When UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward learned that a senior athletic department official allegedly sexually assaulted a student, he called Athletic Director Barry Alvarez within hours with a message: Do not ?interfere.?
About an hour after learning that a senior UW athletic official was accused of sexual assault, interim UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward called Athletic Director Barry Alvarez with a mandate. The athletics department should not interfere with an investigation into John Chadima, Ward told Alvarez, nor should Alvarez run a parallel investigation. That?s according to the investigation file from the first inquiry into Chadima, who resigned as senior associate athletic director on Jan. 6.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Monday that interim Chancellor David Ward has received the second report into allegations of misconduct against former senior associate athletic director John Chadima. In a press release Monday, Ward states the ?university will publicly release the second report as soon as it?s legally permissible to do so. Because the allegations arise out of Mr. Chadima?s employment at the university, the university is legally obligated to provide a notification to him that the report will be publicly released.”
UW-Madison?s primary licensing committee passed a resolution Friday to define a successful mediation period with adidas as occurring only if the company ensures all workers are paid severance by April 15. This deadline is 60 days after UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward initially announced plans to enter mediation with the company.
UW-Madison interim Chancellor David Ward and members of the university?s Labor Licensing Policy Committee continue to butt heads over how best to convince Adidas to rectify allegations of sweatshop abuses at a factory the company subcontracted with in Indonesia.
A commission on the UW-Madison campus is arguing faculty and staff are in dire need of a raise if the university hopes to keep its best and brightest from bolting to other institutions. Such calls are certainly nothing new. But two options being kicked around as potential ways to help pay for these raises are opening some eyes.
UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward decided to enter a negotiation period with adidas out of fear that giving the company a 90-day ultimatum to remedy its alleged labor violations would result in the company suing the university, according to Labor Licensing Policy Committee Chair Lydia Zepeda.
The chair of UW-Madison?s primary licensing advisory committee said Monday she is unhappy with the way Chancellor David Ward decided to enter a period of mediation with Adidas, rather than give the company 90 days? notice to pay severance to its workers as the committee recommended.
For nearly two decades now, a small but vocal student group on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus has prided itself on making university administrators, classmates and other members of the public aware of labor rights abuses at factories in the United States and abroad. Friday afternoon on Bascom Hill, it was apparent members of UW-Madison?s Student Labor Action Coalition aren?t fighting this battle alone.
A student labor rights group slammed interim UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward?s decision to enter into a period of mediation with Adidas and promised to hold a protest Friday against the university?s “pro-sweatshop policies.” In a news release from the Student Labor Action Coalition Wednesday, one member called Ward?s action “insulting” and another said that it “warrants his immediate removal.”
UW-Madison estimated it could cost up to $100,000 to investigate a former senior athletic official accused of sexual assault, according to a work contract for the review. The university appointed former Dane County Circuit Court Judge Patrick Fiedler, now an attorney with Axley Brynelson, LLP, to lead the inquiry into John Chadima, formerly a senior associate athletic director. The contract, approved Jan. 19, states that Fiedler will charge at a rate of $300 per hour plus out-of-pocket costs.
Interim Chancellor David Ward has now tasked Fiedler to lead a second investigation into two more allegations against Chadima. Gov. Scott Walker authorized the Department of Administration to approve the hire, a spokesman for Walker said.
UW-Madison will enter mediation with its exclusive athletics sponsor, Adidas, to resolve a dispute over the treatment of Indonesian factory workers, interim chancellor David Ward said Tuesday. The approach is less draconian than one Ward indicated he might take earlier this month, when he said he may put Adidas “on notice” that it was in breach of a labor code of conduct. That would have given Adidas 90 days to address concerns over severance payments to overseas workers before the university would terminate its roughly $2.5 million contract with the company.
In a move that caught some key players on campus off guard, UW-Madison interim Chancellor David Ward announced Tuesday night he?s not prepared to start the process of cutting ties with Adidas over alleged sweatshop abuses at a factory the athletic apparel giant subcontracted with overseas.
Three weeks ago, we were probably satisfied ? and happy ? that the John Chadima story had run its course….But now that as many as two people have come forward to credibly allege that Chadima assaulted them, the saga continues, if with a different focus and higher stakes.
….To his credit, UW interim chancellor David Ward has directed the panel investigating the latest allegations of abuse against Chadima to inform him of “any other matters (that) come to your attention about which I should know” ? like, for instance, a cover-up. Ward’s mandate did not include specific instructions to question athletic director Barry Alvarez or football coach Bret Bielema, said Vince Sweeney, the vice chancellor for university relations.
A third allegation of misconduct involving an adult male has been cast against a former top UW athletic official, adding to a growing investigation of John Chadima. Interim UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward said in a statement Thursday the UW-Madison Police Department is investigating the allegation and has deemed it “credible,” but did not release any more details.
Amid discussions of who should set tuition in Wisconsin and how the UW System should be structured, UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward told members of a state task force Wednesday there is no ?one size fits all? model for flexibilities needed across campuses system-wide.
Amid discussions of who should set tuition in Wisconsin and how the UW System should be structured, UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward told members of a state task force Wednesday there is no ?one size fits all? model for flexibilities needed across campuses system-wide. Ward said individual institutions would benefit from having ?university councils? to facilitate communication between the campus community, the Board of Regents and the state.
UW-Madison interim Chancellor David Ward is scheduled to speak to the Wisconsin Special Task Force on UW Restructuring and Operational Flexibilities on Wednesday. The meeting, which begins at 9 a.m. in room 412 East of the Capitol, will allow the panel to learn more about the relationship between the UW System and its two doctoral campuses. UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Michael Lovell also is expected to appear.
After a second man reported inappropriate misconduct by former Senior Associate Athletic Director John Chadima, UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward announced Monday the university will launch another investigation into his behavior.
The University of Wisconsin Police Department is investigating a second allegation against former Associate Athletic Director John Chadima involving an adult male.
In response to allegations that Adidas closed a factory in Indonesia without paying the 2,800 workers due severance, UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward said he will meet with UW System officials this week to discuss breaking ties with the company. But, some community members say this is not enough.
Amid controversy and student protests, University of Wisconsin Interim Chancellor David Ward announced Friday he will conduct a thorough investigation into allegations of labor rights violations brought against Adidas.
Interim UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward said he is inclined to give notice to Adidas that it violated a labor code of conduct, which could lead to UW-Madison terminating its roughly $2.5 million annual contract with the company. But Ward wrote in a letter to UW-Madison?s Labor Licensing Policy Committee that he first wants to discuss the matter with the president of the UW Board of Regents, lawyers and other leaders in the university community. He promised to give the committee, made up of students, faculty and staff, an update next week.
UW-Madison needs to reallocate its resources in order to preserve the quality of the university, UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward said at a forum with members of the UW-Madison community Thursday. In the wake of over $300 million in proposed cuts to the UWSystem over two years, Ward said he does not foresee the state increasing funds to the system in the near future and UW-Madison should use “educational innovation” to better use its resources.
Adidas claimed innocence in a statement Thursday, as the university?s primary licensing partner responded to allegations of unfair labor practices that provoked demonstrations in November from a UW-Madison student organization that proposed the university to break ties with the company. SLAC members will protest outside Chancellor Ward’s office in Bascom Hall Friday at 10:40 a.m. before the Labor Licensing Policy Committee meets at 11 a.m. where Ward will respond to adidas’s statement.
Adidas is forcing the hand of University of Wisconsin-Madison leadership. The apparel giant met the Thursday deadline set by UW-Madison interim Chancellor David Ward to respond to allegations of sweatshop abuses at a factory Adidas subcontracted with in Indonesia. But a statement released by the company Thursday evening makes clear that Adidas still isn?t willing to admit to any wrongdoing. If recent history is any indication, this stance will likely lead UW-Madison officials to start the process of ending its lucrative contract with Adidas.
By now, everyone has heard that Senior Associate Athletic Director John Chadima resigned after he allegedly sexually assaulted a student employee at a Rose Bowl party. Quickly forgetting the fact that senior athletic officials, including Athletic Director Barry Alvarez, knew of other parties, the athletic department and university handled the situation well. An investigation was completed and released in a timely fashion, and offices are considering multiple alcohol policy changes. These changes need to come from top officials.
David Ward first came to Madison from England as a graduate student in 1960, before John Kennedy was president and before freshman Paul Soglin showed up from Chicago to embark on his adult destiny as our intermittent mayor. Today, at 73, the self-effacing interim chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison laces his vision for UW with repeated references to his advanced age. But make no mistake: Ward?s 2012 ideas to remake UW are distinctly anti-nostalgic.
Interim UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward is defending the university?s silence about an investigation involving a former top athletic official accused of misconduct. In a statement Wednesday, Ward said he understands the public has questions about what led to the investigation of John Chadima, who resigned as senior associate athletic director Friday, but he asked for patience as an independent panel reviews the matter. But not disclosing the nature of the allegations against Chadima allows for speculation, observers said.
UW-Madison interim Chancellor David Ward issued a statement Wednesday afternoon regarding John Chadima, the senior associate athletic director who resigned late last week after allegations of misconduct were brought forward. Although the statement is relatively lengthy, it divulges no new information on the case.
Hugh Edwin Young, who served as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison during the tumultuous Vietnam War era, died on Monday, Jan. 2 in Madison. He was 94.
“For over 40 years, Edwin Young brought shrewd and wise leadership to every position he held on campus, offering stability during some of the university?s most trying times,” said Interim Chancellor David Ward in a news release. “We send our thoughts and best wishes to his family.” Young?s folksy Maine accent and dry humor masked a canny political mind. With a background in labor relations and an intricate network of contacts, he surveyed each challenge carefully before deciding how to move.
Edwin Young, the former head of both UW-Madison and the University of Wisconsin System, died Monday of natural causes at the age of 94. Young served as chancellor at UW-Madison from 1968 to 1977, which was one of the most turbulent eras on campus due to the anti-war demonstrations. He was heading the university on Aug. 24, 1970, when Madison was rocked by a bomb exploding outside Sterling Hall.
“His chief recognition, for better or worse, was that he kept the university open in 1970, ?71 and ?72 even during all the student disturbances,” says David Johnson, a UW-Madison emeritus professor of economics who first got to know Young during the 1950s. “There were calls by some to close it down, but he refused. He held the university together.”
Former University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Hugh Edwin Young, who led the university during the tumultuous Vietnam War era, has died. He was 94.The university says Young died Monday in Madison. The Newfoundland native received his master’s degree and Ph.D. at UW-Madison and became an economics teacher there in 1947. He left in 1965 to become president of the University of Maine, but returned to UW-Madison and was named chancellor in 1968.
It was generally not a good year for public higher education in Wisconsin. In particular, 2011 was an especially frustrating period for many associated with UW-Madison. Wisconsin?s flagship institution of higher education lost its once-popular chancellor, Biddy Martin, to a highly regarded but small liberal arts college in Massachusetts following a political defeat at the state Capitol. The university, like all UW System institutions, is absorbing record-setting budget cuts as state leaders try to dig out of a budget hole without raising taxes. And UW-Madison?s highly regarded faculty and staff — again, like their counterparts across the state — not only learned they?d go another biennium without raises, but were forced to take a cut in take-home pay. Although few seem overly optimistic entering 2012, it can?t get any worse than this past year. Right?
….At UW-Madison, it was bye, bye Biddy after Biddy Martin, the popular chancellor, abruptly announced in June she was bailing for the president?s job at Amherst College in Massachusetts. The move came after her push to split UW-Madison from the other 25 campuses in the system, rejected by lawmakers after an outcry from UW System leaders. For her temporary replacement, the university turned to David Ward, a familiar face on campus who previously served as UW-Madison chancellor from 1993 to 2000. Students showed they could still get their drunk on, gathering in April for the annual Mifflin Street block party and turning it into a crime scene: two stabbings, three sexual assaults, three substantial batteries, four strong-armed robberies and numerous reports of property damage, according to Madison police, who have joined Soglin in calls to end the annual event.
The news of former Chancellor Biddy Martin?s departure from her post was a fitting and predictable ending to a tumultuous academic year in Madison. Upon announcing her decision, Martin insisted she was not leaving because of the political failure of the New Badger Partnership, but the deflated atmosphere that her resignation created proved the commitment of the Biddy faithful.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has played a leading role in recent years when it comes to attempting to curb sweatshop abuses at companies that produce college-logoed apparel. But will Bucky still flex his muscle when the company coming under fire is Adidas — which supplies the university?s sports teams with everything from shoes and jerseys to athletic gear? “This time around, it?s a bit more complicated because of our involvement and close ties with Adidas,” says Vince Sweeney, UW-Madison?s vice chancellor for university relations. “We?re still in fact-finding mode.”
“I don’t believe money is going to ultimately drive this decision, and I hope I’m right,” says Lydia Zepeda, a UW-Madison professor of consumer science who chairs the university’s Labor Licensing Policy Committee (LLPC).
UW-Madison representatives met Friday to discuss the future of the “Wisconsin Idea” as well as the relationships between the university and state and local communities. According to the UW-Madison website, the Wisconsin Idea is “the principle that the university should improve people?s lives beyond the classroom.”
Interim chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, David Ward, talks to Eliza Anyangwe about his long career in HE and how he developed a reputation as an ?inside reformer?
UW-Madison interim Chancellor David Ward will host a campus forum Thursday to highlight five areas in which a consulting firm believes the university can run more effectively and efficiently. In March of this year, UW-Madison signed off on a deal which tasked the Huron Consulting Group with studying if there were opportunities for the campus to improve the efficiency of services of all kinds — from information technology and purchasing practices to research administration, space utilization, and more.
UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward told 27 News maintaining “higher standards” drove his decision to avoid so-called double dipping, and stop receiving retirement benefits when he returned to the campus? top job this summer and began receiving a salary. The practice of rehiring retired public employees and having them collect both pay and annuity has been scrutinized in recent weeks. Legislative proposals would toughen rules on the practice, as has happened in some other states.
UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward was brought out of retirement into a second stint at the campus? top job, but officials said Ward stopped receiving pension payments as he began collecting his salary and avoided so-called double dipping.
Dear Editor: My hope is that interim chancellor David Ward is able to get the University of Wisconsin back to focusing on its core mission, that of education and research. However, Todd Finkelmeyer?s Oct. 12 article paints an unflattering picture of an institution on the verge of a tailspin. Efficiency consultants, merit pay ? it all sounds too familiar.
….The U.S., arguably, has the best higher education system in the world, but if we begin to run universities the way American business is currently conducted, that won?t be the case for much longer. Faculty will go from doing good research to nothing but chasing the gravy train. Departments will go from balanced knowledge bases to flash in the pan.
In a recent address to members of the faculty, University of Wisconsin Interim Chancellor David Ward expressed support for pursuing a more competitive, merit-based wage structure with the aims of ensuring quality of instruction and retention.
In his first State of the University address in more than a decade, David Ward sounded the alarm about the funding crisis in public higher education. It?s a safe bet no one in Bascom Hall listening to UW-Madison?s interim chancellor speak to the Faculty Senate on Oct. 3 was surprised to hear the university is facing some significant budgetary challenges. Most are keenly aware the university is being asked to absorb $94 million in state cuts over the next two years. What might have caught some off guard was Ward?s message that the university can no longer afford to simply hunker down and attempt to weather the economic storm until better days return.
….By adding a year, Ward appears to have morphed from a trusty caretaker into a fully empowered leader poised to initiate and guide major changes in UW-Madison?s finances and operations ? including its personnel system ? in one of the most challenging periods of its 163-year history. To Ward, Reilly and the many UW constituencies eager for Ward to stay longer, this change appears to be a big deal in the labyrinthine culture of campus politics and decision-making.
UW-Madison benefited from a promising development last week: David Ward?s appointment as interim chancellor was extended to the summer of 2013.
Biddy Martin?s temporary replacement may not turn out to be so temporary after all.
David Ward may only be an interim chancellor, but he doesn?t want the next two years to be wasted time for UW-Madison. He?s set out an ambitious agenda to implement newly gained authority from state government and reform the university?s finances. “It?s not a happy message,” Ward said in an interview in his Bascom Hall office Wednesday, the day after his interim term was extended a year through summer 2013.
UW-Madison Interim Chancellor David Ward will remain leader of the university for one more year, putting off the search for his replacement until 2012, UW System leaders announced Tuesday.
The University of Wisconsin System announced Tuesday that David Ward?s term as interim chancellor will be extended an additional year, allowing his tenure to stretch until 2013.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly announced Tuesday he is extending the term of UW-Madison interim Chancellor David Ward. When Ward was named to the post back on June 29 it was a one-year appointment. But in mid-September, UW-Madison faculty, staff and students started asking UW System leadership if Ward?s stay could be extended, mainly because the university is in the midst of tackling several significant challenges while also implementing a range of institutional reforms.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly is extending UW-Madison Chancellor David Ward?s interim appointment to two years. Ward agreed in June to a one year term as UW?s interim Chancellor following the departure of Chancellor Biddy Martin.
The chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has had his one-year interim term extended to a second year.
The question surrounding Interim Chancellor David Ward?s term length recently surfaced as UW-Madison?s University Committee requested he stay an additional year. While the interim position is only allotted a single-year term during a search and screen process, members of the UW faculty argue Ward?s background, collegiate experience and national insight put him in the best position to lead UW-Madison through Wisconsin?s rocky political climate.
Not everyone on the UW-Madison campus is a fan of the university?s “holistic” admissions policy. That?s the gist of a strongly worded email I received over the weekend from UW-Madison physics professor Marshall Onellion.
A growing chorus of voices is calling for David Ward to remain as interim chancellor of UW-Madison for another year, a move that would delay the search for a permanent new chancellor until the 2012-13 academic year. After a committee of faculty leaders last week requested Ward?s one-year appointment be extended, governance groups for academic staff and students have also come out in favor of the extension. University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly said he is still listening to people?s opinions on the issue and needs to consult with UW Board of Regents leadership, but said he hopes to make a decision by the first week in October.
Interim Chancellor David Ward may stay in UW-Madison?s top position for another year after the request of UW-Madison faculty members.
The University of Wisconsin community is abuzz with rumors of a possible extension to Interim Chancellor David Ward?s one-year term after a letter was sent from the University Committee to System President Kevin Reilly late last week.
With the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the midst of tackling several significant challenges while also implementing a range of institutional reforms, faculty leaders on campus are asking that interim Chancellor David Ward be allowed to stick around for more than one year.
