GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
• With the passage of the state budget, a collective sigh of relief
• Partners in Giving: CALS admin units challenge departments and centers
• Guide explains campus emergency procedures
• Daughters of Demeter volunteers plant heirloom tulips in Allen gardens
• Become a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow
• Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers: Call for Proposals
• Should the Social Studies Division be renamed the Social Sciences Division?
• CALS in the News — October 15-19; October 22-26

CONGRATULATIONS
• Dick Barrows honored by Women’s Philanthropy Council

EVENTS
• Why Cellulosic Ethanol is Nearer Than You Think — Oct. 30
• Business, Environment and Social Responsibility Forum – Nov. 2
• 20th Annual National Student Conference on Hunger & Homelessness Nov. 2–4
• UW Madison GIS Day Expo — Nov. 7
• Please publicize and attend: Holiday Blood Drive Dec. 24

OUTREACH
• Dairy Situation and Outlook, October 18, 2007

INTERNATIONAL
• International Science and Education Competitive Grants Program
• Nov. 1 is deadline for Center for Global Health Educational Travel Fellowships
• International wildlife conservation grants from the Department of the Interior
• Nov. 15 is deadline for summer 2008 paid internships with Foreign Agricultural Service
• Grants for research visits to Germany
• Warning on spam scam advertising international development jobs
• CIBER Applied Funds Program – Deadline Dec. 1
• WAGE Announces Call for Proposals for new Research Collaboratives

RESEARCH
• Funding Opportunities With Approaching Deadlines
• NIH updates
• Important upcoming Requests for Proposals
• Current multistate proposals inviting participation

TEACHING AND ADVISING
• Deadlines near for Goldwater and Truman scholarships
• Call for proposals for Credit Outreach and Extended Day Classes
• Share your teaching ideas and earn $1,000 and statewide recognition
• Lose the Podium! Seminars on great teaching and learning Nov. 9 & Dec. 10

HUMAN RESOURCES
• Deadline for Employee Reimbursement Account (ERA) enrollment is Nov. 16

CALLS TO NOMINATE
• Call for Nominations & Applications for Vice Provost for Faculty and Staff — due Nov. 9
• Nominations for Wisconsin Teaching Scholars and Wisconsin Teaching Fellows due Nov. 9