Don’t stare at the Sun today. I think we are legally obligated to post that warning. Everyone else is. So just in case…don’t do it.
We start out this morning with a dive into data. Dairyland Sentinel has taken publicly-available information regarding graduation rates and juxtaposed this alongside the new salaries of each of the UW chancellors.
We also have information regarding an honor for a former Wisconsin basketball coach, and of course information on the best time and place in the state to experience the eclipse. BUT DON’T STARE AT IT!
UW Chancellors get 6% pay hikes regardless of success educating students | Dairyland Sentinel
On April 4, the UW System Board of Regents voted to raise in-state tuition at all its campuses to keep up with inflation, they said.
The Regents also voted to give raises to all University of Wisconsin chancellors, to match the recent 6% salary increases taking effect for all UW employees.
The pay hikes will include 4% raises backdated to last July and a two percent pay hike this June.
Dairyland Sentinel provides a list of the new base salaries for the System President and each of the chancellors as ofJ July 1, alongside the percent of full time freshmen who entered their institution in the fall of 2019 and graduated within 4 years and those entering in 2018 and graduating within 5 years. This data was obtained from the UW System’s portal.
UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin: $811,512
Four-Year Grad Rate 75.7% from UW -Madison; 76.1% within the System
Five-Year Grad Rate: 87.9% from UW-Madison; 88.7% within the system
All other institutions’ list grad rates within the UW System schools, therefore include students who eventually graduated from a different four-year UW-System institution.
UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone: $489,169
Four-Year Grad Rate 32.9%
Five-Year Grad Rate: 51.6%
UW-Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt: $304,514Four-Year Grad Rate: 30.1%
Five -Year Grad Rate: 56.4%
UW-Stout Chancellor Katherine Frank: $298,543Four-Year Grad Rate 31.0%
Five-Year Grad Rate: 53.2%
UW-Superior Chancellor Renee Wachter: $292,802Four-Year Grad Rate 27.1%
Five-Year Grad Rate: 40.3%
UW-Green Bay Chancellor Michael Alexander: $287,061Four-Year Grad Rate 37.5%
Five-Year Grad Rate: 51.6%
UW-Parkside Chancellor Lynn Akey: $270,300Four-Year Grad Rate 27.6%
Five-Year Grad Rate: 41.2%
As promised, here are the best areas of the state to not directly look at the largest percentage of solar eclipse.
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The solar eclipse will start at 12:50 p.m. local time, peak at 2:08 p.m., and will end at around 3:20 p.m. CST.
Kenosha 91.1%
Racine 90.9%
Lake Geneva 90.2%
Milwaukee 89.4%
Waukesha 89.1%
Whitewater 88.8%
Port Washington 88.5%
Ocnonomowoc 88.4%
Sheboygan 87.6%
Madison 86.8%
Beaver Dam 86.6 %
Fond du Lac 86.3%
And, finally, former UW-Platteville, UW-Milwaukee and University of Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan, is headed to the Hall of fame.
Bo Ryan selected for Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame | UWBadgers.com
Bo Ryan will forever take his place alongside basketball’s royalty.
Ryan was selected by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of its Class of 2024, as revealed on Saturday morning at an event held during the Final Four weekend in Phoenix, Ariz.
Joining Ryan in the Class of 2024 is Chauncey Billups (player), Vince Carter (player), Michael Cooper (player), Walter Davis (player), Charles Smith (coach), Seimone Augustus (player), Dick Barnett (player), Harley Redin (coach), Michele Timms (player), Doug Collins (contributor), Herb Simon (contributor) and Jerry West (contributor).
“When I got the news about entering the Naismith Hall of Fame, my thoughts instantly went to the countless people who have been a part of this journey with me,” Ryan said. “I’m grateful and humbled by an honor like this, but I sincerely believe that this is a reflection of the contributions of so many people that have helped me in my career.”
…Enshrinement for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2024 is set for the weekend of August 16-17 at ceremonies in Springfield, Mass.
Ryan became the third individual with ties to the Wisconsin men’s basketball program inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, joining Harold E. “Bud” Foster and Walter Meanwell.
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame induction marks the ninth hall of fame that Ryan will be enshrined in, including his induction into the Madison Sports Hall of Fame in 2023.
President Biden comes to the state today to announce a program for taxpayers to cover the cost of student loan debt, which goes up because tuition keeps increasing. Has anyone considered the cost of tuition keeps increasing the more government gets involved in subsidizing the cost of higher ed? In any event, we sure hope someone tells the President and the national press that will accompany him today that they should not look at the Sun. Just in case they may have missed the subtle warnings found elsewhere.
Have a great start to your week. We’ll be back again tomorrow.
