Mash, Donald J.

Person

Staff Only

Biography

Donald Mash served as UW-Eau Claire chancellor from 1998 to 2005. He focused his work as chancellor on positioning the university for continued success in the new millennium.

Under Mash's leadership, the university for the first time embarked on a major fundraising campaign. The campaign eventually raised nearly $54 million for student scholarships and program enhancement. To better serve community needs, Mash consolidated the outreach and continuing education programs of the separate colleges within the university and relocated them into more accessible space on Water Street. He also directed the preparation of a campus facilities master plan, which identified the physical needs of the university for several decades into the future. Influenced by his background in student affairs administration, Mash tried to meet regularly with students, both formally and informally. He maintained student support for the differential tuition program, which provided needed financing for the academic programs that made UW-Eau Claire distinctive. Mash left UW-Eau Claire to become executive senior vice president of the University of Wisconsin System.

Occupations

Chancellor -- Date: 1998 - 2005

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

University Archives Photograph Collection, 1916-2011

Collection

Identifier: Archives Series 279

Summary A collection of over 2000 photographs focusing on the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire. The collection includes images of university buildings, various campus scenes, athletics, student organizations, student activities, programs and special events, ceremonies, and people (identified and unidentified students, staff, faculty, administrators, dignitaries, and campus visitors). The collection is arranged into eight series: buildings, athletics, student organizations, campus and student...

Dates: 1916-2011

Found in: Special Collections and Archives, McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire

University Archives Slides Collection, 1916-2002

Collection

Identifier: Archives Series 105

Summary Photographic slides of University related activities providing a representation of campus life and documenting the photographic work done by the Media Development Center. The Media Development Center provides photographic, audio, videotape, and graphic services to the University community. Topics include faculty teaching, campus scenes, student life, construction of campus buildings, academic buildings, student housing, exterior scenes, Putnam Park, Little Niagara Creek, events on campus,...

Dates: 1916-2002