News - May 2008

  1. Martin recommended as next UW-Madison chancellor

    May 28, 2008

    MADISON, Wis. – Dr. Biddy (Carolyn A.) Martin, provost of Cornell University, has been recommended as the next chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. UW System President Kevin P. Reilly and the Board of Regents’ Special Committee for the UW-Madison Chancellor Search announced the recommendation today. The full board is expected to act on this […]

  2. Felner recommended as next UW-Parkside chancellor

    May 22, 2008

    MADISON, Wis. – Dr. Robert Felner, dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Louisville, has been recommended as the next chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. UW System President Kevin P. Reilly and the Board of Regents’ Special Committee for the UW-Parkside Chancellor Search announced the recommendation today. The […]

  3. UW System honors essays on liberal arts education

    May 20, 2008

    MADISON—Three undergraduate students from the University of Wisconsin System will be honored through the third annual UW System Liberal Arts Scholarship Competition, established to support and promote liberal education throughout the state’s public university system. For the essay competition, students were invited to imagine themselves as a graduating senior giving advice to a younger sibling […]

  4. Anderes to lead UW System fiscal and administrative affairs

    May 19, 2008

    MADISON, Wis. – University of Wisconsin System President Kevin P. Reilly today announced the appointment of Thomas K. Anderes as the System’s Senior Vice President for Administration and Fiscal Affairs. With more than 30 years of leadership experience in higher education, Anderes is currently the senior vice president for administration and finance at Texas Tech […]

  5. Telfer recommended as UW-Whitewater chancellor

    May 9, 2008

    MADISON, Wis.—Dr. Richard J. Telfer, interim chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, has been recommended as the institution’s next chancellor. UW System President Kevin P. Reilly and the Board of Regents’ Special Committee for the UW-Whitewater Chancellor Search today announced the recommendation. The full board is expected to act on the recommendation in June. “With […]

  6. UW-Madison chancellor finalists named

    May 7, 2008

    MADISON, Wis. – University of Wisconsin System President Kevin P. Reilly today announced four finalists who are being considered for the position of chancellor at UW-Madison. A 23-member search and screen committee, chaired by UW-Madison Professor Marsha Mailick Seltzer, recommended the finalists to Reilly and a special committee of the UW System Board of Regents […]

  7. Reilly recommends interim UW-Green Bay chancellor

    Green Bay native and alumnus brings decades of university experience

    May 1, 2008

    MADISON, Wis. – University of Wisconsin System President Kevin P. Reilly announced today that he will recommend Dr. David J. Ward as the interim chancellor for UW-Green Bay. If approved by the UW System Board of Regents, Ward will step into the interim role on June 23, replacing Chancellor Bruce Shepard, who served as UW-Green […]