Month: June 2018

Gene Purcell, executive director of the Educational Communications Board (ECB), has been named Director of Wisconsin Public Media at UW-Madison. Wisconsin Public Media includes Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) and Wisconsin Public Television (WPT).Purcell will begin his duties at UW-Madison on August 1. Provost Sarah Mangelsdorf noted Purcell brings extensive experience in public broadcasting and Wisconsin …

All three UW-Extension governance groups passed resolutions to support the continuation of governance and UW-Extension governance policies remaining in effect through FY2019 or until UW-Extension divisions have made sufficient transitions to UW-Madison and UW System Administration so that UW-Extension governance is no longer necessary.  The rationale for these resolutions is for faculty and staff to …