eCALS

CALS Office of Undergraduate Programs and Services has launched an e-newsletter for students. The first edition of CALS Connections arrived in the inboxes of current and incoming students on Tuesday, July 29, and is available online at www.cals.wisc.edu/students/ecals. The student newsletter is starting out as a monthly but is likely to increase to twice a month as students settle into the fall semester. With the advent of CALS Connections, CALS now has three vehicles to deliver messages to some of its most important audiences. (more…)

CALS Communicators will meet Tuesday, September 30th, 9-10:30 a.m. in Union South. Check TITU for room number. The topic: Hiring an intern to help with your communications and other needs.

The CALS Communicators meeting originally scheduled for September 23 is being rescheduled. Please watch eCALS for information on the new date. If you would like to be notified about this and future CALS Communicators meetings by email, please contact Nicole Miller at nemiller2@wisc.edu or 262-3636.

Once upon a time in the world of science, sharing your work with the press was heresy. Journalists, according to the common wisdom, would get it wrong, your research would be distorted, and your colleagues would see you as little more than a shameless grandstander. Scientist popularizers such as the late Carl Sagan, a master of adroit science communication, were excoriated by some of their colleagues for the questionable practice of trying to make science accessible. (more…)

Pilot-testing of a new Web content management system will begin this summer. Among those doing the testing will be two CALS web specialists. The new system will allow staff in campus departments and offices to focus on adding and updating content, rather than developing and maintaining their web sites. (more…)

The next CALS Communicators meeting is scheduled for April 15th from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. in the 6th floor faculty meeting room—room 6201—in the Microbial Sciences Building. The meeting will focus on branding—how to develop a departmental identity that really connects with your audiences, from prospective students to potential donors and everyone in between. We’ll have a panel discussion with some campus colleagues who have recently participated in various campus branding campaigns. Speakers include: (more…)

The next CALS communicators meeting is set for Tuesday, Jan. 29 from 9 - 11 a.m. Please note that instead of meeting at Union South like usual, the group will gather in the 6th floor faculty meeting room—room 6201—of the new Microbial Sciences Building. (more…)

Is your department launching a new class this spring? UW Communications and the CALS communication staff are interested in learning about interesting new courses, both to provide as tips to media and to profile on our own. (more…)

If you look at the column to the right of this announcement (and on every other eCALS page) you’ll see a link to the new online CALS graphics and style guide. This page offers CALS logos for download, ordering information for letterhead and business cards and links to other useful UW-Madison policies pertaining to graphics. (more…)

Every-ready cameras have caught a lot of CALS people and places over the years. The photos have appeared in a variety of publications, websites and presentations and soon they should be appearing in many more venues. The CALS communication program is currently building an online photo library, for use by faculty and staff to augment their websites and publications. (more…)