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Mechanism to admit gen ed
freshmen still undecided
UIS Chancellor Richard
Ringeisen is considering a variety of mechanisms to allow for the
admission of non-Capital Scholar freshmen, but the idea of admitting
actual freshmen as transfer students with zero credit hours is not
one of them.
Ed Wojcicki, associate chancellor for constituent relations, and
Provost Michael Cheney both said that Ringeisen has never announced
or even considered plans to admit prospective students with zero
credit hours as transfer students.
“If he ever said it – and I don’t think he ever said it – if he ever
said it, it was in jest of something that we wouldn’t consider
doing,” Cheney said. “But I don’t think he’s ever even said it.”
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UPI Pickets for Promised Raise
“Wes ate the 2.8!” Union members
say the 2.8% raise promised to the clerical and support staff was
omitted from the contract by Wes Weisenburn, UIS Assistant Vice
President for Human Resources. Union members say the terms of an
agreement between union negotiators and Weisenburn, reached with the
assistance of a federal mediator and ratified by union members on
January 6, differed significantly from terms of the contract
presented for signature on January 23. Members of the UIS chapter
of the University Professionals of Illinois (UPI) Local 4100 labor
union were joined by union members from around the state last
Thursday as they chanted and sang on a picket line outside the
Public Affairs Center.
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