Wisconsin regent won't step down after term ends
Atwell emailed Wisconsin President Jay Rothman, regents President Karen Walsh, and Executive Director Megan Wasley stating he won't step down.
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Atwell emailed Wisconsin President Jay Rothman, regents President Karen Walsh, and Executive Director Megan Wasley stating he won't step down.
Then-Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, appointed Robert Atwell to the Board of Regents in May 2017. His seven-year term ends this month.
Joe Gow was fired last year from his role as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, but allowed to stay on as a communications professor. His annual income dropped from $263,000 to approximately $92,000.
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The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse’s top official has taken the first steps toward removing a faculty member who was earlier fired from his job as chancellor over his fledgling porn career. Former UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow said Wednesday that interim Chancellor Betsy Morgan filed three charges against him in late March. They accuse him of unethical conduct, among other things. Gow has requested a hearing before a faculty committee. It would recommend to regents whether he can keep his position as a communications professor. Regents fired him as chancellor in December after learning ...