Category: Chancellor

Although UW-Madisonâ??s Faculty Senate passed a plan to restructure the graduate school Monday, several research groups are concerned the proposal will create a gulf between research policy and management on campus.

With the first year of â??inclusive excellenceâ? on campus coming to a close, a campus diversity committee intends to lay out a new definition and assessment of diversity within all aspects of UW.

UW-Madison students this week voted against a referendum to renovate and expand the Natatorium, a project that would cost them $54 per semester for 30 years, beginning in 2013. More than a third of students voted â?? a record, according the Associated Students of Madison â?? and the Natatorium measure was defeated 8,616 to 5,311. The result means the project likely will not move forward for approval from Chancellor Biddy Martin and the UW Board of Regents. Students also voted to name the new south campus union, which is scheduled to open in spring of 2011. They chose â??Union South,â? from a list that also included Discovery Union, Randall Union and Varsity Union.

Although only just approved in November, the first round of accepted proposals from the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates is already impacting First-Year Interest Groups on campus and learning opportunities abroad.

Chancellor Biddy Martin returned from a trip to China last night, bringing stories and new initiatives with her, including a new partnership between the University of Wisconsin and the Beijing University of Sport that will bring Chinese Olympian student-athletes to spend six months studying at UW.

UW Chancellor Biddy Martin announced the first projects to receive funding from the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates second round of proposals Wednesday.

University of Wisconsin officials announced the first recipients of funds from the second round of proposals for the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates Wednesday.

From a long list of submissions, a UW-Madison student committee this week narrowed down the list of possible names for the new south campus union to four: Discovery Union, Randall Union, Union South, and Varsity Union.

More than 100 UW-Madison students rallied at Library Mall Wednesday afternoon in response to a recent controversy surrounding a Holocaust-denying advertisement placed on The Badger Heraldâ??s website.

More than 100 University of Wisconsin community members gathered in Library Mall Wednesday afternoon to remember the events of the Holocaust and come together as a community.

Students and staff on the University of Wisconsin – Madison campus are protesting an ad in a student newspaper that links readers to a website denying the Holocaust.

Issues of free speech, advertising and the Holocaust clashed on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus Wednesday as about 150 students rallied to honor the victims of the Holocaust and call for an end to an ad in a campus newspaper.

Chancellor Martinâ??s op-ed addressing the controversy surrounding the Heraldâ??s publication of the Holocaust denial ad (â??Truth and Scholarship Greatest Tools in Combating Falsehoodâ?) is a breath of fresh air for those committed to UW-Madisonâ??s core belief in the â??sifting and winnowingâ? of ideas and the freedom of speech that goes with it.

In response to a Holocaust denial ad running on the Badger Herald Web site, the UW-Madison campus is hosting two events this week. A panel discussion entitled “Journalism, Ethics and Sensitivity” will be held from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, March 4. In addition, beginning at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, UW Hillel will hold a Library Mall event designed to remember the Holocaust. Chancellor Biddy Martin, who has a doctorate in German Studies, wrote a guest column in the Herald today on the importance of rejecting the adâ??s message.

A couple notes from Monday eveningâ??s Faculty Senate meeting at Bascom Hall:

** UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin and University Committee chair Bill Tracy both expressed concerns about an “educational attainment initiative” that apparently is in the works by the UW System.

While Martin says she is all for educating and graduating more students at UW-Madison, she stressed that would only be possible if state funding for the university increased.

** Two separate proposals to amend Faculty Policies and Procedures received a “first reading” Monday and there was no pushback to either. It appears likely those amendments will be voted on and passed at the April 12 meeting.

As University of Wisconsin students cuddled up to their sweethearts on Valentines Day, the musicians behind the controversial â??Coastie Songâ? serenaded their own personal valentine â?? UW Chancellor Biddy Martin.

UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin got a special Valentine from some students this month: a song in her honor. “My Biddy” riffs off the chancellorâ??s nickname, which is also a slang term for women.

A multi-million dollar electronic learning center was one of the 31 proposals recommended for Madison Initiative for Undergraduates funding to Chancellor Biddy Martin Tuesday.

With the 31 top-ranked Madison Initiative for Undergraduates proposals in the hands of University of Wisconsin Chancellor Biddy Martin, UW officials have begun the next step in the process of choosing which proposals to fund.

When Chancellor Biddy Martin brought her Madison Initiative for Undergraduates before the student body last year, she insisted that every doubloon raised by the tuition hike be accountable to students. The proposals being considered for funding were to be posted online and two committees, one composed exclusively of students, were to scrutinize the projects and advise Martin on their worth.