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February 9, 2024

MADISON, Wis. – The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents today honored the 16th annual Regents Diversity Awards. These awards recognize individuals and programs that foster access and success for students who are members of historically underrepresented populations. Each recipient is awarded $7,500 to support professional development or continue the program being honored. The Diversity […]

February 8, 2024

MADISON, Wis. – At today’s Board of Regents meeting, Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman called Regents’ attention to the new Wisconsin Online Portal, which revamps the UWs’ previous online presence to provide a one-stop shop for existing online efforts at all 13 UW universities. “This new portal gathers all the more than 200 full […]

February 5, 2024

MADISON, Wis.—The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will honor the recipients of the 16th annual Regents’ Diversity Awards on February 9 in Madison at the next Regents meeting. These awards recognize individuals and programs that foster access and success for students who are members of historically underrepresented populations. Each recipient is awarded $7,500 […]

December 27, 2023

MADISON, Wis.—Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman and UW System Board of Regents President Karen Walsh issued the following statements today regarding the Board of Regents’ unanimous decision to terminate UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow. Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman:  “Upon my recommendation, the UW Board of Regents today terminated Dr. Joe Gow from […]

December 13, 2023

MADISON, Wis. – The Board of Regents took action today on the resolution recommended by Regent Vice President Amy Blumenfeld Bogost; Regent Ashok Rai; Regent Kyle Weatherly; and Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman. The resolution passed on an 11 to 6 roll call vote. The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will next […]

December 9, 2023

MADISON, Wis. – The Board of Regents took action today on the resolution recommended by Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman. The resolution failed to pass on a 9 to 8 roll call vote. The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents will next meet on February 8-9, 2024, at UW-Madison.

December 8, 2023

MADISON, Wis. – The largest student success initiative of the Universities of Wisconsin is the EAB Navigate student success management system, and the Board of Regents today heard an overview of the system’s progress. The use of Navigate, which supports student retention and completion, is closely aligned with the 2023-2028 Strategic Plan adopted by the […]

December 7, 2023

MADISON, Wis. – The Universities of Wisconsin (UWs) hosted a forum at today’s Board of Regents meeting to discuss and help better understand the concepts of freedom of expression and civil dialogue. The forum included members of the UW community and Regents as well as five state legislators. Freedom of expression is “a concept that […]

November 9, 2023

MADISON, Wis. – The Universities of Wisconsin today presented Regents with a $32 million proposal to develop more engineers, nurses, data scientists, and business and finance leaders to continue the UW’s emphasis on meeting workforce needs. The proposal comes in response to the 2023-25 state budget, which assigns $32 million to the UW pending a […]

October 10, 2023

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – President Jay Rothman today unveiled the Universities of Wisconsin, a new name and identity that emphasizes the constellation of Wisconsin’s 13 public universities. The Universities of Wisconsin will replace the University of Wisconsin System as the preferred way to describe the universities. The new name will be accompanied by new brand […]