UWM Post wins 5 reporting awards

UWM Post staff members won several awards at the recent Wisconsin Newspaper Association Convention.

The awards, won in the collegiate division, include ones for reporting and column writing.

The winners:

First place; investigative reporting; �Athletic Department in debt�; March 1 and 8, 2006; by Tyler Casey, Robin Fuchs and Mike Mierendorf

Third place; column writing; �Episode III: Can I touch you?�; March 1, 2006; by Tyler Gaskill

Certificate of merit; general reporting; �One-stop e-mail, calendar and IM system in works�; Feb. 8, 2006; by Isral DeBruin

Certificate of merit; investigative reporting; �More students paying for tuition with plastic�; Feb. 1, 2006; by Dan Polley and Chase Harvey

Certificate of merit; editorial; �Not just another public university�; April 12, 2006; by Kayla Bunge

Regents approve admissions policy

The UW System Board of Regents at its meeting last week unanimously approved a new admissions policy that gives weight to non-scholastic merits.

The policy states that academic achievements are the most important factors in admissions decisions. It preserves long-standing, minimum academic requirements and consolidates several previous UW System admissions policies, some of which were first approved more than 30 years ago.

Under the policy, UW campuses are to admit students who are likely to succeed at the university, and who will both benefit from and contribute to the educational environment.

Gov. Doyle to invest $8 million in UWM

Gov. Jim Doyle at a press conference today said he would invest $8 million in the UWM�s Research Growth Initiative.

Doyle announced the plans as part of his budget to be unveiled next week.

He also announced plans to provide funding to the UW Board of Regents to look into researching a school of public health for UWM.

Rockwell Automation CEO joins UWM campaign

UWM announced Keith D. Nosbusch as their sixth co-chair of the campaign for UWM, according to a press release.

Nosbusch, chairman and CEO of Rockwell Automation and an alumnus of the UWM, earned a master�s degree in business administration in 1978. Since then, Nosbusch has been an active supporter of the Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business.

The university�s goal in conducting the campaign is to increase its annual research funding to $100 million in the next 10 years, raise $25 million for student scholarships, recruit and retain talented faculty and endow its Honors College.

Nosbusch joins four other alumni co-chairs of the campaign including CEOs from Wisconsin Energy, Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, Harley-Davidson and Northwestern Mutual.

Sheldon B. Lubar, founder and chairman of Lubar & Company Inc. of Milwaukee, also is serving as honorary co-chair for the campaign.

Shorewood still waiting decision on smoking ban

After two years of working on a potential smoking ban in Shorewood, the village board again postponed its decision due to mixed feelings on Tuesday night.

The committee looking into the smoking ordinance came to the full board with three options, but the board was still unsatisfied and asked the village attorney to write up another option.

The current three options are a complete ban to go in effect July 1, 2009; a ban with an exemption for taverns and restaurants also going into effect July 1, 2009; or a ban with a temporary exemption for taverns and restaurants with plans to convert to a complete ban in 2011.

Several of the businesses that will be affected by the ordinance would include Harry�s Bar and Grill, the Village Pub and the BritInn.

The board plans to discuss the issue again at its Feb. 26 meeting.

Doyle increases aid, introduces Wisconsin Covenant

Gov. Jim Doyle announced a plan for a proposed $44 million increase in financial aid today at Savanna Oaks Middle School in Fitchburg, Wis.

�I don�t want any high school kid to think college isn�t for them, or that it�s only for rich people,� Doyle said.

The plan is part of the Wisconsin Covenant. Students who pledge to participate in the Wisconsin Covenant will be able to do so starting in eighth grade. If they do so, they will pledge to maintain a B average and graduate high school, as well as be �participate in their community and be good citizens� in exchange for a spot in any of Wisconsin�s public or private universities.

UWM professor to lead national insurance fraud coalition

UWM professor James L. Brown has been elected co-chair of the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.

Brown, who is an associate professor in the School of Continuing Education�s Center For Consumer Affairs, will serve a two-year term beginning this year.

In addition to his work at UWM, Brown has worked with the United Nations, American Express, Citibank NA, State Farm Insurance, Ford Motor Company, the Canadian government and others to help combat insurance fraud.

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