UW Stevens Point hit hardest by Walker UW budget cut proposal
3/11/2015
WSAU Radio Wausau
 

The UW System cuts proposed by Governor Scott Walker would impact UW Stevens Point the most. That’s according to UW Stevens Point Chancellor Bernie Patterson, who says the General Purpose Revenue, Segregated Revenue, and Program Revenue cuts would take a drastic cut.  

“We’re talking about just state funding now, and not an entire budget, not our entire budget, but just the state funding, we’re set to lose twenty-five percent of our state funding. Twenty-five percent.”

Not all university campuses are treated equally in the proposed budget cut. Patterson says schools like Stevens Point with segregated programs including the Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility in Bayfield and the Aquaponics Innovation partnership with Nelson and Pade in Montello could be at risk of losing partnerships or programs that are successful economic development and job creation initiatives.

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