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Regents approve UWM water school plans

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee received the go ahead Friday to fund a preliminary plan for its new School of Freshwater Sciences. The regents approved $4.3 million in state building funds to begin design work for the freshwater sciences building, as well as the Kenwood research complex, at UWM. During the meeting, regents also announced that Wisconsin Department of Administration Secretary Michael Morgan will step down from that post and join the University of Wisconsin System as the systemâ??s senior vice president for administration and fiscal affairs.