• JOIN THE FUN: UW-MADISON DAY AT THE FAIR – AUG. 6

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
• A milk toast opens the new Arlington dairy facility
• Jerry Apps and Dick Cates offer portraits of yesteryear’s rural Wisconsin
• The Ag Hall steps have disappeared
• CLA approved as food ingredient
• Gov. Doyle appoints UW prof James Dahlberg as science advisor
• DATCP seeks to hire Program Manager for AmeriCorp Farm to School Program
• In memoriam: Stan Peloquin

CONGRATULATIONS
• Ron Shuler honored by state’s agricultural and biological engineers
• BSE students and faculty recognized at national conference
• Wisconsin takes top honors at American Cheese Society conference
• CALS BOV member Susan Crane named chair of State Fair Park board
• Larry Plapp named Agriscience Teacher of the Year

EVENTS
• Celebrate the opening of the new Campus Drive pedestrian/bike path on Aug. 8
• West Madison Aug. 16 Urban Horticulture Day: A sensory cornucopia
• Spooner Sheep Day – Aug. 23
• Symposium on integrating mathematical and biological sciences – Sept. 23
• Environmental Defense Fund’s Fred Krupp to keynote Oct. 23-24 Bioenergy Summit

COMMUNICATIONS
• Three e-newsletters help you connect with key audiences
• CALS Communicators meet Sept. 30 in Union South
• CALS in the News – July 21-25, 2008 and July 28-August 1, 2008

INTERNATIONAL
• Call for proposals on harnessing underutilized bioenergy crops

RESEARCH
•  Research Division hot topics and FAQs
• Training for research administrators
• Funding Opportunities

EXTENSION AND OUTREACH
• Extension ag and natural resources news
• Dairy Situation and Outlook, July 21, 2008

HUMAN RESOURCES
• Memo on Faculty Hiring, Promotions, Retirements, and Sabbaticals

CALLS TO NOMINATE
• Nominate your former students for Distinguished Alumni Awards by Sept. 30
• Send nominations for Department Administrator Certificate Program by Aug. 12