Tag Archives: Chancellor Bernie Patterson

Summers Accepts MCLA Presidential Position

Greg Summers, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, will start on July 1 as 12th president of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts state Board of Higher Education unanimously approved Summers for the position on Tuesday, March 10. He was one of 59 applicants from around the country. Salary range and contract details are ... Read More »

State Budget Proposal Excludes UWSP’s Additional Funding

As more details of the state budget proposal are released, impacts specific to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point are being identified. Administrators are anticipating a $6.4 million, or 17 percent, base budget cut. This number is based on the percentage UWSP has taken in past UW System cuts. The amount is the third highest in the system. Many programs at ... Read More »

University’s Strategic Plan Makes Strides

Chancellor Bernie Patterson presented the university’s strategic plan, A Partnership for Thriving Communities, to the UW System Board of Regents on Oct. 9, detailing efforts to improve upon a vibrant, healthy, prosperous and sustainable community.  This plan emphasizes a learning environment that allows the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point to be more inclusive, cohesive and engaged in the community. Patterson started ... Read More »

Retirement Books to Serve as Tribute to President Reilly

MyKayla Hilgart mhilg143@uwsp.edu President Kevin Reilly may be retiring from his position as president of the UW system, but unique collections of Irish literature will allow his memory and legacy to live on in every university library across the state. On Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 9:40 a.m. in the lobby of the Learning Resource Center, Chancellor of the University of ... Read More »

Chancellor Patterson Holds Budget Summit

Different University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point governance representatives were convoked into a budget summit last semester. The summit was formed to face the age-old business conundrum of finding the balance between saving money and spending money to make more money in the future. Chancellor Bernie Patterson called together what he affectionately named an “ad hoc” group of various staff, ... Read More »

Lapses: more state budget cuts in UWSP future

According to an email from Chancellor Bernie Patterson to the campus, the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point will lose another $2.7 to $4.7 million from its current funding depending on an upcoming Joint Finance Committee decision, adding to the roughly $8 million budget cut UWSP saw in the state budget that passed this summer. “Our aim is to be ... Read More »