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Chancellor's Awards honor outstanding work and commitment: Chancellor David Wilson invites UW-Extension and UW Colleges employees to the annual Chancellor's Awards Banquet Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009, in Madison.
News you can use: Executive Director of University Relations Teri Venker provides useful links to UW Colleges and UW-Extension Web pages.
News briefs: UW Colleges and UW-Extension host two Capitol Rotunda events, UW-Extension Family Living Program educators receive a Governor's Financial Literacy Award, the UW-Fox Valley Educational Talent Search Program receives a UW Regents Academic Staff Award for Excellence, the Wisconsin Rural Leadership Program is now Leadership Wisconsin, summer interns learn job skills
Appointments: UW Colleges: Greg Lampe, vice chancellor and provost; Deborah Cureton, interim CEO/dean, UW-Richland; Judy Goldsmith, interim CEO/dean, UW-Fond du Lac; UW-Extension: Richard M. Klemme, dean/director, Cooperative Extension; Gregory K. Hutchins, secretary of the faculty and staff/assistant vice chancellor, UW-Extension
Searches and screens in progress: Progress in hiring for UW Colleges and UW-Extension upper-level positions: director of workforce equity, diversity and inclusion; Patrick DuCharme is named employee assistance consultant for both institutions; UW Colleges: UW-Fond du Lac CEO/dean; UW-Richland CEO/dean

Diversity of UW Colleges students is increasing: More students of color are enrolling at UW Colleges, and more are going on to earn a bachelor's degree.
Profile: UW-Sheboygan: Facts and figures pertaining to UW-Sheboygan, one of UW Colleges' 13 bricks-and-mortar campuses
UW-Extension helps extend the knowledge of the university around the globe: Two articles describe how UW-Extension Instructional Communications Systems' distance-technology expertise assists professors in reaching learners and clients in India and Australia.

Kudos: Recent statewide, regional and national professional honors and appointments received by UW Colleges and UW-Extension employees, campuses, units and divisions
Books: New books authored by UW Colleges and UW-Extension faculty and staff
Calendar: Events and deadlines coming up at UW Colleges and UW-Extension

Chancellor Wilson invites you to the Chancellor's Awards Banquet Oct. 1, 2009, in Madison Find out more...
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UW Colleges is increasing enrollment and retention of students of color. Find out more...

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