News - March 2005

March 29, 2005

Thank you, Regent Pruitt, and thank you, members of the Joint Finance Committee for this opportunity to talk with you about the University of Wisconsin System and Wisconsin’s future.  In a minute, I’m going to share with you portions of a letter from President Reilly, who is unable to be here today. After I’ve hit […]

March 28, 2005

MADISON—University of Wisconsin System undergraduates who have analyzed forest fires, isolated new anti-infective agents in plants, studied child-learning impairments, and achieved dozens of other accomplishments will showcase their research at the State Capitol in early April. “Posters in the Rotunda: A Celebration of Undergraduate Research,” will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday, […]

March 16, 2005

MADISON – The University of Wisconsin System has entered a partnership with the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) to promote the importance of liberal education for students in Wisconsin and across the nation. The national partnership is part of an ongoing UW System initiative, The Currency of the Liberal Arts and Sciences: Rethinking […]

March 16, 2005

“I was pleased to have the opportunity today to reiterate the University of Wisconsin System’s support for the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. Creating this institute is a bold step that can move UW to the forefront of biosciences research, and help Wisconsin increase its position as a global leader in these important fields. “As president […]

March 11, 2005

Thank you, President Marcovich. Good morning, everyone. There’s the old saying that the month of March comes in like a lion, and we did our part by roaring our way around both capitols last week, so let me say a few words about that. We began in the state Capitol last Wednesday, with a joint […]

March 11, 2005

MADISON – The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents today approved a request from the School of Business Dean’s Advisory Board at UW-Madison to adjust the base salary of Michael Knetter, dean of the School of Business. Given the current state fiscal environment, Knetter’s salary increase will be funded entirely from private, non-state dollars. […]

March 11, 2005

MADISON-The University of Wisconsin System must be free from state-imposed management mandates if it is to maximize resources during another biennia of limited state tax support, Board of Regents Vice President David Walsh said Friday (March 11) during the Board’s March meeting. Walsh was responding to a presentation by Rep. David Ward (R-Fort Atkinson), who […]

March 10, 2005

MADISON-As it strives to balance educational quality, access and ability to pay with its statutory limits for setting resident undergraduate tuition rates, the University of Wisconsin System needs to think and act more creatively, according to comments by several members of the UW System Board of Regents on Thursday (March 10). The remarks came during […]

March 10, 2005

Thank you, President Marcovich. Good morning, everyone. I am pleased, for the first time as president, to present to you the annual UW System Accountability Report, which we appropriately title “Achieving Excellence.” This is the 12th year the system has issued its systemwide Accountability Report, marking more than a decade of public reporting to the […]

March 3, 2005

Cultural Exchange: UW System President Kevin P. Reilly (seated, left) and Lic. Carlos Briseño, Secretary General, University of Guadalajara System (seated, right) sign a joint agreement between the University of Wisconsin System and the University of Guadalajara. The agreement, known as the Jalisco-Wisconsin Consortium, will facilitate exchange, contacts, and research opportunities among students, faculty and […]