A little over a year after proposing to eliminate 13 academic majors, UW-Stevens Point announced that no programs will be discontinued.
UW-Stevens Point says academic program cuts no longer on the table
Wisconsin State Journal
April 11, 2019
Top Stories
UW urges lawmakers to include vet school facility in state budget
WKOW-TV 27
UW-Madison officials are hoping lawmakers will help pay to build a new veterinary school on campus.
UW System joins national coalition to prevent sexual harassment on college campuses
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The UW System, which has fielded a raft of misconduct complaints at universities around the state, announced Wednesday it was joining a national coalition to prevent sexual harassment on college campuses.
Higher Education/System
UW-Whitewater begins search for new A.D.
WKOW-TV 27
For the second time in three years, the UW-Whitewater Warhawks are searching for a director of intercollegiate athletics. Current A.D. Todd Garzarelli has accepted the same position at Indiana University Pennsylvania.
UW-Stevens Points scraps plans to drop 6 majors
WISC-TV 3
University officials said Wednesday they will retain majors in French, German, history, geography, geoscience and two art concentrations.
UW-Stevens Point backs away from controversial plan to cut several liberal arts majors
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
After putting majors like history and geography on the chopping block — and in the process drawing national attention to the future of liberal arts education — the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point announced Wednesday it was changing plans.
U. of Wisconsin at Stevens Point Pulls Back From Plan to Cut 6 Liberal-Arts Programs
Chronicle of Higher Education
The University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point said Wednesday that a highly controversial plan to cut six academic programs is now off the table.
Stevens Point abandons controversial plan to cut liberal arts majors including history and foreign languages
Inside Higher Education
The University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point said its 2018 Point Forward plan to scrap 13 majors was an opportunity to be more nimble. Faculty members, meanwhile, petitioned to remove their chancellor and provost and asked if Stevens Point could remain a true university without core liberal arts fields such as history and foreign languages.
Campus life
Fixer uppers
Isthmus
Noted: Tonight’s workforce is another layer of the “skin in the game” model: volunteers who are interested in giving back but who also want to learn how to fix a bike. Wheels is one of the most popular destinations among UW-Madison students enrolled in the Badger Volunteers program. UW grad student Alex Lai will end 12 semesters of service here this summer when she completes her doctorate in environmental chemistry and heads to the west coast.
UW–Madison’s Red Gym acts are cultural hub on campus
Madison Magazine
Gym houses diverse groups, acts as gathering place.
PHOTOS: Faculty of Color Reception 2018
WISC-TV 3
A photo slideshow of the campus event.
Judge Everett Mitchell to Keynote at UW Law School’s 2019 Hooding Ceremony
Madison365
The University of Wisconsin Law School’s graduating class has selected the Honorable Everett Mitchell to present the keynote address at its 2019 Hooding Ceremony, a special recognition for students receiving law degrees.
Panel discusses barriers women, LGBTQ+ students face in STEM fields
Badger Herald
Panelists say UW needs to take more direct action in supporting minority students in STEM fields.
Lakeshore Nature Preserve updates master plan, seeks student input
Daily Cardinal
The survey includes questions about students’ experience with the preserve in order to gain information on their understanding of the space.
Deltas unite at the Capitol to advocate for change on expungement, redistricting, infant mortality
Capital Times
On Tuesday, just over 50 of Deltas came to the Capitol from across the state. There are three alumnae chapters and four collegiate chapters in Wisconsin, including one at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Spring arts preview: Our arts contributors each share one don’t-miss event this season
Isthmus
Noted: Includes several UW events.
The high cost of living on campus: Some UW-Madison students find dorms too expensive
Isthmus
Looking back at her time at UW-Madison, recent graduate Tiffany Sneed shakes her head and sighs in relief that she survived living in the dorms.
Arts & Humanities
Baraboo church to hold music program on Holocaust Remembrance Day
WKOW-TV 27
The program will be presented by Dr. Teryl Dobbs, a music professor and chair of music education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and researcher affiliated with the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies.
UW Varsity Band’s spring concert is director Mike Leckrone’s final curtain
La Crosse Tribune
In March 1975, just five years into his career, Leckrone, then 37, decided an end-of-the-year gathering for his Marching and Varsity bands would be nice.
PHOTOS: ‘The Black Aesthetic’ exhibit on display all summer at UW–Madison
WISC-TV 3
A photo slideshow.
Babcock Hall releases new ice cream flavor in honor of Mike Leckrone
WISC-TV 3
Babcock Hall’s newest flavor is called March on Leckrone. The flavor is a vanilla cranberry swirl ice cream with white chocolate flakes.
Mike Leckrone to take his final bow at ‘Moments of Happiness’ Varsity Band Concert
WISC-TV 3
University of Wisconsin Director of Bands Mike Leckrone has said over the years, he would know when it was time to retire.Now that the moment is almost here, Leckrone has mixed feelings.
UW Band seamstress from Beaver Dam sews final costume
Beaver Dam Daily Citizen
Levenhagen is the band’s talented seamstress — the woman behind Leckrone’s elaborate costumes for the past 27 years — and she was still busy hand-crafting this year’s suit the day before the first of three shows.
The rest of the story: HBO documentary sheds more light on Gillian Laub’s “Southern Rites”
Isthmus
n 2002, photographer and UW-Madison alum Gillian Laub was sent by Spin magazine to Mount Vernon, Georgia, to chronicle one of America’s last racially segregated proms. At the time, she didn’t realize she’d be dedicating a decade to the project.
Health
New figures for autism prevalence in China point to previous neglect
Spectrum News
Quoted: “This approach is much more labor intensive than the CDC’s approach,” says Maureen Durkin, professor of population health sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who leads the CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network. “It’s true that the more you look for autism, the more you’ll find.”
Athletics
As UW moves forward with plans for new Natatorium, Rec Sports hosts listening session with ASM
Badger Herald
New Nat will have gender neutral bathrooms, locker rooms, Rec Sports director says.
Opinion
Arboretum deserving of honor — Donna Silver
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter to the editor: Congratulations to the many people over the years who have created the UW Arboretum on Madison’s West Side. This Wisconsin treasure has recently been added to the National Register of Historical Places.
UW Experts in the News
Trump To Meet With South Korea’s Moon Jae-In To Discuss North Korea Negotiations
NPR
Quoted: Moon will be looking for a South Korean exception to international sanctions on North Korea, said David Fields, the associate director of the Center of East Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The case for not watching ‘Game of Thrones’ on Sunday
Deseret News
Quoted: University of Wisconsin psychologist Shilagh A. Mirgain has offered tips on how to avoid a crash landing, such as savoring the memories and planning a new goal or happy event. “I’m a big fan of repurposing and thinking about what’s next,” Mirgain said. “When I come back from vacation I have my next travel destination chosen. Athletes can focus on the next race, and someone who just had a wedding could start thinking about the honeymoon or one-year anniversary.”
Obituaries
Westman, Jack Conrad
Dr. Westman was on the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Michigan until 1965 when he established the Child Psychiatry Division at the University of Wisconsin Medical School.
UW-Madison Related
John Nichols: A proud working guy who stands up for ‘people with callouses on their hands’
Capital Times
UW administrators have taken (Terry) Fritter seriously, especially as the technician with the UW School of Medicine and Public Health has advocated for strengthening the role of the University Staff Congress. The Congress is the largest representative shared governance body for university staff at UW-Madison.