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May 4, 2011

From Wis Week to Inside UW: Saying goodbye to print

UW-Madison Faculty Senate throws its support behind public authority

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Senate Monday backed a motion supporting the proposal to establish the university as a public authority separate from the UW System. The motion approved by the Faculty Senate also gives the University Committee, the Faculty Senate’s executive body, the flexibility to work for a compromise if the public authority proposal is removed from the budget.

Five classified employees honored with 2011 awards

Five members of the classified staff were honored with 2011 Classified Employee Recognition Awards.

HRS will support UW–Madison employees now, into future

On April 18, the Human Resource System went live, becoming the tool that all UW System institutions use to process and manage employment, payroll and the administration of employee benefits.

Student Personnel Association announces 2011 award recipients

UW–Madison’s Student Personnel Association recently honored the energy and dedication of nine student affairs professionals with its 2011 Outstanding Achievement Awards. The honors were distributed at a luncheon held on April 27 at the new Union South.

Nelson Institute director to lead environmental history society

The American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) has chosen University of Wisconsin-Madison historian of science Gregg Mitman as its next president.

UW-Madison geneticist elected to National Academy of Sciences

Ching Kung, Vilas Professor of Genetics and Molecular Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences today in recognition of his "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research."

Karen Holden advises Sesame Street financial education initiative

Karen Holden, UW-Madison Center for Financial Security affiliate and professor emerita of consumer science in the School of Human Ecology, served as an adviser on the recently launched Sesame Street financial education initiative "For Me, for You, for Later: First Steps to Spending, Sharing, and Saving."

Morgridges to address graduates at spring commencement

Alumni John and Tashia Morgridge will deliver the charge to the graduates at the university’s four undergraduate commencement ceremonies on Saturday and Sunday, May 14-15, at the Kohl Center.

High fashion takes a bow in Design Studies show

Since 1992, the design studies department in the School of Human Ecology has celebrated the work of its talented students with a juried year-end exhibition.

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