UW students reach out to President Cross regarding campus merger
Student representatives of the UW System are reaching out to President Ray Cross regarding the plan to merge the system's two year-schools with its four-year campuses.
In the letter, the elected student leaders request there be voting representation on the UW Merger Steering Committee and the functional groups.
They're asking President Cross to promote a decision-making model with a student vote, and their interests in the development of the merger.
On November 9, the UW System Board of Regents approved the plan to merge the schools.
The plan calls for transforming the system's 13, two-year schools into regional branches of seven of the 13, four-year schools.
Under the plan, UW-Barron County will become part of UW-Eau Claire.
The merger takes effective July 1, 2018.
