{"id":6163,"date":"2014-01-09T22:03:11","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T04:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=6163"},"modified":"2014-01-09T22:32:49","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T04:32:49","slug":"raymond-cross-named-uw-system-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=6163","title":{"rendered":"Raymond Cross Named UW System President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/news\/2014\/r140109a.htm\">appointed<\/a> UW Colleges and UW Extension Chancellor Raymond Cross next president of the University of Wisconsin System. Cross succeeds Kevin Reilly who stepped down in December to take a position with the American Council on Education. UW-Whitewater Chancellor Richard Telfer will serve until Cross takes office in mid-February.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-f14719663415a90328b8744ce4f09d39 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:600px; max-height:600px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"Welcome the next UW System President Ray Cross!\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZUIVh_ZGmB4?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cross arrived at UW System three years ago and was the only internal candidate among <a href=\"http:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=6141\">three finalists<\/a> and his appointment <a href=\"http:\/\/web.uwsa.edu\/presidential-search\/statements-reactions\/\">was praised<\/a> by legislators from both sides of the aisle:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI trust Ray Cross and believe he offers the right leadership at a critical time in the history of the UW System. While we won\u2019t agree on every issue, I know that he will be a man of his word and will always prioritize the best interest of Wisconsin families.&#8221; &#8212; State Representative Steve Nass, R-Whitewater<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been very impressed with Chancellor Cross&#8217;s support for quality higher education and his ability to be an effective communicator. He understands the unique strengths and needs of our 26 statewide UW campuses and Extension programs. As a trusted leader with a wealth of experience, I have every confidence that Chancellor Cross&#8217;s leadership will serve our UW System well and strengthen our state&#8217;s reputation as a global leader in higher education.&#8221; &#8212; State Senator Jennifer Shilling, D-La Crosse<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Cross will appear at a 9 am news conference tomorrow, Friday, January 10 at UW-Milwaukee. Livestream video will be available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uwex.edu\/ics\/stream\/event.cfm?eid=78540\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents appointed UW Colleges and UW Extension Chancellor Raymond Cross next president of the University of Wisconsin System. Cross succeeds Kevin Reilly who stepped down in December to take a position with the American&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=6163\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,17],"tags":[137],"class_list":["post-6163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-the-state","category-uw-system","tag-uw-system","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6163"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6175,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6163\/revisions\/6175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}