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Board approves UW System’s 2021-22 Annual Operating Budget (day 1 news summary) Thursday, July 8, 2021 MADISON – The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents unanimously voted Thursday to approve a $6.564 billion annual operating budget for 2021-22. Key takeaways of the annual budget presented by Sean Nelson, Vice President of Finance, include: State operational funding (GPR) increased $42.3 million or 4.4% Includes Pay Plan increase for employees Tuition-setting authority returned to the Board of Regents The Board’s budget resolution calls for no increase for resident undergrad...

This summer 60 incoming first-year students will have the opportunity to start their academic and social college experience early. Mount 101, the summer bridge program, is designed to offer students two three-credit courses while fostering a sense of friendship and community through field trips and events. Before their peers even arrive on campus, students will earn six college credits by completing FSYM 100: Foundation of Liberal Arts and FSYM 103: Quantitative Problem Solving. 

Then in July, students will participate in four weeks of math and English/reading tutoring sessions to prepare them for college-level classes in the fall semester. Students will also be matched with a mentor, close to his/her age, who has achieved college success. Called "near-peer mentors" the older students will advise the younger ones during the summer and throughout the fall semester. Pivot to Success will also offer "Lunch and Learn" sessions throughout the summer. "College and community leaders will speak at these sessions, offering both practical advice and inspiration," program coordi...

Foster parents needed in Montana May is National Foster Care Awareness month. There are currently 4,000 foster kids placed in Montana and even more kids waiting for a foster home. Foster kids like to play tag, kick a soccer ball, and help make dinner. They wait for the tooth fairy, forget to hang up their coat, and hope for the biggest piece of birthday cake. Unfortunately, they also have adult-size worries. They have experienced significant early childhood trauma — abuse, neglect, exposure to drugs and alcohol, and homelessness. Loss is a common theme — loss of family, safety and t...

Tampa Bay school districts step up to prevent COVID summer slide You may have heard of the summer slide. It’s the gap in learning that puts kids behind after a summer off from school. This year, district leaders are worried about an even greater challenge: A COVID summer slide after a full year of pandemic hurdles. and last updated 2021-04-14 18:19:59-04 PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — You may have heard of the summer slide. It’s the gap in learning that puts kids behind after a summer off from school. This year, district leaders are worried about an even greater challenge: A COVID sum...