News - April 2005

April 27, 2005

MADISON― University of Wisconsin System President Kevin P. Reilly has appointed a 19-member search-and-screen committee to identify a new chancellor to lead both the statewide UW-Extension and the UW Colleges, which includes 13 freshman-sophomore campuses. “This is a time of important change for UW Colleges and UW-Extension,” Reilly said. “This search committee has the responsibility

April 25, 2005

MADISON – University of Wisconsin System President Kevin P. Reilly today announced the finalists for the position of chancellor at UW-Whitewater. The finalists’ names have been forwarded to the Board of Regents’ Special Committee for the UW-Whitewater Chancellor Search, chaired by Regent Roger Axtell of Janesville. The Regents’ committee will interview the finalists in Madison

April 15, 2005

MADISON- The University of Wisconsin System has announced the 17 winners of the 2005 Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award, an annual honor given to students, faculty and staff to recognize their contributions to diversity and the status of women within the UW System. The 10th annual Outstanding Women of Color in Education Awards

April 11, 2005

MADISON—University of Wisconsin System pride will thrive statewide and during events at the Wisconsin State Capitol to mark “UW Spirit Week,” set for April 11-15. “The UW System works in every corner of Wisconsin to educate students, create high-skill, high-wage jobs, and to improve the quality of life in Wisconsin communities,” said UW System President

April 8, 2005

It is my great pleasure to introduce the other recipient of the 2005 Academic Staff Regents Awards for Excellence. Beth Heuer joined the UW-Oshkosh community as an undergraduate student, then stayed to earn her Masters degree, and has worked for the campus ever since.  She now serves as the Affirmative Action Director and as the

April 8, 2005

On behalf of the Board of Regents, I am pleased to announce this year’s Academic Staff Regents Awards for Excellence. By presenting this award each year, we demonstrate the Board’s strong appreciation for the UW System’s non-instructional academic staff. The strength of the System and its institutions can be attributed, in part, to the excellence

April 8, 2005

MADISON – Unique stories of inspiration from students, academic staff, and university leadership topped the agenda during the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents meeting on Friday (April 8). The Board presented a foundation director and an affirmative action director with the 2005 Regents Academic Staff Awards for Excellence, which honors the professionalism, institutional

April 8, 2005

Thank you, President Marcovich. Good morning, everyone. Yesterday we began by meeting some of the most talented students in the UW System during “Posters in the Rotunda: A Celebration of Undergraduate Research.” Today, I’m pleased that we are able to recognize some of our colleagues whose work enhances learning and life on our campuses for

April 7, 2005

MADISON – Insightful research findings and innovative proposals from University of Wisconsin System undergraduates were on display at the Wisconsin State Capitol on Thursday (April 7) as members of the Board of Regents joined legislators in congratulating undergraduate researchers from across the state. Part of the April meeting of the Board of Regents, the event,

April 6, 2005

MADISON-A foundation president who led a record-setting university fund-raising campaign, and an affirmative-action director who helps University of Wisconsin System faculty, staff and students develop their careers have been named the winners of the 2005 Regents Academic Staff Award for Excellence. The awards will be presented Friday (April 8) at the UW System Board of