When Robby Abrahamian stepped onto the UW-Stevens Point campus as a freshman in 2013 be immediately began passing petitions, dropping banners, and asking the student government to take an initiative in divesting from fossil fuels.
Since UW-Madison is currently the only Big Ten institution that does not offer a form of legal help to its students, the Student Services Finance Committee added $50,000 to the budget at the end of last semester intended to fund Student Legal Services.
UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank highlighted the university’s efforts to broaden students’ cultural perspectives while at school in her most recent blog post. According to Blank, Nov. 14 marks the start of International Education Week.
In light of recent racially charged hate and bias incidents at UW-Madison, the ethnic studies requirement has come under review this semester to ensure all of its courses are aligned with the learning outcomes of the university.
UW-Madison faculty joined administration and other staff members Tuesday in recognizing the importance of shared governance in university affairs.
The Red Gym will no longer be considered as a potential location for an Amazon pickup point on campus, according to a UW-Madison press release. "We've heard the concerns from building occupants in the Red Gym about potential impacts to a variety of student organization and programming uses," said Laurent Heller, UW-Madison Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, in the release.
Before an audience of students, faculty and members of the UW-Madison community, Lisa Graves, executive director of Center for Media and Democracy, spoke Tuesday about the corruption of what the UW System considers a great pride: the Wisconsin Idea.
UW System spokesperson Alex Hummel deleted the video of UW chancellors giving presentations detailing the extent to which state budget cuts have affected their campuses, according to a Wisconsin State Journal article.
Every Monday night, community members gather in the basement of the Crossing church on University Avenue to enjoy Family Dinner Night hosted by the organization Slow Food UW.
The Associated Students of Madison University Affairs Committee met Tuesday to discuss the possibility of UW-Madison adopting the learning management system Canvas as an alternative to the university's current systems, Desire2Learn and Moodle.
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