eCALS

Wednesday, August 6 will be UW-Madison Day at the 2008 Wisconsin State Fair — an opportunity to celebrate the spirit of Wisconsin’s students, families, and communities. and to join Bucky Badger, the UW Marching Band and alumni from around the world for musical performances, science activities, and demonstrations of how UW-Madison discoveries which have fueled Wisconsin’s agriculture and economy. It’s also a chance to showcase your program with displays and demonstrations. To learn more, come to the first planning meeting on Friday, May 16th, from 8–9:30 a.m. at the Wisconsin Alumni Association, 650 North Lake Street.

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In support of the campus We Conserve program, the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences is directing departments to develop and implement a computer power management plan which will contribute to the campus goal of reducing energy consumption by 20 percent before 2010. Power management plans should be shared with Associate Dean Frank Kooistra and implemented as soon as it is approved by your departmental governance process. (more…)

Please attend and help publicize (download and post the flyers) seminars to be given the week of May 12-16 by candidates for a faculty position in Extension Machinery/AgrAbility. The candidates will present their seminars on the topic of “Machinery Systems Research and Extension” in Room B25, Biological Systems Engineering, 460 Henry Mall as follows: (more…)

A utility project on Charter St. is scheduled to begin May 19 and will last for most of the summer. Charter St. will be converted to southbound traffic only except for bikes and mopeds. The southbound bus stop on Charter St. will be moved slightly north. Please contact Steve Harman at 263-3031 or by email at sharman@fpm.wisc.edu if you have questions.

The Department of Landscape Architecture’s professional has been granted re-accreditation of its professional BSLA program from the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board. The program first became accredited in 1966, two years after the department was founded. Since 1964 the department has conferred 1,400 undergrad degrees and 255 graduate degrees. (more…)

The “We Conserve” program is asking all UW faculty and staff to take the pledge. To do so, go to http://www.conserve.wisc.edu and become one of 1200 faculty and staff who have already taken the pledge. Here are some tips you can do in your own office: turn-off lights when leaving for more than a few minutes; replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent; maximize the use of natural light; do not use halogen lights; use limited task lighting; and, report excessive illumination. Lighting accounts for 11 percent of our electricity use.

WALSAA sponsored a luncheon on Friday, May 2, 2008 to recognize students who play an active role in the CALS community. (more…)

On October 26, 2007, Jim Busse, a USDA employee working in the Department of Horticulture, was biking home like any normal day. Jim, an avid biker and runner, had been training to participate in a marathon at Walt Disney World in Florida, in early January. (more…)

For the past, ten weeks, the Participatory Learning and Teaching Organization (PLATO) and CALS offered a discussion group focusing on Food, Health, Agriculture and the Environment. The course explored a variety of topics with a knowledgeable and engaging line-up of guest speakers. (more…)

CALS will launch an alumni edition of eCALS this summer to share college and campus news, promote involvement opportunities, and give alumni a chance to share their news as well. Please submit articles for the first issue of Alumni eCALS by Monday, June 2, 2008 to alumni@cals.wisc.edu. Suggestions for articles include: (more…)