Patti Ristau says she was terrified when she first landed in Seville, Spain, for a semester studying abroad. Though she had a double major from the University of Wisconsin-Madison that included Spanish and felt sure of herself speaking the language in Mexico and the Caribbean, Ms. Ristau was worried she would be like a taco at a tapas bar in Seville. And she was all alone.
Twenty years after their son was killed in an accident, a Waterloo couple is honoring his memory with a University of Wisconsin band concert in Waterloo.The UW Varsity Band has agreed to give a benefit concert at the Waterloo High School gym on Monday, Feb. 22. Organizers believe it may the first time the band will perform in the city.
International students wonâ??t be allowed to join a union for research assistants at the University of Wisconsin-Madison under a new policy that labor activists believe is the first of its kind in the U.S.
Students at the University of Wisconsin often arrive on campus with dreams of making a difference in the world.
Now, they have a legitimate opportunity. On Thursday, students from the UW will volunteer their time at booths across campus, asking for donations, in whatâ??s being called the Day of Action for Haiti Relief.
The University of Wisconsin at Madison says that it is trying to protect its international students by keeping them out of a new union for graduate research assistants. The argument — which union activists and some independent experts call unprecedented — has angered graduate students and advocates for international students.
The future of the Associated Students of Madison bus pass program was the subject of discussions at the Downtown Coordinating Committeeâ??s first meeting of the year Thursday. Committee members also discussed new electronic parking meters and the possible introduction of longer, articulated buses.
UW-Madison junior Maggie Baker is not the only student on campus who was devastated to hear about the earthquake in Haiti and felt compelled to do something to help out.
What began as a simple presentation became a heated debate as the University of Wisconsin Union Council finalized plans to keep students involved in the design and renovation of the Memorial Union Thursday night.
The â??quiet timeâ? in Wisconsin agriculture — from Thanksgiving to New Yearâ??s or so — has given way to â??the meeting seasonâ? that runs hot and heavy through the WPS Farm Show in the first week of April. After that farmers get anxious to head to the fields, weather permitting, and start the cropping season anew.
Madison-area musicians are banding together for several benefit concerts to raise money for humanitarian aid to earthquake victims in Haiti.
University of Wisconsin-Madison student Shanica Adkins, 21, was killed Dec. 31 when the Geo Prizm in which she was riding was struck by a Mercury Mountaineer driven by a man who was fleeing from police.
Itâ??s 12:30 p.m. on a Friday in December. Dalia Saleh and her friends are kneeling on the floor, bowing their heads in reverence to Allah. These are the weekly services at the Islamic Center, 21 N. Orchard St. Everyone has removed his or her shoes, out of respect for Allah. About 30 men are at the front of the hexagonal building, women at the back of the room.
A man who allegedly killed University of Wisconsin senior Shanica Adkins with his car in Milwaukee on New Yearâ??s Eve was arrested Sunday.
The Wisconsin Union Directorate gave permission Wednesday night for the Distinguished Lecture Series to bring controversial anti-Islamic and feminist speaker Ayaan Hirsi Ali to campus.
Bret Bielema wasnâ??t stunned that redshirt freshman Erik Smith decided to transfer to Illinois State — not after the running back was leapfrogged on the depth chart by freshman Montee Ball midway through last season. Still, the University of Wisconsin football coach said he made a pitch to Smith to stay in Madison.
Bielema also tried to keep linebacker Leonard Hubbard, who like Smith intends to play for the Redbirds of the Football Championship Subdivision. Per NCAA rules, they will be eligible immediately because they are going down a level of competition. Each has three years remaining.
The H1N1 virus has largely disappeared from the front page, but that doesnâ??t mean we are out of the woods — aka flu season — yet.
Itâ??s the prime time of the year for flu, so vaccination clinics still are scheduled for those who havenâ??t gotten shots against H1N1 or seasonal flu.
A tribute to UW-Madison senior Shanica Adkins, who was killed in a car crash Dec. 31, will be held Monday on campus.
Money appears to be high on the minds of this yearâ??s college freshmen, reflecting the influence last year of the struggling economy on enrollment, financial aid and life goals, a survey released today says. Students were more likely to take out loans, more likely to have an unemployed parent and more likely to say an offer of financial aid was “very important” in choosing a college.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court wonâ??t intervene in a dispute over whether the fiance of a slain University of Wisconsin-Madison student can recover damages in the death.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court wonâ??t intervene in a dispute over whether the fiance of a slain University of Wisconsin-Madison student can recover damages in the death.
Haiti native and UW-Madison graduate student Gergens Polynice will return to Haiti as soon as possible to bring in medical supplies and help his family.
A free public skate will be held at Camp Randall Stadium on Feb. 5, the eve of the outdoor hockey extravaganza hosted by the University of Wisconsin.
Five UW-Madison engineering students and an advisor returned home safely Saturday after working in Haiti when the earthquake hit.
Provost Paul DeLuca Jr. recently told the University of Wisconsin community that the graduate school program and connected research enterprise was in a state of crisis., but recent federal reviews suggest the situation is in fact less dire.
Two groups of University of Wisconsin students and alumni volunteering in Haiti are finally safe, after several went missing following the Jan. 12 earthquake that tore through the capital city of Port-au-Prince.
A 31-year-old man charged this month with killing a University of Wisconsin-Madison student in another vehicle while fleeing from Milwaukee police has been arrested, the Police Department said Monday.
Wisconsin veterans must navigate a bureaucratic maze this semester to continue receiving state and federal benefits to pay for their college.Campus officials and veterans report confusion and frustration as Wisconsin forces students receiving the state G.I. Bill to use a new federal benefit first if they are eligible. Even those who arenâ??t eligible for the new federal benefit must fill out a form to continue getting their tuition free from the state.
A contingent of UW-Madison engineering students on Saturday arrived back home from Haiti, safe but saddened by the devastation they say could take decades to repair. “We all would have loved to stay, to help. But there really isnâ??t a place except for aid workers,” said Randi Schieber, of Portage.
A small group of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering students who were working in Haiti during Tuesdayâ??s earthquake are now back home safe.
Authorities say theyâ??ve arrested a Kenosha man whoâ??s charged with killing Shanica Adkins while fleeing from Milwaukee police.The 21-year-old Adkins was a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her boyfriend suffered head fractures and brain trauma in the crash.
Two University of Wisconsin-Madison students from Haiti avoided the earthquake but said they are shaken by the images of suffering and devastation in their home country.
Wisconsin veterans must navigate a bureaucratic maze this semester to continue receiving state and federal benefits to pay for their college.
Campus officials and veterans report confusion and frustration as Wisconsin forces students receiving the state G.I. Bill to use a new federal benefit first if they are eligible. Even those who arenâ??t eligible for the new federal benefit must fill out a form to continue getting their tuition free from the state.
UW students in Haiti at the time of the quake arrived back in Madison Friday night. On Saturday, we spoke with three of the five students whom were visibly exhausted. Memories of Tuesdayâ??s earthquake still fresh in their minds.
Several University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering students who were working in Haiti at the time of Tuesdayâ??s devastating earthquake are now back home safe.Students Tyler Lark, Eyleen Chou and Randi Schieber crossed into the Dominican Republic to fly home.
They were with a group of six people from the university working 70 miles north of Port-au-Prince on an assessment and surveying project to repair a bridge, WISC-TV reported.
The man accused of being responsible for a New Yearâ??s Eve hit-and-run in Milwaukee that killed a University of Wisconsin-Madison student has turned himself in.
Five University of Wisconsin engineering students are back in the United States and on their way home. The UW students were about 70 miles from Port Au Prince when the earthquake happened.
….Students on campuses across America turned their concern about their future to the biggest polluters on campus — coal-fired power plants that still operate on more than 60 campuses. To end coalâ??s foothold on campuses, Sierra Club and its Sierra Student Coalition in September launched a campaign to educate and enlist hundreds of thousands of students to move beyond coal and fight for clean energy. This campaign has taken off like a prairie fire on a warm, dry spring day.
Gergens Polynice has a decision to make: Stay at UW-Madison and finish graduate school, or return to Haiti immediately and put his skills to use? Polynice, a 41-year-old masterâ??s student in Caribbean and African studies with an interest in sustainable development, is the only student from Haiti at the UW-Madison, according to the Office of International Students. He had been back in Haiti since Dec. 23, visiting family and supervising a family-owned water purification plant managed by his brother. He left Port-au-Prince hours before the earthquake.
Seven University of Wisconsin-Madison fraternity members had been volunteering there. Five returned last night and two still behind sent word of their safety Wednesday morning. Haiti Project coordinator, Jan Byrd, said they posted a Facebook message Wednesday that they were on a roof of a guesthouse when it collapsed and they are safe.
American colleges were struggling to extractâ??and, in some cases, even reachâ??students, and faculty and staff members studying and traveling in Haiti in the wake of a deadly earthquake there Tuesday, a task made more difficult by the extent of the devastation and by already poor infrastructure in the Caribbean nation.
Rob Howell, director of international academic programs at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, said five engineering students and an adviser working in a rural area about 70 miles north of Port-au-Prince were safe. The group, from Engineers Without Borders, were working on a hydroelectric power-generation facility in Bayonnais.
Officials at a Florida college continue to pursue “all options and avenues” to locate 12 students and two faculty members who had been staying at a 4-star hotel in Haiti that toppled following Tuesdayâ??s devastating earthquake.
Lynn University President Kevin Ross said the group was registered at Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince, a popular tourist destination that collapsed after the magnitude-7.0 earthquake in the impoverished nation. Among the group studying in Haiti were Dr. Patrick Hartwick, dean of the universityâ??s College of Education, and Dr. Richard Bruno, an assistant professor with the universityâ??s College of Liberal Education.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Two volunteers from a Milwaukee church group are safe in Haiti after a powerful earthquake. Volunteers at the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukeeâ??s Haiti Project were trying Tuesday and Wednesday to reach two men who had been working in a small village in the mountains near the community of Jeannette, Haiti.
Seven current and former University of Wisconsin-Madison students were doing electrical work and trying to establish an Internet connection. Five returned already and the other two were to return Wednesday. One is from California and the other from Minnesota. Project coordinator, Jan Byrd, says they posted a Facebook message Wednesday that they were on a roof of a guesthouse when it collapsed and they are safe.
Do you have an opinion on whether or not affirmative-action preferences should be used in determining who gets into college?
Does the following tidbit alter your way of thinking?
The Swedish government plans to end affirmative action at universities since the practice has resulted in male students being given admissions priority for several popular programs, the Agence France-Presse reported.
A group of UW-Madison students in Haiti Tuesday when a major earthquake struck report they are doing fine. A travel blog on UW-Madisonâ??s Engineers Without Borders website states: “We are OK! Donâ??t worry, it was a mere tremor here.”
Mentions that members of a student-led group from the University of Wisconsin-Madison who were in Haiti reported on a blog Tuesday that they werenâ??t hurt.
As NBC15 News reported last night, some UW students with the group “Engineers Without Borders” are in Haiti. They posted this message on their blog:
We are ok! Donâ??t worry, it was a mere tremor here. But please do keep an eye on the news for PAP airport as our travel plans may be affected.
Members of a student-led group from the University of Wisconsin visiting Haiti say they werenâ??t hurt when a strong earthquake struck the Caribbean nation.
A new study has found that five times as many high school and college students are dealing with anxiety and other mental health issues as youth of the same age who were studied in the Great Depression era. The findings, culled from responses to a popular psychological questionnaire used as far back as 1938, confirm what counselors on campuses nationwide have long suspected as more students struggle with the stresses of school and life in general.
A group of University of Wisconsin students in Haiti felt the tremors from Tuesdayâ??s 7.0 magnitude earthquake, but escaped unharmed. Five students and one advisor arrived in Haiti on Sunday, part of Engineers Without Borders, a group that helps impoverished nations design and build major projects.
Members of a University of Wisconsin-Madison group are safe after a major earthquake caused devastation in Haiti Tuesday.
As far as UW-Madison, 1,300 students have presented to Health Services with flu-like symptoms. Theyâ??ve administered 6,500 vaccines there. Officials say that doesnâ??t include any students who headed home to get vaccinated, or to private clinics.
Add to that, university students heading back to school. Sarah Van Orman, M.D., the Executive Director of University Health Services, says, “We know with everyone returning to campus, thereâ??s a possibility for an increase.”
University of Wisconsin-Madisonâ??s top health official said sheâ??s expecting another wave of swine flu cases as students return for the spring semester, although the disease is turning out to be relatively mild and not as severe as initially feared.
Officials at major universities can say they treat academics and athletics with the same vigor. Just not with a straight face.
An Associated Press review found dozens of schools where special rules lowered the admissions threshold to let in star athletes, but those rules helped few others. That, despite the NCAAâ??s requirement that the same opportunities be given to students with other talents.
Sadly, itâ??s hard to imagine weâ??ll ever again get to the point where football and basketball players are expected to earn the same SAT scores as other prospective students. But, if the NCAA insists on handing out special privileges, it should at least hand them out evenly.
Veterans coming back from long overseas tours must cope with changes theyâ??ve undergone in dangerous, foreign environments, and in the way life at home has changed as well. Federal, state and county agencies have been preparing for their return, offering services that include preferential job placement and training and free college tuition with the added new benefit of money for living expenses. In addition to covering up to 100 percent of tuition, the federal GI Bill also pays for living expenses. In Madison, the stipend is $1,239 a month, said John Bechtol, assistant dean of students for veterans affairs at UW-Madison.
In his pursuit of a pro snowboarding career, UW-Madison student Colin Tucker has broken his left wrist five or six times. Heâ??s broken his arm, collarbone, sternum and jaw. Tucker, 19, a sophomore who has attended UW-Madison the last two fall semesters, taking the spring semesters off to snowboard, acknowledged heâ??s on the “eight-year plan.” For now, heâ??s enjoying both the scholarly life and the snowboarding life.
Attention annoying ticket scalpers outside Miller Park: The Brew Crew is coming after you.The Milwaukee Brewers baseball club is lobbying Wisconsin lawmakers to pass a bill that would make it easier for the team to prosecute ticket resellers who bother fans outside the stadium. The bill would also apply to venues for the Green Bay Packers, Wisconsin Badgers, Milwaukee Bucks and others that want to create resale zones.
The 21-year-old University of Wisconsin Madison senior chose the field of social work in hopes of one day helping others. She was set to graduate this May but her dreams were cut short New Year’s Day when a driver fleeing from police ran a red light and struck the car Shanica was in.
A funeral was held Friday for a University of Wisconsin-Madison student who was killed in a crash on New Yearâ??s Eve.
Fresh Madison Market is at the corner of University and Lake Streets. Itâ??s located in the same building as the Lucky apartments where many UW-Madison students live.
University of Wisconsin-Madisonâ??s top health official says sheâ??s expecting another wave of swine flu cases as students return for the spring semester.
