GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
• CALS Coffee Hour set for Jan. 8
• New vacation and sick leave reporting rules for unclassified staff
• Now available: Jan 2008 edition of UW Business Wire
• CALS in the News – Dec. 31-Jan. 4
• CALS in the News – Dec. 24-28

EVENTS
• Reminder: RSVP for Ag Research Stations awards reception and dinner by Jan. 7
• Bioenergy Collaborative Gathering at UW-Stevens Point Jan. 15
• Wisconsin Ag Outlook Forum Jan. 17

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
• Major IT maintenance outage Jan. 6

COMMUNICATIONS
• Wanted: News about interesting new courses

INTERNATIONAL
• Study abroad group featured on WPR Jan. 11 at 11:30 a.m.

RESEARCH
• Training available for new WISPER system
• Research administration 101 training series
• Hands-on CALS training coming soon
• Funding Opportunities

TEACHING AND ADVISING
• Teaching Academy retreat Jan. 18
• Pointers for successful first and last day of class from Lose the Podium! seminar

HUMAN RESOURCES
• Wage increase for LTEs effective Jan. 6
• Wage increase for non-represented classified employees

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