News & Highlights
WHAT TO EAT
October 19, 2009A Seven Discourse Meal
UW-Madison Agroecology Fall Lecture Series
All talks start at 4:00 pm
10/13/2009
Please join Arlin Wasserman, Vice President, Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility at Sodexo Corporation, for a discussion titled: Changing tastes: sustainability, demographics and the marketplace on Oct. 13, 2009 in Rm. 270 Soils Building.
10/20/2009
Please join Phillip Barak, Professor of Soil Science, UW-Madison for a discussion on Fertility, Fertilizers and Food: in Defense of Haber on Oct. 20, 2009 in Rm. 270 Soils Building.
10/27/2009
Please join Angie Tagtow, managing editor, Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition, for a discussion on Healthy Land, Food, and Eaters - an Ecological Approach to Health on Oct. 27, 2009 in Rm. 270 Soils Building.
WI BOOK FESTIVAL
October 19, 2009On Thursday October 8th at 5:30 pm there will be a free event at Troy Gardens for the whole family with food, music, readings, a garden tour and group discussion about the meaning of local food and well-being.
On Saturday October 11th at 4 pm there will be a free event at the Overture Center for the Arts. Wendell Berry, author of more than 40 works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry will be speaking about his deep connection to the land, the value of community, and the importance of living sustainably.
NEW SCHOLARSHIP WEBSITE
October 19, 2009Financial Aid is proud of its new scholarshop website!
"I am pleased to announce that for the first time in the history of UW-Madison, there is one place where undergraduate students and prospective undergraduate student can go to seek out scholarships awarded by schools and colleges on the UW-Madison campus." says FA Director Susan Fischer. That website is: http://scholarships.wisc.edu/Scholarships/.
"This website is the result of two years of excellent collaborative work between the Office of Student Financial Aid, scholarship administrators from the undergraduate schools and colleges, DoIT and Registrar's Office. This piece is the first of two end products that are being launched this fall; the second portioun of the project will be announced in a couple of weeks and will be the actual on-line application for students to use as they apply for the scholarships listed on this website that is now live."
Fischer continues, "The amount of research, conceptualizing, designing, building, testing and just plain hard work is hear to quantify; literally thousands of staff-hours have gone toward making a single source for locating university scholarshops a reality."
STUDENT NEWSLINK
October 19, 2009Student NewsLink is an e-mail newsletter for students and parents. The newsletter includes resources for living and learning on campus; concise, complete descriptions of select upcoming campus events; notices of important procedural or organizational changes; university news that affects students and other items of campuswide interest.
The newsletter is published weekly by University Communications to those who voluntarily subscribe. Once a year an issue will be distributed to all students. Past issues are archived online.
GREENHOUSE RESIDENTS
October 19, 2009Prospective undergraduate students interested in Horticulture, should consider the UW Residence Hall GreenHouse program.
Do you want to help create and sustain a green community on campus? Do you look forward to living with people of diverse backgrounds? Would you like to get connected to social and environmental advocacy organizations on campus and in the community? Are you ready to participate actively in shaping the world around you? The GreenHouse is where you out to be.
The GreenHouse in Cole Hall was created to help set students on paths to finding sustainable solutions to social and environmental challenges. GreenHouse residents will join with faculty and staff to explore:
- food and agrifood systems
- conservation and biodiversity
- environmental justice
- green business, building, and design
Learn by doing
You'll be able to enroll in common courses with other GreenHouse residents. You'll also have opportunities to share educational activities that engage all your senses, such as:
- growing your own food
- cooking and eating together
- canoeing the Wisconsin River
- maintaining the Ice Age Trail
- analyzing and reducing your carbon footprint
- organizing community projects
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