Tag: UW System
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Joint Committee on Employment Relations (JCOER) approved the UW Compensation plan
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UW System Interim President Tommy Thompson announced this week that the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Employment Relations (JCOER) approved the UW Compensation plan and State Building Trades contracts. The compensation plan approved today allows for a 2 percent raise in January 2022 and another 2 percent in January 2023, providing UW employees five consecutive years…
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Regent Cris Peterson shares her own ‘Rise from the Ashes’ story with 2021 UW-Green Bay graduates
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UW-Green Bay Commencement Greeting by Regent Cris Peterson, December 18, 2021 Good morning, everyone. I bring greetings to all of you from the University of Wisconsin System Administration. I’m a Regent. I serve on the Board of Regents. There are 18 of us. We help govern the University. It’s a huge responsibility and a gigantic…
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2022 Regents Academic Staff Excellence Awards – Call for Nominations
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The Academic Staff Committee has been asked to nominate three to four names to move forward to our Chancellor for consideration for the 2022 Academic Staff Excellence Awards. Chancellor Alexander will choose one of our three/four nominations to move forward for these two awards. What are the Academic Staff Excellence Awards? Two awards of $7,500…
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State announces nearly $60 million for workforce development | Latest News | insightonbusiness.com
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Gov. Tony Evers announced 12 regional projects aimed at developing long-term solutions to Wisconsin’s workforce challenges will receive up to $59.5 million in grants.The grants are part of the first round of the state’s $100 million Workforce Innovation Grant Program using resources available through the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). A second round of grants will…
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12 projects aimed at boosting workforce get $59.5M in federal funds
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Twelve projects aimed at boosting Wisconsin’s workforce will receive nearly $60 million worth of federally-funded grants, Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday in a series of press conferences around the state. …University of Wisconsin Administration: Up to $5.7 million to create a “workforce-ready curriculum” for students who are incarcerated “to teach employable skills to students while incarcerated…
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UW System Caregiving Taskforce fall 2021 progress report
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The systemwide Caregiving Taskforce has completed a fall 2021 progress report. The report tracks new caregiving initiatives across UW System, and includes important contributions from UW-Green Bay. You can view a side-by-side comparison of fall 2020 and fall 2021.
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Pres. Thompson and ‘Board of Mascots’ congratulate UWs on 70-for-70 goal
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In a semester-long vaccination campaign, spearheaded by UW System Interim President Tommy Thompson, nearly all the UW System schools met their vaccination goals of 70% of in-person, full-time students receiving full vaccination. In this video, Phlash joins other UW System mascots in the announcement. Watch on Facebook.
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UW System: Ascendium awards UW System’s Prison Education Initiative $150,000 grant | WisBusiness
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MADISON, Wis.—University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson announced today that Ascendium Education Group has awarded the Prison Education Initiative $150,000 in support of curriculum development based on employer needs, learning infrastructure, and needed pre- and post-release support structures utilizing data gathered from potential students and stakeholders. “Educating people in prison and reducing recidivism is…
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UW Systemwide Caregiving Taskforce is looking for volunteers
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The systemwide caregiving task force is seeking student, staff, and faculty volunteers to clearly define the needs and existing resources available for student caregivers across UW System. This group will exist as a sub-committee of the systemwide caregiving task force and will meet monthly in the spring of 2022 to develop resources and a series of recommendations…
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President Thompson, UW mascots celebrate successful Vax Up! ’70 for 70′ campaign
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70 students have been selected for $7,000 scholarships MADISON, Wis.—University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson today announced that 70 students have been selected through a random drawing to receive a $7,000 scholarship under the System’s Vax Up! “70 for 70” campaign. The 70 students attend the 11 UW System universities that participated in the…