Cultural competency training could be in store for 1,000 new students at UW- Madison.
UW-Madison to implement cultural competency training in the fall
NBC-15
Category: Campus life
Heller selected as UW-Madison vice chancellor for finance and administration
Daily Cardinal
Laurent Heller was announced as UW-Madison’s vice chancellor for finance and administration Tuesday, according to a campus press release.
Cal financial director named UW finance, administration vice chancellor
Wisconsin State Journal
The head of financial planning and analysis at the University of California-Berkeley has been named the vice chancellor for finance and administration at UW-Madison.
UW dairy camp offers surprises
Agri-View
Nearly 120 youth gathered at the recent University of Wisconsin-Madison for Badger Dairy Camp. This year’s camp attendance was an almost 30 percent increase from previous years, which usually totaled 85 to 95 youth.
UW-Madison updates active shooter tactics
WISC-TV 3
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials and police are updating their active shooter tactics in response to the massacre in Orlando over the weekend.
Four candidates up for cultural competency post at UW-Madison
State Journal
Four candidates, including two from UW-Madison, are being considered to head the new campus-wide initiative for cultural competency at the state’s flagship university.
UW-Madison Offers Unprecedented Amount Of Summer Scholarships
Wisconsin Public Radio
About 13,000 University of Wisconsin-Madison students took summer classes last year, and out of all those students, only 12 got scholarship money from the university to help cover their summer tuition. But those numbers are now changing.
UW Regents approve additional $4 million for Memorial Union renovations
Wisconsin State Journal
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents allocated an additional $4 million Friday for Memorial Union renovations after unforeseen problems for the project.
On Campus: UW-Madison rolling out cultural competency training for 1,000 new students
Wisconsin State Journal
In an effort to address racially charged incidents at UW-Madison that officials say may be driven by ignorance rather than malice, the university will require about 1,000 new students to receive cultural competency training this fall, and plans to make the training mandatory for all incoming students by next year.
UW-Madison, students develop programs for freshmen to address campus climate
Daily Cardinal
Stories of social injustice filled student newspapers’ pages throughout the previous academic term. Incoming students will not only be made aware of these issues, but they will also be provided with tools to discuss them and similar topics in order to diminish occurrences of discrimination. The university will attempt to instill a sense of acceptance in new students before they even step on campus.
Cooking for the neighbors
Wisconsin State Journal
For example, a group of graduate students in UW-Madison’s Science Hall have been swapping lunches — or meals — for years. Francis Eanes, a 28-year-old doctoral student at the Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies, joined the group last October when there was an opening.
See how your $137 million of segregated fees were distributed from 2015-’17
Daily Cardinal
Search function allows readers to find the amount of student segregated fees allocated to campus groups through the Associated Students of Madison.
University Presses Cope with Budget Cuts
Publishers Weekly
Noted: Since being elected governor of Wisconsin in 2010, Scott Walker has made repeated cuts to that state’s system of 13 universities; $250 million in cuts are included in the 2015–17 state budget. “It all trickles down,” University of Wisconsin Press director Dennis Lloyd admitted, disclosing that the state previously funded about 10% of the press’s $3.6 million budget, but cut that sum by 2% in 2015–17. “It could have been better; it could have been worse,” Lloyd observed.
These colleges have the most reports of rape
The Washington Post
Nearly 100 colleges and universities had at least 10 reports of rape on their main campuses in 2014, according to federal campus safety data, with Brown University and the University of Connecticut tied for the highest annual total — 43 each.
Way outside the classroom conference set at UW-Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison has been in the forefront of distance education, offering the world’s first correspondence course in 1891, and the leadership by the state’s flagship university continues to this day, with a three-day conference in August.
UW Police Department participates in Torch Run
WKOW-TV 27
Police officers and staff from the UW-Madison Police Department started the Special Olympics Torch Run on Wednesday.
Witte set to undergo $47 million expansion
Badger Herald
The University of Wisconsin’s Witte Residence Hall is scheduled for $47 million in renovations starting in spring 2017, which will include another floor, structural additions and air conditioning.
UW-Madison needs $4 million more to complete Memorial Union renovation
Capital Times
UW-Madison officials are asking for authority to spend $4 million more than expected to complete the renovation of Memorial Union in what will become a $105.7 million project.
Cement ruins ambience of Memorial Union Terrace
Capital Times
Letter to the editor: Is there nowhere in Wisconsin beyond the reach of the cement industry?
Planned study of UW jobs, pay includes look at family leave policy that lags peers
Wisconsin State Journal
An expansive study of employee positions, pay and benefits in the University of Wisconsin System will also touch on family leave policies that a UW-Madison report found are far less generous than those available at other universities.
UW-Madison projects go before Board of Regents
WKOW
UW-Madison hopes to get approval from the Board of Regents on a couple of projects later this week.One of the projects is a $47 million renovation of Witte Hall. The university plans to replace heating and electrical systems, add new elevators and make other safety improvements, among other fixes.
Blank wants permission to spend an $800,000 donation as she sees fit to help alleviate the school’s budget crunch
AP
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank wants permission to spend an $800,000 donation as she sees fit to help alleviate the school’s budget crunch.
UW-Madison seeks $47M renovation to add new floor, amenities at Witte dorm
Wisconsin State Journal
A $47 million renovation project proposed for UW-Madison’s Witte Hall would bring major changes to the Downtown dorm’s appearance and add amenities that officials say are aimed at bringing the 52-year-old building closer to the standards of the campus’ newer housing options.
UW-Madison drama school ranked as one of the best in the world
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
For aspiring thespians, the coasts typically offer the best opportunities in both training and job prospects.
Officers, firefighters rescuing ducklings in distress are big hit on Facebook
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Noted: The tales of duck rescues continued over in Madison, where University of Wisconsin-Madison officers on Sunday saved another seven ducklings — not from a storm drain this time, but from the middle of a city street.
Walker: Judge’s Ruling Clarifies Open Records Law In Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Radio
Gov. Scott Walker says a court order that directed his office to release records on proposed changes to the University of Wisconsin System’s mission statement has clarified what his administration must share with the public.
‘Deck Z’ writers take big leap forward with young adult novel ‘The Giant Smugglers’
Capital Times
Noted: The process of collaborating on a novel is unusual enough that Pauls and Solomon will be guests at the Write-By-The-Lake writers’ retreat in June, talking about their process at the Pyle Center as part of the UW Center for Continuing Studies.
Way to go! UW Madison PD officers rescue stranded ducklings –
WKOW-TV 27
Officers with the UW Madison Police Department helped seven ducklings.
UW-Madison students create device to help teen fulfill musical dreams
NBC-15
An eighth grader from Wausau, with dreams of playing in his high school band, is getting some help from a group of engineers at UW-Madison.
UW-Madison Pre-College Prep Program Criticized For Low Graduation Rates
Wisconsin Public Radio
A recent report from Education Northwest shows students who enroll at the University of Wisconsin-Madison after completing one pre-college prep program are 37 percent less likely to graduate in four years compared to the schools overall graduation rate.
Study: Diversity program at UW-Madison falling short
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A pre-college program started in the 1990s to improve student diversity primarily at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has seen declining retention and graduation rates, according to an independent evaluation of the program released Thursday.
Report finds shortcomings in UW-Madison program for disadvantaged students
Wisconsin State Journal
Participants in one of UW-Madison’s most well-known outreach programs for disadvantaged students of color graduate from the university at lower rates than other low-income and minority students, according to an evaluation that also found the program has been hampered by a lack of data and coordination.
What It’s Like To Be A Non-Drinker At UW
Wisconsin Public Radio
Madison recently made the top 20 in a list compiling the drunkest cities in the country. We talk with a recent UW graduate about what it’s like to be a non-drinker at UW-Madison.
Special Report: University of Wisconsin System under fire for a series of alleged sexual assaults
Northland News Center, Duluth/Superior
The University of Wisconsin System is under fire following a series of alleged campus sexual assaults.
These Two College Students Have the Ultimate Modern-Day Romance in Viral Snapchat Soap Opera
ABC News Nightline
A modern-day “Romeo and Juliet”- romance blossomed on the University of Wisconsin campus when an unsuspecting guy wearing a Vikings jersey caught the eye of a female student on the university’s Snapchat story.
UW-Madison Arboretum officials find tiny painted turtle
WKOW-TV 27
The land manager at the UW-Madison Arboretum found a tiny painted turtle earlier this week.
‘Use your turn signal’: Six of the best celebrity commencement speeches of 2016
Kansas City Star
Featured: UW-Madison commencement speaker Russell Wilson.
Madison ranked No. 1 college football town
WISC-TV 3
UW-Madison took the top spot because of its famous party atmosphere in and around Camp Randall, Jump Around and Fifth Quarter, according to the ranking.
At the End of a Watershed Year, Can Student Activists Sustain Momentum?
Chronicle of Higher Education
After final exams ended this month at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, most students left for the summer — including many of those who had led protests of the campus’s racial climate over the previous six months. But not Kenneth Cole.
Madison ranked No. 1 college football town
WISC-TV 3
The Bleacher Report put out a list of the top 15 college football towns in the country based on the town’s relationship to its college program, passion in terms of fan support, traditions, culture and entertainment options on football weekends.
Casual use of racist slurs was routine at fraternity suspended by UW-Madison
Capital Times
Members of a fraternity that was suspended at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this week for race discrimination told a campus investigator that they did not use the word “nigga” in a derogatory way, but as slang or a term of endearment, according to records released by campus officials.
Rebekah Paré helps students focus on a career path early on
Capital Times
Q&A with Rebekah Paré, executive director of the L&S Career Initiative and of head L&S Career Services.
Market right to stop selling nicotine products around campus
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter to the editor: As UW-Madison updates its policies to further prohibit smoking on campus, the grocery store’s removal of nicotine products — including e-cigarettes — greatly supports the many students who want to live and attend classes on a campus where smoking doesn’t exist.
Ideas flow in for improving campus climate at UW-Madison
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
More than 100 proposals for how to improve campus climate poured in from students, faculty and staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison after Chancellor Rebecca Blank called for an all-hands-on-deck approach this spring to curb hate and bias incidents.
SAE suspension for racist behavior another reason to rethink existence of fraternities
Channel3000.com
And so we ask once again: should we rethink the value of fraternities on U.S. college campuses? Is it finally time to acknowledge these organizations are an anachronism at best and a breeding ground for intolerance and bigotry at worst?
The suspension of Sigma Alpha Epsilon for UW-Madison is but the latest example of an American college fraternity exposed for racially insensitive behavior.
Costs of celebrity college commencement speakers can add up
Madison.com
Noted: The University of Wisconsin-Madison paid $3,100 for first class flights taking Katie Couric to and from New York.
CoffeeBytes expands into second campus-area location
Wisconsin State Journal
For more than seven years, CoffeeBytes has been a steady presence for the UW-Madison community at University Square, serving up coffee, sandwiches, soups, salads and bakery. Now its owners are planning a second campus-area location.
UW community proposes training, dialogue on race
AP (via Madison.com)
Students, faculty and staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are proposing everything from mandatory diversity classes to a board game to address issues of race and discrimination on campus.
University of Wisconsin Suspends SAE Chapter for Racist Slurs
Jezebel
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has suspended the school’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) after a member complained to the university about a pattern of bigoted behavior.
UW Professor Explains Why She’s Leaving Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Radio
Some members of the University of Wisconsin System’s faculty have been actively looking for jobs elsewhere after the latest state budget cuts from the Legislature and ongoing tension between faculty and staff and Gov. Scott Walker.
Proposals to improve campus climate at UW Madison
Wisconsin Radio Network
More than 100 proposals have been made to improve the climate on the UW Madison campus. Meredith McGlone, Director of News and Media Relations, notes it’s been “a very challenging semester” on the Madison campus.
The UW-Madison community asks for training, seminars, and security to improve campus climate
Wisconsin State Journal
Offering mandatory courses in cultural studies, improving campus housing security and formally addressing the larger community about bias incidents are a few of the ideas put forth for improving the climate on the UW-Madison campus, according to proposals released Thursday by university officials.
Madison ranks second in the country for college grads looking for jobs
WKOW TV
There are thousands of new college grads in the Madison area looking for work. According to a new study, they may not have to look farther than the city limits.
UW-Madison suspends Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity over racial slurs
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
University of Wisconsin-Madison has suspended the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity through Nov. 1 after an investigation found chapter members repeatedly used racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic slurs, and then ostracized a black member who told them to stop, according to documents released by the university.
Know your Madisonian: Professor Christopher Walker extends Wisconsin Idea worldwide
Wisconsin State Journal
Professor Christopher Walker says the Wisconsin Idea — the revered notion that the University of Wisconsin should work to better the lives of this state’s citizens — is one of the main reasons he has stayed at UW-Madison for the past decade.
Student of the sport, Ty Majeski cramming for what’s Next
NASCAR.com
When Ty Majeski got the call informing him that he’d be part of the new NASCAR Next class of up-and-coming drivers, he was actually hitting the books — or in his words, “crunching before an exam” — in his University of Wisconsin-Madison dorm room.
Wisconsin Fraternity Suspended for Racial Slurs
People.com
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity has been suspended after an investigation revealed that chapter members repeatedly use racial, homophobic and anti-Semitic slurs,” according to documents released by the school.
UW-Wisconsin SAE chapter suspended over racist, bigoted slurs
AP
The University of Wisconsin has suspended the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at its flagship campus after finding that members of the fraternity repeatedly used racist and bigoted slurs and ostracized a black member who tried to stop it.
UW-Madison SAE chapter suspended over racist, bigoted slurs
AP (via WKOW)
University of Wisconsin administrators have suspended the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at the school’s flagship campus, saying members were found to have repeatedly used racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic slurs and ostracized a black student who tried to stop it.
UW suspends Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity for ‘creating discriminatory environment’
Channel3000.com
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity has been suspended from all university activities until November, according to a release. The fraternity will be suspended until Nov. 1, officials said.