Plan 2008
APPENDIX M: LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM WISCONSIN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
March, 1999
Dear Members of the Faculty Senate:
On behalf of the Executive Committee of the Wisconsin Alumni Association, we are writing to express our support for the UW Board of Regents Plan 2008 and for the UW-Madison plan for implementation of 2008. From our perspective as former students of UW-Madison and now residents of Wisconsin and, indeed, the world, Plan 2008 represents sound policy in the best interests of both higher education around Wisconsin and the future economic growth, prosperity, and quality of life of our great State, as well as the global community. Clearly, the issues raised by the Regents' Plan and Madison's implementation plan are relevant to the State and Nation as well.
As UW-Madison alumni, we are particularly proud of the response of this campus and the comprehensiveness of its plan. It is creative and bold, yet realistic and outcomes-oriented. We support the Guiding Principles and the action plans for achieving the goals of the Plan 2008. We support each of the three Resolutions before you today and urge your passage of the resolutions.
Just as diversity is tied to the vision and mission of UW, so it has been, and will continue to be, part of the vision and strategic goals of the Wisconsin Alumni Association. As a partner in advancing the institution and its alumni and as a link back to the University for our alumni, WAA can be of assistance in implementing and achieving the campus's recommendations in the following areas: pre-college programs via involvement of local alumni and chapters with diverse populations in their communities;student recruitment through continued sponsorship of the Prospective Student Weekends in cooperation with campus units and via off campus alumni student recruitment programs in partnership with the Office of Admissions; scholarships at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels via local alumni chapter and affinity group participation the the Matching Dollar Scholarship program and development of sources of financial support for local youth to participate in Pre-College programs; campus climate through special events for students and faculty of color, mentoring and career resources, and showcasing UW faculty, academic staff, students and alumni of color as well as other diverse populations within our extended community throughout the broad array of programs and services of the Alumni Association.
We think the potential of our alumni to contribute to the campus is proven in many areas, yet still largely untapped in others. WAA looks forward to working with the faculty, students, and staff here on campus to help make Plan 2008 a success.
Sincerely,
Susan M. Schaffer
President of the Board
Gayle M. Langer
Executive Director
Presented to the UW Faculty Senate April 5, 1999, by Charles McDowell, Officer and member of the Executive Committee of WAA
cc:
Katharine Lyall
San Orr, Jr.
David Ward
Paul Barrows
Bernice Durand
Table of contents
- Guide to the plan
- Foreword to the campus
- Introduction
- The seven goals of UW System’s Plan 2008
- Summary of recommendations in Madison Plan 2008
- Commentary and recommendations
- Budget commentary
- Estimated budget for Plan 2008
- Appendix A: Planning guide for Implementation
- Appendix B: PEOPLE proposed budget
- Appendix C: Undergraduate enrollment, retention, and graduation profiles
- Appendix D: CIC freshman seminar survey
- Appendix E: Graduate and professional enrollment and graduation profiles
- Appendix F: Advanced opportunity fellowships
- Appendix G: Strategic hire initiative program
- Appendix H: Faculty and staff profiles
- Appendix I: UW-Madison and community partnerships
- Appendix J: Faculty Senate on diversity
- Appendix K: Governance leaders’ diversity statements, 1997-98
- Appendix L: Plan 2008 governance resolutions, 1999
- Appendix M: Letter of support from Wisconsin Alumni Association
- Appendix N: Process
- Appendix O: Participants