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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 […]

March 11, 2005

Thank you, President Marcovich. Good morning, everyone. There’s the old saying that the month of March comes in like a lion, and we did our part by roaring our way around both capitols last week, so let me say a few words about that. We began in the state Capitol last Wednesday, with a joint […]

March 11, 2005

MADISON-The University of Wisconsin System must be free from state-imposed management mandates if it is to maximize resources during another biennia of limited state tax support, Board of Regents Vice President David Walsh said Friday (March 11) during the Board’s March meeting. Walsh was responding to a presentation by Rep. David Ward (R-Fort Atkinson), who […]

March 10, 2005

MADISON-As it strives to balance educational quality, access and ability to pay with its statutory limits for setting resident undergraduate tuition rates, the University of Wisconsin System needs to think and act more creatively, according to comments by several members of the UW System Board of Regents on Thursday (March 10). The remarks came during […]

March 10, 2005

Thank you, President Marcovich. Good morning, everyone. I am pleased, for the first time as president, to present to you the annual UW System Accountability Report, which we appropriately title “Achieving Excellence.” This is the 12th year the system has issued its systemwide Accountability Report, marking more than a decade of public reporting to the […]

February 11, 2005

Thank you, President Marcovich. Good morning, everyone. Evidence of my first piece of Good News is in your folders today. I’m very pleased to report that COBE, the Committee on Baccalaureate Expansion, has put the finishing touches on its initial work. For those of you who may have forgotten during your month away, COBE is […]