Faculty Senate April 2021 Meetings – Items of Interest

Faculty Senate met on April 13 and April 27 virtually. At the April 13, 2021 meeting Nicholas Ambrose from Testing Services provided SOS administration updates and took questions from senators. Newly appointed Interim Director of Testing Services, Melanie Marine, was...

Gov. Evers Announces Three Appointments to the UW Board of Regents

Gov. Tony Evers announced three appointments to the UW Board of Regents. According to April 30, 2021 a press release, Gov. Evers reappointed Regent John W. Miller and appointed Dr. Ashok Rai and Brianna Tucker. These appointments fill the vacancies created by the...

April 2021 Board of Regents Meeting Recap

The UW System Board of Regents met on April 8th and 9th. UW System President Thompson stated that the UW System will not mandate that students are vaccinated against COVID-19 to enroll next fall; however all students and members of the university community are...

March 30 Faculty Senate Meeting Items of Interest

Faculty Senate met on March 30th virtually. Senators acted on several curricular and other items, and formed the Senate elections committee ahead of Faculty Senate elections. Senators also heard an overview of a UW System draft proposal regarding the expansion of...

March 2021 Board of Regents Meeting Recap

The UW System Board of Regents met on March 4th. The main presentation for the meeting brought together four chambers of commerce and economic development leaders to share experiences with the key challenges facing Wisconsin’s businesses: the development of local...