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Each year CALS hosts a reception at World Dairy Expo to celebrate our relationships with alumni, industry, research and students.Having a strong faculty and staff presence at this event is a great way to showcase CALS to our industry partners. Make sure to mark your calendar for Wednesday, September 30 from 4-6 p.m. in the Monona Room of the Exhibition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. Come to connect with students, industry and colleagues in CALS and stay for refreshments! RSVP is highly encouraged– please call Maria at 608-262-3460 or mmcginnis@cals.wisc.edu. Free admission is available upon request. We hope to see you there.

The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences is pleased to announce the creation of a new undergraduate CALS International Certificate, designed for those students with an interest in the practice of CALS disciplines in an international context. (more…)

This fall, UW-Madison will launch Go Big Read, a common reading program intended to engage students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members in a shared, academically focused reading experience. Chancellor Biddy Martin has selected “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto,” by Michael Pollan, as the book for the inaugural year.

Pollan will visit campus September 24-26 and speak at a free public event September 24th at the Kohl Center. The libraries have acquired copies of the books to give away to students participating in the program. Students enrolled in courses using the book will have the highest priority for receiving a free copy. We’ve tried to make it easy to apply for free copies of the book for your course. Just fill out the online form at www.gobigread.wisc.edu/course-form.html (more…)

Developing An Excellent Education Plan for your Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Proposal — a workshop presented by the Delta Program in Research, Teaching, and Learning and the Center for Biology Education, will be held Thursday, June 11 from 11 a.m. –1 p.m. in Tong Auditorium, 1003 Engineering Centers. This workshop is designed to assist new faculty prepare CAREER proposals in all fields of science, engineering and mathematics. We invite everyone to network with colleagues and possible collaboration partners. (more…)

This summer, CALS will again be providing internship opportunities for students involved in the PEOPLE Program, a pre-college initiative that is university sponsored and coordinated by the School of Education that provides educational enrichment opportunities for underrepresented students. We already have several internships lined up for students to engage in diverse learning opportunities. However, we have received a request from PEOPLE to see if we can take more students who have indicated an interest in science. Therefore, we are looking for about three more internship placements that can take 1-2 students, beginning Wednesday June 24 and ending Friday, July 31. The time frame would be any time between 1:00- 4:30 p.m. (more…)

This fall, UW-Madison will launch Go Big Read, a common reading program intended to engage students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members in a shared, academically focused reading experience. Chancellor Biddy Martin has selected “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto,” by Michael Pollan, as the book for the inaugural year.

Pollan will visit campus September 24-26 and speak at a free public event September 24th at the Kohl Center. The libraries have acquired copies of the books to give away to students participating in the program. Students enrolled in courses using the book will have the highest priority for receiving a free copy. We’ve tried to make it easy to apply for free copies of the book for your course. Just fill out the online form at www.gobigread.wisc.edu/course-form.html (more…)

Two generous gifts allow CALS to offer students financial support for their summer internships. Please pass this information on to your students.

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UW faculty and staff dedicate the entire year to teaching eager students, but on May 20-22, they will gather to teach other teachers.

The 11th annual Teaching and Learning Symposium, located primarily at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., invites faculty, staff and students to a series of sessions and workshops to share experiences and interests in practices, pedagogy and themes of interest to the UW-Madison community of educators. (more…)

Instructors who want to better understand how students use Learn@UW or who have considered moving their course materials online are invited to an innovative Learn@UW “hybrid” training course this summer. (more…)

CALS Student Council puts on many great events for your students each year including the CALS Fall Picnic, CALS Leadership Retreat, and CALS Day for Kids.  We also work to be a student voice for CALS on both College and campus issues.  Unfortunately, CALS Student Council will no longer receive program funds from segregated fees in 2009-10.  We are dedicated to continuing our student programs in CALS and have began coordinating fundraising activities.  This week we are hosting the first annual CALS Silent Auction.  The attached silent-auction flyer lists items on the auction block. Also attached is a list of current bids (as of April 29).  We would like to extend an invite to you and others in your department to support CALS Student Council by bidding on an item or two.  Bids can be placed by emailing calssc@rso.wisc.edu.