News - June 2004

  1. Committee appointed for UW-River Falls chancellor search

    June 23, 2004

    MADISON — A 17-member search-and-screen committee has been appointed by University of Wisconsin System President Katharine C. Lyall to help identify a successor to the late UW-River Falls Chancellor Ann Lydecker. The committee will be chaired by Terry Brown, UW-River Falls professor of English. She will be joined by eight other faculty members, two academic […]

  2. Board of Regents study seeks restoration of UW partnership with the state

    June 11, 2004

    MILWAUKEE — There is no viable substitute for adequate, stable state support for public higher education in Wisconsin, the UW System Board of Regents has concluded in a year-long study, finalized by the board at its meeting Friday in Milwaukee. “Additional cuts to (the UW’s) base budget can only result in fewer instructors and reduced […]

  3. UW System Board of Regents re-elects leadership

    June 11, 2004

    MILWAUKEE — The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents re-elected its leadership on Friday (June 11), asking Toby E. Marcovich of Superior to continue in his post as president and David G. Walsh of Madison to again serve as vice president. Marcovich, chair of the Regents’ Executive Committee, was first elected president in June […]

  4. Remarks to the Board of Regents

    June 11, 2004

    Katharine C. Lyall President, University of Wisconsin System I want to add my own special thanks to Regent Mohs for his committed service to the UW System.  He has challenged us, made us look carefully at our assumptions, disagreed with some directions, and defended us just as vigorously in our struggles to maintain educational quality.  […]

  5. UW System Board of Regents to approve 2004-05 budget

    June 8, 2004

    MADISON ―The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will vote on the university’s operating budget for fiscal year 2004-05 at its meeting Thursday (June 10) in Milwaukee. The proposed budget, effective July 1, follows the guidelines for the 2003-05 state biennial budget proposed by Gov. Jim Doyle and approved by both houses of the […]

  6. Statement on Governor Doyle’s appointments to the UW Board of Regents

    Katharine C. Lyall President, University of Wisconsin System

    June 2, 2004

    “We welcome the new members to the Board of Regents named today by Governor Doyle. The UW chancellors and I look forward to working with them to enhance educational opportunities for students and the state. “I have previously worked with Mr. McPike and Mr. Falbo, and of course, with Toby Marcovich, and believe the university […]