Turning down the possibility to become chancellor at a major public university may sound strange, but to Vice President for Research Tim Mulcahy it made perfect sense.
Mulcahy said his decision to withdraw his bid to become the University of Wisconsin Madison chancellor came down to his love for the position he’s held at the University since 2005 and his desire to spend time with his family.
Is the state Legislature’s most vocal critic of the University of Wisconsin gearing up to give the new UW-Madison chancellor a hard time?
An aide to Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, circulated a Web link Monday to a National Review Online story slamming Carolyn “Biddy” Martin, the provost at Cornell University, who is expected to be confirmed this week by the Board of Regents.
“Can you be an obscure, self-indulged, theory-laden, post-modern scholar and manage to be an effective university president?” writes Travis Kavulla, a former associate editor of the National Review.
The great challenge facing the great state University of Wisconsin is to forge a 21st century variation on the Wisconsin Idea — the relationship between the UW and the state that enriched both during much of the 20th century.
That the linkage has been weakened is beyond debate.
While there remain some institutions within the university that are engaged with the state and its citizens — such as the Center on Wisconsin Strategies on the UW-Madison campus — the vital connection that once existed has frayed.
There is plenty of blame to go around.
UW-Madison ‘s new chancellor, Caroline “Biddy ” Martin, is upbeat and thinking big about the many challenges she ‘ll face running a world-class research and teaching institution.
Martin also brings a strong resume and record of achievement to the job.
Her positive energy, combined with her experience making tough decisions at Cornell University, make her a promising choice to lead UW-Madison.
Carolyn A. (Biddy) Martin is about to become the nationâ??s most prominent openly gay college chief. The Cornell University provost is the choice to be the University of Wisconsin at Madisonâ??s next chancellor, university officials announced on Wednesday.
She hasn’t even been confirmed for the position yet, but the next possible Chancellor at the UW-Madison is already attracting controversy.
State Senator Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) is raising concerns about Biddy Martin’s support for bringing domestic partner benefits to UW faculty and staff.
Under John Wiley, the University of Wisconsin-Madison burnished its reputation as one of America’s leading research institutions and built a broader and deeper pool of resources. The university is an international leader in stem cell research, pre-eminent in biosciences and is poised to be a leader in bioenergy research. Among his major accomplishments, Wiley oversaw planning for the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, a new hub of interdisciplinary learning.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is set to become the biggest university to have an openly gay leader, according to gay rights advocates who are hailing the appointment as a milestone.
Carolyn â??Biddyâ? Martin was recommended to be the next chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Brian Mattmiller, a spokesman for University Wisconsin-Madison, said Wednesday.
MADISON, Wis. — A gay rights group said that Biddy Martin would be the first openly gay person to lead a university as large as the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Candace Gingrich, of the Human Rights Campaign, said that about eight gay people have become university presidents and chancellors in recent years, but mostly at small schools.
She said that the nomination of Martin to lead UW-Madison is a milestone and reflects the increasing number of openly gay professors and administrators in higher education.
Cornell University Provost Carolyn Martin has accepted the job as the next University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor.
When we sat down with Dr. Martin a few weeks ago, she told us she’s always loved Madison and the UW and was honored when she was asked to apply.
Cornell University Provost Biddy Martin is poised to become the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s new chancellor.
Education committee leaders in both houses of the state Legislature said they hoped the choice of Carolyn Martin to lead UW-Madison would help solve funding problems for the university in tight financial times.
Carolyn “Biddy” Martin isn’t unfamiliar with the numerous challenges she’ll face when she becomes the next chancellor at UW-Madison.
In fact, the current provost of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., is keenly aware that some at UW-Madison are concerned about a range of issues that potentially threaten the university’s ranking as one of the premier public institutions of higher education in America.
But instead of focusing her energy on the many concerns — such as relatively low faculty pay, the sometimes contentious relationship between the university and state Legislature, and the uphill battle to create a more diverse campus — Martin seems determined to focus on the positives.
Back in 1994, Carolyn “Biddy” Martin was part of a Cornell University committee that was in charge of drafting a policy to make health insurance and other benefits available to same-sex partners.
At the time, Cornell was joining a growing number of universities and businesses that were recognizing homosexual couples.
Flash-forward 14 years, and Martin now finds herself days away from being appointed the next chancellor at UW-Madison — the only school in the Big Ten that does not offer domestic partner benefits.
The next chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison will be Carolyn A. (Biddy) Martin, university officials announced today.
Ms. Martin, 57, provost at Cornell University since 2000, earned her doctorate in German literature at Madison in 1985. She will succeed John D. Wiley in September, pending her approval by the universityâ??s Board of Regents this month.
The University of Wisconsin at Madisonâ??s next chancellor will be Biddy Martin, provost of Cornell University. Martin taught at Cornell before becoming an administrator, but also has roots in Madison, where she earned her Ph.D. in German literature in 1985.
A search committee is recommending that Cornell University Provost Dr. Carolyn “Biddy” Martin begin leading the UW-Madison this September, when current Chancellor John Wiley steps down after seven years in the position. Martin says she’s eager to get started working with the faculty, students, and the community surrounding the UW.
Martin has served as the chief academic and operating officer at Cornell since 2000. She received her doctorate in German Literature at the UW-Madison in 1985. If confirmed, Martin would be the first outside candidate to head the university in nearly 20 years, a fact she says should give her a fresh perspective on the problems and challenges facing the university.
Biddy Martin knows that other universities raid promising UW-Madison faculty.
She understands the climate of reduced state aid and the ever-growing need for private fundraising.
She also knows the Legislature hasn’t always been friendly to the university.
Yet, Martin maintains a sunny attitude about the vast institution she is likely inheriting â?? not flinching at the signs that its future course will surely be bumpy at times.
The University of Wisconsin System said Wednesday that the Cornell University provost had accepted an offer to become UW-Madison’s next chancellor.
Cornell University provost Carolyn â??Biddyâ? Martin was recommended today as the next chancellor at the University of Wisconsin.
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A Board of Regents committee and UW System president Kevin Reilly recommended Martin, a professor of German studies and womenâ??s studies, for the job out of three finalists. The regents are expected to confirm her appointment next week.
A search committee is recommending that Cornell University Provost Dr. Carolyn “Biddy” Martin begin leading the UW-Madison this September, when current Chancellor John Wiley steps down after seven years in the position. Martin says she’s eager to get started working with the faculty, students, and the community surrounding the UW.
The next chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison will be Carolyn A. (Biddy) Martin, university officials announced today.
Ms. Martin, 57, provost at Cornell University since 2000, earned her doctorate in German literature at Madison in 1985. She will succeed John D. Wiley in September, pending her approval by the universityâ??s Board of Regents this month.
The top pick to lead Wisconsin’s public flagship university plans to make higher faculty compensation one of her first priorities so the school can better compete for quality instructors and researchers.
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly on Wednesday recommended Cornell University Provost Carolyn “Biddy” Martin as the next chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, bringing the Virginia native back to her doctoral alma mater and ending a monthslong search to replace Chancellor John D. Wiley.
Governor Doyle has issued a statement regarding the recommendation of Biddy Martin to the UW-Madison chancellor position:
â??Through wise and dedicated leadership, the University of Wisconsin has grown to become our countryâ??s largest public research institution, and I welcome Dr. Martin to a role that is so vital to our state. I am confident that she will use her expertise to carry UW-Madison, her alma mater, forward.â?
The list of potential candidates to become UW-Madison’s next chancellor is down to three.
Tim Mulcahy, who spent 20 years in Madison before leaving to become vice president for research at the University of Minnesota in February of 2005, has withdrawn his name from consideration.
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.
