Indigenous students will be able to attend the University of Wisconsin – Madison for free next year.
Indigenous students can attend UW-Madison for free under new program
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Indigenous students in Wisconsin can attend UW-Madison for free starting next fall
CBS Minnesota
Indigenous students from any of Wisconsin’s 11 tribes will be able to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison for free beginning next fall, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin announced Monday.
UW-Madison To Cover Cost Of BA Degree For In-state Native Students
Forbes
Beginning in the fall of 2024, the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW-M) will cover the full cost of an undergraduate degree for Wisconsin residents who are members of federally recognized Wisconsin Indian tribes, the University announced on Monday.
Wisconsin Tribal Educational Promise Program to begin Fall 2024, cover cost of undergraduate degree for students from Wisconsin Indian tribes
Badger Herald
Chancellor Mnookin announces undergraduate student program, professional degree pilot-program.
UW-Madison will cover full attendance costs for Wisconsin Indigenous students
Daily Cardinal
The new program aims to ensure “full access to all that UW-Madison offers,” UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin said in a press release. “As a university, we are deeply committed to a future of mutual respect and cooperation with the American Indian tribes in Wisconsin,” Mnookin said.
UW to cover tuition, fees, etc. for Native American students from Wisconsin
NBC-15
UW officials unveiled the plan on Monday, explaining it would include tuition and fees, plus housing, meals, books, and other educational expenses, starting next fall. A second initiative, which is being introduced as a five-year pilot program, would pay for tuition and fees for those who go on to seek a J.D. or M.D. degree.
UW-Madison to guarantee full tuition coverage for students from Wisconsin tribes
WISC-TV 3
“We’re providing native students a pathway to completing a degree, we hope without taking on debt to cover their educational expenses,” said Mnookin, “thereby bringing a world class education fully within reach for Wisconsin’s native students.”
‘It’s a really big deal’: Students excited as UW-Madison vows to cover costs for Indigenous undergrads
WISC-TV 3
“Oh it’s a really big deal, we’re all really excited to hear about this,” Senior Cayden Kirkpatrick, President of the American Indian Science Engineering Society (AISES) chapter at UW-Madison, said.
University of Wisconsin will offer free tuition for Indigenous students
Madison365
Beginning in the fall of 2024, the University of Wisconsin–Madison will offer financial support to cover the full cost of pursuing an undergraduate degree for Wisconsin residents who are enrolled members of federally recognized Wisconsin Indian tribes, Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin announced Monday.
UW-Madison to cover degrees for Wisconsin Indian students
WKOW-TV 27
Starting fall 2024, Wisconsin residents from federally recognized Wisconsin Indian tribes will receive full financial support while they pursue their undergraduate degrees — including tuition, housing, meals and other expenses. This program is accompanied by a five-year pilot program that will cover in-state tuition for law and medical students who are Wisconsin tribe members.
UW-Madison to cover full cost of college for Native students from Wisconsin tribes
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is pledging to cover the full cost of a college degree for students from Wisconsin Indian tribes under a new program announced Monday.
UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin on DEI, enrollment, free speech and more
Wisconsin Public Radio
We visit with UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin to ask about some of the top issues in higher education, including DEI initiatives, student enrollment, the money brought in by research and more.
No known local ties to neo-Nazi group that marched through Madison
Wisconsin State Journal
Officials with the city of Madison, the state, UW-Madison and other groups have condemned the march.
Kelly Lecker: Hate groups should be called out, investigated
Wisconsin State Journal
There is no room for this hate in Madison or any community, and I’m heartened to see how many of you weighed in on our coverage of these hate groups. Community leaders from the mayor to the UW-Madison chancellor are quick to call out haters for who they are.
UW-Madison unveils new Ho-Chunk banners on Bascom Hill
Wisconsin State Journal
Bascom Hall, one of UW-Madison’s earliest buildings, sits on land the Ho-Chunk Nation called “Teejop.” Once home to more than 900 effigy mounds made generations ago, the Ho-Chunk Nation considered dejope to be sacred immemorial. When Bascom Hall was built in 1859, UW-Madison destroyed the effigy mound where it currently sits.
Ho-Chunk Nation, UW hold banner celebration at Bascom Hall
Badger Herald
“The title of this piece, ‘Seed by Seed,’ reminds us of the work we are doing to acknowledge the ancestral homelands of the Ho-Chunk people, who were forcibly removed from this place,” Mnookin said. “It reminds us of our ongoing responsibility to move our campus community from ignorance to awareness. And that can’t be confined to a day, a month or even a year. It’s the work of a lifetime. But seed by seed, I am proud of the seeds we are planting, together.”
Editorial | Antisemitism and Islamophobia must be opposed with equal vigor
The Capital Times
University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin alluded to this concern in a statement about the Oct. 7 attack and its aftermath. She raised the concern that “these devastating developments will fan the global flames of both anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, making peace and justice in the region even more elusive.”
Mnookin concluded her statement by noting: “Difficult times can fray our connections and exacerbate our differences. Let us focus on the values that we share. I call on our campus community to care for and support one another, to express your views peacefully and respectfully, and to value our common humanity as we navigate this extremely difficult time, together.”
Wisconsin receives regional tech hub designation from the federal government
Wisconsin Public Radio
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of the partners behind the tech hub application, and contributes to the biohealth industry through academic research and providing an educated workforce through its medical physics, biotechnology and medical engineering programs.
In a statement, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin said the university is thrilled to be part of the collaboration that helped secure the federal designation.
“Our culture of innovation and strong collaborative spirit, both within the university and across the state, make us well-positioned to make the most of this important opportunity,” she said.
Biden administration chooses Wisconsin as regional tech hub
The Capital Times
“(The tech hub status) will help ensure that we continue to push forward innovation, economic growth and transformative advancements in healthcare,” said UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin in a statement.
As Republicans target DEI, UW-Madison and UW-Whitewater adjust diversity programs and offices
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
At least two University of Wisconsin system schools have modified diversity offices or programming amid Republican lawmakers seeking to shut down DEI initiatives statewide.
UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin spoke out for Jewish students — Janice Durand
Wisconsin State Journal
Letter to the editor: Thank you to UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin for her courage in speaking out about the scale and utter brutality of the Hamas attack on Israeli men, women, children and infants.
UW-Madison chancellor condemns Hamas, calls for respectful dialogue as Jewish students grapple with attack
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin is condemning the Hamas attack on Israeli civilians last week, calling for respectful dialogue and a focus on shared values as many Jewish students struggle to reckon with violence against their faith.
Israel-Palestine violence causes pain, frustration at UW-Madison
The Capital Times
UW Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin issued a statement on Wednesday, acknowledging the pain that students with connections to both Israel and Palestine are experiencing.
Mnookin first directly condemned the attacks on Israel by Hamas. She then warned against anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
Chancellor Mnookin releases statement on Israel-Hamas war following responses on campus
Badger Herald
Mnookin condemns attacks, mourns lives lost.
UW System gets a rebrand as the Universities of Wisconsin
Spectrum News
The University of Wisconsin System is being renamed as the Universities of Wisconsin.
UW-Madison enrollment exceeds 50K students for first time in 175-year history
Wisconsin Public Radio
As most state universities in Wisconsin continue to deal with declining enrollment, the University of Wisconsin-Madison received a record 63,537 applications for just 7,996 open slots in the fall 2023 freshman class.
UW-Madison enrollment tops 50,000 students, breaking university record
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin-Madison student body is now the 13th largest city in the state, surpassing Sheboygan, Wauwatosa and Fond du Lac. It could potentially pass La Crosse in population size next year.
UW-Madison enrollment cracks 50,000 for the first time; applications are up 11.4%
Wisconsin State Journal
The official count, based on enrollment on the 10th day of classes, puts UW-Madison at 50,662, a few hundred more than the University of Wisconsin System projected a few weeks ago. Of those, nearly 9,100 are new to campus as freshman or transfer students and just under half are Wisconsin residents.
UW-Madison bucks System’s enrollment declines, tops 50K students
The Capital Times
Even with a reduced freshman class this year, total campus enrollment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is now the largest in the campus’ history.
Jennifer Mnookin, Chris McIntosh discuss the state of college sports
Wisconsin State Journal
Video: UW-Madison chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and Wisconsin athletic director Chris McIntosh share their thoughts on the state of college sports during Sept. 15, 2023, interview.
These factors convinced Wisconsin’s chancellor to allow expanded alcohol sales
Wisconsin State Journal
Mnookin said she wanted “sensible and well-defined guardrails” in place for the sale of beer, wine and prepackaged alcoholic beverages starting this season at Wisconsin’s Kohl Center and LaBahn Arena.
UW-Madison group to study Black experience on campus after last spring’s racist video
Wisconsin State Journal
The ad-hoc committee, commissioned by Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, has been asked to look into understanding UW-Madison’s Black community, the university’s history with previous incidents on campus and offer ways school officials could positively affect the experience of the Black community on campus.
Mnookin on campus free speech: ‘It’s a challenging moment’
The Capital Times
Soglin spoke alongside UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and University of Wisconsin Law School Dean Daniel Tokaji on a panel for Cap Times Idea Fest Tuesday night. Moderated by David Maraniss, a Madison native and Washington Post editor, the panel discussed UW-Madison’s history of free speech and how the campus continues to confront such issues.
UW-Madison officials discuss safety measures in wake of brutal attack on female student
Wisconsin State Journal
Many of UW-Madison’s leaders, including Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, Provost Charles Isbell, Jr., and Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Lori Reesor spoke about the attack, which resulted in a student being hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, during the university’s convocation to incoming students Tuesday afternoon.
Madison police report ‘significant progress’ in investigation of UW student’s assault
Wisconsin State Journal
“We are holding the student and her family in our hearts at this terrible moment, and I hope that you will as well,” Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin said. “You may also be wondering if you can feel safe here — the answer is mostly yes, Madison is generally quite a safe city. But no place is completely safe, including Madison, and I so wish it were otherwise.”
Incoming UW-Madison students on edge after brutal attack downtown
The Capital Times
Students’ usual feelings of excitement toward the start of the school year have been marred by anxiety after an unknown number of assailants brutally attacked a University of Wisconsin-Madison student downtown Sunday.
What they’re saying about Ada Deer, Wisconsin Indigenous leader
The Capital Times
UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin honored Deer as a “brilliant educator, dedicated social worker and fierce advocate for Native American rights.”
“She inspired, and will continue to inspire, so many & I’m so grateful to have met her several times this last year,” Mnookin wrote in a Wednesday Twitter post.
What Wisconsin leaders are saying about the Big Ten’s new additions
Wisconsin State Journal
“A warm Wisconsin welcome to old friends and new colleagues in Eugene and Seattle,” UW Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin tweeted Friday night after the conference made the transaction official.
Colleges assess financial aid criteria after affirmative action ruling
Washington Post
Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, the state’s flagship campus, said in a statement after the ruling that the school had increased its underrepresented undergraduate student population by about 50 percent over the last five years, but still lagged many of their peers. They would need to change admissions policies to comply with the law. “At the same time, I want to reiterate that our commitment to the value of diversity within our community, including racial diversity, remains a bedrock value of the institution.”
Admissions and financial aid, recruitment and retention and support of students, are so intertwined at colleges that it’s natural that people are asking questions after the Supreme Court ruling, said Nicholas Hillman, a professor in the School of Education at UW-Madison.
GOP lawmakers approve $2.4B capital budget but reject key UW project
Wisconsin Public Radio
Republicans on the Legislature’s budget committee voted for a $2.4 billion capital budget Thursday, the largest of any state building program in years but considerably smaller than the one proposed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
The capital budget would also leave out funding for several key projects, including a new school of engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the UW System’s top priority.
New UW-Madison engineering building in jeopardy after GOP leaves it out of budget
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s new engineering building is in jeopardy after the state Legislature’s powerful state budget-writing committee voted to leave the project out of its $2.4 billion spending plan for state building projects.
Republicans reject funding for top University of Wisconsin building project
The Associated Press
GOP lawmakers rejected funding Thursday for the University of Wisconsin’s top priority, the replacement of an engineering building on its flagship Madison campus, approving allocations for about 60% of the state government and UW projects sought by Gov. Tony Evers.
Budget committee rejects spending $750 million on broadband in Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Journal
The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee on Thursday also rejected Evers’ request to spend nearly $350 million to fund a new engineering building on UW-Madison’s campus, a top priority for the school.
“Today is certainly a sad day for UW-Madison, but the real tragedy is for the state of Wisconsin,” Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin said. “This building would promote the state’s economic development. It would create significant workforce opportunities. It would propel innovation.”
It’s time to save dates for Cap Times Idea Fest and hear some details
The Capital Times
The first of the major-stage sessions at this year’s festival will be Tuesday night, Sept. 19, in Shannon Hall, the largest theater in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Memorial Union.
UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin will talk about current conversations around speech on campus and, importantly, where she thinks that discussion will be many years from now.
Republicans won’t fund new UW-Madison engineering hall, broadband expansion
The Capital Times
Republicans’ proposed capital budget does not include the $347 million that Evers proposed to build a new engineering building on UW-Madison’s campus, a top priority for the university. A new building would replace the College of Engineering’s 83-year-old facility, which is currently in “poor and unsatisfactory condition,” adding over 1,000 engineering students per year.
The new Florida presidential profile
Inside Higher Ed
And the late Rebecca Blank served in various roles in the Obama administration, including as acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, before leading the University of Wisconsin at Madison for nearly a decade.
UW–Madison chancellor Jennifer Mnookin finishes up her freshman year
Madison Magazine
Maybe Jennifer Mnookin had never waded in a cranberry bog, held a piglet at a state fair or ate cheese curds before she became chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, but she’s figuring out the Wisconsin Idea in her first year holding the top job on campus.
UW-Madison graduates largest class in its history with 7,826 degrees conferred
Wisconsin State Journal
Coumbe Gitter, who got her degree in biochemistry with an environmental science minor, graduated in good company outside of her own family tree — Saturday’s ceremony was the largest commencement in UW-Madison history, with 7,826 degrees conferred, according to UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin.
In wake of racist video, Mnookin wants ‘good faith’ talks with Black student coalition
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin is asking for meetings with student leaders from the Blk Pwr Coalition to address ongoing concerns following a racist video featuring a white student that went viral this week.
Charles Isbell Jr. named new UW-Madison provost
Wisconsin State Journal
Isbell, who has spent a large portion of his career at Georgia Tech University and has a background in computer science, is expected to start Aug. 1. The provost is the chief academic officer overseeing all educational programs and faculty and outreach areas including the UW-Extension and Wisconsin Public Media.
Charles Isbell Jr. to serve as new UW-Madison provost
The Capital Times
Charles Isbell Jr. — a dean at the Georgia Institute of Technology — will lead as University of Wisconsin-Madison’s provost starting this summer.
UW-Madison hopes for further computer and data sciences innovation as new building starts
Wisconsin State Journal
A “ground blessing ceremony” — which couldn’t accurately be called a groundbreaking ceremony, as a pit already exists where two former maintenance buildings stood — was held Tuesday, with university officials celebrating the growth of the school and emphasizing the importance of data analytics to UW-Madison and society going forward.
“That is what I’m most excited about this building and what we’re doing here,” Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin said Tuesday. “To solve real, important problems in the world, so often we must engage across. We can’t do that if we’re siloed. We can’t do that if we’re wearing blinders.”
Chancellor Mnookin’s knowing embrace of the Wisconsin Idea
The Capital Times
Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin, the 30th head of the University of Wisconsin, is undoubtedly brilliant.
The former dean of the UCLA School of Law has an undergraduate degree from Harvard, a law degree from Yale and a Ph.D. in the history and social study of science and technology from MIT. That, by any measure, is an impressive resume.
UW System president calls for financial assessments of 2-year campuses amid steep enrollment declines
Wisconsin Public Radio
As a former two-year state college prepares for its final classes, University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman is asking chancellors to assess the financial viability of the state’s 12 other branch campuses. The directive comes amid steep enrollment declines at nearly all of the two-year schools and hesitancy by some counties to make large investments in branch campus buildings without renewed commitments the schools won’t close.
UW-Madison Chancellor formally recognized in ceremony
WKOW-TV 27
Video: The Investiture Ceremony is part of a long tradition in academia for the campus community.
We all scream for ‘Mnookie Dough’: Latest UW-Madison ice cream flavor honors chancellor
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin has officially joined an elite group of campus celebrities: Those who have a Babcock Dairy ice cream flavor named after them.
‘The right leader at the right time’: UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin formally inaugurated Friday
Wisconsin State Journal
Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin’s life was personally changed by UW-Madison nearly a year and a half before she took the reins last summer.
UW-Madison celebrates new chancellor with new ‘Mnookie Dough’ ice cream flavor
Channel 3000
The Babcock Hall Dairy Plant celebrated UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin’s investiture Friday by revealing her favorite ice cream, “Mnookie Dough.”
New Babcock ‘Mnookie Dough’ ice cream honors UW-Madison chancellor
The Capital Times
Meet “Mnookie Dough”: a new Babcock Dairy ice cream flavor that’s creamy, sweet, topped with cookie dough, and named after University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin.
UW-Madison formally inducts Jennifer Mnookin as 30th chancellor
The Capital Times
The university’s tenet of education extending beyond the classroom has propelled her as chancellor, she told the audience. In December 2020, she donated a kidney to her father, who was diagnosed with late-stage kidney disease. A synthetic solution created at UW-Madison, which increased preservation times for organs outside of the body, allowed her kidney to safely travel on a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to her dad in Boston.