A new website will serve as a gateway to 70 online degree and certificate programs offered by the University of Wisconsin System. Prior to the creation of the site – ecampus.wisconsin.edu – there was no centralized place to search through all the programs offered by the UW System?s 26 campuses.
Just after dark, the freshman student walked near a cemetery on the north side of the UW-Whitewater campus on Sunday. Passing by on the sidewalk, a man shoved her and called her gay. The incident ? recounted by police Tuesday ? was the second this semester at UW-Whitewater that police say could be considered a hate crime.Both involved anti-gay harassment, an issue that has sparked a national movement at college campuses calling for compassion and awareness. At UW-Madison, students and administrators held a vigil last month to talk about bullying.
The Madison Landmarks Commission discussed how the proposed plans for the St. Paul Catholic Student Center and Residential College could potentially affect Pres House, a 103-year-old campus Presbyterian chapel and Madison historic landmark.
For the second time this fall, a UW-Whitewater student may have been victim of a hate crime. On Sunday night, two men stopped a female student while she was walking, according to a message to students from UW-Whitewater Chancellor Richard Telfer. One of them pushed her into a fence and made a derogatory comment about her sexual orientation, according to Telfer?s statement.
“UW-Whitewater is a place that values all people,” Telfer wrote. “This incident goes against everything that we stand for as a campus.”
It?s a typical day at the University of Wisconsin?s College Library. You?re sitting in the second floor reading room, minding your own business and harmlessly browsing Facebook. Suddenly, a post by you shows up in your news feed, a post you didn?t write.
In an attempt to make a fourteen-story building appear more subtle, designers for St. Paul?s Catholic Center introduced their plans to the city?s Landmarks Commission for advice and direction in development of a proposed new building.
Teams have formed at universities around the nation, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
For more than three decades, The Fruit Stand has been a Madison staple. Tens of thousands have enjoyed the fresh produce downtown, but the end of an era is near as it readies to close.
After providing fruit to UW-Madison students and Downtown residents for 30 years, the Fruit Stand on State Street Mall will close Tuesday, a victim of competition and changes in customer habits.
Results from the National Survey of Student Engagement found student veterans say they receive little support from college campuses upon returning to school after serving in the military.
The University of Wisconsin System has fallen under the scrutiny of free speech groups for a policy that limits free speech on the UW System campuses.
University of Wisconsin-Madison: UW-Madison scored an A on the College Sustainability Report Card, making it one of just seven schools to earn the highest marks possible in overall sustainability. In addition to making the green grade, the university was ranked No. 3 among party schools by Playboy and No. 12 by The Princeton Review.
I received an e-mail from a reader after the Cap Times posted an article last week which was headlined “Should students ?out? peers who don?t donate to university?”
The article noted how two high-profile institutions are receiving unwelcome attention after the Chronicle of Higher Education reported that students at two Ivy League schools publicized the names of seniors who didn?t contribute to their class gift.
Quoted: Kaylene Reilly, the associate director of annual giving with the School of Business
Noted: Organizations have gone viral. Harvard has more than 400, up from about 250 six years ago. The University of California, Berkeley, has more than 1,000 organizations. The University of Wisconsin, Madison, estimates more than 800, with a Web site that encourages students to ?Discover your passions. Bring your résumé to life.? The Web site of the College of William & Mary, which has 400 clubs, boasts ?endless geekery from quiz bowl to Ping-Pong to heavy metal.?
Nico Fassino of Hudson, a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was featured in the Sept. 8-14 edition of The Capital Times.
The Sept. 22 suicide of Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi horrified many people, especially because he was just one of a series of gay kids who, in a period of a few weeks, have committed suicide. Clementi jumped from New York City?s George Washington Bridge after his roommate broadcast Clementi?s gay romantic encounter on the Internet.
I read with dismay of the grand plans for the makeover of the St. Paul Center on the UW-Madison campus. While I can understand that it?s been many years since the building was updated, the current plans seem to be more than is necessary.
A 21-year-old Madison man was injured Wednesday night after driving his bicycle into a car that was turning in front of the bike. The crash happened near the UW-Madison campus at about 7 p.m. Wednesday, at the intersection of University Avenue and North Randall Avenue, Madison police said.
Nearly two months after the first Taser deployment on the University of Wisconsin campus in several years, conflicting reports about what happened that evening have emerged.
Four men living on the 500 block of West Mifflin were robbed at gunpoint early Wednesday morning.
Students wearing yellow reflective vests armed with flashlights will hit the streets in the Langdon area Thursday night as part of the first Langdon Street Neighborhood Watch in recent memory.
Four University of Wisconsin students became victims of an armed robbery while sitting on their Mifflin Street porch early Wednesday morning.
As dean of students at UW-Madison, Lori Berquam urges safety after incidents of campus violence, brims with school spirit at Homecoming, worries about binge drinking and fields complaints about offensive cheers at Camp Randall. The 49-year-old recently took part in a UW-Madison campaign that calls for an end to anti-gay bullying.
Two people sitting on their front porch in downtown Madison early Wednesday morning got an unwelcome surprise when they were held up by two men, according to Madison police.
The senior moments are coming at an alarming rate these days for one of the most accomplished senior classes in University of Wisconsin women?s basketball history. As their final season commences, Alyssa Karel, Tara Steinbauer, Lin Zastrow and Emily Neal take note of each benchmark on their last go-round. And just in case they miss one, Zastrow is quick to point it out.
On the heels of its 12th straight Big Ten Conference championship, the University of Wisconsin men?s cross country team swept the league?s major postseason awards.
Madison police are investigating a home invasion early Wednesday morning in which two men, one armed with a handgun, ordered residents back inside their home and took several electronic items before fleeing. The armed robbery was reported as 12:23 a.m. Wednesday at a residence in the 500 block of West Mifflin Street, police said.
It?s enough to make a purist squirm: a cellist playing the scroll or the tuning peg of his instrument, a violinist drawing his bow slowly from the bridge all the way to the fingerboard.
….The group is known for both promoting established, living composers ? they?ll play a piece by UW-Madison professor Laura Schwendinger in the Nov. 10 concert ? and helping students develop and annotate some of the unusual styles of playing that can emerge in contemporary composition. At times, reading through student work, the quartet has found a piece for their permanent repertoire.
While most students were still recovering from Freakfest Sunday morning, one University of Wisconsin student had to deal with a different issue.
Noted: ?The numbers we thought we were getting into did not quite reflect the reality of what we saw when it came time to graduate,? said 2010 University of Wisconsin Law School graduate Kyle B. Flanagan. Of the 275 UW Law School graduates in 2009, 267 responded to the school?s job survey and 247, or 93 percent, reported employment.
MADISON (WKOW) — Don?t leave items unattended on UW campus. That?s the message from UW-Madison police who say there has been an increase of thefts.
The UW Police Department says the primary targets are laptop computers, backpacks and purses, and are often in open study areas. Police say nearly all thefts were of personal items left unattended by students or staff.
Landon Peacock?s mad dash to the finish line to win the Big Ten Conference men?s cross country individual championship Sunday at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Course was so dramatic it should take its place as one of the greatest moments of the renowned University of Wisconsin program. But it was a selfless act by sophomore Maverick Darling to set up the Badgers for their 12th consecutive team title that earned the loudest applause from those in the know.
Should a college be “outing” students who don?t donate to its coffers? Two high-profile institutions are receiving unwelcome attention after The Chronicle of Higher Education posted an article last week noting that students at two Ivy League institutions publicized the names of seniors who didn?t contribute to their class gift.
Quoted: Mike Knetter, president and CEO of the UW Foundation and former dean of the Wisconsin School of Business.
State Street was quietly buzzing Friday night in anticipation of Saturday night?s Freakfest, the city?s gated and ticketed Halloween event, which may bring as many as 50,000 people to the street.
Dane County?s detox center may scale back services next year as it faces annual deficits, reduced public funding and county pressure to re-evaluate its role in combatting alcohol abuse. County Executive Kathleen Falk has asked the Human Services Department to study the effectiveness of detox and consider alternative models for 2012 with a report due back to the County Board by June 1. Falk declined to suggest any specific alternatives other than possibly asking UW-Madison to pay for the many students brought to detox.
Democratic college students on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus say there will be a strong turnout for Russ Feingold, Tom Barrett and other Democrats. Student volunteers worked the phones on Wednesday inside a food court on campus to line up volunteers to campaign over the weekend. “It?s really up to us to prove there isn?t the enthusiasm gap,” said 21-year-old senior Paula Uniacke of Green Bay. Many students haven?t focused on the election until recently, said Evan Giesemann, the head of the College Democrats at UW-Madison. But President Barack Obama?s visit in late September that attracted 27,000 people, many of them students, was a turning point, Giesemann said.
The dean of UW-Madison?s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Molly Jahn, will step down as of Jan. 1. “Now is the time for a change in leadership for the college,” said Chancellor Biddy Martin in a news release.
It is cleanup time on State Street following Saturday?s Freakfest.
Madison police are touting another successful Freakfest and said the number of arrests at the large Halloween celebration decreased this year.
UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Dean Molly Jahn will step down Jan 1., according to the university.
Starting in September 2011, students will be able to earn their Legal Institutions degree from UW-Madison with one semester in Madison and the remaining semesters in Shanghai.
Just a few years ago, the most common Halloween garb on State Street for Madison?s traditional celebration was not Lady Gaga or a political candidate, but instead a line of police officers decked out in riot gear.
Would you be surprised to learn student-athletes who compete at the top level of college sports actually graduate at a higher rate than their classmates? That?s not the case at UW-Madison, which is among the national leaders in making sure all students who start school earn a degree. But more on that later.
According to a report from the National Collegiate Athletic Association, 79 percent of all Division I athletes who entered college in 2003 graduated within six years. That figure is slightly higher for student-athletes at UW-Madison 81 percent.
In the fall of 2005, some 100,000 college students stormed State Street, the main drag in Madison, Wis. Many of them looked for windows to smash, shops to loot, and things to set on fire.
Plans are in place for the fifth annual Freakfest in downtown Madison this weekend, but one local official says the cost of keeping it peaceful remains a concern.
A public visitation for UW-Madison senior Dylan Ellefson will be held Oct. 29 at the Cress Funeral Home in Sun Prairie from 5-8 p.m.
Approximately 40 advocates against sexual assault and domestic violence marched down State Street to the Capitol Wednesday to participate in the “Take Back the Night” event hosted by the Campus Women?s Center.
?Take back the night, the time is near! We will not be controlled by fear!? chanted about 50 students and community members as they marched up State Street toward the Capitol Wednesday night.
Poets will be jamming the UW-Madison Wisconsin Union Theater on Nov. 14, hoping to make their marks at the fourth annual Collegiate Poetry Slam. The poetry slam is put on by the Multicultural Student Coalition, giving a voice to local poets? self expression and self-assuredness, standing up at the mic in front of a live audience.
ROSEMONT, Ill. ? Alyssa Karel has convinced the media around the Big Ten but apparently she still has some work to do on the conference coaches.Karel, a senior guard for the University of Wisconsin women?s basketball team, was named to the six-player preseason All-Big Ten team in the voting by media members from around the conference. But she did not finish among the top five vote-getters in the coaches? balloting.
ROSEMONT, Ill. ? University of Wisconsin senior forward Jon Leuer was named to the Big Ten Conference?s preseason all-conference team, it was announced Thursday morning at the Big Ten basketball media day.
Republican lieutenant governor hopeful Rebecca Kleefisch is facing criticism for her comments about domestic partner benefits.
….WISN-TV reported Wednesday night that Kleefisch?s comments sparked a protest at UW-Waukesha this week.
If Scott Walker is elected ? a near certainty if you believe the polls ? he would be the first Wisconsin governor in 64 years without a college degree. And nobody seems to care. College Republicans chairman, Stephen Duerst, says none of the group?s 60 or so members have voiced a problem with Walker?s drop-out status and whether it might, for example, make him less sympathetic to increasing funding for the University of Wisconsin System.
Quoted: UW-Madison political science professor Charles Franklin
Madison police said they have arrested a 35-year-old homeless man suspected of grabbing a University of Wisconsin-Madison student while she was walking down State Street on Sunday night.
Stephanie Mendel has worked at the Dane County Detox Center for 13-years. She says every day is different, but one thing remains the same: the amount of money Tellurian gets for running Dane County?s Detox center. “We can?t afford to lose $100,000 doing this level of care.”
Noted: During Burton?s senior year of high school, she sought out to be a member of the most recognized urban arts collective at the University of Wisconsin-Madison called First Wave. This collective offers a full-tuition scholarship for all four years and it?s based around building an artistic community on campus. It was perfect for what Myriha wanted to do, which was pursue arts, and her financial situation, which was rough. Though it?s still tough financially and being 430 miles from everything she?s ever known to call home, she?s happy for her decision to attend school out of state (even if it?s Wisconsin).
The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery held a preview Tuesday to explain the creator?s goals and showcase the new building?s facilities before the grand opening Dec. 2.
After a rigorous dance workshop with UW undergraduate and student teacher Ella Rosewood, an elementary school class was asked how the movement had made them feel. ?Fun!? was the most common response. Amid these typical third grade descriptions, though, one girl spoke at great length and detail of how exactly it had felt for her to dance. After the lesson ended, the teacher approached Rosewood. ?You know that girl who said all of that stuff?? she said. ?That was the third time I?ve heard her speak all year.?
Schoolhouse, meet Animal House. Hundreds of costumed kids will be exposed to the inner sanctums of Greek Row on Wednesday, during the traditional “Trick or Treat with the Greeks” on the UW-Madison campus.
UW-Madison has hired 11 new faculty members and will be able to hire about 44 more because of the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates, a tuition surcharge now in its second year. Chancellor Biddy Martin proposed the initiative to improve undergraduate education while providing more financial aid to students.
