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Fifteen proposals chosen to receive remainder of MIU second round funds By Kelsey Gunderson The Daily Cardinal
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Since becoming chancellor in 2008, Chancellor Biddy Martin has worked to improve communication between her office and lawmakers.
Martin reshapes relations between UW, lawmakers By Hannah Furfaro The Daily Cardinal
In the two years since becoming chancellor at UW-Madison, Biddy Martin has worked toward strengthening and rebuilding relationships between state lawmakers and the university. Martin began her shift from the private to the public university scene in the midst of heated relations between former Chancellor John Wiley and lawmakers when he left his post in September 2008. Martin met with lawmakers and sat in on committee hearings almost immediately upon her arrival to the university in summer 2008. She said she was told there was a “great deal of tension and animosity” between UW-Madison and lawmakers because of various incidents with Wiley, but she tried to keep an open mind. “I met with a number of legisla-
tors then just to get a sense of how they saw the relationship and what we could do together. My immediate perception was that the members of the legislature … are really proud of the higher educational system across the state,” she said. Near the end of Wiley’s tenure, members of the state Legislature criticized him as “confrontational.” According to state Rep. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, a former chairperson of the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities, Wiley “didn’t get everything he wanted financially” for UW-Madison during his term. Nass said system-wide budget cuts in 2004 and a relationship scandal between a graduate student and a vice chancellor at UW-Madison in 2005 hurt relations between Wiley and lawmakers. Wiley said the biggest challenge he faced was budget cuts during near-
ly every year of his term as chancellor. He also said micromanagement from the Legislature in terms of personnel rules and reporting requirements “hamstringed the university’s ability to be creative and do things in ways that are more efficient.” In a farewell article titled “From Crossroads to Crisis” and written by Wiley and published in “Madison Magazine” just days before he left office, Wiley called Wisconsin’s business community “partisan” and the political climate “poisonous.” In Wiley’s article, he criticized Wisconsin’s tax policy, Wisconsin’s largest business lobby Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, and permanent budget reductions for state universities and technical schools. According to Nass, Wiley’s “parting shots did more harm than good.” “He basically was lashing out and biddy page 3
Chancellor Biddy Martin announced 15 proposals to receive the remainder of the second round of Madison Initiative for Undergraduates funding Monday. The second round allocated about $8.2 million to a total of 22 proposals asking for new faculty and programs. Among the 15 proposals funded in the second part of round two were proposals for increased faculty in the chemistry, international studies, economics, spanish and history departments. Other proposals funded includ a Digital Studies Initiative in the School of Education and a proposal to expand Residential Learning Communities within University Housing. According to Aaron Brower, vice provost for teaching and learning, the MIU is an initiative created by Martin last spring. The goal is to increase access in high-demand classes and to develop innovations in undergraduate education.
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: millions of dollars allocated in MIU round two
: faculty and staff hired in both round one and two
: proposals funded in round two
Faculty Senate approves grad school restructuring proposal By Kelsey Gunderson The Daily Cardinal
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Students and TAs alike enjoy a change of scenery from the classroom by having discussion outside.
The MIU funds are generated from an additional tuition fee of $250 for in-state students and $750 for out-of-state students over the next four years. Several departments across campus submitted proposals for the funding earlier this year. Martin then received recommendations as to which proposals to fund from two committees—one comprised entirely of students and the other a mixture of students, faculty and staff. Brower said he felt Martin’s decisions were fairly close to what the committees recommended and that her decisions reflect the overall goals of the MIU. “She took the recommendations and considered them very closely, and I personally feel like she made the right decisions from what was there,” he said. Roughly 55 faculty, 25 staff and over 50 TAs were hired throughout both of the first two rounds. Proposals for the third and final round of funds, which is just under $4 million, will be accepted in Fall 2010.
The UW-Madison faculty senate approved the most recent proposal to restructure the Graduate School Monday. The original proposal, which was created by provost Paul DeLuca last summer, called for separating the UW-Madison graduate school from the research enterprise and creating a new vice chancellor for research position. Faculty Senate members formed an ad hoc committee to present recommendations to improve the original proposal after many concerns arose among faculty members regarding the purpose and effects of the proposal. The committee submitted a report
in late February urging DeLuca and Chancellor Biddy Martin to refrain from separating the graduate school and research enterprise to avoid fracturing the “synergy” between the two institutions. According to Bill Tracy, chair of the Faculty Senate’s University Committee, DeLuca and Martin created a new plan adhering to the ad hoc committee’s recommendations. Tracy said the new proposal will create a vice chancellor for research who will also serve as the dean of the graduate school. He said the new proposal would also move the Research and Sponsored Programs office under the vice chancellor for administration. faculty page 3
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”