UW-Green Bay, LOG Archive, Vol. 33 No. 45



Finalists for provost position Open sessions with provost candidates Smaller cuts for UW System?	Vol. 33, No. 45 / April 2, 2002 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 announces finalists for provost position Just announced are the names of five finalists for the position of provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at UW-Green Bay. They are: Sue Hammersmith, dean, College of Arts and Sciences Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Mich. Walter Harris Jr., provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs North Carolina Central University, Durham Rosemary Keefe, dean of faculties University of Wisconsin-Superior Michael Harris, associate provost Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti Karen White, dean of the College of Fine Arts University of Nebraska at Omaha *** * * * * Campus, community invited to open sessions with candidates The search and screen committee has announced a schedule of general sessions, open to the public, for each of the five finalists in the running to be the new provost and vice chancellor for UW-Green Bay. Each finalist will visit Green Bay over the next three weeks for on-campus interviews. The first to visit will be Sue Hammersmith, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Mich. Her open session is scheduled to take place from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Monday, April 8, in the 1965 Room of the University Union. Biographical backgrounds on each of the candidates is posted at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/provost/index.htm. For more details and a schedule of the open sessions, see the news release online at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2002april.htm#finalists. * * * * * News from Madison: smaller cuts for UW System? Check your newspapers and online news sites on Wednesday, but there's been a new number tossed out with regard to potential cuts for the UW System as part of the state's budget repair bill. $20 million. That's what the Senate Democratic Caucus endorsed as the System's share of statewide budget reductions. That amount would be well below the $108 million advocated by the state Assembly, and below the $51 million in proposed UW cuts outlined by Gov. McCallum. Although much remains to be settled, Regent President Jay Smith said the caucus's position "is a strong statement of priorities that recognizes the contribution the UW System makes to economic development." Stay tuned for more news. * * * * *** 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. 2527 or e-mail us at Log@uwgb.edu.

Finalists for provost position

Open sessions with provost candidates

Smaller cuts for UW System?

Vol. 33, No. 45 / April 2, 2002

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 announces finalists for provost position

Just announced are the names of five finalists for the position of provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at UW-Green Bay. They are:

Sue Hammersmith, dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Mich.

Walter Harris Jr., provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs
North Carolina Central University, Durham

Rosemary Keefe, dean of faculties
University of Wisconsin-Superior

Michael Harris, associate provost
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti

Karen White, dean of the College of Fine Arts
University of Nebraska at Omaha

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Campus, community invited to open sessions with candidates

The search and screen committee has announced a schedule of general sessions, open to the public, for each of the five finalists in the running to be the new provost and vice chancellor for UW-Green Bay. Each finalist will visit Green Bay over the next three weeks for on-campus interviews. The first to visit will be Sue Hammersmith, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Mich. Her open session is scheduled to take place from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Monday, April 8, in the 1965 Room of the University Union. Biographical backgrounds on each of the candidates is posted at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/provost/index.htm. For more details and a schedule of the open sessions, see the news release online at http://www.uwgb.edu/univcomm/news/archive/2002april.htm#finalists.

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News from Madison: smaller cuts for UW System?

Check your newspapers and online news sites on Wednesday, but there's been a new number tossed out with regard to potential cuts for the UW System as part of the state's budget repair bill. $20 million. That's what the Senate Democratic Caucus endorsed as the System's share of statewide budget reductions. That amount would be well below the $108 million advocated by the state Assembly, and below the $51 million in proposed UW cuts outlined by Gov. McCallum. Although much remains to be settled, Regent President Jay Smith said the caucus's position "is a strong statement of priorities that recognizes the contribution the UW System makes to economic development." Stay tuned for more news.

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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. 2527 or e-mail us at Log@uwgb.edu.