Budget impact still unclear for UWSP, but some programs saved
6/1/2015
WSAU Radio Wausau

By Larry Lee 

The University of Wisconsin Stevens Point had a few victories in the Joint Finance Committee’s final budget affecting UW System cuts. Chancellor Bernie Patterson says there is no doubt the campus will have to make cuts as will every other campus in the system, but the committee’s decisions Friday preserved or enhanced a couple of key programs that have strong ties to business and industry.

 

“Some of those special segregated programs were restored. The NADF (Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility) facility that we operate on the shores of Lake Superior at Bayfield, the funding was reinstated, and (they) added an extra $100,000 dollars to that for a new extension position in aquaponics, so that will certainly help reduce the size of our cut. They also restored what is known as the Forestry Grant.”

 

The Forestry Grant is what pays for the UW Stevens Point operator of the paper machine they have on campus.

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CNR; COLS; Chancellor; Budget