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June 7, 2012

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – As part of approving a $5.9-billion annual operating budget, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents, after long discussion, today approved by a 17-1 vote a 5.5% average tuition increase for resident undergraduates at the UW System’s four-year campuses. The same 5.5% tuition increase was also approved for the 13 freshman-sophomore […]

June 4, 2012

MADISON, Wis. – The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will review an operating budget and consider tuition rates for the 2012-13 academic year this week in Milwaukee. In the face of ongoing state funding reductions, UW System President Kevin P. Reilly is recommending the 5.5 percent tuition increase for resident undergraduate students that […]

May 30, 2012

MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will honor this year’s recipients of the Academic Staff Awards for Excellence June 7 in Milwaukee. This is the UW System’s highest recognition bestowed on members of its academic staff. The 2012 recipients, including two individuals and one program, are: Denise Ehlen, Director of […]

May 18, 2012

MADISON, Wis. – University of Wisconsin System President Kevin P. Reilly today appointed a 21-member search and screen committee to help identify a successor to UW-Eau Claire Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich, who in March announced his acceptance of a position in Utah. Reilly appointed 11 UW-Eau Claire faculty members, two academic staff members, two classified staff […]

May 10, 2012

Madison, Wis. – University of Wisconsin System President Kevin P. Reilly announced three undergraduate student winners of the seventh annual UW System Liberal Arts Essay Scholarship Competition. The competition, which was established to support and promote liberal education throughout the state’s public university system, invited students to reflect on education as something that happens not […]

May 1, 2012

MADISON, Wis. – Mark A. Nook has been named Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs for the University of Wisconsin System. UW System President Kevin P. Reilly announced the appointment today, following a national search. Nook has served as the Interim Senior Vice President since last summer, when Rebecca Martin left UW to […]

April 18, 2012

MADISON, Wis. – University of Wisconsin System President Kevin P. Reilly today announced that Gilles Bousquet (zheel boo-SKAY) has agreed to serve as the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s Interim Chancellor following the departure of Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich next month. Levin-Stankevich announced on March 27 that he will leave Wisconsin to become President of Westminster College […]

April 13, 2012

SUPERIOR – As the University of Wisconsin System focuses more attention on the economic potential of research and development conducted by UW institutions, the Board of Regents heard several inspiring success stories at its Friday meeting. At the inaugural meeting of the Research, Economic Development and Innovation (REDI) Committee, Maliyakal John, managing director of the […]

April 12, 2012

SUPERIOR – “UW-Superior’s ‘Partnerships for Progress’ is a shining example of The Wisconsin Idea in action,” said Chancellor Renée Wachter, in welcoming UW System Board of Regents to the UW-Superior campus on Thursday. While the university celebrates its core mission of providing a liberal education and a dynamic learning experience for its students, UW-Superior also […]

April 10, 2012

MADISON – University of Wisconsin System President Kevin P. Reilly today announced the names of the finalists for the position of Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs for the UW System. The finalists, who were identified through a national search process, will be interviewed in Madison April 18-20. The search-and-screen committee is chaired […]