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…
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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,…
UW-Madison Faculty: Providing Results for Wisconsin
PROFS met with staff from the office of Governor Scott Walker last week and spoke to them about the faculty at UW-Madison and the integral role we play. A pdf of the handout used at the meeting can be found…
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…
PROFS Emeritus Membership
PROFS is pleased to announce its new emeritus membership program, co-chaired by Brent McCown, Emeritus Professor of Horticulture, and Louise Robbins, Emeritus Professor of Library and Information Studies. Leaders of PROFS have known for some time that while retirement may…
November Faculty Senate
The Faculty Senate met last week, and PROFS was pleased to present its 2010-11 annual report. Bill Tracy, president of PROFS, told the senate that PROFS had a very active year, taking the lead on several legislative issues. The senate…
Despite Difficult Times, PROFS Records Major Accomplishments in 2011
The first half of 2011 was historic for the state and UW-Madison. A new governor took office in January, and in February he proposed a controversial budget repair bill which seriously weakened collective bargaining rights for most public employees. A…
Despite Difficult Times, PROFS Records Major Accomplishments in 2011
The first half of 2011 was historic for the state and UW-Madison. A new governor took office in January, and in February he proposed a controversial budget repair bill. A few weeks later, the governor and chancellor proposed separating UW-Madison…
UW-Madison faculty trying to survive in “an increasingly hostile world”
The cover story in a recent Isthmus was this: UW-Madison faculty are acutely aware of where we stand, judging from the stream of emails PROFS is getting. A tradition of faculty complacency is vanishing very quickly: There is genuine anger…