Medical College selects dean New leader seeks to turn research into patient careBy KATHLEEN GALLAGHER
kgallagher@journalsentinel.comPosted: Dec. 6, 2007
The chairman of the department of medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School has been tapped for the top academic job at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Speaker fee rescinded UWM says it won't levy charge for extra securityBy ERICA PEREZ
eperez@journalsentinel.comPosted: Nov. 29, 2007
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee administrators said Thursday that they would rescind a security fee imposed on a student group to host a controversial speaker on campus, responding to criticism that the charge was unfairly and prohibitively high.
Falls custodial, office pacts OK'd District, teachers still negotiatingBy AMY HETZNER
ahetzner@journalsentinel.comPosted: Nov. 15, 2007
Menomonee Falls - The School Board has reached agreement with its custodial and clerical staffs on employment contracts for the next two years.
Excuses are not an option Milwaukee College Preparatory School has challenged students to succeed over the past decade — and they have responded.By ALAN J. BORSUK
aborsuk@journalsentinel.comPosted: Nov. 14, 2007
There are casual days at Milwaukee College Preparatory School when it comes to what students can wear. Polo shirts (red for almost all the students and yellow for standouts who have earned privileges) are the uniform for those days. Other days, students have to wear blazers and ties.
Raucous UW dorm goes upscale Old Ogg Hall will live in memoriesBy ERICA PEREZ
eperez@journalsentinel.comPosted: Nov. 11, 2007
When Mark Werth moved into the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Ogg Hall dormitory as a freshman in 1965, everything was new: the beds, the closets, the fluorescent lighting and the rotary phone in each room.
Test results to measure colleges Data on UW System schools will allow for public, online comparisonsBy ERICA PEREZ
eperez@journalsentinel.comPosted: Nov. 11, 2007
Madison - Schools in the University of Wisconsin System plan to test students to find out how much they learn in college and publicize the results as part of a new, national voluntary accountability system that would allow people to compare many public schools.
Growing new interest Schools planting fresh mix of ag, tech ed coursesBy AMY HETZNER
ahetzner@journalsentinel.comPosted: Nov. 10, 2007
Just minutes after puzzling over the difference between tubers and roots, the Oconomowoc High School students stood inside their school's greenhouse, pruners in hand, taking cuttings from flowering and scented geraniums.
UWM plays host to youth session Conference on education tackles hot-button issuesBy DANI McCLAIN
dmcclain@journalsentinel.comPosted: Nov. 7, 2007
Youth perspectives should drive research of hot-button issues such as high-stakes testing, school desegregation and dropout rates, according to a City University of New York education professor who will visit the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Thursday.
Donation to fund college program Group pledges $40 million for Wisconsin CovenantBy ERICA PEREZ
eperez@journalsentinel.comPosted: Nov. 1, 2007
A nonprofit Madison group has pledged $40 million to help fund the Wisconsin Covenant, an initiative that promises eighth-graders who do well in school a spot in college and financial help.
$15 million gift boosts MU Generac founder, wife designate funds for planned engineering centerBy ERICA PEREZ
eperez@journalsentinel.comPosted: Oct. 29, 2007
Marquette University's College of Engineering has received a $15 million gift from Generac Power Systems Inc. founder Robert Kern and his wife, Patricia, to help pay for a new building, college officials announced Monday.
