eCALS

The 2008 Alumni Profiles are now available online at http://apa.wisc.edu/Alumni/alumni_profiles.html. Alumni Profiles answer some broad questions about where undergraduate alumni live, if they are employed or enrolled in educational programs, and how much they value their UW-Madison education. Alumni Profiles are available for schools and colleges and for undergraduate majors. Among UW-Madison alumni who graduated within the past 10 years: (more…)

The next CALS morning social hour is scheduled for May 13 starting at 8:30 in Room 140 Agricultural Hall. Please join us for this special social hour that will include several emeritus professors from the Madison area.

In the past you have received correspondence regarding improvements to the University Travel Program. Following is some information about another component of the program, an online airfare reservation service called Travelport. The State of Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) contracted with Fox World Travel (FWT) for use of Travelport to book airfare for authorized business travel. This service only applies to the online booking of airfare. Departments and divisions may continue to use the travel agencies they have been using when online purchases are unsuitable. (more…)

On this weeks edition of “In Wisconsin,” on Wisconsin Public Television Thursday, April 24, 2008, 7:00 pm (repeats Sunday, April 27, at noon) Fredericka Freyberg interviews dairy farmer John Rosenow about migrant labor in dairy country. (more…)

The Provost’s office has sent a “friendly reminder” to that the deadline to complete your online outside activities report (OAR) is April 30 — less than a week away. You must fill out a report even if you have no outside activities, outside income, or outside ownership interests to report. Most faculty and staff fall into this category, and completing the convenient online form will take just a minute. (more…)

The Kellogg Foundation’s “Food, Farming and Community” website has announced the free resources it has made available for expanding awareness on sustainable agricultural issues, which are intended to build greater understanding about farmers, farming and food. (more…)

The program, established in 1908 as the Department of Agricultural Journalism, recently moved into newly refurbished offices in Hiram Smith Hall, which was home to its publications unit for nearly two decades. To mark its centennial—and its return to a historic building—the unit hosted an open house on Sunday, April 20. The event included a formal rededication of Hiram Smith Hall, a Queen Anne-style structure built in 1892. Named for a visionary leader in the Wisconsin dairy industry, the building originally housed the nation’s first permanent dairy school, and its tenants included notable dairy scientists such as Stephen Babcock and Harry Russell. (more…)

May 31 is the application deadline for the 2008 Wisconsin Entrepreneurial Bootcamp, and intensive summer program for science and engineering graduate students. Following is text from the program flyer, which can also be downloaded here. (more…)

The Sloan Project for Diversity in STEM Retention, through the UW Center on Education and Work, is pleased to announce its Strategic Planning Seminar June 19-20 in Madison, Wisconsin. This two-day seminar will be held at the Fluno Center, an executive conference center on the University of Wisconsin’s campus. (more…)