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UW System Year in Review - 2005
UW System Year in Review - 2005
University of Wisconsin System students, faculty, staff and supporters were busy and productive in 2005. Here's a brief sample of their good work:
February
The University of Wisconsin System reports 250
cost-saving
measures to improve efficiency and effectiveness systemwide.
http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2005/r050201.htm
The Board
of Regents endorses President Reilly's plan to consolidate some
administrative functions of the statewide UW-Extension and the 13
freshman-sophomore UW Colleges, strengthening the institutions' shared
access missions.
http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2005/r050210a.htm
March
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The UW System partners with the University of Guadalajara
for the Jalisco-Wisconsin Consortium, an agreement that will facilitate
exchange, contacts, and research opportunities among students, faculty
and administrators.
http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2005/r050303.htm
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Governor Doyle announces funding for the Wisconsin
Institute for Discovery, a dynamic, interactive hub for collaborative
research among all UW institutions.
http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2005/r050316a.htm
The UW System joins a national
collaboration with the Association of American Colleges and
Universities to expand the university's commitment to providing liberal
education that helps students discover knowledge, skills, and values.
http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2005/r050316b.htm
April
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More than 100 UW undergraduates showcase cutting-edge
research during "Posters in the Rotunda," a celebration at the State
Capitol.
http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2005/r050407.htm
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Students, families,
alumni and university friends join elected officials around the state
in marking UW Spirit Week, which highlighted the countless benefits UW
provides for the state's public and private sectors.
http://www.wisconsin.edu/spirit/
May
The Board of Regents visits the UW-Stout campus for the
first time in nine years and salutes the work of UW-Stout, UW-River Falls and UW-Eau Claire on Synergy, a public-private
partnership that is strengthening economic and workforce development
efforts in western Wisconsin.
http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2005/r050506b.htm
http://wcw-synergy.net/
June
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The UW System and several state partners win a $1.3
million U.S. Department of Labor grant to help solve the nation’s
growing nursing shortage by fast-tracking nurses eligible to teach in
UW nursing schools.
http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2005/r050607.htm
August
The UW Colleges are selected in a national competition
to participate in the "Foundations of Excellence in the First College
Year," a program to improve students' first-year college experience.
http://www.uwc.edu/news/news_uwcselected.asp
September
UW institutions waive tuition, and offer admission
support services, for students displaced by hurricanes in the Gulf
Coast; campuses organize several ongoing relief efforts to help in
areas affected by the storms.
http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2005/r050916.htm
October
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The National Institutes of Health selects UW-Madison as
the home of the first and only National Stem Cell Bank.
http://www.news.wisc.edu/11616.html
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health broadens its mission, and establishes
plans for future collaborations on public health education, research
and service in the Milwaukee area.
http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2005/r051007.htm
UW institutions unveil the UW
Central Wisconsin Connection, which expands access to higher education
for students in the Wausau, Marshfield and Stevens Point areas.
http://www.marshfield.uwc.edu/Top%20Nav%20Bar/news/currentreleases/connectionbullets.asp
November
The UW System makes the first in a series of major
reforms to the university's personnel policies and practices.
http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2005/r051111.htm
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President
Reilly launches the President's Council on Diversity to be chaired by
Cory Nettles, former secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Commerce.
http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2005/r051111.htm#diversity
December
The university seeks to help students from
lower-income families attend college and begins a dialogue about
creative, long-term financial aid and tuition plans that may increase
access to a UW education.
http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2005/r051208.htm
Dr. David Wilson is named the new chancellor
of UW-Extension and UW Colleges.
http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2005/r051205.htm
Several students graduate from a
collaborative engineering program between UW-Fox Valley and
UW-Platteville.
http://www.uwfox.uwc.edu/whatsnew/uwp-uwfoxegr.html
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