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Colin Higgins, a UW-Madison graduate student and recent recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship, speaks during a UW System Board of Regents meeting at Union South at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Feb. 5, 2016. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)

UW System President Ray Cross speaks during a UW System Board of Regents meeting at Union South at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Feb. 5, 2016. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)

UW-Madison Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Darrell Bazzell stands during a special acknowledgment by Chancellor Rebecca Blank of his career contributions during a UW System Board of Regents meeting at Union South at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Feb. 5, 2016. Bazzell recently announced that he is leaving UW-Madison in March 2016 for a similar position at the University of Texas at Austin. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)

Chia Youyee Vang, a 2016 Regents’ Diversity Award recipient, shakes hands with UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone.

Chia Vang (right) receives award, pictured with (from left) Regent Hall, President Cross, and Regent President Millner. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)

Chia Youyee Vang, associate professor of history at UW-Milwaukee, acknowledges her receipt of a Regents’ Diversity Award during the UW System Board of Regents meeting at Union South at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Feb. 5, 2016. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)

Members of UW-Stout’s Multicultural Student Services acknowledge their group’s receipt of a Regents’ Diversity Award during the UW System Board of Regents meeting at Union South at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Feb. 5, 2016. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)

Members of UW-Stout’s Multicultural Student Services acknowledge their group’s receipt of a Regents’ Diversity Award during the UW System Board of Regents meeting at Union South at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Feb. 5, 2016. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)

Members of UW-Extension’s and UW Colleges’ 4-H SySTEMatics Program acknowledge their group’s receipt of a Regents’ Diversity Award during the UW System Board of Regents meeting at Union South at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Feb. 5, 2016. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)

Members of UW-Extension’s and UW Colleges’ 4-H SySTEMatics Program acknowledge their group’s receipt of a Regents’ Diversity Award during the UW System Board of Regents meeting at Union South at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Feb. 5, 2016. Program coordinator Eva Terry speaks at podium. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)