GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
� Celebrate the opening of the new Microbial Sciences Building
� Sign up now: Oct. 25 Honorary Recognition/Distinguished Service Award banquet
� Way of the Warrior, new documentary by Patty Loew, airs on public TV in November
� Orientation session for new CALS faculty � Oct. 16
� WALSAA travel grants for depts � Oct. 29 deadline
� Funding available for travel related to global health
� Share your views on the future of biology education
� Needed: post-docs to study forest plant community change
� Daughters of Demeter will plant heirloom tulip bulbs in Allen gardens
� In memoriam: Richard Shackelford
� CALS in the News

EVENTS
� Money, Marketing and Mentors Panel � Oct. 2
� Don�t forget the All-CALS Faculty and Staff Forum � Oct. 8
� INSITE entrepreneurship seminars for fall � next one on Oct. 9
� NIH workshop on biological and biomedical computing � Oct. 12
� DoIT Training Classes for Fall

INTERNATIONAL
� New CALS Mexico program offers funding for undergrads
� 2008 United Nations National Competitive Recruitment Examination
� Paid summer internships for undergrads at the Pasteur Institute, Paris
� Tinker Field Research Grants for social sciences in Latin America, Spain, Portugal

RESEARCH
� Efforting Coordinator Training
� Vendor refunds on grant funding
� Preferred NimbleGen access agreement for UW investigators
� Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad competition
� USDA/CSREES National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program:
� Funding opportunities

TEACHING AND ADVISING
� Lose the Podium! New discussion series from the CALS Teaching and Learning Council
� CALS Academic Advising Workshop
� Alternative assessment for students with disabilities
� New tool to manage advisee emails
� Faculty: Come to World Dairy Expo reception to help industry recruit and hire our students

EXTENSION AND OUTREACH
� Dairy Situation and Outlook, September 24, 2007

CALLS TO NOMINATE
� Women�s Philanthropy Council seeks nominees who have advanced status of women at UW
� Nominations sought for several important UW committees
� Submit your nominations for WAA Distinguished Alumni Awards

HUMAN RESOURCES
� Info session: Promotions and Base Adjustments for Academic Staff
� Professional development grants for classified non-represented staff
� Academic Staff Professional Development Grants