UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 32 No. 42



State budget Chancellor forum	Vol. 32, No. 42 / July 27, 2001 The LOG Online e-mail news digest is distributed each week to faculty and staff of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Links are included to more detailed stories at the Marketing and University Communication Web site and to an archive of past issues. UW-Green Bay would get $500,000 in year two The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will get an additional $500,000 in state support toward improving the student learning experience in fiscal year 2002-03 in the $47 billion state budget approved last night by both houses of the State Legislature. A final budget is expected in about three weeks with Gov. McCallum's line-item vetoes, if any, and signature. The current bill, as written, would bring the $500,000 base-budget increase to UW-Green Bay in the second-year of the biennium, which began July 1. The new money for UW-Green Bay was part of a Systemwide allotment for business and workforce development. The budget allots $17.9 million to the11 comprehensives, UW Colleges and UW-Extension over the biennium, primarily to support economic-stimulus initiatives and programs in high-tech and high-demand fields. The UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee initiatives also received funding. *** * * * * First chancellor forum is today An open forum for the first of four candidates for chancellor of UW-Green Bay takes place at 9 a.m. this morning (Friday, July 27) in the 1965 Room of the University Union. Michael Vinciguerra, former acting president of SUNY-Farmingdale, is on campus today to tour the institution and meet with university representatives. * * * * *** LOG ONline is prepared for University of Wisconsin-Green Bay faculty and staff by the Office of Marketing and University Communication. Employees may submit a Brief, a Publication, a news item, an announcement, or offer feedback; call ext. 2626 or e-mail us at Log@uwgb.edu.

State budget

Chancellor forum

Vol. 32, No. 42 / July 27, 2001

The LOG Online e-mail news digest is distributed each week to faculty and staff of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Links are included to more detailed stories at the Marketing and University Communication Web site and to an archive of past issues.

UW-Green Bay would get $500,000 in year two

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay will get an additional $500,000 in state support toward improving the student learning experience in fiscal year 2002-03 in the $47 billion state budget approved last night by both houses of the State Legislature. A final budget is expected in about three weeks with Gov. McCallum's line-item vetoes, if any, and signature. The current bill, as written, would bring the $500,000 base-budget increase to UW-Green Bay in the second-year of the biennium, which began July 1. The new money for UW-Green Bay was part of a Systemwide allotment for business and workforce development. The budget allots $17.9 million to the11 comprehensives, UW Colleges and UW-Extension over the biennium, primarily to support economic-stimulus initiatives and programs in high-tech and high-demand fields. The UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee initiatives also received funding.

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First chancellor forum is today

An open forum for the first of four candidates for chancellor of UW-Green Bay takes place at 9 a.m. this morning (Friday, July 27) in the 1965 Room of the University Union. Michael Vinciguerra, former acting president of SUNY-Farmingdale, is on campus today to tour the institution and meet with university representatives.

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LOG ONline is prepared for University of Wisconsin-Green Bay faculty and staff by the Office of Marketing and University Communication. Employees may submit a Brief, a Publication, a news item, an announcement, or offer feedback; call ext. 2626 or e-mail us at Log@uwgb.edu.