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Fourth chancellor finalist visits UW Dr. Rebecca Blank stresses new funding, financial accessibility By Tamar Myers The Daily Cardinal
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Dr. Rebecca Blank, one of four finalists for UW-Madison’s chancellor position, meets with campus and community members at the Chazen Art museum.
University of Wisconsin-Madison chancellor finalist Dr. Rebecca Blank visited Madison Wednesday and stressed the need to expand funding sources and connect with students and faculty. Blank has held various positions at the U.S. Department of Commerce since 2009, which she said has given her experience managing an organization with
many different units and a large budget. She said she has held positions at universities in the past and is ready to return to higher education. “I’ve spent a good part of my life under public universities … and just love the energy and the diversity that exists in those sorts of places,” Blank said. She said she would make it a priority to balance budgetary needs with financial accessibility for students. She highlighted ways to expand funding sources such as launching a campaign to expand endowment gifts and working with faculty to make sure the university stays among the top recipients of federal research money. Blank also said she would work with the shared governance system, calling it one of the
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Campus passes ASM constitution The student body passed a referendum to change the student government’s constitution while also electing over 30 representatives to serve in Associated Students of Madison positions in elections which took place Monday through Wednesday. Preliminary results show 15 percent of the student body participated in the elections, with a total of 6,077 completed ballots. Voter turnout increased from last spring when only 11.4 percent of the student body submit-
ted ballots. Student Elections Chair Mickey Stevens said placing the ASM constitution referendum on the ballot likely contributed to increased voter participation. “It’s something that’s a bigger deal,” Stevens said. “It’s an issue that more students may have cared about.” The new constitution passed by a vote of 3,065 “yes” votes to 1,190 “no” votes. Student Council Rep. Sean McNally, who drafted and proposed the new consti-
tution, said the constitution will “streamline a lot of ASM’s processes” and allow the new branches to focus on their respective areas. A 15-member committee made up of ASM leadership and grassroots committee chairs will draft bylaws for the new student government structure, which will then be sent to Student Council and would need to pass by a two-thirds vote. Go to dailycardinal.com to view a list of the elected representatives. —Alyssa Brenner
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Changes to ASM in the new constitution • Changed from three branches to four branches: executive, legislative, appropriations, judicial • Student government President given “Executive Order” powers • Coordinating Council split into two bodies: Cabinet of Directors and President’s Council • Leaders of recognized student governments can serve as non-voting members of the Student Senate • Funding decisions voted on by only the appropriations branch
ASM supports change to midterm policy The Associated Students of Madison Student Council approved a resolution Wednesday that aims to create a policy to allow students more time to prepare for multiple midterms within a short
period of time. The ASM resolution asks for the option to request midterms be moved if a student has three or more in a period of two school days. Similar to the finals policy, professors are not required to
allow the change. The proposal mirrors a similar policy that already exists for finals weeks, which allows students to ask their professors to
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Committee hears update on drafting of university’s new diversity plan By Cheyenne Langkamp The Daily Cardinal
Members of the Committee on Diversity and Campus Climate heard an update Monday on the drafting of the next campus diversity plan and discussed the role of the university’s next chancellor in the success of the plan. Michael Jackson, student co-chair of the Ad Hoc Diversity Planning Committee, reported on the planning process, saying the committee has asked to extend the deadline to finalize the plan to July
1. The ad hoc committee was originally charged with creating the plan by April 1. According to Jackson, the committee is currently developing a consistent framework for the plan and will soon split into sub-committees to address specific diversity issues. “Our goal is to get this university back in front of the discussion on diversity and really take the lead,” Jackson said. He also added that creating a
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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”