News

  1. Grants for student veterans, financial aid win Regent support

    University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents Day Two News Summary August 2006

    August 18, 2006

    MADISON-The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents on Friday encouraged the state of Wisconsin to support programs that would assist veterans and students from lower-income backgrounds as part of the state’s 2007-09 biennial budget. The Board approved resolutions Friday in support of a proposed Hold Harmless Tuition Grant and the Veterans’ Tuition Grant. Funding […]

  2. Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton’s remarks to the UW Board of Regents

    August 17, 2006

    Thank you, President Reilly, for your gracious welcome and for the opportunity to enrich the Board of Regents’ understanding of this exciting initiative and its potential impact on the UW System. You set it all in motion when you accepted the invitation for Wisconsin to become the first official pilot state for Liberal Education and […]

  3. UW System launches “Growth Agenda for Wisconsin”

    Board of Regents urges state to reinvest in public university in 2007-09

    August 17, 2006

    MADISON—The University of Wisconsin System would use reinvestment from the state to graduate more students, attract more college graduates to Wisconsin, and help grow knowledge-economy jobs for Wisconsin under the 2007-09 biennial budget request approved Thursday by the Board of Regents. “This is a dramatic and important turning point for the university,” said Board of […]

  4. “Growth Agenda for Wisconsin” tops UW budget request

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

    August 17, 2006

    Board of Regents urges state to reinvest in public university in 2007-09 MADISON—The University of Wisconsin System would use reinvestment from the state to graduate more students, attract more college graduates to Wisconsin and help grow knowledge-economy jobs for Wisconsin under the 2007-09 biennial budget request approved Thursday by the Board of Regents. “This is […]

  5. Regents praise UW-Milwaukee’s vision for the future

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

    June 9, 2006

    MILWAUKEE-The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee earned praise from the UW System Board of Regents on Friday (June 9) for a serious-minded growth agenda for the campus that will mark the campus and the city of Milwaukee as crucial elements in Wisconsin’s future development. “UW-Milwaukee is looking forward to an exciting and vibrant research agenda that is […]

  6. UW-Milwaukee delivers plans for growth in research, access, Wisconsin’s economy

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

    June 8, 2006

    MILWAUKEE – With the backing of four corporate and community leaders, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Carlos E. Santiago on Thursday made the case for additional state resources to the UW System Board of Regents. The chancellor’s presentation, “Delivering Access and Economic Growth through Research,” focused on three key points: UWM is essential to the economic […]

  7. “Good News” Remarks to the Board of Regents

    Kevin P. Reilly, President University of Wisconsin System

    May 5, 2006

    Thank you, Regent Walsh. Let mention a few Good News items from around the system. First up, 238 students representing every UW campus are at UW-Stout this morning for the 7th annual UW System Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity. The students are sharing their research and artistic expressions with state citizens as part […]

  8. Regents, Gov. Doyle affirm commitment to help students through “Wisconsin Covenant”

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

    May 5, 2006

    MADISON—The state would provide financial aid and support to students from low-income backgrounds to attend a University of Wisconsin System campus under a proposed program supported Friday by the Board of Regents and Gov. Jim Doyle. Doyle said the program, known as the “Wisconsin Covenant,” would ask eighth-graders to agree to finish high school, earn […]

  9. Diversity essential to a successful UW Growth Agenda for Wisconsin

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

    May 4, 2006

    Regents review status of diversity goals in the UW System; honor academic staff members MADISON—The University of Wisconsin System must be aggressive and creative in integrating its goals to improve diversity into the university’s mission if it is to serve all citizens of the state and to improve the long-term future of Wisconsin. The UW […]

  10. Regents honor two with 2006 Academic Staff Excellence Awards

    April 24, 2006

    MADISON – A land use specialist and a senior student services coordinator from within the University of Wisconsin System have been named the winners of the 2006 Regents Academic Staff Award for Excellence. The recipients of this year’s awards are Lynn Markham, a land use specialist with UW-Stevens Point’s Center for Land Use Education, and […]