CAMPUS NOTEBOOK: A plan that would convert hundreds of University of Wisconsin-Madison limited-term employees to permanent status is heading toward ratification.
Under the plan, workers in about 40 percent of UW-Madison’s approximately 1,300 limited-term positions would see their pay raised. Many make about $7.50 an hour, and the UW would raise their pay to the city’s living wage level, currently $10.23 per hour, by July 2007.
About 500 limited-term jobs would be converted to permanent status over six years, estimated Darrell Bazzell, vice chancellor for administration.
Cell phone drive: The University of Wisconsin-Madison is organizing a used cellular phone drive to benefit victims of dating and domestic violence….