In August, Timothy Fader, the former wrestling coach at UW-Whitewater, filed a federal lawsuit against former chancellor Richard Telfer and then-Athletic Director Amy Edmonds (she has since been demoted), alleging defamation & constructive termination stemming from a dismissal because Fader reported an alleged sexual assault committed by a recruit directly to Whitewater police rather than a…
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Assault Awareness & Prevention, Public Relations, University
Chancellor Telfer & UW-Whitewater Officials: Why Wait 147 Days?
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
On September 18, 2014, with the support of national-assault prevention groups, law enforcement, therapists & doctors, and actors & actresses, a bipartisan coalition launched the It’s On Us campaign. The campaign asks everyone to pledge To RECOGNIZE that non-consensual sex is sexual assault. To IDENTIFY situations in which sexual assault may occur. To INTERVENE in…
Public Relations, University
Chancellor Telfer and the Narrow Limits of Public Relations
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Chancellor Dick Telfer’s several years as leader of UW-Whitewater now draw to a close. In that time, Telfer’s administration – with a staff of ten in media relations – has pushed countless stories in the Daily Union, Gazette, Register, and Banner touting not simply students’ genuinely worthy accomplishments, but significantly his own importance. That’s Dick…
University
UW-Whitewater Chancellor Richard Telfer Announces Retirement, Effective June 30th, 2015
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
University
UW-Whitewater Chancellor Telfer to serve as interim UW System President
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
UW-Whitewater Chancellor Richard J. Telfer will serve as the University of Wisconsin System president when Kevin Reilly leaves the post at the end of the year. Michael Falbo, president of the UW System Board of Regents, made the announcement in a news release Wednesday. Telfer, chancellor at UW-Whitewater since 2008, will serve as interim president…
University
UW-Whitewater Chancellor Telfer to serve as interim UW System President
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
UW-Whitewater Chancellor Richard J. Telfer will serve as the University of Wisconsin System president when Kevin Reilly leaves the post at the end of the year. Michael Falbo, president of the UW System Board of Regents, made the announcement in a news release Wednesday. Telfer, chancellor at UW-Whitewater since 2008, will serve as interim president…
City, Innovation Center/Tech Park
More Absurd Excuses from Brunner and Telfer: “UW-Whitewater Breaks Ground on Technology Park”
by JOHN ADAMS •
Excuses made on behalf of Whitewater’s publicly-funded Innovation Center and Tech Park are growing increasingly absurd, and are easily refuted. Each attempt of officials to justify the project only shows, yet again, what a wasteful scheme it is. Serious and thorough examination of tech parks like this shows they’re money-draining failures. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel…
City, Daily Bread, University
Daily Bread for 9.17.24: Good News on UW-Whitewater’s Enrollment
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning.
Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 85. Sunrise is 6:36, and sunset is 7:02, for 12 hours and 25 minutes of daytime. The moon is full tonight, with all of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Common Council meets tonight at 6:30 PM on the UW-Whitewater campus.
On this day in 1787, the United States Constitution is signed at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, bringing the Constitutional Convention to a successful end.
Whitewater received good news yesterday as did a few other Universities of Wisconsin campuses. Corrinne Hess reports Universities of Wisconsin enrollment up overall (‘8 UW campuses see enrollment increases over last fall’):
Preliminary enrollment figures released Monday show eight colleges in the Universities of Wisconsin system have more students this year than last fall.
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UW-Whitewater’s enrollment is the highest it has been since 2020. The Rock County campus, included in Whitewater’s 11,784 headcount, is expected to hold steady at nearly 700 students.
“We’re thrilled that more students are choosing to join the Warhawk family,” said Jackie Briggs, assistant vice chancellor for enrollment and retention. “UW-Whitewater’s commitment to student success, great teaching, inclusivity, and affordability continue to resonate.
Preliminary headcount enrolment:
- UW-Eau Claire: 9,969
- UW-Green Bay: 10,749
- UW-La Crosse: 10,438
- UW-Madison: 51,729
- UW-Milwaukee: 22,517
- UW Oshkosh: 13,127
- UW-Parkside: 3,875
- UW-Platteville: 6,419
- UW-River Falls: 5,093
- UW-Stevens Point: 8,263
- UW-Stout: 6,870
- UW-Superior: 2,756
- UW-Whitewater: 11,784
This is good news for Whitewater. Enrollment gains in the present demographic environment are hard-won. This community will be better off leaving the last decade’s mistakes(1, 2) behind us. To support education is not to support anything or anyone but to support worthy endeavors and leaders. As always, the heart of the university experience lies in the relationship between professors & students and between students and their peers.
Whitewater’s social and economic health depends on a healthy campus. See Arrive for the Campus, Stay for the City. One hopes for continuing gains free of yesteryear’s errors.
Partial Lunar Eclipse September 17-18, 2024:
City, Daily Bread, Law, University, UW System
Daily Bread for 1.20.23: Regents Select a New Chancellor for UW-Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Boosterism, CDA, Corporate Welfare, Daily Bread, Economy, Foxconn, Innovation Center/Tech Park, Local Government, Marketing, Misplaced Priorities, Poverty, Recession
Daily Bread for 9.5.22: The Grandiose
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Labor Day in Whitewater will be party sunny with high of 74. Sunrise is 6:24 AM and sunset 7:21 PM for 12h 56m 42s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 69.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1942, the Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major…
City, Daily Bread, University, UW System
Daily Bread for 4.5.22: UW-Whitewater’s Chronic Administrative Turmoil
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 50. Sunrise is 6:28 AM and sunset 7:26 PM for 12h 58m 08s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 17% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Unified School District’s Policy Review Committee meets at 9 AM, and Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission…
City, Local Government, Politics, School District, University, Whitewater's Local Politics 2021
Whitewater’s Local Politics 2021: The Campus
by JOHN ADAMS • • 3 Comments
This is the fifth in a series on Whitewater’s local politics of 2021. Whitewater, Wisconsin is a small town where about half the residents are university students. Town-Gown conflicts here aren’t the most in all North America, but they’re not the least, either. The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater is beset with challenges apart from politics: long-term structural…
Budget, City, Demographics, Government Spending, University, UW System, Wisconsin
UW-Whitewater’s Budgetary Challenges Require a Studied Approach
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Whitewater is a college town. If a college town, then a college: the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. I’ve written about the university now and again. A simple summary of my views would be that Whitewater benefits from having a university, but that the school’s leaders (notably Telfer and Kopper) have failed both individuals and the community.…
City, Coronavirus, Laws/Regulations, Local Government, Public Health, University
Whitewater Common Council Meeting, 9.1.20: Culture & Prohibitions
by JOHN ADAMS • • 4 Comments
At last night’s meeting of the Whitewater Common Council, the council discussed and gave direction to the city attorney to draft an ordinance regulating large gatherings of people on private property during the pandemic. (Updated with video. A revised agenda is available here.) The council plans to meet again on 9.9.20, where they will consider a…