Ward asked by UW's Faculty Senate to serve as interim chancellor for another year
Wisconsin News-- UW-Madison’s interim chancellor might be serving longer than he expected. The Faculty Senate’s executive committee has asked that David Ward’s one-year appointment be lengthened to two years, so it expires in June of 2013.
MADISON - UW-Madison’s interim chancellor might be serving longer than he expected. The Faculty Senate’s executive committee has asked that David Ward’s one-year appointment be lengthened to two years, so it expires in June of 2013.
The committee says it would help if Ward could stay around, as a task force studies a possible re-structuring of the university system in 2013. Also, the UW will have to deal with millions-of-dollars in state budget cuts over the next two years.
The 73-year-old Ward was Madison’s chancellor from 1993-to-2000. And he was pulled out of semi-retirement after Biddy Martin left a few weeks ago. Ward has not said if he’d be interested in serving longer than a year. UW System President Kevin Reilly says he’ll consider the request – and he’ll listen to various stake-holders to see who favors it and who’s against it. Brad Barham, who heads the Faculty Senate executive panel, said his group is not making a “big push” to keep Ward on. But given the challenges facing the school, he says an extension needs to be seriously considered.
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