GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Photos from 2008 CALS Awards Presentation
• Deadline for reporting outside activities is less than a week away
• Implementation of Travelport Online Airfare Booking Service
• Food, Farming and Community website offers resources on sustainable ag issues
• LSC celebrates its birthday and a return to Hiram Smith Hall
• Stock pavilion invaded by 400 curious kids (video)
• Please share eCALS with non-CALS collaborators and friends
• New Council Formed To Grow Ag Workforce
• WiSys newsletter highlights collaborations and events throughout UW System
• CALS Communicators learn about branding
• Save energy: Give your computer a rest
• CALS in the News April 20-25 and April 14-18

EVENTS
• WPT looks at issues related to state’s Mexican dairy workers — April 24 and 27
• Life Sciences Communication and ag marketing students celebrate milestones April 29
• West Madison presents Family Hort Day – Saturday, April 26
• Migration and Human Rights talk April 24
• Workshop on dealing with food biological threats — April 30-May 1
• Please join us for UW-Madison Spring Day on Campus – May 9

CONGRATULATIONS
• Team coached by Brent McCown wins Burrill Business Plan Competition
• Sarah Botham, CALS students get awards at ag marketing competition
• Claudio Gratton and team recognized for multistate research efforts
• Ahna Skop appointed to Wisconsin Task Force on Arts and Creativity in Education

GRAD STUDENTS
• Grad students: Apply for Wisconsin Entrepreneurial Bootcamp by May 31

INTERNATIONAL
• International coffee in Ag Hall on April 29
• Sustaining Rapid Growth: Policy Challenges for China – May 1
• Migration and Human Rights talk April 24
• Designing “Pro-Poor” Rewards for Ecosystem Services – LTC forum April 7-8

RESEARCH
• Funding Opportunities
• USDA updates, Grants.gov updates, NIH updates
• Need assistance with NIH issues?
• Training opportunities
• International Association of Nanotechnology accepting abstracts until June 30

TEACHING AND ADVISING
• Maryland CSA farm seeks interns
• Proposals for university assessment funds and Wisconsin Experience due May 16
• UW Sloan Project for Diversity in STEM Retention Summer Seminar June 19-20