The Weekly Update Archive: 2019

July 29, 2019

Rep. Dave Murphy, (R-Greenville), the chairman of the Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee, and Sen. André Jacque, (R-De Pere), introduced a series of bills that affect the UW System.  Follow the links below to learn more information on each proposed bill. LRB-3098 Memo UW Tuition: This bill creates a cohort tuition model and limits future tuition increases […]

July 29, 2019

The Assembly Speaker’s Task Force on Suicide Prevention held a Public Hearing on Monday, July 29. UW-Stevens Point hosted this meeting on campus, and a faculty member from UW-Extension was invited to speak.  Wisconsineye provided live coverage of the public hearing.

July 23, 2019

The Governor’s Student Loan Refinancing Task Force will meet at the Milwaukee Public Library – Washington Park Branch on Tuesday, July 23 from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. This is the second in a series of state-wide meetings of the Student Loan Refinancing Task Force, which is being led by Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions Secretary-Designee […]

July 22, 2019

Badgers United, an organization founded by Wisconsin residents who recognize University of Wisconsin-Madison’s sizeable economic impact on the state, is hosting a panel discussion on the health of UW-Madison and the institution’s statewide economic impact. See event flyer for more information. To learn more about Badgers United, please visit their webpage at: https://badgersunited.org/

July 22, 2019

The State Relations and Communication teams are in the process of collecting feedback on advocacy efforts related to the biennial budget. In addition to Chancellor feedback, we want to hear from you! Please take a few minutes to fill out this brief survey on how we can build upon our advocacy efforts for the remaining […]

July 22, 2019

The UWS Accountability Dashboards have been updated and are complete for the 2018-2019 Academic Year. Although all of the accountability measures are important, highlights include the 2018 Alumni location data (updated every three years), the 2017-2018 Financial Aid data, and measures of the overall Financial Health of our institutions. These areas have been the subject […]

July 22, 2019

Repairs are underway after a weekend of severe thunderstorms, tornadoes and floods caused damage and power outages throughout Wisconsin. Some of the hardest hit areas were in and around Stevens Point, Wabeno and Green Bay. Governor Tony Evers declared a statewide state of emergency, directing all state agencies to provide assistance and authorizing the National […]

July 19, 2019

The WI Council on Physical Disabilities met for their quarterly meeting on Thursday, July 18 in Madison. Jeff Buhrandt, Senior Director for State Relations, joined the council as a UW System liaison. Among the topics of discussion were updates on Technology Accessibly Efforts at UW campuses as well as Academic Student support efforts for providing […]

July 16, 2019

We recently heard from legislative leaders that the Joint Finance Committee may meet in July and August, which means the UW will likely try to submit the plan necessary to access the $45 million, as well as the funding for the Dairy Hub, in the Joint Finance supplemental appropriation in August. Originally, we did not […]

July 16, 2019

This past week, the State Relations team met with Provosts and Senior Student Affairs Officers to give them an update on the state budget as well as an update on pending legislation. Both groups had great questions and had good conversations regarding these issues. If there are any other groups on your campus that you […]