GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
• CALS FACULTY & STAFF AWARD WINNERS TO BE HONORED APRIL 23
• CALS coffee rescheduled for Tuesday, April 22
• New database shows Wisconsin Idea in Action
• Darwin Frye appointed superintendent of Arlington station
• New Arlington dairy facility is taking shape
• Building managers, department administrators preparing Emergency Response Plans
• About the eCALS mailing list
• Make sure your department’s contact information is correct in the UW directory
• April 16 deadline for USDA energy grants
• WE Energies Scholarship Program
• CALS in the News — March 17-21 and March 24-28

CONGRATULATIONS
• Marvin Wickens receives Hilldale Award
• Sam Dennis receives Public Health Award
• Phil Townsend named Leopold Leadership Fellow
• UW team’s research poster gets recognition at D.C. event
• Evelyn Howell named Education Fellow
• DNR recognizes Joel Pedersen’s work on CWD

EVENTS
• Campus Showcase shares ideas for working more effectively – April 1
• Village Health Project benefit concert – Funk n Flow for H2O – Saturday, March 29
• Faculty entrepreneurship event features co-founder of TomoTherapy — April 2
• “Free lunch” roundtable on emerging ag and natural resource issues — April 4
• Environmental Justice and Climate Change lecture – April 9
• Healthy Classrooms: A Public Health in Education Symposium – April 9
• CALS and Friends Annual Blood Drive — April 10
• April 13 set for AWA Breakfast on the Farm
• Academic Staff Leadership Institute — April 14
• CALS communicators presentations on branding and marketing strategies — April 15
• Chapman lectures set for May 5-7
• The Science of Beer — May 9
• CALS hosts “Breakfast with the Dean” for stakeholders on May 10
• Cooperative Issues Forum – June 17

GRAD STUDENTS
• Fellowships for students of under-represented groups and students with disabilities

INTERNATIONAL
• Designing “Pro-Poor” Rewards for Ecosystem Services – LTC forum April 7-8
• Arabinda Mitra speaks on funding through Indo-US Science and Technology Forum — April 2

TEACHING AND ADVISING
• April 18 discussion on troubled and difficult students
• Students should submit proposals for CALS Research Symposium by April 4
• Register by May 13 for the 2008 Teaching and Learning Symposium

RESEARCH
• Funding opportunities
• NIH updates
• WISDM updates

EXTENSION AND OUTREACH
• Dairy Situation and Outlook, March 17, 2008

HUMAN RESOURCES
• Submit Academic Staff Promotion Reviews by April 4
• Discretionary Compensation Adjustment requests can be submitted online