Carolyn Martin has been named the next UW-Madison chancellor, pending Board of Regents approval, an informed university source told The Capital Times.
Martin, the provost at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., is expected to be officially approved at the next Board of Regents meeting June 5-6 at UW-Milwaukee. A Board of Regents search committee and UW System President Kevin Reilly decided Tuesday to offer the job to Martin.
A special Board of Regents committee is meeting for a second time to try to recommend the next University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor.
A special Board of Regents committee is meeting for a second time to try to recommend the next University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor.
As the frenzy of final exam week approached, UW-Madison student Colleene Thomas informed her Introduction to Africa instructor, sorry, but she couldn’t take the test as scheduled.
She would be busy choosing the next chancellor of UW-Madison that day.
Each of the four finalists vying for the chancellorship at Wisconsin’s flagship university describes the position as a dream job.
And why not? The new leader will sit at the helm of one of America’s great public universities, a lakefront campus that enrolls 40,000 students and ranks No. 2 in research and development
Don’t expect to find out the name of the likely next chancellor of UW-Madison until after the holiday weekend. A committee made up of members of the UW Board of Regents did not reach a consensus on a candidate during a conference call Wednesday. The group will reconvene Tuesday, said board President Mark Bradley.
Representatives of two UW-Madison campus constituencies raised concerns about the actions of chancellor finalist, University of Minnesota Vice President for Research Timothy Mulcahy.
Mulcahy, a former UW-Madison associate vice chancellor, visited campus last week for an interview with members of a chancellor selection committee, and also discussed his vision for the school with others.
AFT-Wisconsin union president Bryan Kennedy said during luncheon meetings, Mulcahy stated he would work to avoid faculty and academic staff labor organizing at all costs.
The Board of Regents will wait until next week to make a decision on the new University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor.
David Giroux, spokesperson for UW System President Kevin Reilly told us today, the five-member Board of Regents chancellor search committee couldn’t reach a consensus during a private conference call Wednesday afternoon, during which Reilly hoped to offer the post to one of the four finalists.
Members of the Board of Regents are meeting to try to pick the next University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor.
A five-member committee chaired by Madison lawyer David Walsh is trying to reach a consensus on one of four finalists for the top job at the state’s flagship university. Its members are deliberating in a private conference call.
Madison, Wis. – To the casual visitor and even some insiders, the University of Wisconsin-Madison doesn’t seem like an institution under pressure. Construction cranes rise above the 933-acre campus, where a combination of gleaming new buildings and refurbished landmarks leave the impression that all is well within sight of Bascom Hill.
Appearances can be deceiving. Behind the hustle and bustle that characterizes Wisconsin’s largest and oldest public university are signs of strain – not unlike those that also shadow other major research universities, but nonetheless troubling.
As UW-Madisonâ??s academic year comes to a close, its future leadership is the focus of a Chancellor search that has been underway since February. The UW Board of Regents will pick a replacement for UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley, who is leaving in September, at its meeting early next month in Milwaukee. On consecutive days this week, the final four candidates — out of more than 50 applicants — took part in meet-and-greets at Memorial Union.
All four identified the same top priorities: raising faculty salaries, putting extra effort into fundraising and corporate sponsorship, and maintaining the universityâ??s status as a premier research institution. But they differed in nuance and style. The Daily Page was there to size up each candidateâ??s selling points and setbacks.
There has been a whole lot of debate over Wisconsin’s “brain drain” issue. Is it an issue? Are we really bleeding thousands and thousands of smart, college grads? Are they or aren’t they coming back to Wisconsin after getting a diploma, adding talent and paying taxes? Is the bigger problem simply generating a higher percentage of degree-holding citizens (as our rate is comparatively low in the Midwest). Some signal a “red alert” on the brain drain matter. Others argue there are bigger fish to fry.
Don’t get between Rebecca Blank and a piece of university grant funding.
That’s the lesson UW-Madison learned when Blank, now a finalist for chancellor, staged a competitive bid for federal funding against UW-Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty, long a recipient of the money.
In the contest to be named the next chancellor at UW-Madison, Rebecca Blank is an outsider in more ways than one.
Of the four finalists to replace John Wiley as leader of Wisconsin’s flagship university, Blank is the only one who has never spent at least a couple years in Madison — although she was a visiting fellow at the UW in the fall of 1985.
Blank is also the only candidate who has significant experience working outside the academic world. Although her most recent job was as dean of the School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan from 1999 to 2007, prior to that she was on the Council of Economic Advisers under former President Clinton from 1997-99. The renowned economist, with expertise in social welfare and poverty, currently is on leave from Michigan as a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, a think tank in Washington, D.C.
Rebecca Blank, former dean and current professor of University of Michiganâ??s school of public policy, stressed the importance of fundraising and diversity as the fourth chancellor finalist to visit campus Thursday.
While at Michigan, Blank secured the school a PhD degree program and created an undergraduate degree for public policy. She has also contributed to fundraising on the Ann Arbor campus and worked in the White House as a member of economic advisors for former president Bill Clinto
Faculty and students had the opportunity Wednesday to get a feel for what one of the four candidates to fill the chancellor position in the fall would like to achieve were he to receive the position.
University of Wisconsin chancellor candidate Rebecca Blank named private fundraising as the top priority for the next person who replaces outgoing leader John Wiley.
Timothy Mulcahy, current vice president for research at the University of Minnesota and finalist for the UW-Madison chancellor position, said Wednesday his experience at Minnesota can be applied to the UW-Madison campus.
â??Minnesota has done a tremendous job of looking at itself as an institution and embodying a new course for its future. I think that the University of Wisconsin needs to undergo a similar type of inspection,â? Mulcahy said.
MADISON, Wis. — The last of the four finalists to become the next University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor met with the public Wednesday.
Rebecca Blank, the former dean at the Gerald Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, answered questions Thursday at the Memorial Union.
Blank, the only candidate without UW ties, outlined her desire to run the school.
If you are in the camp that believes all is well at UW-Madison, Tim Mulcahy may not be the perfect fit to replace John Wiley as the next chancellor.
Mulcahy, who spent 20 years at UW-Madison before leaving to become vice president for research at the University of Minnesota in February of 2005, isn’t afraid to note that he’ll be asking some tough questions and pushing for plenty of change, if needed, should he be appointed the next leader of Wisconsin’s flagship university.
Tim Mulcahy could be called the insider-outsider candidate for chancellor at UW-Madison.
He spent 20 years on the faculty and in administrative positions at UW-Madison before leaving for the University of Minnesota in 2005, where for the past three years he served as vice president for research.
And he clearly still embraces UW-Madison as his home institution, often referring to the university’s priorities as what “we” need to do to stay competitive and to improve.
MADISON, Wis. — The third of four finalists to become the next University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor met with the public Wednesday.
R. Timothy Mulcahy has been serving in the role of vice president for research at the University of Minnesota since February 2005. Prior to that, he spent 17 years in various roles on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Carolyn Martin knows UW-Madison. She was a lecturer at the university in the early 1980s and earned her doctorate from UW-Madison in 1985 in German Literature.
Yet Martin, who has spent more than 20 years at Cornell University, an Ivy League school in Ithaca, N.Y., also brings an outsider’s perspective in her quest to become UW-Madison’s next chancellor.
“It’s always an advantage to know a place and to love a place, and then also to have had experiences elsewhere and to know from first-hand experience how things can be done differently,” said Martin, who has been Cornell’s provost — the university’s chief academic officer and chief operating officer — since 2000. “And that’s the advantage that probably anyone from the outside would bring — that’s just a fresh pair of eyes, a new look at things, a less strong sense for people who have been here longer that things have to be done in the way that they’ve always been done.
“Of course, it often turns out that they’ve been done for a long time because it’s the right way to do them. But a fresh pair of eyes is always good in each situation.
It’s no secret that some on the UW-Madison campus believe the athletic department operates more like an autonomous empire than a subset of the university.
That friction got a public airing May 5 when Walter Dickey, associate dean of the UW Law School and chairman of the Athletic Board, which is charged with oversight of the athletic department, was challenged on the maverick ways of the athletic department while delivering his annual report to the Faculty Senate.
As Barry Orton, a professor of telecommunications and a Faculty Senate member, sees it, “The question is who is in charge? Is it the tail (athletic department) or the dog (university as a whole). When it’s important and it involves money, it’s the tail. And that’s the concern of the faculty — that the dog should be in control of the tail, rather than the other way around.”
The only internal candidate selected as a finalist for University of Wisconsin chancellor said Monday his love for the university and desire to bring about meaningful change make him the best fit for the job.
Gary Sandefur, the current dean of the College of Letters and Sciences, spoke at two forums on campus Monday. Sandefur has served as dean since 2004 and began as a sociology professor at UW since 1984.
University of Wisconsin students and community members met Tuesday with current Cornell University provost Biddy Martin, one of four finalists to fill the chancellor position this fall.Â
Formerly a professor of German and Womenâ??s Studies at Cornell University, Martin has served as provost since 2000. Â
Biddy Martin, provost of Cornell University and finalist in UW-Madisonâ??s chancellor search, expressed the importance of higher education Tuesday during her visit to campus.
Martin graduated from UW-Madison with a doctorate in German studies in 1985. She has since been at Cornell working as a professor in German and Women studies and took on the role as provost in 2000.
Martin said her love of Madison drew her to the chancellor position.
Cornell University Provost Biddy Martin, one of four candidates in the running for UW-Madison chancellor, is no stranger to hard decisions.
Nor does she duck controversy, colleagues say.
At Cornell, she co-chaired a committee that recommended dissolving the division of biological sciences and spreading the majors among campus schools. It was a dramatic change for the 30-year-old division.
MADISON, Wis. — Monday kicked off a week of meet-and-greet opportunities for the public to talk with the four finalists vying to become the next University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor.
Dr. Gary Sandefur, the dean of the UW’s College of Letters and Science, took questions Monday from the public and faculty at Memorial Union on campus.
Sandefur is no stranger to campus. In fact, he’s worn a number of hats since arriving on campus in 1984, including professor of sociology.
MADISON, Wis. — The second of four finalists to become the next University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor met with the public Tuesday.
Carolyn “Biddy” Martin is currently the provost of Cornell University in New York. She earned her Ph.D. in Madison 23 years ago.
“That’s the advantage that probably everyone from the outside would bring, a fresh pair of eyes, a new look at things, a less strong sense than people who’ve been here for longer that things have to be done in the way they’ve always been done,” Martin said. “Of course, it often turns out be the case that they’ve been done that way for a long time because that’s the right way to do them.”
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MADISON, Wis. — The second of four finalists to become the next University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor met with the public Tuesday.
Carolyn “Biddy” Martin is currently the provost of Cornell University in New York. She earned her Ph.D. in Madison 23 years ago.
“That’s the advantage that probably everyone from the outside would bring, a fresh pair of eyes, a new look at things, a less strong sense than people who’ve been here for longer that things have to be done in the way they’ve always been done,” Martin said. “Of course, it often turns out be the case that they’ve been done that way for a long time because that’s the right way to do them.
If Gary Sandefur earns the nod as the next chancellor of UW-Madison, the soft-spoken dean of the UW’s College of Letters and Sciences hopes to build a better university one relationship at a time.
“I think building relationships is something that is very important for the next chancellor, no matter who that person is,” Sandefur said during a news conference Monday at the Memorial Union. “I would want to try and build relationships not only with the Governor’s office and state legislature, but also with civic and community and business and educational leaders throughout the state.
In his 24 years at UW-Madison, Gary Sandefur has held almost every role on campus, except the one he is now vying for â?? chancellor.
Sandefur, dean of the university’s largest college, the College of Letters and Science, has been professor, program director, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, and interim provost. He is the only one of four finalists for the job working at UW-Madison.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly last week announced the four finalists being considered for the position of chancellor at UW-Madison.
But the preliminaries are over. Now is when the process to name John Wiley’s successor truly begins to heat up.
Starting Monday and running through Thursday, each of the finalists to become the next leader of Wisconsin’s flagship university — with 40,000 students, 16,000 employees and an annual operating budget of $2.2 billion — will interact with faculty, academic staff, students and community members.
(Includes links to Q & A with each of the candidates)
Four people are vying to take over for University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor John Wiley at the helm of the nationâ??s 10th largest university when he steps down in September. One candidate is Cornellâ??s own Provost Biddy Martin.
U.W. System President Kevin Reilly named Martin a finalist for the position on Wednesday, signifying that she has made one of the last cuts in the chancellor search.
â??It is a particularly exciting opportunity because of the quality of the institution and the fact that it is my Ph.D. alma mater,â? Martin, who graduated from UW-Madison in 1985 with a degree in German literature, stated in an email.
More than fifty people applied for the job of UW-Madison chancellor. We told you Wednesday that the search to replace John Wiley is now down to the final four.
All four candidates will hold meet and greets with UW students, faculty, staff, and media on various days next week. The Board of Regents will interview the candidates on Wednesday.
Only one of the finalists has current ties to the campus. Dr. Gary Sandefur said he considered applying when the position became available, but he really put his name in the hat after a number of aqu
Four finalists were named Wednesday for the University of Wisconsin chancellor position that will be vacated when John Wiley steps down this fall.
MADISON, Wis. – Only one internal candidate is on the short list to be the next University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly has announced the names of four finalists for the position. Chancellor John Wiley is leaving in September.
The field of finalists for the top job at the University of Wisconsin-Madison includes the dean of the university’s largest college and three outsiders: a former dean, a provost and a vice president for research.
Three of the four candidates vying for the top spot at UW-Madison have ties to the university.
The University of Wisconsin System announced the finalists Wednesday in the search to replace Chancellor John Wiley. He is planning to step down in September.
Only one internal candidate is on the short list to be the next University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly has announced the names of four finalists for the position.
Only one internal candidate is on the short list to be the next University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor.
John Wiley is ready to step down.
â??126 days,â? he said off the tip of his tongue.
Not that heâ??s counting.
Reilly named four finalists as potential replacements for current Chancellor John Wiley Wednesday, who plans to step down in September. Each said they were honored to be finalists:
As the four chancellor finalists were announced Wednesday, those close to the process prepare to judge them as they visit campus next week.
David Walsh, chair of a special UW System Board of Regents committee, said the Regents committee and UW System President Kevin Reilly will interview them individually May 14.
Four candidates from UW-Madison are potentially vying to be chancellor on campus, though finalists are set to be announced Wednesday.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Three of four finalists to be the next University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor have ties to the state’s flagship university.
UW System President Kevin Reilly announced the four candidates on Wednesday. The two men and two women are vying to replace Chancellor John Wiley, who is stepping down in September after seven years. None are minorities.
In the past year, five chancellors within the University of Wisconsin System announced their intentions to step down.
The University of Wisconsin System announced four finalists to take the place of outgoing UW-Madison chancellor John Wiley.
They are: Gary Sandefur, dean of the College of Letters and Sciences at UW-Madison; Biddy (Carolyn A.) Martin, provost of Cornell University; R. Timothy Mulcahy, vice president for research at the University of Minnesota; and Rebecca Blank, former dean, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly has announced the names of four finalists for the position.
Only one internal candidate is on the short list to be the next University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly on Tuesday announced four finalists who are being considered for the position of chancellor at UW-Madison.
The candidates are: Gary Sandefur, dean of UW-Madison’s College of Letters and Sciences; Biddy (Carolyn) Martin, Provost of Cornell University in New York; R. Timothy Mulcahy, vice president for research at the University of Minnesota; and Rebecca Blank, former dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.
Economist Michael Knetter, Ph.D., who speaks annually at the Northern Trust Economic Trends Breakfast presented by Small Business Times, is among at least four internal candidates who have been nominated to apply to be the next chancellor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Knetter has been the dean of UW School of Business and a professor of finance, investment and banking since July 2002.
Sources told SBT this week that Knetter was interviewed last week for the position. The other internal UW candidates for the position include: Patrick Farrell, Ph.D., provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs; Richard Moss, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Physiology; and Gary Sandefur, Ph.D., dean of the College of Letters and Science.
The UW-Madison Chancellor Search and Screen Committee will narrow the candidates to succeed current Chancellor John Wiley at a closed meeting Tuesday, making its final recommendations to the UW System Board of Regents afterward.
As the University of Wisconsin continues to be ranked one of the universities with the lowest chancellor salaries within its peer class, the topic of subsidized stipends from donors has increasingly become a relevant topic for the Board of Regents.
The University of Massachusetts yesterday tapped Robert C. Holub, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, as chancellor of the state’s flagship campus in Amherst, landing a veteran administrator who has held high-ranking positions at two major public universities.
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Holub specializes in 19th- and 20th-century German intellectual, cultural, and literary history
An official from the search firm assisting University of Wisconsin in its chancellor search said Monday making public the name of one of the chancellor candidates last week was â??an honest mistake.â?
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Chancellor Richard Wells is one of three finalists for the top job at the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, he announced Monday. [Final item in Regional News Briefs].
Whether to make public the list of applicants for the top job at a university can be a tricky proposition, as the University of Wisconsin at Madison has just been reminded.
The university said last week that 55 people had applied to be the next chancellor of the Madison campus. University officials also released the names of nine candidates who they said had not requested confidentiality. But, unfortunately, one of the now-public candidates had indeed asked that his name be kept private.
The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Chancellor Richard Wells is one of three candidates for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education chancellor position.
Wells was unavailable to comment because he is traveling out of state, said Jeanette DeDiemar, executive director of UWO integrated marketing and communications.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and a private search firm apologized Monday for mistakenly releasing the identity of an applicant for the school’s top job.
UW-Madison said last week that 55 people had applied to succeed John Wiley as chancellor. The university also released the names of nine applicants it said did not request confidentiality.
Among the names made public was Jorge Jose, the vice president for research at the University of Buffalo in New York.
