Chancellor's Office
Engaging Wisconsin
June 25, 2009:Chancellor Wilson (second from left in second row) visited with UW-Extension agents and staff from Vernon and Crawford counties.
May 21, 2009: Chancellor David Wilson, left, and UW-Sheboygan CEO/Dean Al Hardersen wait with graduating students during the spring commencement ceremony. Chancellor Wilson gave the keynote address.
May 17, 2009: Chancellor Wilson is pictured here with graduates from UW-Marshfield/Wood County where he gave the commencement speech.
May 12, 2009:Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan (D-Janesville), center, is joined by UW-Sheboygan Dean Al Hardersen (left), UW Colleges and UW-Extension Chancellor David Wilson (second from left), UW-Washington County Dean David Nixon (second from right) and UW-Platteville Engineering Dean Rich Shultz (right) while attending the UW Colleges and UW-Extension Economic Development Day in the State Capitol. Speaker Sheridan learned about the collaboration effort of UW-Platteville, UW-Sheboygan and UW-Washington County to implement an accredited undergraduate engineering degree program to serve non-traditional students in eastern Wisconsin.
May 12, 2009: Fond du Lac City Manager, Tom Herre, Chancellor Wilson, second from left, and Gayle Hytrek, President of Moraine Park Technical College were on hand for the farewell reception for UW-Fond du Lac Dean and CEO, Daniel Blankenship. Blankenship has served as campus dean since July 2002.
May 6, 2009: UW-Marinette Dean/CEO Paula Langteau, UW-Green Bay Interim Chancellor David Ward, Chancellor David Wilson (4th from left) and UW-Green Bay Interim Provost Bill Laatsch signed an articulation agreement to facilitate ease of student transfers from UW-Marinette to UW-Green Bay. UW Regent Michael Spector was also on hand for the event.
April 30, 2009: Chancellor Wilson looks over one of the eight displays in the Capitol Rotunda on Innovation Day with Mary Grant and John Oppenheimer, both of UW-Extension's Division of Continuing Education, Outreach and E-Learning (CEOEL). Innovation Day, sponsored by UW Colleges and UW-Extension, showed how the Colleges and Extension are joined together by a shared vision of maximizing access to the University of Wisconsin resources, research, and expertise.
April 30, 2009: Chancellor David Wilson visits with State Representative Kim Hixson (D-Whitewater), right, and State Representative Donna Seidel (D-Wausau), left, during a breakfast with legislators in which he shared how UW Colleges and UW-Extension are creating sustainable jobs in a challenging economy. UW-Extension and UW Colleges are joined together by a shared vision of maximizing access to UW resources, research and expertise.
April 28, 2009: Chancellor David Wilson spoke to Project Lead the Way students from around the state about the critical nature of young people studying STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) in order to ensure a successful future for Wisconsin.
April 23, 2009: Chancellor David Wilson met with a group of more than 30 student and staff members of UW-Rock County during a recent visit.
March 30, 2009: UW-Baraboo/Sauk County will offer a Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree from UW-Oshkosh as part of an agreement between the two schools. Participants in the signing agreement pictured here from left to right are: Greg Lampe, UW Colleges Interim Provost/Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, David Wilson, Chancellor, UW Colleges and UW-Extension, Thomas Pleger, UW-Baraboo/Sauk County CEO and Dean, Charles Hill, Director, UW-Oshkosh Center for New Learning, Martin Tadlock, UW-Oshkosh Assistant Vice Chancellor and Alan Hartman, UW-Oshkosh Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor.
March 12, 2009: Chancellor Wilson (L) was on hand with Richard Klemme, Dean, UW Cooperative Extension; Yvonne Horton, Assoc. Dean, UW Cooperative Extension and Gerry Broderick, Milwaukee County Supervisor and Chairman of Parks, Energy & Environment to welcome the Milwaukee County Cooperative Extension to their new offices at 9501 W. Watertown Plank Road in Waukesha. Through the new location, the Cooperative Extension office will be able to recruit and attract residents into educational programs because the office is on a bus route, has ample parking and is accessible to people with special needs. In addition, the county-owned facility has expanded meeting rooms. The office connects people and organizations to University of Wisconsin System knowledge using the vast array of UW System resources. Clientele, including children, youth and adults, community groups and the private and government sectors of Milwaukee County, receive up-to-date objective and research-based knowledge to help them as they make decisions that affect their lives, organizations and communities.
Jan. 22, 2009: Chancellor David Wilson and Wisconsin Secretary of Commerce Dick Leinenkugel (left) at the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Network (WEN) annual conference, which is organized by UW-Extension's Division of Entrepreneurship and Economic Development.
Chancellor Wilson met with UW-Oshkosh officials and Dean Paula Langteau at the UW-Marinette campus to sign a new collaborative degree agreement between the two institutions for a Bachelor in Liberal Studies (BLS) degree with an emphasis in Leadership Development. The agreement was also signed with UW-Fox Valley in Menasha earlier in the day.
UW-Marinette and UW-Fox Valley students can earn credits toward both their associate and bachelor¹s degrees simultaneously by fulfilling their general education course requirements at UW-Marinette and UW-Fox Valley. With an emphasis in Leadership Development, UW Oshkosh¹s BLS program is designed specifically to serve adult non-traditional students and will be delivered at UW-Fox Valley using a combination of face-to-face classes, distance learning technology and online learning. Students at UW-Marinette will have the ability to participate in the upper level courses taught at UW-Fox Valley through compressed video feeds of the courses.
February 18, 2009:Chancellor Wilson speaks at the dedication of the third floor of the Collins Science Hall at UW-Washington County.
January 30, 2009:Chancellor Wilson participates in Q&A session with UW-Manitowoc faculty, staff, and community members.
January 29, 2009:Chancellor Wilson met with academic and classified staff as well as representatives of the Student Senate during his visit to UW-Richland. Here the chancellor is pictured with Dean and CEO Lyn Broderson who began her appointment July 2008.
December 16, 2008: Chancellor Wilson addressed the Marinette County Board about the cost savings to incoming freshman at the UW Colleges and their success rate later at four-year schools. The local UW-Marinette campus offers nearly 20 bachelor degrees and about one-third of their students are age 22 or older.
Photo by Wayne Brabender
November 20, 2008: UW Colleges and UW-Extension Chancellor David Wilson (front left) and Kern Family Foundation President Jim Rahn (front right) learn from Mandy Bohl (left back) and Sarah Bohl (right back) about how they built the "fastest solar car in Racine County" at a 4-H Gateway Academy last summer. UW Colleges and UW-Extension Chancellor Wilson and President Jim Rahn announced 20 4-H Gateway sites for summer 2009 at Henry Mitchell Middle School in Racine on November 20, 2008. Since the announcement, a 21st site has been added.
November 12, 2008: Chancellor Wilson met with students and teachers at UW-Marathon County to discuss the state budget and upcoming initiatives as well as the proposed baccalaureate degree in applied arts and sciences (BAAS) geared toward working adult students. Here the chancellor is interviewed by Matt Lehman from Midwest Communications Radio Group in Wausau.
November 1, 2008: Wisconsin Rural Leadership Program (WRLP), part of UW-Extension's Cooperative Extension, celebrates 25 years of working with community leaders to strengthen communities. Here, Chancellor Wilson and Martha Platt, Group XI Alumni, observe as Mary Maier, former WRLP program coordinator, accepts the Russ O'Harrow WRLP Outstanding Service Award.
October 22, 2008: Chancellor Wilson vists with students in the Academic Success Center at UW-Sheboygan.
October 21, 2008: Chancellor Wilson is pictured here with UW-Extension Grant County office staff, starting with the first row from left to right are Bev Broihahn, Chancellor Wilson, Jenny Belscamper, Ione Meoska; second row, Ted Bay, Cindy Busch, Cathy McPhail, Dave Wachter; third row, Lori Vesperman, Dick Pederson, Bev Doll, Paul Thares.
September 18, 2008 – Chancellor's Award Banquet: Oakwood Fruit Farm/Applouis Registered Holsteins of Richland Center is the recipient of the University of Wisconsin Colleges and University of Wisconsin-Extension 2008 Chancellor's Wisconsin Idea Award for embracing opportunities to collaborate on university research and for generously sharing expertise and experience with others. Chancellor David Wilson (center) congratulated owner/operators (back row from left to right) Judy and Greg Alvin, Vonnie Louis, Jody and Steve Louis, John Louis and (front row) Kyle and Erin Louis at the Chancellor's Award Banquet Sept. 18, 2008, in Madison.
August 28, 2008: Chancellor David Wilson congratulates UW-Marinette grad Katie Jo Pockat on the essay she shared with faculty and staff at Convocation entitled "To My Dear Little Brother: Everything You Must Know about Your Liberal Education." Katie won a UW System Liberal Arts Essay Scholarship Award for her essay. She has transferred to UW-Stevens Point where she will continue work on her bachelor's degree in the field of environmental science.
August 28, 2008: Chancellor David Wilson presents the Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Teaching (Instructional Academic Staff) to Deborah Bernhardt, who is a lecturer in English at UW-Baraboo/Sauk County, the UW Colleges' campus in Baraboo. He also presented the Barrington-Musolf Faculty Research Award to Mark Holdhusen, assistant professor of Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, and Astronomy at UW-Marathon County, the UW Colleges' campus in Wausau.
August 28, 2008: Chancellor David Wilson addressed the faculty and staff at the UW Colleges' Fall 2008 Convocation and presented awards. Here he presents the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (Faculty) to Patricia Clasen, who is an assistant professor in Communication and Theatre Arts at UW-Rock County, the UW Colleges' campus in Janesville.
August 26, 2008: When visiting UW-Extension's Barron County Office, Chancellor Wilson enjoyed a presentation by the 4-H Horse Project Adaptive Riding leaders. Some of the youth available for the presentation demonstrated riding skills. The youth here is wearing the awards he won while competing at the Western District Pleasure Show.
August 26, 2008: Mary Geissler, Family Living Educator-Chippewa County, shares points from her Fetal Alcohol presentation to the chancellor when he visited the county. The life-like mannequins provide a realistic experience for students, jail inmates and many other populations in the county about the dangers of drinking while pregnant.
August 22, 2008: The efforts of the Kern Family Foundation of Waukesha to provide Wisconsin's young people with education in the crucial areas of science, technology, engineering and math were recognized at the Aug. 22, 2008, UW System Board of Regents meeting in Madison. Kern Family Foundation President Jim Rahn (second from right) thanked UW System President Kevin Reilly (far left), State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster, and UW Colleges and UW-Extension Chancellor David Wilson (far right) for their leadership in helping to develop a well-prepared 21st-century workforce.
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