/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_b3112a58-9f04-11e1-9fdc-001a4bcf887a.html/w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/On_Campus__13_20120516083237.html<div><p>A plan to request proposals from companies that want to build and operate the University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County's first campus dorm won the unanimous approval of the Sauk County Board on Tuesday night...</p></div>On Campus http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/usatoday/article/39258517?odyssey=mod/w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/On_Campus__14_20120516085032.html<div><div> <p>The outgoing chancellor of the University of Hawaii's flagship Manoa campus will be paid nearly $300,000 for a 10-month sabbatical. Virginia Hinshaw announced last year she'll be stepping down from the position as of June 30...According to her biography on the UH website, prior to joining UC Davis in 2001, Hinshaw served as dean of the Graduate School and vice chancellor for research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison...</p> </div></div>On Campus http://www.thedailypage.com/citizendave/article.php?article=36745/w/wis/clipsheet/rss_items/State__01_20120516085246.html<div><p>Why do we view a K-12 education as so important that we require it and offer it free of charge, but in an increasingly competitive world, we are making it harder to go beyond high school?...</p></div>State