In the wake of the AAU Sexual Assault and Misconduct Climate Survey that revealed one in four undergraduate females were sexually assaulted, University of Wisconsin-Madison officials have developed a plan to address the issue. UW-Madison was one of 27 campuses that participated in the survey.
The Nicholases, who are both alumni, stipulated that to receive the full pledge, the university must raise other money to endow support for students. Gifts of $125,000 to $1 million are eligible for the matched funds.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison released a plan for addressing sexual violence Tuesday, a document that comes in the wake of a 2015 survey that found high rates of sexual assault at the school.
At a University of Wisconsin student government committee meeting Monday, University Health Services proposed a two-year plan to financially back support for expanded mental health and sexual assault services — a change that would cost students almost $45 more per semester.
The Student Services Finance Committee, a branch of Associated Students of Madison, also unanimously approved WSUM’s budget proposal of $376,599 Monday.
Noted: SB 276: Allow the UW System to use parking fines and fees to help pay for campus safety. Now, that money can be used only for parking and transportation facilities and enforcing parking regulations. The measure would also bar the UW System from building new parking facilities using bonds backed by general taxes.
Noted: AB 808: Prevent law enforcement from issuing underage drinking tickets to sexual assault victims and those assisting them. It would also bar the University of Wisconsin System from suspending them or taking other actions against them.
It is Founders’ Day at the University of Wisconsin-Madison marking a milestone for the campus. The first class was held in a brick building 167-years-ago on February 5, 1849.
Students with the Wisconsin Alumni Student Board handed out free cake and hot cocoa throughout campus. Kristen Grilli, UW alumni president and senior, said she is excited.
The finalists include Charles Hoslet, interim vice chancellor; Brent Colburn, former assistant to the Secretary of Defense for public affairs; and Richie Hunter, vice chancellor and vice president of university marketing, communications and media relations at the University of Houston.
About 30 students stood up in the audience of a Union South meeting room chanting “Power!” Two protesters read demands over the voices of regents as they discussed an agenda that included progress on increasing diversity on UW system campuses.
At 21 years old, Keven Stonewall, a Chicago Public Schools graduate, has already conducted lab research offering scientists worldwide a breakthrough in their fight to cure colon cancer.
Noted: Badgerloop, the University of Wisconsin’s largely undergraduate team, laid claim to one of the event’s most impressive booths. Throughout the weekend, team members, who were clad in matching red-and-black polo shirts and khakis, built an Oculus Rift-like headset out of cardboard to help explain their pod’s unique technology to the steady throng around their eye-catching display.
Noted: Also on Lake Mendota this weekend, UW-Madison’s Hoofers student organization hosts its annual Winter Carnival at Memorial Union, featuring broomball and pond hockey tournaments, turkey bowling, snowshoeing and a lakefront social.
Senior class officers at University of Wisconsin-Madison didn’t choose a famous entertainer, author or politician to give the Class of 2016 commencement address May 14.
A UW-Madison team that designed a pod for transporting people at futuristic speed finished third in SpaceX’s first worldwide Hyperloop competition, hosted at Texas A&M University Jan. 29 and 30.
The University of Wisconsin says Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson will return to Madison this spring to give the school’s commencement address.
Former University of Wisconsin quarterback Russell Wilson will return to Camp Randall Stadium this spring to deliver the commencement address to UW-Madison’s class of 2016.The university announced Wilson will address the graduates at the May 14 ceremony in a video posted online Wednesday afternoon.
A dazzling sight streaked across the skies of southern Wisconsin Monday night leaving some people confused about exactly what they saw. A bright strip of light was captured by a rooftop camera and the footage was posted to YouTube by University of Wisconsin Madison’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. Based off of the video’s timestamp, the “fireball” was spotted just before 6:30 p.m.
MADISON, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin says Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson will return to Madison this spring to give the school’s commencement address.
Rose lives in a four-by-seven-foot trailer she built herself with salvaged materials, and she parks wherever she can. It’s a small space to share with an enormous red bloodhound, but Rose wouldn’t have it any other way.
Demographers forecast that more college students in the future will be low-income adults returning to school. And President Barack Obama is pushing to make college more affordable with a package of proposals that includes providing two free years of college to all high school graduates, expanding the low-income Pell grant program for older students like Atkinson, and giving bonuses to colleges that enroll and graduate significant numbers of low-income students. Meanwhile, student activists pushed for more affordable college on campuses across the country during the Million Student March in November.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank outlined the university’s efforts to educate students on voter ID information in a Friday blog post.
Blank said in the post that after the 2011 voter ID law was implemented, she and other administrative officials worked with legislators to ensure that students across the UW System could obtain voter ID cards.
Noted: The University of Wisconsin in Madison estimates that its students have about $2,310 for miscellaneous spending.
Do the president’s racial views disqualify him from Bascom Hill?
#blackOclock: That’s the social media tag some University of Wisconsin-Madison students are using to share pictures of themselves decked out from head to toe in the color black to celebrate the first day of Black History Month.
For as long as she can remember, Dr. Patricia Tellez-Giron has been inspired to help others. That selflessness was rewarded Jan. 27 as the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH) Faculty and Staff Equity and Diversity Committee honored Dr. Patricia Tellez-Giron with the annual Faculty and Staff Equity and Diversity Award for her promotion of equity and improvement of diversity and climate in the Madison community.
Executive Director of University Health Services Sarah Van Orman said Thursday the campuswide smoking policy will undergo three changes in an updated version.
UW-Madison’s current smoking policy, developed in 1991 and last amended in 2008, calls for all university-owned buildings, indoor areas and vehicles to remain smoke-free, as well as outdoor areas belonging to the university medical center.
Van Orman said campus policy does not fully align with the Wisconsin Indoor Air Act, a change that will appear in the updated version to comply with state law.
UW Police’s K9 Unit is a regular attendee at large campus events for explosive and narcotics detection. This afternoon, NBC 15’s Saira Anwer got to watch the unit show off their skills in a residence hall exercise.
Today’s drill was the first time the UWPD K9 unit trained with students present.
A recent article, “UW-Madison sex assault discipline process leaves both sides crying foul,” raised questions about how the university responds to allegations of sexual violence.
Madison firefighters were at Memorial Union shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Thursday to combat the fire which was extinguished by 4 p.m., said Madison fire Department spokeswoman Cynthia Schuster. According to Schuster, the fire was discovered underneath roof tiles of the Union. A portion of tiles had to be removed to put out the fire and some water damage occurred on the fourth floor of the building as a result. The cause has not been determined and the fire remains under investigation.
After years of shaky finances and two studies into the long-term viability of the center, the Union heard hours of discussion and ultimately voted to shut down the Hoofer Equestrian Center in Belleville, the UW equestrian team’s home since 1997.
The UW-Madison equestrian team and a student riding club will have to find new homes after Wisconsin Union officials voted this week to shut down the Hoofer Equestrian Center outside Belleville.
President Gregory L. Fenves named Darrell Bazzell, vice chancellor for finance and administration at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as senior vice president and chief financial officer of the University on Tuesday. Bazzell will assume his new role at UT on April 18.
Though computer science skills applicable to broad range of disciplines, women make up less than 15 percent of the major at this university.
The United Council of University of Wisconsin Students fired back at a state senator Monday, saying the efforts to improve the climate on campus for students of color are important for all students … State Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, vice-chairman of the University and Technical Colleges Committee, last week criticized UW System President Ray Cross for acknowledging that UW campuses had work still to do to improve the experience of students, faculty and staff of color.
Wisconsin legislators are proposing a bill that would ensure sexual assault victims and others who report such crimes can’t be cited or disciplined for underage drinking.
Wisconsin legislators are proposing a bill that would ensure sexual assault victims and reporters can’t be cited or disciplined for underage drinking.
Legislation being proposed at the Capitol provides “ticket amnesty” for underage drinkers who report sexual assaults on UW campuses. With sexual assault remaining the most under reported crime, Attorney General Brad Schimel backs the legislation.
UW students who cheat on a test, haze a fraternity pledge or drink while underage can find themselves brought up on disciplinary charges, with the possibility of being expelled or suspended. It’s a high stakes situation, with the procedure for determining responsibility and sanctions spelled out in University of Wisconsin System Administrative Code. Those are rules, adopted by the UW System Board of Regents, that have the force of law.
UW System President Ray Cross met for two hours on Thursday with representatives from the United Council of University of Wisconsin Students — the same group that held a protest during a meeting of the UW Board of Regents last month … On Friday, state Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, sent out a press release blasting Cross for “wasting time appeasing the political correctness crowd.”
After crossed signals scuttled efforts to talk last month, students advocating for a more inclusive racial environment on University of Wisconsin campuses sat down Thursday with UW System president Ray Cross. They emerged with a promise to meet, at least partially, the first in a list of student demands.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and Madison College have recently formed a partnership to help students gain greater global understanding.
The national conversation on how to reduce gun violence has continued after more than 300 mass shootings in 2015, according to the Mass Shooting Tracker. In Madison, the debate has resulted in proposed legislation that would allow concealed weapons in university buildings.
One of the the holiday seasons’ hottest presents is now considered contraband at many U.S. colleges.
Jason Church has been through and achieved a lot during his 26 years of life. The Menomonie native returned home to share his stories and the lessons he’s learned with the Menomonie community.
Quoted: And business students are in demand because they have a great balance of hard and soft skills, according to Amanda Earle, associate director of career advising at the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “Business students are trained to be able to dive into data, make meaning and connections with the data, and then tell a clear and concise story through written and oral communications to both internal and external stakeholders.” Earle says the ability to understand data and know how to effectively communicate it is crucial to helping businesses make important decisions for the bottom line.
Noted: The conference and city will partner locally with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems; Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection; and Community GroundWorks bring broad farm to cafeteria and on-site garden experience, workshop and training expertise, and local perspective to the conference planning committee.
Wisc.edu has a new look: a world-class website to serve the world-class University of Wisconsin-Madison is how a post on the newly redesigned website puts it.
Madworks Seed Accelerator, which operates in the heart of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, has begun taking applications for its sixth start-up training class.
Students of color attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison find themselves in a setting that is racially homogeneous, despite efforts by the institution to attract and retain more diverse faculty and incoming classes. Madison365 contributor Alexandria Mason reported on several scholarships the university offers to provide support for students from underrepresented groups.
A family medicine physician has been named medical director at University Health Services on the UW-Madison campus.Dr. William Kinsey comes to UHS from the nonprofit Access Community Health Center in Madison, where he was medical site director since 2009.
Artist Stephanie Hunder’s exhibit, “Realm of the Forget-me-nots,” reflects her own scrutiny of the natural world and was inspired by a Pablo Neruda poem, “Entrance to Wood.” The exhibit of monoprint collagraphic prints is currently on display in Gallery 1308 at UW-Madison’s Union South.
When persnickety German customs agents kept saying “baloney” to American artisan butchers trying to get their best cured meats to Frankfurt for a prestigious competition, event organizers answered the challenge by creating a satellite event in Madison.
More and more colleges across the country are saying no to hoverboards.
But UW Madison spokesman Marc Lovicott says the university is hovering over what to do.
“You’re allowed to possess them for now but you can’t use them here.”
The two campuses are among at least 20 other colleges and universities across the country where administrators have banned or restricted the self-balancing scooters, citing the risk of falls and warnings from consumer groups that the batteries that power hoverboards could catch fire.
Go to the mountaintop: Honor the legacy of one of America’s greatest civil rights leaders at the annual River Valley Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. Everett Mitchell, a community activist and candidate for Dane County Circuit Court judge, will deliver remarks.
Several cases of mumps have been recently reported in students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, according to an email sent Tuesday to students from University Health Services.
The cases are connected to current outbreaks of mumps occurring at other Midwestern universities, officials said.
Worship leaders for the Madison-based InterVarsity Christian Fellowship wore #BlackLivesMatter T-shirts at the group’s annual “Urbana15” conference in St. Louis last week, where keynote speaker Michelle Higgins called Black Lives Matter a movement doing God’s work.
Noted: Lukas, who was struggling to do his homework, said he has realized that many students could do better at school if they just finished their assignments. Now, he gets help twice a week staying on task and understanding his assignments better from his tutor, Andrew Meyerhofer, a UW-Madison student. Meyerhofer volunteered for the program after hearing about it from his fraternity, Alpha Sigma Phi.
After serving the UW-Madison community since 1909, an iconic church hosted its final mass on Sunday.
St. Paul University Catholic Center will be torn down in the coming months. The building was last remodeled in 1968 and is not meeting the church’s needs anymore. The new facility will be a five-story building including a chapel, dining facilities, meeting rooms, a rooftop terrace and a hall accommodating 200 people.
Cindy Foss retired this month after 24 years of steering, editing and nurturing On Wisconsin, the UW Alumni Association publication. The magazine’s always been a good read whether you’re a UW alum or not. But it has become an even more important chronicle of The Wisconsin Idea recently and Foss was awfully good at leading that effort. Thanks to her we continue to need publications like On Wisconsin.
