Regents to evaluate campus project plants
University heads to present buildings, Blugold Commitment
McLean Bennett
Issue date: 10/8/09 Section: Campus News
Initiatives to raise student costs and construct several new buildings will be among the topics university officials expect to address next week with the UW System Board of Regents. The Regents will hold meetings Oct. 15 and 16 in the Davies Center.
Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich is scheduled to speak about the proposed Blugold Commitment - an initiative that proposes raising differential tuition - at about 1 p.m. Oct. 15 in Davies 229 (Eagle Room), where the board's Business, Finance and Audit Committee will be meeting.
At about the same time that day, another university official will speak to a separate committee about current plans to construct several new buildings at Eau Claire.
Blugold Commitment
The Blugold Commitment proposes raising differential tuition rates between $1,000 and $2,500 per student over four years. The increased revenue would go toward hiring more faculty and staff and providing more financial aid.
Levin-Stankevich said his presentation before the Business, Finance and Audit Committee will touch partly on why the university needs to raise differential tuition.
"We'll present the goals of the strategic plan that we feel require that we have additional revenue to achieve them," Levin-Stankevich said.
He said his presentation will inform the board about the initiative before it hopefully comes up for approval at the Regents' December meeting.
The chancellor said having students participate in the presentation could help the board see that students have been involved in the process to shape the Blugold Commitment.
"We want the board to understand that this is an open process, that we have been having dialogue with student leadership about this. …" Levin-Stankevich said.
Differential tuition is a student-approved fee that funds certain programs and activities on campus. The fee for full-time students this year is $81.50 per semester, according to the university's Web site.
New construction projects
Michael Rindo, executive director and special assistant to the chancellor in University Communications, will address the university's plans to build several new buildings, including a new student center. Rindo is scheduled to make his presentation before the board's Capital Planning and Budget Committee at about 1 p.m. Oct. 15 in Davies 252 (Council Fire Room).
Rindo said the university must receive board approval before moving forward on the new student center. But he said the university won't seek that approval at next week's board meeting because it still is working on accommodating the historic Council Oak tree.
"We're at a pause right now until we have the design proposal that the chancellor asked for that will preserve the historic oak site and the tree. We don't know how long that pause will be," Rindo said.
Instead of seeking board approval to move forward with the new student center, the school instead will simply "bring the regents up to speed on where we are in the process," Rindo said.
Rindo said he also will address plans to build a new academic building and a new children's center - both which are at earlier stages of development than the student center - as well as speak about the university's "master plan." He explained that the university still is drawing up the master plan, which will help guide the university's future building and development.
Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich is scheduled to speak about the proposed Blugold Commitment - an initiative that proposes raising differential tuition - at about 1 p.m. Oct. 15 in Davies 229 (Eagle Room), where the board's Business, Finance and Audit Committee will be meeting.
At about the same time that day, another university official will speak to a separate committee about current plans to construct several new buildings at Eau Claire.
Blugold Commitment
The Blugold Commitment proposes raising differential tuition rates between $1,000 and $2,500 per student over four years. The increased revenue would go toward hiring more faculty and staff and providing more financial aid.
Levin-Stankevich said his presentation before the Business, Finance and Audit Committee will touch partly on why the university needs to raise differential tuition.
"We'll present the goals of the strategic plan that we feel require that we have additional revenue to achieve them," Levin-Stankevich said.
He said his presentation will inform the board about the initiative before it hopefully comes up for approval at the Regents' December meeting.
The chancellor said having students participate in the presentation could help the board see that students have been involved in the process to shape the Blugold Commitment.
"We want the board to understand that this is an open process, that we have been having dialogue with student leadership about this. …" Levin-Stankevich said.
Differential tuition is a student-approved fee that funds certain programs and activities on campus. The fee for full-time students this year is $81.50 per semester, according to the university's Web site.
New construction projects
Michael Rindo, executive director and special assistant to the chancellor in University Communications, will address the university's plans to build several new buildings, including a new student center. Rindo is scheduled to make his presentation before the board's Capital Planning and Budget Committee at about 1 p.m. Oct. 15 in Davies 252 (Council Fire Room).
Rindo said the university must receive board approval before moving forward on the new student center. But he said the university won't seek that approval at next week's board meeting because it still is working on accommodating the historic Council Oak tree.
"We're at a pause right now until we have the design proposal that the chancellor asked for that will preserve the historic oak site and the tree. We don't know how long that pause will be," Rindo said.
Instead of seeking board approval to move forward with the new student center, the school instead will simply "bring the regents up to speed on where we are in the process," Rindo said.
Rindo said he also will address plans to build a new academic building and a new children's center - both which are at earlier stages of development than the student center - as well as speak about the university's "master plan." He explained that the university still is drawing up the master plan, which will help guide the university's future building and development.
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