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Public health school may still come to Milwaukee
UW medical school name change may preclude UWM health school
By Stephanie Brien
Mayor Tom Barrett said at last month’s Board of Regents meeting that the first school of public health should be located in Milwaukee rather than Madison, but a name change in Madison may shut the door on the idea.
On Oct. 8, the Board of Regents temporarily approved a name change of the University of Wisconsin Medical School to the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
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0 commentsProposal puts UPass in jeopardy
The UPass could become a thing of the past at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee if Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker has his way.
Walker recently announced a plan to increase the fee schools pay the Milwaukee County Transit System by 16 percent. If this passes, tuition may increase or the UPass might be eliminated from the university.
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0 commentsCommittee to explore options in possible merger
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus may expand into Waukesha by July 1, 2007, annexing UW-Waukesha as “UWM West.”
As the merging of the two campuses has been the subject of ongoing debate among politicians, campus administrators and students, a committee was formed at the end of September to study and review the possible merger.
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Pell Grants kept steady
The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved legislation to finance several federal agencies that would keep the maximum Pell Grant at $4,050.
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0 commentsA facelift for Golda Meir Library
Program approval for phase one of a two-phase remodeling project designed to vastly reconfigure and improve functioning of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Golda Meir Library was granted recently by the State Building Commission.
Still in its early planning stages, phase one of the remodeling project will work with the existing space of the library’s West Wing to create more room for student group study and enhanced reference and circulation services.
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0 commentsConnecting without wires
A University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student shoves a muffin in her mouth with her left hand. Her right hand scrambles across the keyboard of her Vaio.
She is typing her e-mail address into hotmail.com. She is checking up on the last- minute instructions from her professor about a lab paper due at 2 p.m.
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0 commentsDiversity, inclusive climate key for new chancellor position
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s internal search for an Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Climate is near completion, with a decision expected by early next week.
The decision will come nearly six months after Marquette University hired Keenan Grenell as its provost of Diversity.
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0 commentsEarly textbook adoption deadline tomorrow
The Student Association this semester is attempting to boost faculty and staff awareness of the positives to submitting book orders for next semester early in anticipation of the deadline on Thursday, Nov. 3.
If faculty members turn in orders early enough — called early textbook adoption — the University Bookstore can pay more for books it buys back at the end of the semester and can find more used books, leading to reduced costs at the beginning of the next semester.
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