More than 100 people attended the Wisconsin Policy Forum Viewpoint Luncheon: The State Budget’s Focus on Education: Meeting the Need or Over the Top? on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. The event explored the state of education in Wisconsin as framed by the Governor’s budget proposal. Senior Researcher Anne Chapman provided the Forum’s take on the education components of the proposed budget, followed by a panel of education experts and leaders, including UW System’s Senior Director for State Relations, Jeff Buhrandt. A full recap of the luncheon including WisconsinEye’s video and photos of the event can be found here.
Spring 2019 Graduate Lists
Just a reminder to get your list of spring 2019 graduates to Jeff (jbuhrandt@uwsa.edu) by July 12th. We will compile a comprehensive list of graduates and share those with legislators to provide them an opportunity to congratulate constituents on graduating from college.
State Building Commission Meeting
The State Building Commission took action on a number of UW System projects this week, including allowing UW-Parkside to begin construction on Wylie Hall. You can find Associate Vice President of Capital Planning and Budget Alex Roe’s summary of the commission’s actions in the PDF below. The next commission meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 7th.
2019-21 State Budget Passes both houses
Both houses of the Wisconsin State Legislature approved the 2019-21 State Budget, and now it awaits action by the Governor. No major changes were made to what the Joint Finance Committee approved earlier relating to the UW System. Several items were changed during the negotiations between the two houses, and you can find a summary of those changes here. The Governor indicated he plans to act on the budget by next week. Visit the Wisconsin State Legislature web page for more information on the 2019-21 State Budget.
Suicide Prevention Task Force
On June 17th, UW-Stout Dean of Students, Sandi Scott, and UW-Parkside Vice Provost for Student Affairs and Enrollment Services, Tammy McGuckin, were invited to present to the Speaker’s Task Force on Suicide Prevention in Ripon on the state of student behavioral health across the UW System. This presentation was similar to the one they gave to the Board of Regents at the April meeting. We are in communication with Rep. Ballweg’s office, who is chairing the committee, and we will inform everyone if the committee has recommendations related to higher education. You can watch it here.