• Arlington Dairy Facility Dedication — July 30
• CALS Ice Cream Social — July 31
• Volunteer or visit at UW-Madison State Fair Day – Aug. 6

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
• New scholarship fund aims to bring talented rural youth to CALS
• AWA asks members and friends for support
• Bioenergy research center hires scientific programs manager
• Update on Administrative Process Redesign project – July 23
• Intensive course on science and the emerging bioeconomy – Dec. 3-5
• American Academy of Arts and Sciences offers fellowships to junior faculty and postdocs

CONGRATULATIONS
• Buongiorno elected as a Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science
• Patty Loew’s “Way of the Warrior” documentary wins film awards
• Shaver, Wattiaux and Fricke recognized by American Dairy Science Association
• Sean Carroll honored by Saint Petersburg Society of Naturalists
• Congratulations to these distinguished graduate fellowship recipients
• CALS alum Rick Henningfeld named Outstanding Young Agricultural Educator

EVENTS
• Register by July 28 – soybean aphid biological control field day
• UW Foundation Stewardship Workshop begins Aug. 5
• Midwest Strip Tillage Expo – August 12
• Discussion on bioenergy in Ashland – August 14
• Agronomy-Soils field day – August 27 at Arlington
• Forum; Emerging Technologies at the Intersection of Science, Policy and the Media
• Connect, celebrate, support rural youth at Football Fire-up Sept. 6
• Congress of Nano-Bio and Clean Tech — Oct. 27-30 in San Francisco

INTERNATIONAL
•  U.S. AID seeks proposals for sustainable forestry partnerships

RESEARCH
• USDA announces $28.4 million in funding for specialty crop research
• Training opportunities for research administrators
• Updates from Grants.gov, NSF, NIH and USDA
• Effort training and effort certifications
• Who do I contact regarding Award Review and Set-up?
• Deadlines requiring internal UW competition
• Funding opportunities
• Current multistate research proposals inviting participation

GRAD STUDENTS
• SciMed Research Scholars offers opportunities for underrepresented grad students

TEACHING AND ADVISING
• New professional development courses for teachers and natural resource specialists
• Important info about Aug. 1-11 outage of Integrated Student Information System

HUMAN RESOURCES
• USCIS reinstates June 2007 I-9 form
• Job opening for grants and contracts specialist

COMMUNCATIONS
• CALS in the News July 12-18 and July 7-11, 2008
• CALS Communicators rescheduled to Sept. 30
• Posting on the web and eCALS – a word of caution
• Scientists see advantages to working with media

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
• Mark your calendar: WiscCal/WiscCal Plus will be down July 26-27
• LockDown 2008 (security conference for IT pros) — July 23