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Past news and messages

Dec. 19, 2009: Chancellor selects site option for new student union. Read.

Dec. 14, 2009: Chancellor's response to PEEQ:

Video of PEEQ response presentation to faculty and staff
Report to UW-Eau Claire community
IPEDS Data Feedback Report (referred to in chancellor's PEEQ response)

Dec. 8, 2009: Student Senate supports Blugold Commitment. Read.

Nov. 10, 2009: E-mail message with more Blugold Commitment proposal details. Read. 

Oct. 13, 2009: E-mail message regarding Campus Master Plan open house. Read.

Oct. 12, 2009: Media Memo: UW System Board of Regents to meet Oct. 15-16 at UW-Eau Claire. Read.

Sept. 16, 2009: Media memo: New student center, Council Oak overview. Read.

Sept. 14-16, 2009: UW-Eau Claire hosts Higher Learning Commission comprehensive site visit. Read.

Sept. 3, 2009: Flu precautions at UW-Eau Claire. Read.

Aug. 27, 2009: Blugold Commitment details. Read.

August 25, 2009: State-of-the-university address, including announcement of the proposed Blugold Commitment, at the 2009-10 academic year opening meeting.Read, view/listen.

July 3, 2009: Update regarding impact on UW-Eau Claire of final 2009-11 state budget. Read.

June 12, 2009: State budget update regarding employee compensation and furloughs. Read.

May 7, 2009: State budget update following announcement by Gov. Jim Doyle. Read.

March 27, 2009: State budget update following Joint Finance Committee hearing. Read.

March 4, 2009: E-mail message to UW-Eau Claire employees announcing a reorganization to increase the university's administrative efficiencies. Read.

Feb. 18, 2009: E-mail message to UW-Eau Claire employees responding to Gov. Jim Doyle's Feb. 17 state budget announcement. Read.

Feb. 5, 2009: E-mail message to UW-Eau Claire employees requesting campus departments and units to make budget savings recommendations. Read.

Jan. 29, 2009: E-mail message to UW-Eau Claire employees regarding the state and university budgets and UW-Eau Claire's PEEQ process. Read.

Dec. 30, 2008: E-mail message to UW-Eau Claire employees regarding the suspension of a search for a vice chancellor for administration, finance and facilities. Read.

Dec. 9, 2008: E-mail message to UW-Eau Claire employees regarding new university travel authorization procedures. Read.

Nov. 12, 2008: E-mail message to UW-Eau Claire employees regarding a campus response to the economic downturn. Read.

Aug. 19, 2008: Address to UW-Eau Claire faculty and staff, 2008-09 academic year opening meeting. View/listen.

May 7, 2008: E-mail message to UW-Eau Claire campus community announcing the release of the university's strategic plan for 2008-16. Read.

May 5, 2008: E-mail message to UW-Eau Claire students and employees on free speech and the campus climate, addressing campus discussions regarding an essay published in The Flipside, a student-published alternative news publication. Read.

April 15, 2008: E-mail message to UW-Eau Claire students, faculty and staff asking them to remember the victims of the Virginia Tech tragedy and outlining steps UW-Eau Claire has taken in the months since those shootings to ensure our campus is prepared to respond to an emergency of any kind. Read.

Feb. 1, 2008: "More than a hockey goal," an opinion piece published in the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram about efforts by the Ice Sports Consortium, which includes UW-Eau Claire, to raise funds for the renovation of Hobbs Ice Arena in Eau Claire. Read

Feb. 1, 2008: E-mail message to UW-Eau Claire faculty, staff and student leaders regarding the Advantage Wisconsin initiative. Read

Jan. 29, 2008: E-mail message to UW-Eau Claire students, faculty, staff, emeriti faculty and retired associates regarding the success of the UW-Eau Claire Foundation's seven-year comprehensive fundraising campaign, as well as other current and future fundraising efforts. Read

Nov. 29, 2007: Stewardship and sustainability e-mail message to UW-Eau Claire students and employees detailing campus actions related to the Presidents Climate Commitment and Clean Commute Initiative. Read

Nov. 14, 2007: Strategic planning e-mail message to UW-Eau Claire employees, emeriti and student leaders following completion of final reports by the university's strategic planning work groups. Read

Oct. 17, 2007: State budget message to UW-Eau Claire students, faculty and staff following news reports quoting Gov. Jim Doyle as saying that UW System campuses may not be able to open for the second semester if a new state budget is not passed. Read

Sept. 25, 2007: "Tuition predictability needed," an opinion piece published in the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. Read

Aug. 21, 2007: "For the Public Good," address to UW-Eau Claire faculty and staff, 2007-08 academic year opening meeting. Read

March 7, 2007: "Campus and Community: Serving Our Constituencies and Planning for the Future," keynote address at the UW-Eau Claire College of Business Annual Community Breakfast. Read

December 2006: Follow-up statement to passage of Wisconsin marriage amendment. Read

Nov. 17, 2006: "How to Improve the Competitiveness of a University," address to university presidents forum at Jinan University centennial celebration in Guangzhou, China. Read

Oct. 27, 2006: Inauguration address: "If I Had a Hammer …" View/listen, Read

Aug. 22, 2006: Address to UW-Eau Claire faculty and staff, 2006-07 academic year opening meeting. Read

Welcome message to current and prospective students. Read

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