Finance to talk about UW System budget March 3
This isn’t the same as the big public hearings held around the state — those will come later this spring — but the Joint Finance Committee has announced its schedule of “agency briefings” to...
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Chancellor: Budget reduction is closer to $4.6m
The revenue gap facing the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay under the governor’s proposed budget will in reality be closer to $4.6 million annually than to the initial projection of $4 million, Chancellor Gary L....
Slate: He’s baiting you, progressives
The governor’s proposed 2015-17 budget for the UW System continues to be the topic of numerous national articles, columns and opinion pieces. The online publication Slate typically has a progressive slant, but this time,...
Walker’s UW System proposals making national news
With stories made live Monday on the websites of the New York Times and Washington Post joining a recent article by the Wall Street Journal, Gov. Scott Walker has achieved a trifecta of national...
Reminder: Budget Blog is up and running
Comments, questions, observations and answers continue to be posted at the Budget Blog located on the Chancellor’s website. Please remember, if you are making a habit of checking the blog on occasion, that not...
Miller confirms next ‘town hall’ for Friday morning
In an email to UW-Green Bay faculty and staff on Monday, Chancellor Gary L. Miller reminded employees of the timetable and process for campus planning in anticipation of a likely UW-Green Bay budget reduction...
UW-Green Bay groups pass resolutions against UW System budget reductions
Governance groups and related organizations at UW-Green Bay have joined others at campuses statewide in voicing their consensus on the UW System budget cuts proposed in the governor’s 2015-17 budget. Resolutions were passed by...
WFRV-TV 5 covers student roundtable
Channel 5 news covered a student roundtable discussion Monday night hosted by the Student Government Association to consider the proposed $300 million, two-year cut to the UW System. “It’s not giving the school enough...
‘Cuts to UW System could seriously hurt state’s economic growth’
That’s the headline over a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel guest column co-authored by Tom Shannon, CEO of BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation, based in Milwaukee, and Kevin Conroy, CEO of Exact Sciences, a Madison biotech company.
Sen. Lasee says cuts aren’t that big
State Sen. Frank Lasee is among the state lawmakers who argue that Gov. Walker’s proposed reductions for the UW System aren’t as large as UW officials make them out to be. When measured against...
