PROFS shared the message and slides below with its membership earlier this week. We encourage all faculty to take a few minutes in class to ensure students have accurate information about the process and requirements to vote in Wisconsin.
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The update below was shared with senators and guests at the Faculty Senate meeting yesterday. The Senate meets in Room 272 Bascom Hall at 3:30 pm on the first Monday of the month, October-December and February-May.
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Earlier today, PROFS sent a letter to Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman and UW Board of Regents President Amy Blumenfeld Bogost encouraging them to support the $800 million biennial budget proposal that Governor Tony Evers shared with the board earlier this summer.
Our letter:
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(Photo by Bryce Richter / UW-Madison)
As a result of new district maps, there are many more legislative seats up for grabs throughout the state this fall. The 2025 Legislature is likely to look substantially different when it convenes in January.
The new maps have forced some legislators to run for reelection in new geographic areas while others have chosen to run in new districts altogether. In the Dane County area, there are several open seats with very competitive primaries. PROFS reached out to Democratic candidates who are on the primary ballot (August 13) in five local districts. None of these districts have a Republican primary. Their responses follow this post.
PROFS is pleased to cosponsor a public forum featuring Democratic candidates in the 77th Assembly District. The forum, organized by the Greenbush Neighborhood Council and cosponsored by the Bayview Foundation, Regent and Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood Associations, and PROFS, will be held at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, July 10 at the Bayview Community Center. The forum will also be available via Zoom (link available soon).
Three Democrats are running to represent the newly redrawn 77th district, which includes UW-Madison. There is no Republican on the November ballot, so the winner of the August 13 primary is the presumptive winner in November. The candidates:
More information on voter registration and early voting for the primary election is here. Find your polling place here.
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The update below was shared with members of the Faculty Senate yesterday. The Senate meets in Room 272 Bascom Hall on the first Monday of the month, October through May, except in January.
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States from coast to coast are considering or have already announced plans to drastically cut public higher education funding. At the same time, many state legislatures are introducing bills that limit or ban DEI efforts, dictate curriculum, and eliminate tenure.
Where does that leave the flagship university, once the crown jewel of public higher education?
PROFS will host a public forum on April 24 to discuss national trends, how UW-Madison compares to our flagship peers, and what that might mean for Wisconsin.
PROFS President Michael Bernard-Donals will moderate our panel:
The forum will be held in the Wisconsin Idea Room (Room 159) in the Education Building. Refreshments will be served.
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Last week, UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone announced the decision to close UWM’s two-year campus in Waukesha in 2025. PROFS is very concerned about the process undertaken to date and expects UWM and the Universities of Wisconsin to follow Regent policies and the principles of shared governance going forward. Our statement:
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This legislative update was shared with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Senate Monday. PROFS President Michael Bernard-Donals shared the 2022-23 PROFS Annual Report with the Senate.
The senate meets the first Monday of every month at 3:30 pm during the academic year, October through May, except in January, and visitors are always welcome.
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