Good morning.
Monday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 91. Sunrise is 5:15 and sunset 8:36 for 15h 20m 12s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 78.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Police & Fire Commission meets at 6 PM.
On this day in 1673, Marquette & Joliet reach the Mississippi: “Here we are, then, on this so renowned river, all of whose peculiar features I have endeavored to note carefully.”
On this day in 1850, Vega becomes the first star (other than the Sun) to be photographed.
Deficits continue for a handful of Universities of Wisconsin campuses. Joe Schulz reports 6 UW campuses projected to have deficits, even after cost-savings efforts (‘Regent: UW-Oshkosh has depleted its reserves ahead of 2024-25 school year’):
The number of Universities of Wisconsin campuses projected to have budget deficits heading into next school year is down from 2023. But one campus has already used all of its reserves as efforts to address budget shortfalls there have negatively impacted staff morale.
Six UW schools are projected to have deficits next school year, down from 10 last year, according to Board of Regents finance committee documents. The structural deficits at those schools range from nearly $9 million to more than $500,000.
The six campuses are UW-Oshkosh, UW-River Falls, UW-Eau Claire, UW-Superior, UW-Parkside and UW-Whitewater.
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According to system projections, UW-Oshkosh is facing the largest deficit of any campus going into the 2024-25 school year.
The other structural deficits are:
- UW-River Falls at $3.2 million, up from $2.0 million;
- UW-Eau Claire at $1.6 million, down from $5.6 million;
- UW-Superior at $1.5 million, up from $600,000;
- UW-Parkside at $1.0 million, down from $5.3 million;
- And UW-Whitewater at $509,174, down from the $5.9 million.
There’s good news for Whitewater: this is a significant reduction in the structural deficit for our local campus. UW-Whitewater is in a better position now than some other campuses, however uncomfortable deficit-reduction has been.
Colorado rescue team frees dog trapped in house vent: