UW-Madison on Tuesday named Corey Pompey as the successor to legendary UW Marching Band director Mike Leckrone.
UW-Madison names new band director to succeed Mike Leckrone
Wisconsin State Journal
April 24, 2019
Top Stories
UW System grads from out of state could ‘earn’ in-state tuition under bill
Wisconsin State Journal
Out-of-state students graduating from UW-Madison would be eligible for up to about $54,000 in grant money if they lived and worked in Wisconsin for a seven-year period after graduation under a Republican bill introduced in the Legislature.
Research
How Entrepreneurs Can Learn to Embrace Stress
Stamford Advocate
So, instead of avoiding stress, we need to learn how to deal with it — and research shows that changing your perceptions of stress can literally save your life. In a 2013 TED Talk, health psychologist Kelly McGonigal describes a University of Wisconsin-Madison study that tracked 30,000 U.S. adults over eight years. The study was designed to explore how we think about stress, and how those perceptions can affect our health.
Undergraduate Research Symposium offers chance for student researchers to learn, share discoveries
Badger Herald
Students offered unique opportunity to share research in collaborative, appreciative environment.
Four UW faculty receive 2019 Hilldale Awards to honor research, service
Badger Herald
One faculty member each from arts and humanities, social sciences, physical sciences, biology selected.
Higher Education/System
Dr. LaVar J. Charleston Named Inaugural Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Dr. LaVar J. Charleston, an alumnus of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been tapped to serve as the school’s first associate dean for diversity and inclusion. He will begin in his new post on June 16, 2019.
Titletown announces new investors and Topgolf “eatertainment”
NBC-15
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the UW-System announced that they’re teaming up with Noodles & Company founder Aaron Kennedy to be the Entrepreneur-in-Residence.
Gloria Ladson-Billings, educator and theorist, named Towson University commencement speaker
Baltimore Sun
Gloria Ladson-Billings, an educator and theorist whose work focuses on educating African-American students, will be Towson University’s spring commencement speaker.
The professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who is also president of the National Academy of Education, will speak at the College of Education’s commencement ceremony on May 22, according to university spokesman Sean Welsh.
On renaming, regents pursue own historical research: Experts in the field are skeptical of the regents’ approach.
Minnesota Daily
Quoted: Stephen Kantrowitz, a history professor, was on a task force charged with considering the history of the Ku Klux Klan at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He said delving into an archive can be complex.
“Anybody is free to go into an archive and explore, and many people are good at it,” he said, but historians are trained to assess what they find in relationship to other archives and to what other scholars have found. They can sometimes see things others wouldn’t, he said.
“It’s rarely the case that a single document tells you something so dramatically new that it upends everything else that you already knew,” he said.
Liberal advocacy group sues state elections officials over requirements for college students to vote
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A liberal advocacy group is suing Wisconsin elections officials in federal court over requirements for college students to prove their identity in order to vote.
Campus life
UW hires Corey Pompey to replace Michael Leckrone as band director
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin has chosen a new leader of its famous marching band.
Corey Pompey, director of athletic bands and associate director of bands at the University of Nevada, Reno, starts in July.
UW Law School Launches First Endowed Chair Named for African American Professor
Madison365
The University of Wisconsin Law School has announced the creation of an endowed faculty chair in honor of the late Professor James E. Jones Jr. This is UW-Madison’s first fully funded chair named for an African American faculty member.
Protest continues following university response to graduate student demands
Badger Herald
University says they are engaging with students, but students say their demands aren’t being met.
Super seniors: Auditors at UW explore new academic paths, supplementing life experience with continued classroom engagement
Badger Herald
With an unparalleled class audit program, Wisconsin senior citizens are allowed to further their education for free, feeding their life-long passion of learning.
New Elders-in-Residence Program aims to improve experience of UW Native American students
Badger Herald
Initiative to strengthen ties between tribal nations as the university creates support system for minority students through Native elder mentors.
Nelson Institute holds Earth Day conference inspiring optimism, resilience
Daily Cardinal
Presenting solutions to pressing climate change questions for more than 1,000 inter-generational attendees, UW-Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies hosted the 13th annual Earth Day Conference at the Monona Terrace Monday.
State news
Wisconsin lawmakers give mixed response to Trump’s rally in Green Bay on Saturday
Appleton Post Crescent
Quoted: David Canon, political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said there are only eight to 10 states, including Wisconsin, that have the power to determine the outcome of the election.
“We’re one of the handful of so-called battleground states which are always in play during a presidential election,” Canon said.
Crime and safety
Tweet shows second sticker with racist messaging on campus
Daily Cardinal
A UW-Madison student brought attention via Twitter to a second sticker from the white nationalist group Hundred-Handers, garnering a response from students and faculty Tuesday.
Agriculture
What products are in season: a guide to seasonal goods
Madison Magazine
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems helped Madison Magazine put together a seasonal shopping guide to help navigate local farmers’ markets.
The Quest to Fix the Grocery Store Tomato
How Stuff Works
Julie Dawson is a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and she does tomato variety trials including varieties from a number of different public and private sector breeders.
Extension
Instructional teams challenge tradition by dividing teaching roles
Inside Higher Education
Unbundled faculty teams aren’t all the same. The University of Wisconsin Extension, an arm of the state system that partners with member campuses on traditional and competency-based online programs, takes a bifurcated approach, with academic success coaches providing wraparound services to students and instructors overseeing individual courses.
Arts & Humanities
Passing the baton: New UW marching band director named
WISC-TV 3
It’s a passing of the baton over at the University of Wisconsin Madison. The school has named a new marching band director for the first time in five decades.
New director chosen to lead UW Marching Band
NBC-15
Corey Pompey has been selected for the role of UW Marching Band director starting this summer.
UW-Madison Names Corey Pompey as New Marching Band Director
Madison365
“Corey Pompey is the clear choice,” said Susan Cook, director of the School of Music, in UW-Madison’s announcement. “He has a deep musicianship along with an enthusiasm and energy on the podium that was infectious; he really connected with the students.”
UW-Madison announces new band director
Daily Cardinal
After 50 years of marching to the same beat, UW-Madison announced they have selected a new band director to replace Wisconsin legend Mike Leckrone.
Corey Pompey named new band director by UW School of Music
Badger Herald
UW selects new leader after 50 years under Michael Leckrone’s leadership.
Health
Nurses respond to comment that they ‘play cards’ during work
NBC-15
Quoted: “I think many times people tend to think that nurses are nice, that they help. And it’s so much more than that. There’s so much training and education that goes into it,” says Cassie Voge, Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin.
Voge says, in actuality, there is a long list of things nurses can do.
“Administration, research, teaching like I do, advance practice nursing of course, our nurse practitioner, our certified registered nurse assistant colleagues, nurse midwives it’s just such a rich and robust profession to get into,” Voge says.
Madison-area Latino community health needs, strengths outlined in new report
Wisconsin State Journal
The Latino population in south-central Wisconsin has strengths and challenges, according to a new report released by the Carbone Cancer Center’s Cancer Health Disparities Initiative.
Opinion
Column: The case for Warren’s student loan debt cancellation plan
Badger Herald
Plan addresses racial, wealth disparities, making it particularly relevant, beneficial to Wisconsin
Business/Technology
MarketReady program supports diversity among entrepreneurs
Badger Herald
MarketReady one of many programs in Madison working to assist marginalized business owners navigate barriers, prepare for upcoming Madison Public Market.
UW Experts in the News
Supreme Court sees more serious divide open on death penalty
The Hill
Quoted: Ryan Owens, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said there could be death penalty cases where Roberts might “cast a counter-ideology vote.”
Elizabeth Warren and 2020 Democrats want to erase student debt — here’s how it could affect the economy
CNBC
Quoted: The average amount of debt per student has climbed not only because college costs have increased but also because state financing for schools has fallen, said Cliff Robb, an associate professor of consumer science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.