Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to do away with a small state agency that approves and regulates for-profit colleges was voted down Thursday night by the Legislature’s budget committee, likely meaning the Educational Approval Board will continue unchanged after being on the guillotine since late January.
Tbe game against Alabama on Sept. 5 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will kick off at 7 p.m. on ABC (Ch. 27 in Madison).
Platz mentored students at UW Law School Legal Defense Project.
NeuWave Medical, a company founded in 2008 based on UW-Madison research, has raised $25.3 million, according to papers filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. NeuWave has more than 75 employees, with nearly 50 of them in Madison.
University of Wisconsin football recruiting coordinator Ben Strickland will be Florida Atlantic’s next defensive backs coach.
Brett Favre’s Legends Game on July 19 at the Wisconsin Badgers’ home turf will feature former Packers Mark Chmura and Andre Rison and NFL players Donovan McNabb and Wisconsin great Ron Dayne in a flag football game between Packers old-timers and former gridiron greats from all over the league. Tickets, which go on sale June 3, will range from $34 to $55, with part of the proceeds going to the Favre 4 Hope Foundation. Tickets will also be sold in a family four pack for $112, which includes four tickets for seating in the $34 price level. Current UW-Madison students will be able to purchase two tickets at $13 each, also seating in the $34 price level.
State workers’ main out-of-pocket health care costs will double next year, after the Group Insurance Board approved changes Tuesday to save $85 million over two years. The cuts, to begin Jan. 1, were requested in Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget and are designed to avoid a “Cadillac” tax on rich benefit programs from the Affordable Care Act.
The bill would create a Wisconsin Student Loan Refinancing Authority, modeled after the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. The authority would be charged with creating a system to buy federal and private loans and refinance them at a lower rate.
Alcohol consumption questions have become commonplace in the repertoire of a doctor’s assessment of a patient in Wisconsin, but the brief dialog isn’t prompting those most in need to seek treatment, a study shows. The study, performed by UW-Madison assistant professor of social work Joseph Glass, said the process known as screening and brief intervention helps people with milder drinking problems but not those who need counseling or treatment.
Former University of Wisconsin and professional hockey player Barry Richter will join his father, Pat, as a Madison Sports Hall of Fame inductee when the 2015 class is honored June 3 at Monona Terrace.
UW will have series with three decades-old Western Collegiate Hockey Association rivals — Denver, North Dakota and Northern Michigan — while playing single games with longtime East Coast opponents Boston College and Boston University.
The group filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Dane County Circuit Court. It was the first to report in February that Walker’s budget would have deleted the core philosophy of the “Wisconsin Idea” from the UW’s statutory mission statement.
State workers and their family members would see their main out-of-pocket health care costs double next year under proposed budget cuts officials will take up Tuesday. The state Department of Employee Trust Fund’s Group Insurance Board is expected to vote on the proposal, which would satisfy requested cuts to worker benefits in Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget.
Higher ed beat column on fraud line (“UW System will pay $35,000 a year to a Georgia company, The Network Inc., for the next five years to field calls and Web submissions about possible violations.”) and UW–Madison budget cuts (“An updated tally of jobs lost at UW-Madison due to Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed historic $300 million cut to the UW System stands at 434, according to figures released by the university. Of them, 84 percent will come from open jobs that won’t be filled.”)
“Gen” worked for the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a lab assistant for over 15 years, until her retirement
Coverage of the commencement ceremony.
Video of the keynote address from Saturday’s commencement.
Roundup of commencement social media.
Tenure gives proven, productive faculty members (the only ones who are awarded tenure) the confidence to stick out our necks and take risks. There are rewards for success and penalties for failure in the academic world, but most faculty would dial back on pursuit of risky ideas if not for tenure.
The Watertown Regional Medical Center has been affiliated with UW Health and “intends to continue to collaborate with UW Health on local specialty care services where it makes sense,” but would be sold to a for-profit hospital chain in Tennessee under an agreement announced Thursday that requires states approval.
Column by Exact Sciences CEO. Excerpt: “The cornerstone of Madison’s growth is the intellectual capital that fuels our region. This includes a world-class university, which raises more than $1 billion annually in scientific research funding. We believe by having a strong presence just a mile or so from UW-Madison, we can play an important role in encouraging more university inventions to turn into new companies, creating family-supporting jobs and accelerating the growth of our economy.”
Article about Karen Brown, 63, a Ph.D. student in cognitive ethology, who is challenging UW-Madison’s policy on handicapped parking.
June was the assistant to the associate chair of the English department at UW-Madison for many years, retiring in 1996.
When the University of Wisconsin System gets its funding from the state, it comes as a pool of money that gets divided up for campus use. Not all of the money gets put directly toward the cost of teaching, however. Before it moves on to the campuses, some of the pot has to cover the System’s debt service and the cost of utilities. (Graphics showing how funding is spent.)
Two UW-Madison students who stayed up late Thursday night studying for final exams got a wake up call when they went to bed: A stranger had entered their apartment and stole a laptop computer right before their eyes.
Column from detailing a report by progressive groups One Wisconsin Institute and Demos titled “Wisconsin’s Great Cost Shift: How Higher Education Cuts Undermine the State’s Future Middle Class.”
Opinion column critical of Gov. Walker’ and Assembly Speaker Vos’ disposition toward UW.
Iris Apfel’s long career began at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was an art education student with a taste for jazz.
The Wisconsin Alumni Association surveyed its members recently and found that about 90 percent of the more than 2,400 respondents had formed companies, with over 800 of those firms located in Wisconsin.
The Badgers’ homecoming game against Purdue on Oct. 17 will kick off at 11 a.m., while games at Illinois on Oct. 24 and at Maryland on Nov. 7 will begin at 2:30 p.m.
Noted: A’tira Banks, a poet and a Madison East High School alum set to graduate from the First Wave program (through OMAI, the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives) at UW-Madison is interviewed.
Matchups for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge were announced Wednesday, and the Badgers will play Syracuse at the Carrier Dome on Dec. 2. Times and television information will be released at a later date.
After being closed for three months of renovation, the 72-room hotel at 601 Langdon St., known the last 12 years as Campus Inn, is scheduled to reopen Thursday as Graduate Madison.
Close to two dozen UW-Madison faculty members have been awarded with research and distinguished achievement professorships supported by the William F. Vilas estate.
A group of faculty and staff at Madison Area Technical College wasted no time organizing to thwart his proposal to sell the college’s downtown campus and invest in South Madison to serve the city’s neediest residents, MATC president Jack Daniels told college trustees last month.
The annual mass migration of students leaving campus comes to a head on Saturday, the same day graduation ceremonies will be held at Camp Randall Stadium.
Bochsler, the chief of pathology at UW-Madison’s Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, has been named the new director of the facility and will assume the duties July 6.
The Joint Finance Committee voted 12-4 to reduce Walker’s proposed cut to the Educational Communications Board. The state agency works with the University of Wisconsin System to operate Wisconsin Public Radio and Wisconsin Public Television, among other duties.
Story regarding status adjunct instructors at MATC, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Edgewood College.
Several dozen people gathered for an evening vigil at Pres House campus ministry on the UW-Madison campus. The vigil started with music and candlelight outside before students slowly filed into the sanctuary.
Thomas was a microbiologist at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene.
Capitol Neighborhoods Inc. on Monday released a statement saying the move violates a standing commitment to downtown made when Madison College built its Truax Campus in the 1980s.
The 14-minute video was produced by members of organizations for black and Latino UW-Madison law students.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s police officers are expected to be wearing body cameras this fall, but the police chief first wants to get public input on how officers should use them.
Bill was a professor of Mechanical Engineering until his retirement in 1994.
Facing a severe financial crisis, the half-century-old Dictionary of American Regional English, one of University of Wisconsin-Madison’s most renowned humanities projects, has received an influx of donations in the past month and a half — roughly $60,000.
The Special Community/Police Task Force will be co-chaired by the Rev. Everett Mitchell of Christ the Solid Rock Baptist Church and UW-Madison Police Chief Susan Riseling. (Mitchell is also director of community relations for UW–Madison)
University Ridge, a top-ranked public golf course at County Road PD and County Road M in the city of Madison, was developed and given to the university by the University of Wisconsin Foundation in 1991, university officials reported in response to a records request … the terms of this gift contain an automatic reversion provision that returns the property to the Foundation if sold within 30 years of the gift, Lisa Hull, a special assistant to the vice chancellor in the Office of University Relations, said in an email.
Walker’s office and his Department of Administration released the documents Friday in response to a State Journal records request made three months ago. They include previously released emails from UW officials asking the budget office as early as Jan. 20 — two weeks before Walker introduced his 2015-17 budget — and again on Jan. 29 to restore the Wisconsin Idea language.
Letter to the editor: Gov. Scott Walker and the Legislature need to consider the students as our fuel to build Wisconsin’s economy. The students need a strong, dependable vehicle with a great engine to take them to their destination.
Loether grew up on a dairy farm and is set to graduate from UW-Madison with a degree in animal sciences, focusing on reproductive psychology.
Columnist tries to once and for all settle the debate over whether the magazine printed this statement touting UW–Madison’s party school status: “Of course we did not include Wisconsin in this list because it would be unfair to rank professionals with amateurs.”
The second annual Blake Geoffrion Hockey Classic, featuring alums from the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey program … will be staged at 6:30 p.m. June 26 at LaBahn Arena with proceeds going to the UW Burn Center.
Staff editorial: The Legislature could delay a $5 property tax cut to fund more UW aid. Most people wouldn’t notice the modest change. The Legislature could slow a sweetheart tax cut for manufacturers. It could accept more federal money for Medicaid. What our state leaders shouldn’t do is weaken UW System just as the economy is improving. Doing so will slow our state in the global race for knowledge, entrepreneurs, private investment and good-paying jobs.
“Threads” is an annual event that showcases work from the Textile and Fashion Design Program in the UW-Madison’s School of Human Ecology. It bills itself as an event that encourages involvement from students spanning a plethora of academic disciplines, from sciences to music and design.
Grant Petty, a UW–Madison atmospheric sciences professor and president of PROFS Inc., tells the paper taking away faculty tenure and shared governance is like asking the Green Bay Packers to play without pads … such a move would strip professors and staff of basic tenets of job stability and satisfaction that have made UW a go-to destination and would cause an exodus of top talent … UW System president Ray Cross has vowed to resign if those key policies go away, an expression of his confidence that they won’t.
University of Wisconsin outside hitter Kelli Bates has been named to the Big Ten Volleyball Foreign Tour team that will travel to Slovenia, Croatia and Italy from June 13 to 25.
Youtube video with caption: When a group of freshmen at University of Wisconsin-Madison signed up for an introduction to engineering design class they expected to get a grade, but they got more than that. They got an understanding of life.
The former Green Bay Packer and NFL legend will play at Camp Randall Stadium this summer, the day after his induction ceremony into the Packers Hall of Fame … The all-star flag football game will be held July 19 and will feature several former teammates and other ex-NFL players … No ticket or other information is yet available, according to a statement from the UW Department of Athletics.
Letter to the editor from Goldberg, a professor of Sociology at UW–Madison.
