UW-Green Bay Prof. Shelton gives input on UW System board naming Tommy Thompson interim president | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents appointed former Gov. Tommy Thompson as the interim system president, following the collapse of a months-long search for a new leader of one of the country’s largest public university systems.
Jon Shelton, an associate professor at UW-Green Bay and vice president for higher education at the American Federation of Teachers-Wisconsin, said the faculty members he heard from were cautiously optimistic.
“As an interim appointment at a time with a very difficult future (for the system), the real positive is that he is one of the few people in the state who has the ability in this position to effectively advocate for funding for the UW System,” Shelton said.
Source: Seeking unity, UW System board names Tommy Thompson interim president | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
He was also quoted in a number of other stories about the UW System president search:
https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-dark-day-u-of-alaska/248982
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2020/06/12/finalist-for-uw-system-president-withdraws-from-search/
