UW-Madison sophomore Ali Beneker knew inviting conservative provocateur Matt Walsh to speak on campus could be controversial.
Protesters who align themselves with more conservative or libertarian ideologies waited across Highway 19 to demonstrate as President Joe Biden's motorcade went by. The motorcade ended up not driving past the group on its way to the Laborers' International United North America facility.
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UW-Madison students, from left, Lauren Edwards, Ali Beneker and Tripp Grebe listen to remarks during an informational hearing by the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities. The students spoke to the committee Thursday about their experiences as conservative students at UW-Madison.
Members of the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities listen to remarks during an informational hearing on free speech on UW System campuses.
Attendees gather at an informational hearing by the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities on free speech on UW System campuses.
Fave 5: Reporter Kimberly Wethal shares her favorite stories of 2022
In the weeks before I joined the Wisconsin State Journal in September, I was told this: Remember that a higher education institution is like their own city. It has its own character and struggles, defined by the students who learn there and the faculty who teach them.
I have seen this over and over again, and it was particularly clear when I visited UW-Platteville at Richland a week after the University of Wisconsin System ordered degree-fulfilling classes to cease because of low enrollment. During my visit, I found many of the devastated students to be emotionally invested in their campus community — and committed to saving it.
After budget cuts and consolidations, the campus' enrollment is down 90% from 2014, and UW-Platteville was ordered to shutter the campus.
With record enrollment contributing to the housing crunch, UW-Madison lured students out of dorms by offering incentives to live elsewhere.
Management companies are seeing some of their housing in prime areas sell out three to four weeks faster than previous years.
A new Early Learning Center that opened in 2021 at MATC's Truax campus doubled capacity, and a facility at the Goodman South campus could be next.
UW-Madison doctorate student Kirstan Gimse found the courage to go back to school a decade ago from a chemistry professor she would wait on.
After budget cuts and consolidations, the campus' enrollment is down 90% from 2014, and UW-Platteville was ordered to shutter the campus.
With record enrollment contributing to the housing crunch, UW-Madison lured students out of dorms by offering incentives to live elsewhere.
Management companies are seeing some of their housing in prime areas sell out three to four weeks faster than previous years.
A new Early Learning Center that opened in 2021 at MATC's Truax campus doubled capacity, and a facility at the Goodman South campus could be next.
UW-Madison doctorate student Kirstan Gimse found the courage to go back to school a decade ago from a chemistry professor she would wait on.
