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The winners in this competition receive up to two-ninths of research salary support during summer 2009 and summer 2010, and a $12,500 flexible research fund each fiscal year. All tenure-track assistant professors and tenured faculty within 20 years of their tenure date are eligible to apply for this award. Faculty paid on an annual basis are not eligible for the summer salary support but are eligible to receive the flexible fund portion of this award. This year’s deadline is November 14, 2008.

Visit the VILAS ASSOCIATES PROGRAM web site for details

The Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) has invited state agencies to make requests for the replacement of Light Duty Truck vehicles and Medium Duty Truck vehicles (note: Light Duty Trucks are pickup trucks, SUVs, and any vocational truck such as delivery van, dump, flatbed, etc., under 15,000 pounds gross weight). (more…)

Please make sure that your department or major is represented at the new student ice cream social Friday, Aug. 29 in Allen Centennial Gardens.

The ice cream social begins at 9:30 a.m., so please come and enjoy some ice cream with our new students. Please take your students back to your department to introduce them to other staff and faculty and show them around your facilities after enjoying the Babcock Hall ice cream.

Wisconsin  Institute for Discovery (WID) announces its Research Themes competition. The purpose of this competition is to select the five research themes that will initially comprise WID. The document describing the criteria and procedures that will be used to  evaluate the proposed themes, the time-line for the review, and the  opportunities and obligations of the successful theme leaders can be found on our website:
http://www.wid.wisc.edu (more…)

Candidates for the director of short course position will make public presentations in September. Mr. Bill Kojis presents on September 9th from 10:30am to 11:00am in Room 354, Conference Room, Ag Hall. A presentation by the second candidate, Mr. Ted Halbach, takes place September 11th from 10:45am to 11:15am, also in room 354 Ag Hall. All interested parties are encouraged to attend.

Since 2008 is an election year, it is time to remind all CALS employees of current and state law as well as university policies regarding employee political activities while at work and the use of university facilities or resources for political activities or purposes. There are three restrictions that should be noted: (more…)

I am writing to urge your participation in the Undergraduate Research Scholars (URS) Program, a campus-wide program designed to give first- and second-year undergraduates their first exposure to the excitement of original research and artistic endeavor. Through this program, you have a unique opportunity to involve new college students in process of inquiry, discovery, and creativity that comprise the core of our institutional mission. (more…)

The Provost’s Office is soliciting proposals from faculty, staff and students for the annual Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment competition. The endowment is intended to advance The Wisconsin Idea through the development of new and innovative initiatives and new dimensions to existing outreach activities by creating partnerships and collaborations, and sharing and applying knowledge. (more…)

On July 31, Congress completed reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA) by passing the Higher Education Opportunity Act—five years late and after an unprecedented 14 extensions of the statutory deadline. The president signed the bill into law on August 14, 2008. Except for rules regarding relationships between higher education institutions and student lenders, the act does not address federal student loan programs, which were reauthorized and modified by the 2007 College Cost Reduction and Access Act. Although the act includes burdensome new reporting, disclosure, and other requirements, it reflects noteworthy progress in that Congress was persuaded to reject yet more onerous and problematic proposals. The bill is hundreds of pages long, a summary from the American Council on Education highlights selected key new provisions. Download it here.

You are invited to a special evening of music, drama and dance performed by arts students to celebrate Chancellor John and Georgia Wiley’s many years of service to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In recognition of Chancellor Wiley’s service to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his dedication to fostering the arts on campus, you are invited to honor his accomplishments by supporting need-based scholarships for students studying art, dance, music, and theater and drama. (more…)