Eric Grodsky, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor whose research has included publications on chronic absenteeism before the pandemic, suggested in an interview that focusing on those underlying causes is the best way to help students academically, as well. That’s because whatever is causing them to miss school can harm their ability to learn even if they’re present, he said.
Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, who co-chairs the Legislature’s employment relations committee, has promised to block pay raises for UW employees until the school system cuts its so-called DEI spending by $32 million.
Rothman told reporters during a conference call that he has decided to shutter UW-Milwaukee’s Washington County campus and UW-Oshkosh’s Fond du Lac campus. He said that in-person instruction at the two schools will end by June 2024. Enrollment at both schools as well as three other two-year campus has ticked upward this fall, but it’s not enough to offset more than a decade of decreasing enrollment.
Enrollment at Fond du Lac and Washington County campuses this year was expected to be 243 students and 276 students, respectively.
The drama built ahead of a fourth-and-1 play in the final four minutes of a one-score game, and the director narrated along as a critical moment emerged on the Camp Randall Stadium turf.
So when “Jump Around” plays on your TV screen, it’s probably on a little bit of a delay. That’s how it happened last Saturday when the Fox Sports crew recorded 49 seconds of content while it was away at a break and put it to air 5 seconds later.
ARepublican-controlled legislative committee on Tuesday approved 6% pay raises over the next two years for most state employees, but withheld any increase for Universities of Wisconsin staff unless the UW system eliminates its diversity, equity and inclusion positions.
President Jay Rothman has ordered chancellors to cease in-person instruction at UW-Milwaukee at Washington County, located in West Bend, and UW Oshkosh at Fond du Lac. UW-Platteville’s Richland Center campus will also officially close after receiving a similar directive as the other two schools last year.
UW-Platteville Richland is closing, Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, UW-Milwaukee at Washington County and UW-Oshkosh, Fond du Lac campus will be stopping in-person instruction by June 2024.
The UW-Platteville Richland campus will close next year, Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman announced Tuesday amid continued financial pressures.
When cuts started coming at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Richland, its sister campus in Baraboo absorbed some of the impact. But Tuesday’s announcement from Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman has some on and around the campus concerned about whether they could be next.Rothman announced Tuesday that the UW-Platteville Richland campus will close next year amid continued financial pressures.
During his arraignment, Brandon Thompson had a not guilty plea entered on his behalf by the Dane Co. court to first-degree sexual assault, first degree reckless injury, and strangulation and suffocation. Thompson, who is being held on a $1,000,000 bond, is due to return to court on December 1 for a status conference hearing.
The decisions to shut down Richland and spur the other changes announced Tuesday are not meant to save money, Rothman said. Instead, he attributed them to the students. He pointed to students wanting to go straight to four-year schools, where enrollment has been rising, rather than the two-year schools. He added that online instruction has also been climbing.
State employees have been waiting to see these pay increases approved since July when they were first authorized in the governor’s budget. Public sector employees have been holding out the past three months for the approval of the Joint Committee on Employment Relations (JCOER), a committee Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) co-chairs.
Sex Out Loud granted $5,000 budget increase.
Month of October filled with community building activities, events.
The study, which is government-funded, aims to determine if a combination of targeted brain stimulation and meditation practices will decrease the number of suicides.
The evaluation, conducted by the Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education, comes days after Kids Forward released an updated Race to Equity report that shows continued gaps in the experiences of white and Black Madisonians, including in education.
Letter to the editor: Thank you to UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin for her courage in speaking out about the scale and utter brutality of the Hamas attack on Israeli men, women, children and infants.
The Buckeyes (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) and Badgers (4-2, 2-1) with square off at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 28 on NBC.
UW-Oshkosh is eliminating about a sixth of its overall workforce, as 140 people received layoff notices Monday, another 110 positions will disappear due to retirements or vacancies and a still-unknown number of contract-based adjunct professors and lecturers will not be renewed for this spring.
Two events in Madison Monday included a conference on Social Science and Sustainability at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the art exhibit “Garbology: What We Throw Away” at the Overture Center’s Playhouse Gallery.
Track offers specialization in sustainable development, inequality in housing.
Conservative commentator to return to UW for first time since 2016.
Rebranding of University of Wisconsin System is unnecessary change that will likely not have intended impact.
The decision to participate was left up to each university. Of the 13 UW System campuses, only UW-Madison, UW-La Crosse and UW-Eau Claire have opted out of the program.
UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin is condemning the Hamas attack on Israeli civilians last week, calling for respectful dialogue and a focus on shared values as many Jewish students struggle to reckon with violence against their faith.
Madison Public Library is also partnering with UW Space Place to host a solar eclipse viewing party from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at 2300 S. Park St. where telescopes with solar filters will be set up outside the Atrium to view the eclipse.
UW Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin issued a statement on Wednesday, acknowledging the pain that students with connections to both Israel and Palestine are experiencing.
Mnookin first directly condemned the attacks on Israel by Hamas. She then warned against anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
Mary Ann worked 32 years as a statistical typist for the University of Wisconsin Madison, retiring in 1994, at the age of 62.
UW-Madison police reported that 43 people were ejected from Camp Randall Stadium and 28 people were arrested during Saturday’s game between the Badgers and Iowa.
Organizers say 50 artist studios will be open for people to view student artwork and see inside classrooms and studios.
Expert draws from historical examples of misinformation, disinformation in virtual symposium.
The bill was proposed at the Associated Students of Madison’s October 11th meeting.
Following last Saturday’s attacks against Israel, Madison supporters of Palestine urged an end to Israel’s occupation of the Gaza strip during multiple demonstrations last week.
Despite Wisconsin having a record budget surplus, state Republicans voted to cut $32 million from the University of Wisconsin System ostensibly because of diversity, equity and inclusion programs. But to make matters far worse, the UW System has prioritized the elimination of what are being called “structural deficits” on our campuses. They sound dreadful, don’t they?
The bills ban transgender athletes in high school and college from competing in sports that align with their gender identities. In addition, separate legislation bans gender-affirming health care for transgender youth under the age of 18, threatening the licensure of any medical professional who provides such care.
Letter to the editor: With similar practical reasoning, can the System please rescind the unwieldy renaming of the state’s two-year campuses? Does anyone really aspire to attend the “University of Wisconsin-Whitewater — Rock County”?
Assembly Bill 378 would implement similar rules for the University of Wisconsin System and the state’s technical colleges. The measure would require the designation of intercollegiate, intramural or club athletic teams or sports as being for men, women or both.
Letter to the editor: I am totally frustrated that the Wisconsin Badgers homecoming football game could only be watched by streaming on NBC Peacock. Who is deciding this? When will the true longtime Badgers fans get a vote on this change?
“We believe that the work we’re doing at this university with the Center for Campus History is wholly unique in higher education,” Director of the CCH Kacie Lucchini Butcher and former head of the Public History Project said. “There is no one else doing it like we are. We want to ensure that other people know that this reckoning work is possible and that it can happen on their campuses too.”
The Center for Healthy Minds and the Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness are leading a study at the University of Wisconsin exploring suicide prevention methods that combine targeted brain stimulation with meditation, according to UW News.
Kits count towards multi-university competition centered on promoting sustainable energy practices.
Madison, the capital city of Wisconsin, brings a lot to the table in terms of education. Home to University of Wisconsin Madison, this city has one of the country’s lowest high school dropout rates—just 4.56%—and more than a quarter of its residents hold graduate degrees. Madison also boasts the lowest racial gap in education on our top-five list: a 4.33% disparity when comparing degree completion rates among white students versus all students.
Families with a direct connection to the region may have a tougher time navigating the next few days than those without one. And age matters a lot, the experts said. Younger kids, particularly those in second grade or below, should be protected from watching upsetting videos as much as possible, says Heather Kirkorian, the director of the Cognitive Development and Media Lab at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. They’re too young to understand what’s happening. “They don’t have the cognitive and emotional skills to understand and process,” she told me.
If you’re heading to Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday, make sure to check which section you’re sitting in. That’s because this week’s game is all about color coordination.
The Young Americans for Freedom chapter at UW is hosting the event, according to a press release. It will take place on Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. in Shannon Hall.
The universities are also working to address structural deficits, solve the problems facing branch campuses and address diversity, equity and inclusion to prepare students for an “increasingly multicultural workplace.”
Young Americans for Freedom at UW-Madison announced the event Wednesday, noting The Daily Wire emeritus editor will appear as part of a lecture series on Nov. 6. The event will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held at Shannon Hall, in Memorial Union.
Hundreds of people gathered outside Memorial Library late Sunday evening to express solidarity with the people of Israel after Hamas launched surprise terrorist attacks Saturday.
Sarah Hurwitz, a former White House speechwriter for the Obamas, spoke to students about her time in the White House, recent events with Israel and Hamas and her Jewish faith during a Tuesday evening talk with University of Wisconsin-Madison students at the UW Hillel Foundation.
The exhibit illuminates Latinx and Chicanx students’ identity, culture and community as resistance throughout the university’s history.
With sponsors including the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, Morgridge Institute for Research and the University of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Science Festival is truly a local group effort, Mulrooney said. Bringing people together is always the main goal of the Wisconsin Science Festival team.
Letter to the editor: So if the University of Wisconsin System is now called the “Universities of Wisconsin,” does that mean Viterbo University, Marquette University, Lawrence University, Marian University, Mount Mary University, Carroll University and Lakeland University are all part of it, too?
Mnookin condemns attacks, mourns lives lost.
Column by Universities of Wisconsin president Jay Rothman. “The goal is to shift the emphasis from our System to our universities, which create opportunities for students and improve communities all across the state. It’s an exciting change that I’m confident the people of Wisconsin will embrace with pride.”
The name change is intended to broaden awareness of “the constellation of Wisconsin’s 13 public universities,” President Jay Rothman said. He called the new identity “more relatable for students, families and employers.”
From the NFL to youth soccer, sports teams have been forced to reckon with decades of research showing the risks of repeated blows to the head through contact sports. At the same time, participation in organized team sports has been found to be extremely beneficial for the developing brain. So how should parents square those facts and find a safe middle ground for their kids? In this episode, Sanjay speaks to Julie Stamm, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Kinesiology and author of the book “The Brain on Youth Sports.” She explains why even those who don’t play sports should be aware of the risks and shares tips on how we all can keep our heads protected.
Some students said this week they hoped to set politics aside and focus on the profound loss of life. Jacob Bigelman, a junior at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, said he was so distraught by the events in Israel, where he had studied during a gap year after high school, that he couldn’t focus in the library on Sunday morning. Instead, he channeled his energy into organizing a vigil.
The University of Wisconsin system is changing its name and branding to the Universities of Wisconsin, system president Jay Rothman announced Tuesday, though the system’s legal name will remain the same, because changing that would require an act of legislation.
