Category: PROFS

New Look for Website

Welcome to our new look. Our content remains the same, but we hope you find our new site easier to read. We welcome your feedback. PROFS is also on Facebook (facebook.com/PROFSUWMadison) and Twitter (@PROFSUWMadison). Click on an icon on the…

PROFS to Host Conversation with Congressman Mark Pocan

PROFS will host a brown bag conversation with Congressman Mark Pocan (D-Madison) at 11:30 am on Tuesday, November 26. The event will be held in the Wisconsin Idea Room on the first floor of the Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall.…

PROFS Legislative Efforts

Like all advocacy organizations in the state, PROFS is required to register its lobbying efforts with the Government Accountability Board. This session, PROFS has registered a position on four bills: AB 185/SB 163 – Legislative Redistricting These bills would shift the…

Legislative Update

PROFS, a non-profit membership organization representing UW-Madison faculty, monitors legislation and lobbies the governor, members of the legislature, and members of Congress. We are proud of our past achievements. During the 2011-13 biennial budget process, PROFS led the successful fight…

2013 Budget Forum

A panel of three experts —  Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Darrell Bazzell, professor Andrew Reschovsky, and former State Budget Director David Schmiedicke — discussed the state budget and how it affects UW-Madison at a campus forum on Tuesday, March 12. Daily…

In Memoriam: Don Nichols

Former University Committee and PROFS chair Don Nichols passed away last Friday, February 15. Nichols, an emeritus professor of economics,  joined the faculty in 1966 and served the university on and off for 40 years. He was appointed director of…

PROFS to Present Annual Report at Faculty Senate

PROFS president Bill Tracy will present the PROFS Annual Report for 2011-12 to the Faculty Senate on Monday, February 4. The presentation is rescheduled from November. The senate meets in Room 272 Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Drive, at 3:30 pm,…

PROFS to Present Annual Report at November Faculty Senate

PROFS president Bill Tracy will present the PROFS Annual Report for 2011-12 to the Faculty Senate Monday, November 5. The senate meets in Room 272 Bascom Hall at 3:30 pm. A full agenda of the meeting is here. Faculty senators and…