Administrators and students from 14 different University of Wisconsin institutions delivered a final recommendation to UW System President Kevin Reilly Jan. 11 in regard to resident assistant (RA) policy.
University of Wisconsin officials thought they had three final candidates for the vacant provost position, but these are difficult economic times.
The University of Wisconsin named Roger Maclean the new associate dean of executive education at the School of Business in late December.
The State Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities held a public hearing last week to discuss a number of proposed Assembly bills that, if passed, could affect the University of Wisconsin System.
University of Wisconsin football players Booker Stanley and Marcus Randle El both received suspensions from the team following police entanglements in December.
University of Wisconsin senior Eric Passon died after falling 50 to 60 feet inside a Fond du Lac warehouse in the early morning hours of New Year�s Day.
University of Wisconsin administrators expect Chancellor John Wiley to fill the vacant provost position, second in rank at the university, early this spring.
The line to return textbooks snaked up the steps of University Book Store and into the lobby. People who wanted to buy books had to fight their way through the crowds.
“I kinda like the fact it’s crazy crowded,” University of Wisconsin-Madison sophomore Adam Markoff, from Northbrook, Ill., said Monday. “I might run into someone I know.”
Students have returned to campus and classes begin today. The mob scene at the bookstore, expected to continue all week, demonstrates the continued allure of buying and selling textbooks in person.
The State Department invited 120 college leaders here this month to talk about how to make American higher education more engaged with the world and counter the perception that the United States no longer welcomes foreign students. President Bush used the occasion to announce a $114-million proposal to increase the teaching of “critical” foreign languages, including Arabic, Chinese, and Farsi. Part of the money would be spent by the military and intelligence agencies.
If you have the time and know where to look, you can easily find hundreds of statistics to define the now completed career of Barry Alvarez as University of Wisconsin football coach.
Some are obvious: Alvarez led the Badgers to 118 victories in 16 seasons and had a .520 winning percentage in Big Ten Conference games (65-60-3).
MADISON ââ?¬â? Not too many children and grandchildren of University of Wisconsin System alumni are taking up an offer for discounted nonresident tuition under a three-year pilot program.
Only 45 students are getting 25 percent discounts on nonresident tuition under the Return to Wisconsin initiative, which was put in place at eight regional campuses in fall 2004.
LA CROSSE, Wis. ââ?¬â? No foul play has been discovered thus far in an investigation into two menââ?¬â?¢s night on the town that ended with one in the river and another passing out at a hospital, La Crosse police said Friday.
But the night, which inspired e-mail speculation linking it to the river drownings of seven young men in recent years, will likely be one the two men wonââ?¬â?¢t forget ââ?¬â? or ever completely remember.
ââ?¬Å?I am still a little numb. We almost lost Cullen early Sunday morning.ââ?¬Â
That�s how it started, with what appeared to be a concerned mother�s e-mail to two friends Tuesday, telling the twisted tale of her son�s escape from death in the Mississippi River the previous weekend.
MADISON, Wis. – Gov. Jim Doyle is proposing a new financial aid package to help high school students with good grade-point averages pay for college.
Of all his possible higher education aspirations, Vinny Kang never thought he’d spend a good portion of his college days slicing up salmon to try to help discover why the fish always die after spawning.
But he’s not complaining.
Kang, a junior attending UW-Madison on a full-tuition violin scholarship, wants to go to medical school after he graduates. And working on an independent research project in the lab of animal science professor Terence Barry is the kind of resume-builder that will probably help get him there.
The organization that owns the SAT says it plans to consider allowing students to take the three-section test in separate sittings. But officials warn that students shouldn’t expect to see a change anytime soon ââ?¬â? if at all.
Baby boomers, who fueled a rise in company-supported day care nearly a generation ago, are driving a new employee benefit: help with their kids’ college admissions. With an assist from admissions-savvy entrepreneurs, a small but growing number of employers offer options ranging from brown-bag lunches on college-related topics to sessions with former Ivy League admissions officers to Web-based programs that let parents manage their child’s progress.
A milestone in Madison�s history is fast approaching as the city prepares for its 150th birthday in March.
To mark the event, the city is planning two celebrations, one for the weekend of April 7ââ?¬â??9 and one to last throughout 2006, according to Rebecca Kasemeyer, who is in charge of the Sesquicentennial festivities.
Kiplinger�s Personal Finance magazine recently rated UW-Madison the 15th best value of the nation�s public universities.
urprisingly, for students from the warmer West, Wisconsin winters actually are a feature that draws students to the school, rather than driving them away.
UW-Madison plays host to nearly 4,000 international students each semester, and during the bone-chilling winters, it is easy to wonder why these students ever wanted to come to Madison.
Orlando, Fla.ââ?¬â?When the Wisconsin Badgers lost 20-10 in head coach Barry Alvarezââ?¬â?¢s final game at Camp Randall, the mood was melancholy afterwards.
ââ?¬Å?It was pretty somber in the locker room,ââ?¬Â junior strong safety Joe Stellmacher said. ââ?¬Å?We all wanted to get coach that last win at home.ââ?¬Â
Less than a month later, the Badger locker room could rejoice again after a shocking 24-10 victory over the then- No. 7 Auburn Tigers at the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Fla.
ON a frigid night during finals week last month, Caroline Proctor waited alone for friends to pick her up outside the Yale gymnasium, near the edge of campus and the rough neighborhoods of New Haven. “I don’t get worried until about 10 o’clock,” says Ms. Proctor, a graduate student in psychology. “There’s been a lot of muggings. We keep getting e-mails.”
AS far as Kyle Stoneman is concerned, the campus police were the ones who started the Facebook wars. “We were just being, well, college students, and they used it against us,” says Mr. Stoneman, a senior at George Washington University in Washington. He is convinced that the campus security force got wind of a party he and some buddies were planning last year by monitoring Facebook.com, the phenomenally popular college networking site. The officers waited till the shindig was in full swing, Mr. Stoneman grouses, then shut it down on discovering under-age drinking.
Mr. Stoneman and his friends decided to fight back. Their weapon of choice? Facebook, of course.
MADISON, Wis. — Over 320 movers and shakers from Madison’s business community came together at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center on Monday, Jan. 9 to recognize the recipients of this yearââ?¬â?¢s Best of Madison Business Awards, presented by Madison Magazine.
Honorees for 2006 included the University of Wisconsin Athletic Department (represented by Vince Sweeney, Senior Associate Athletic Director).
The gala also raises money for The Brian D. Howell Science and Communications Scholarship Fund which provides financial support for a college-level internship designed to encourage University of Wisconsin-Madison students to pursue interests in journalism, science, and new technology.
La Crosse police continue to look into how a 21-year-old Viroqua man ended up in the Mississippi River.
Cullen Fortney, who is a UW-Madison student, says he found himself in the river early Sunday morning after a night of drinking in downtown La Crosse with friends. Fortney has no recollection on how he got there.
MADISON, Wis. – University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly is asking the public for suggestions on the role of residence hall assistants as he crafts a new policy governing their behavior.
Resident assistants at the University of Wisconsin have the right to free speech, but should not use their position to pressure their student residents, a panel has concluded.
The 18-member Resident Assistant Working Group submitted its final report to UW System President Kevin Reilly on Wednesday. The group recommended principles for new rules governing university employees who live and work in the dormitories.
An intoxicated college-age man reported he fell into the Mississippi River early Sunday but managed to climb out, authorities said.
The Viroqua, Wis., native, who attends the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was spending a night in downtown La Crosse with a couple of friends when they got separated, according to La Crosse police.
Some college educators, however, have coined the term “helicopter parenting” to describe parents who “hover” in their adult child’s lives or rescue them when problems arise, and see these relationships in a different light. They say the phenomenon has blossomed in the last five years and is giving university administrators a run for their money as they work to foster independence in students who may be away from home for the very first time.
Madison police have already started planning for this year’s State Street Halloween….and the department’s central district captain says there are a number of elements officials want to continue this year….including the temporary fencing for crowd control….
(MADISON) Gay rights groups across the country are worried about reports that the Pentagon is spying on groups that oppose the militaryââ?¬â?¢s ââ?¬Å?Donââ?¬â?¢t Ask-Donââ?¬â?¢t Tellââ?¬Â policy. A group of University of Wisconsin Law School students have joined more than a dozen gay rights groups across the county in filing a Freedom of Information request to find out which organizations are being watched, and whether the secret surveillance is legal. (4th item.)
MADISON, Wis. — A new report shows Halloween 2005 cost the city of Madison $80,000 more than Halloween 2004.
The report indicates that over the past two years the city has spent nearly $1.3 million policing the event. The report also had some surprises.
Joe Koch fondly remembers a conversation he had with Brian Calhoun more than seven years ago. Calhoun, then a freshman at Oak Creek High School, was seriously considering walking away from football in part because he found it somewhat boring. Koch, the Knights’ varsity coach, was trying to persuade Calhoun to give the sport a chance.
Fast forward to Monday and another conversation between Koch and his former player. Calhoun, a star tailback for the University of Wisconsin football team this past season, called Koch to tell him he was skipping his senior season with the Badgers to enter the National Football League draft.
“It’s kind of neat to think, here’s a kid that we pretty much had to drag out of the classroom and talk him back into coming out for football,” Koch said.
Suspended University of Wisconsin running back Booker Stanley was charged Monday with choking, beating and sexually assaulting his girlfriend in a December incident at their apartment, with beating her previously and with bail jumping for violating a court order by allegedly having repeated contact with her.
Stanley, 22, was suspended from the UW team after police were called to the University Avenue apartment on Dec. 21, when a neighbor heard Stanley’s 20-year-old girlfriend yelling.
MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin reserve running back Booker Stanley was charged Monday with sexual assault, multiple battery counts and bail jumping in connection with a pair of alleged fights with his girlfriend.
Stanley, 22, already faces battery and disorderly conduct charges for his alleged role in a street fight last April. He was suspended from the team in December after his arrest in the fight with his girlfriend.
Katie Nix had her reasons for enrolling at Tulane University last fall. She just can’t recall what they are.
“I’ve forgotten,” said the freshman from Racine who spent three days at Tulane before Hurricane Katrina crashed into New Orleans, forcing the city’s universities to shut down.
After Katrina, Nix and hundreds of other displaced students landed in Wisconsin, where they were taken in by universities across the state. Now their home institutions are reopening, and most of the students are going back.
Wisconsin is a very important contributor to the Peace Corps volunteers accoring to Gary Lore, public affairs specialist with the Minneapolis regional office of the Peace Corps.
“For over a decade, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been the No. 1 contributor of Peace Corps volunteers. ââ?¬Â¦ In the whole scheme of things, in the last 45 years, (Madison) is No. 2 and rapidly catching up with No. 1, which is the University of Southern California.”
While home from college last month on holiday break, about 1,200 recent grads of the Mequon-Thiensville School District opened a peculiar piece of mail: a letter urging them to approve an upcoming $7.5 million referendum and a form they could use to request an absentee ballot.
The idea? By targeting college kids who might not otherwise vote on local issues, an advocacy group is trying to tap into a sympathetic audience of students who can vote in the district but who aren’t likely to own property and pay property taxes.
BERLIN ââ?¬â? Alexander Galkin could have left Russia to study for his doctorate in neuroscience in the USA. Instead, he’s at Humboldt and Free universities in Germany’s capital, because, ââ?¬Å?I had better scientific opportunities.ââ?¬Â
MADISON – A University of Wisconsin committee started drafting new guidelines governing the behavior of student dorm supervisors on Thursday after learning policies vary sharply by campus.
MADISON, Wis. — A University of Wisconsin System committee is meeting in Madison on Thursday to develop new guidelines for student dorm workers.
The committee is expected to more clearly define the roles and responsibilities of resident assistants — students who are paid to supervise dorm residents.
The University of Wisconsin at Madison plans to require the companies licensed to make apparel bearing its name or logo to have at least 25 percent of the goods produced at factories where workers are allowed to form unions.
The “designated suppliers” program will begin this fall for all 150 licensees who produce Madison apparel.
MADISON, Wis. — A University of Wisconsin athlete has waived his preliminary hearing, and will go to trial on felony battery charges, News 3 reported.
Bobby Lockhart, 22, is a member of the UW’s national championship men’s cross country team.
Firefighters credit a few UW students with helping two people escape a house fire late Wednesday afternoon.
An unexpected late entrant who filed candidacy papers for the Madison School Board will force a primary in one of the two contested races this spring.
The three-way race for the seat being vacated by retiring board member Bill Keys includes Arlene Silveira, Maya Cole and now Michael Kelly, a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student in medieval studies who filed his papers near the deadline Tuesday afternoon.
….In the other districtwide school board race, Lucy Mathiak, a UW communications director and the founder of a community support organization for East High School, is trying to unseat Juan Jose Lopez, one of the board’s longest serving members.
ORLANDO, Fla. – Even before he was injured, Joe Thomas had decided that he was coming back to the University of Wisconsin for his senior season.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is launching a task force on violence against women after a student newspaper ran a photo essay depicting an editor’s sexual fantasy of being raped, sparking outrage across campus.
While many people welcomed in the new year with a drink, far too many people in Wisconsin figure the welcome wagon should be put to use year-round. Heavy use.
One of the worst examples of that abuse of alcohol continues to occur, sadly, at institutions of higher learning in this state.
The University of Michigan has suspended sales of Coca-Cola products on its three campuses over allegations that the company permits human rights and environmental abuses abroad.
The suspension, which begins Jan. 1, will affect vending machines, residence halls, cafeterias and campus restaurants. Coke’s contracts with the university are worth about $1.4 million.
Matt Jazwiec likes attending the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Don’t get him wrong. The classes, the students, they’re great.
But to hear the sophomore tell it, there’s a gaping hole in his college experience. The Illinois native grew up going to football games at the University of Illinois. Mesmerized by the stadium’s throbbing energy, he would sit in the stands, dreaming of the day when he could cheer for his own NCAA college football team.
The Madison Fire Department is taking residents of a campus area apartment building (on Iota Court) to task for failing to leave after their fire alarm sounded.
The arrests of two University of Wisconsin football players in unrelated incidents this month were embarrassing enough to the university. The fact that each player had a previous arrest made the cases doubly embarrassing – and doubly troubling.
University of Wisconsin football player Marcus Randle El was charged Tuesday with two misdemeanors stemming from a fight over gambling money during which he allegedly punched an acquaintance in the face.
Randle El, a 19-year-old sophomore wide receiver, faces charges of battery and bail jumping in the Dec. 16 incident. His attorney, Charles Giesen, appeared on his behalf during an initial appearance on the charges. Randle El, who is free on a signature bond, is with the Badgers in Orlando, Fla., where they will play Auburn in the Capital One Bowl on Monday.
Robin Harris talks to her parents nearly every day, often asking for help with her homework, in deciding what classes to take and about how to clean up a mess she had made.
University of Wisconsin football player Marcus Randle El was charged today with two misdemeanors stemming from a fight over gambling money during which he allegedly punched an acquaintance in the face.
Randle El, a 19-year-old sophomore wide receiver, faces charges of battery and bail-jumping in the Dec. 16 incident.
….Randle El was initially suspended from the UW football team over the incident, but later was cleared to play in the (Capital One) bowl game.
….Halloween horrors: Separated now by several weeks from an event that kept him sleepless for about a weekend, Cieslewicz said that his perspective on the annual party has changed.
“We do have to recognize that the event has improved somewhat in each of the last four years,” he said. “But still, any time you end the event with pepper spray, it’s not a good thing and there were an awful lot of kids just sick on alcohol.”
The mayor said there are two main points to address next year: Finding ways to make the crowd, particularly the underaged, less inebriated and taking the cost of the party off of property taxpayers.
If lawsuits in state and federal courts against Madison taverns that sought to end some drink specials magically came to an end over the holiday season, tavern owners would still be out almost a half-million dollars in legal fees.
Campus area taverns had agreed to end the specials after they were pressured by the city and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. But there is no chance that the legal actions, brought by the Minneapolis law firm of Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg on behalf of three UW students are going to end soon on either of two fronts.
WASHINGTON ââ?¬â? Though Christopher Flickinger calls himself “dean” and poses in parodistic photos waving a small American flag and looking stern, he says he’s never been more serious about eliminating what he claims is pervasive anti-conservatism on college campuses today.
MADISON, Wis. – A national fraternity has suspended its University of Wisconsin-Madison chapter, saying members broke several rules in hosting a Halloween party that police described as dangerous.
