The Chazen Museum of Art will be losing one of its most important pieces this summer, with the retirement of director Russell Panczenko.
Category: Campus life
UW tops all schools in producing Peace Corps volunteers
Laura Linde has taken the Wisconsin Idea south of the border, and the children in a small village in Nicaragua couldn’t be happier.
White nationalist group continues recruiting on campus; Dropik ‘still affiliated’
Roughly three weeks after UW-Madison student Daniel Dropik took a leave of absence from the university, the American Freedom Party, a white nationalist group, has continued to actively recruit in Madison.
After Red Gym controversy, Sellery emerges as likely Amazon pickup point location
Following pushback from students, faculty and alumni last semester about the Red Gym as an Amazon pickup point location, UW-Madison students will likely be picking up their packages from Sellery Residence Hall.
Chazen director to retire after 33 years in June
The Chazen Museum of Art will lose someone who’s been a fixture for 33 years with the retirement of Director Russell Panczenko, who is leaving June 30, according to a UW-Madison news release.
UW-Madison ranked first in number of Peace Corps volunteers
With 87 UW-Madison graduates currently volunteering worldwide, UW-Madison ranks first among large schools on the Peace Corps 2017 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list.
UW leads nation in top volunteer-producing universities
The Wisconsin Idea is a concept most students hear about during their time at the University of Wisconsin. But many students rarely hear about other students who fully embrace the idea.
Campus leaders dedicate Black Cultural Center at conclusion of Black History Month
Nearly two years after students demanded greater diversity and inclusion at UW-Madison, the Black Cultural Center was dedicated to “voices from the future,” as Hazel Symonette said, in a ceremony Tuesday.
UW provides critical services for student-parents to continue pursuing higher education
Brandon Shields had to consider a cost most students don’t have to think about when deciding to attend the University of Wisconsin for his Master of Business Administration — the price of childcare.
UW-Madison police seeking suspects in ‘string of burglaries’
UW-Madison police are seeking help in locating two people believed to be involved in a burglaries from administrative and academic buildings.
UWPD investigating string of burglaries on campus
A series of burglaries that have occurred over the last two weeks on campus are being investigated by UW-Madison Police Department, according to a crime warning.
Student organization encourages female students to ‘find their fit’
Changing Health, Attitudes, Actions to Recreate Girls at UW-Madison is a chapter of a national organization that coaches members to be confident and lead healthy lifestyles through weekly meetings and group support.
Inspired by scientific illustrations, a curious mix of science and art
The fans of Martha Glowacki’s cabinet of curiosities titled “My Arcadia” — part of the permanent collection at the Chazen Museum of Art since 2000 — are in for a treat: The Chazen is devoting an entire gallery to the local artist’s work this spring.
Student organizations plan Sexual Assault Awareness Month events
A range of UW-Madison student organizations—from the Campus Women’s Center and Women’s Studies Club to Black Woman Heal and Muslim Student Association—exchanged ideas Thursday for Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April, in the spirit of the month’s theme: “Engaging New Voices.”
Student organization encourages female students to ‘find their fit’
By gathering more than 100 UW-Madison women together, a new student organization is striving to make fitness a fun component that fits into female students’ lives.
It’s On Us brings campuses together to combat sexual assault
Lynn Rosenthal used to leave the White House gates every day thinking it was her last and that she would be fired. Little did she know that her work would spur the national campaign “It’s on Us.”
Showtime: Showalter’s tireless motor takes center stage for UW
For years, in the driveway outside of Zak Showalter’s house in Germantown, Wis., the Badger guard played basketball with a clear disadvantage. When the family game of pickup broke out, it was always 2-on-1. Zak played alone while his younger brother, Jake, played alongside their dad, Steve.
Optional Student Fees? In Wisconsin, Students Are Divided on the Idea
A line of 70 to 80 students stretches out near the F.H. King Farm every summer in Madison, Wis., when a University of Wisconsin at Madison student organization gives away its produce.
UW System task force looks at ways to expand diversity efforts
As University of Wisconsin students call on administrators to expand their diversity efforts, a UW System task force gathered Thursday to hear from a speaker on the importance of investing in diversity programs.
UW professors talk about how corruption in government is shaping politics
The Global Connections Committee hosted UW political science professors to discuss government corruption amid growing public distrust of public officials.
3 finalists selected for UW School of Business dean
The UW-Madison School of Business is getting closer to naming a new dean.
Promoted, recently hired faculty of color honored at annual reception
Faculty of color at UW-Madison—a demographic that has increased 5 percent in the last 10 years—who got promoted or recently hired were honored Thursday during an annual reception in which top university administrators discussed diversity on campus.
Student group aims to increase access to menstrual products
What started last year as a feminine product collection drive is now one of UW-Madison’s newest student organizations: Accessible Reproductive Healthcare Initiative.
Expert panel speaks on incarceration and race through experiences, history
A New York Times award-winning reporter, a UW-Madison graduate and a UW-Madison professor rethought the connection between mass incarceration and race on a panel Tuesday.
Reforming criminal justice under a law-and-order president
For New York Times reporter Yamiche Alcindor, conversations around mass incarceration in the United States rarely make it past the incarcerated.
UW-Madison Program For Future Entrepreneurs Skyrockets
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is trying to better teach students how to become entrepreneurs. It comes at a time when the state fares poorly in national rankings for its lack of business startups.
UW expands diversity initiative to reach all SOAR students
University of Wisconsin Dean of Students Lori Berquam outlined plans to expand the Our Wisconsin diversity training program to include all incoming students attending Student Orientation, Advising and Registration in a telephone conference Monday.
Clyde Stubblefield to get posthumous UW honorary degree
Stubblefield died Saturday at the age of 73 from kidney disease. Before his death, he had been selected by the UW–Madison Committee on Honorary Degrees and Chancellor Rebecca Blank to receive an honorary degree May 12 at the Kohl Center prior to spring commencement.
Madison’s Plan Commission approves Duck Blind rebuild, SERF demolition
Madison’s Plan Commission granted permission for the Madison Mallards baseball team to rebuild the Duck Blind section of the city-owned Warner Park stadium at its Monday meeting, as well as approving a demolition permit for UW-Madison’s Southeast Recreational Facility.
Paula Bonner stepping down as Wisconsin Alumni Association’s longtime leader
Paula Bonner likes to dust off an old quote from former UW-Madison Chancellor Donna Shalala when she talks about the power and influence of alumni at colleges and universities.
UW-Madison student behind free access demand says students will press for change
“We will be organizing, demonstrating and meeting with different groups to figure out how to come together as a collective to pressure the administration,” said Tyriek Mack, a representative of the Associated Students of Madison student council.
UW-Madison expanding diversity training program
Nearly all new UW-Madison students will be encouraged to participate in a diversity training program next year after about 1,000 students participated in the program this past fall.
WAA President announces retirement after 41 years at UW
After over four decades of service at UW-Madison, President of the Wisconsin Alumni Association Paula Bonner announced Monday she will retire effective Oct. 31.
UW student arrested for streaking in the Wisconsin Capitol
A 22-year-old University of Wisconsin student is facing charges of lewd and lascivious behavior, after police say he ran through the state Capitol rotunda earlier this month while completely naked.
Former UW student accused of sexual assault pleads not guilty
A former UW-Madison student accused of sexually assaulting and harassing nearly a dozen women pleaded not guilty.
More than half of UW undergrads graduate with no debt
More than half of undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison graduated with no debt in 2015-16, the university said in a news release.
Cook, accused sexual assailant, pleads not guilty to 21 charges
A suspended University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of sexually assaulting and harassing nearly a dozen women pleaded not guilty to multiple charges in court Friday.
Poet Nikki Giovanni lectures on how to get ‘black to happiness’
As part of the the University of Wisconsin Multicultural Center’s ongoing festivities of Black History Month, the campus welcomed poet Nikki Giovanni as the celebration’s keynote speaker.
More UW-Madison students graduating without debt, report shows
Despite national worries over student debt the last few years, 53.4 percent of UW-Madison’s 2015-‘16 undergraduate class graduated without student debt—a 3 percent increase from the year before, according to a report from the Office of Student Financial Aid.
UW students, staff encourage practice of mindfulness to reduce stress, anxiety
Mindfulness is an up-and-coming health and wellness technique focused on reducing stress and anxiety. But what exactly does it mean to be mindful, and does it actually work?
Blank approves full-funding for first-year student diversity training program
Along with science, literature and foreign language, first-year students at UW-Madison will have an opportunity to also study inclusion, diversity and equity through an inclusion program to launch Fall 2017.
Cardinal View: Criminal history should continue to be left off of UW System applications
The question can be phrased in different ways: Some universities ask about whether prospective applicants have been convicted of a misdemeanor. Others ask about academic violations or if you have a pending sexual offense charge.
SSFC legislation seeks to reaffirm independence
Under the Associated Students of Madison bylaws and Wisconsin state statutes, the Student Services Finance Committee is an independent organization. During its meeting Monday night, SSFC will seek to reaffirm their independent status with legislation.
Student groups, university work to ease ‘culture shock’ for native students
Balancing the newfound energy of city life with academics proved challenging for Emily Nelis, a student who came to UW-Madison after growing up on an Indian reservation in northern Wisconsin.
WPR’s Gilman Halsted named Watchdog winner
Noted: The council is one of six organizations jointly presenting the award.The others are the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, the Madison Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association and the UW-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Suspended UW-Madison student student Alec Cook pleads not guilty in sex assault case
A suspended UW-Madison student accused of sexually assaulting and harassing nearly a dozen women has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges.
UW student accused of running naked inside Capitol
A 22-year-old Madison man was tentatively charged by Capitol police this month for lewd and lascivious behavior after running around inside the Capitol building naked.
Suspended UW-Madison student pleads not guilty in sexual assaults
A suspended University of Wisconsin-Madison student accused of sexually assaulting and harassing nearly a dozen women pleaded not guilty Friday to multiple charges.
Numerous Factors Causing Wisconsin Preschool Teacher Shortage
Noted: A panel of seven experts from the University of Wisconsin System, Madison College, Edgewood College and the Wisconsin Early Childhood Association talked about how to strategize and deal with the teacher shortage during a panel discussion on UW-Madison’s campus last week.
University of Wisconsin student government demands free tuition for black students
Black students should be offered free tuition and housing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison because blacks were legally barred from education during slavery and university remains out of reach for black students today, the student government said Wednesday.
ASM calls on administration to provide reparations for black students in form of free education
In an attempt to push University of Wisconsin officials to act on their diversity and inclusion rhetoric, Associated Students of Madison passed legislation Wednesday calling on the administration to reevaluate admissions criteria and pay reparations to black people in the form of free education.
Students concerned for campus fallout if allocable fees become optional
“A disaster,” is how Sally Rohrer, a student government leader, described the provision in Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal to make allocable segregated fees optional.
‘Cognitive dissonance’ in university rhetoric and actions prompts ASM legislation
A “cognitive dissonance” exists between UW-Madison’s rhetoric and actions for diversity and inclusion on campus according to Tyriek Mack, a representative for the Associated Students of Madison.
Freed by Innocence Project, ex-inmate takes up cause
Jarrett Adams was 17 years old in September 1998 when he made a decision he would regret for the rest of his life.
Student groups unite in effort to oppose contentious budget proposal
University of Wisconsin students considered what a future with reduced segregated fees would look like in light of a proposal in the Wisconsin state budget.
State lawmaker touts Walker budget proposal at ASM meeting
State Rep. Joel Kitchens, R-Sturgeon Bay, applauded Gov. Scott Walker’s biennial budget proposal and answered students’ questions about the proposal at an Associated Students of Madison Shared Governance Committee meeting Tuesday.
Although Title XI limits discrimination on basis of sex, inequity between sports programs remains unavoidable
When Terry Gawlik meets with student-athletes, she asks them to tell her what Title IX means.
New People New Voices builds coalitions with RSOs, students, ASM resources
With more than 43,000 students enrolled, the Associated Students of Madison has a large constituency. Adding to this are nearly 1,000 registered student organizations listed on the Wisconsin Involvement Network, 17 General Student Service Fund groups and the network on campus that can each focus and engage students.
Financial aid office open house explains changes to FAFSA verification
The UW-Madison Office of Student Financial Aid has moved toward no longer being “paper-pushers,” as many other financial offices are, according to the office’s Communications Manager Karla Weber.
Assembly Republican visits ASM committee to discuss budget proposal
Though expressing reservations about possible performance-based funding in the UW System, an Assembly Republican came to campus Tuesday to meet with student leaders and primarily voiced support for the state biennial budget proposal.