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UWM Chancellor Mark Mone announced a series of cost containment measures relating to travel and hiring Tuesday to help reduce the impact of potential future cuts in the governor’s budget proposal. As a first step, a few measures will be executed instantaneously, Mone said. The first step will be to put a hold on hiring of […]

The UW System asked the state in January to restore stricken mission statement language that ultimately found its way into Gov. Scott Walker’s official budget proposal a few days later anyway, Media Milwaukee has learned through an open records request. A UW System representative wrote a state budget analyst Jan. 29 to contest revisions to […]

“No ifs, no buts, no education cuts!” was one of the comments roared by over 100 protesters of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget cut proposal for the UW system. They marched with homemade signs in the frigid temperatures from the Union to the front of Mitchell Hall at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 4. State lawmakers addressed […]

UW-Milwaukee students marched through campus Wednesday night in protest against Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget cuts. They huddled in front of Mitchell Hall to hear Wisconsin legislators Mandela Barnes and Jonathan Brostoff explain how the cuts could damage the UW System and Wisconsin. “Our public university system is a gem,” said Brostoff. “And we don’t […]

Members of UW-Milwaukee’s University Committee voiced dismay Tuesday with what one called the “backroom dealings” in November between the UW-Madison chancellor, UW System administrators, and Gov. Scott Walker. Members of the UWM University Committee called UW System President Ray Cross’ actions “paternalistic governance” and noted that shared governance groups had been left out of the […]

UW-Milwaukee Student Association president Ryan Sorenson said his initial reaction to Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to cut funding to the UW System was that he felt completely shocked. “I was worried what this would impact,” Sorenson said. “I wondered what this cut is going to affect at UW-Milwaukee? Is this going to impact classes and courses, […]

The UW-Milwaukee provost will not pursue a hiring freeze in Academic Affairs right now, as university officials continue to wrestle with Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget cut for the UW System. The news comes from Provost Johannes Britz. His office provides academic leadership to the University. Among other things, the provost’s office handles faculty and […]

UW-Milwaukee students are worried about the costs of college. Very worried. A team of student journalists from a university reporting class was assigned to randomly ask UWM students what they think about Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed $300 million budget cut for the UW System. Many students told the student journalists they are already struggling to […]

UW-Milwaukee is considering strategic budget cuts as opposed to a systemic cut to the entire institution, the provost told the Faculty Senate Thursday. And the UWM chancellor announced a plan to try to meet with 32 legislators in the next month, as well as a planned lunch with the lieutenant governor, as administrators try to counter […]

The allegations of date-rape drugging surrounding the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity last fall were not the first. Through police reports and interviews, a team of Media Milwaukee journalists has unearthed new information about previous date-rape drug and sexual assault allegations made against a TKE member a year before the  fraternity made the news. According to an incident report provided […]

UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone said late Wednesday afternoon that he had not heard Gov. Scott Walker’s comments earlier that day on faculty workload but stressed that he’s “never met a harder working faculty and staff than at UWM.” Listen to the Mone audio here: Asked about Walker’s comments that faculty should teach more, he added, […]

If the budget proposal put forth by Gov. Scott Walker to cut $300 million from the UW System passes, three months from now, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee could face layoffs, building closures, a hiring freeze, or a slowdown on the admission of the new freshman class, according to the powerful UWM University Committee. Committee members […]