The Weekly Update Archive: Week Recap

October 14, 2019

The Senate Floor session was held on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. The Senate voted to pass SB 142- Late payment of tuition benefits for student veterans and SB 266- Health insurance for surviving families of officers killed in the line of duty, with the amendments offered by UW System. SB 142 awaits approval from the […]

October 14, 2019

President Ray Cross and Regent President Petersen joined UW-Superior Chancellor Wachter for a breakfast with business and community leaders for the fourth stop in the All in Wisconsin tour as part of a series of events held at UW System campuses this fall aimed at demonstrating the value the UW System brings to Wisconsin. See […]

October 7, 2019

The Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities held an Executive Session on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 . The committee voted to pass AB 161– Tuition Payments in a 12-0 vote. The bill included the amendment offered by UW System to clarify how federal veteran benefits work with a student’s financial aid package. The committee also voted to […]

October 3, 2019

The Assembly Committee on Insurance held an Executive Session on Tuesday, October 1, 2019. The Assembly voted to pass AB 300– Health Insurance for Survivors of a Law Enforcement Officer Who Dies in the Line of Duty in a 11-0 vote. The bill passed with the amendment provided by UW System and UW-Madison to include UW […]

October 2, 2019

President Ray Cross, Regent President Andrew S. Petersen, and Regents Cris Peterson, Jason Plante, and Olivia Woodmansee joined UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow for a series of events at UW-La Crosse for the third stop of UW System’s All In Wisconsin tour on Wednesday, October 2. The tour aims to demonstrate the value UW System […]

October 2, 2019

The Joint Committee on Finance met on Tuesday, October 2 and approved the $45M in biennium funding to be allocated through the Outcomes-Based Funding model on a 15-0 vote. In terms of the distribution of the $45M over the biennium, JFC approved their original proposal of $22.5M in each year of the biennium – with […]

September 30, 2019

The Senate Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families held a public hearing on Wednesday, September 25. The bills which relate to UW System were: SB 205– credit transfers SB 334– requirements for active service members called into active duty Written testimony for information only was submitted for both bills (see attachments below). The […]

September 30, 2019

President Cross, along with Rep. Cindi Duchow, Rep. Mark Born, Rep. Shelia Stubbs, Sen. Luther Olsen, Sen. Pat Testin, and Sen. Jeff Smith, visited UW Health’s American Family Children’s Hospital on Wednesday, September 25, 2019. Representative Duchow organized the meeting to highlight the research being done related to pediatric cancer. The event concluded with a […]

September 24, 2019

The UW Missing in Action Recovery and Identification project hosted an open house on Thursday, September 19, 2019. Regent Torrey Tiedeman is involved with this project, which focuses on advancing the recovery of MIA service members by involving an academic blend of knowledge and research. Learn more about the project by visiting the UW Missing […]

September 24, 2019

President Cross spent the day on Wednesday, September 18, visiting several UW-Superior campus facilities and meeting with campus students and staff. He also attended the Swenson Scholars Dinner to pay tribute to Jim and Sue Swenson of the Swenson Family Foundation.  A full recap of the event can be found here.