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  1. UW System Board developing biennial budget to move state forward

    University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents Special Meeting News Summary

    July 23, 2010

    MADISON – The budget request being developed by the University of Wisconsin System for the 2011-13 biennium is designed to help the university pull the state out of the current recession, Senior Vice President Michael Morgan told the Board of Regents Friday. The UW System Board of Regents convened a special discussion-only meeting Friday to […]

  2. Regents recognize 2010 recipients of Academic Staff Awards for Excellence

    University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents June Meeting Day Two News Summary

    June 11, 2010

    MILWAUKEE – The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents on Friday honored this year’s recipients of the Academic Staff Awards for Excellence, the highest recognition bestowed on members of the UW System’s academic staff. The 2010 recipients are: Dale Braun, Campus Planner, Integrated Planning, UW-River Falls; Lynn Freeman, Director of Academic Advising, UW-Oshkosh; and […]

  3. Board calls for 5.5% tuition increase at UW System’s four-year institutions, tuition freeze at UW Colleges

    University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents June Meeting Day One News Summary

    June 10, 2010

    MILWAUKEE – As part of approving a $5.59 billion annual operating budget, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents today unanimously approved a 5.5% average tuition increase for resident undergraduates at the UW System’s four-year campuses. The Board also approved a tuition freeze for the fourth straight year for the UW Colleges. In recommending […]

  4. Board of Regents show support for Wisconsin Covenant

    University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents April Meeting Day Two News Summary

    April 9, 2010

    FOND DU LAC – The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents gave unanimous approval Friday to a resolution supporting the UW System Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Package. “Clearly, the Covenant dovetails with the UW System’s Growth Agenda for Wisconsin, and its goal to increase the number of baccalaureate degree-holders in the state. The Wisconsin Covenant […]

  5. UW System targets increasing the number of Wisconsin residents with college degrees

    University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents April Meeting Day One News Summary

    April 8, 2010

    FOND DU LAC – The University of Wisconsin System is launching a long-range plan to increase the number of college degree-holders in the state by 30 percent over the next 15 years. Addressing the Board of Regents, UW System President Kevin P. Reilly called the plan “an opportunity to create a more educated citizenry that […]

  6. Regents recognize winners of Diversity Awards

    University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents February Meeting Day Two News Summary

    February 5, 2010

    MADISON – The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents honored the second annual winners of its Regents Diversity Awards at its meeting on Friday. The award program was established to recognize and support efforts to foster access and success in university life for historically underrepresented populations. Regent José Vásquez, who chaired the selection committee, […]

  7. UW System to develop strategies for economic recovery and renewal

    University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents February Meeting Day One News Summary

    February 4, 2010

    MADISON – As the country’s focus turns to economic recovery, Regent President Charles Pruitt told the Board of Regents Thursday that the time is right for the University of Wisconsin System to revisit the Growth Agenda for Wisconsin, the university’s strategic plan to increase the number of college graduates, create more well-paying jobs, and strengthen […]

  8. Regents approve capital projects at UW-Milwaukee

    January 8, 2010

    MADISON – The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents on Friday unanimously approved three capital projects at UW-Milwaukee as part of a broader initiative to support the institution’s research activities and to reinforce its impact as an economic driver in the state. The approved projects include: The Kenwood Integrated Research Complex (Phase one); The […]

  9. Speed pays when it comes to cutting college costs (day 2 news summary)

    University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents December Meeting, Day Two News Summary

    December 11, 2009

    MADISON – Getting through college more quickly is a potential route to significant cost-savings for students, University of Wisconsin System President Kevin P. Reilly told the Board of Regents Friday, in a wide-ranging discussion of quality, affordability, and differential tuition issues. “We need to be clearer about results of choices that students and families make […]

  10. UW-Madison chancellor stresses research excellence (day 1 news summary)

    University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents December Meeting, Day One News Summary

    December 10, 2009

    MADISON – The University of Wisconsin-Madison is consistently ranked among the finest research universities in the world. The challenge going forward is to maintain that status in the face of dwindling state support, Chancellor Biddy Martin told the UW System Board of Regents on Thursday. “We’re going to need more flexibility so we can help […]