IMPORTANT DATES
• July 31 — CALS Ice Cream Social
• August 6 — UW-Madison Day at State Fair
• Sept 6 — CALS Football Fireup

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
• URPL program ranked 6th by industry practitioners
• Send in news for eCALS Alumni edition by June 9
• Help reduce lab energy costs
• June 10 CALS coffee cancelled; Ice cream social July 31
• UW Business News Wire available
• Online preview of new Arlington Integrated Dairy Facility
• CALS in the News May 26-30 and June 2-6

CONGRATULATIONS
• Abe Aberle honored for lifetime contributions to the meat industry
• Sean Carroll, Laura Kiessling named Fellows of Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
• Sam Dennis named fellow of UW-Madison Teaching Academy
• Handelsman honored for efforts for women in microbiology
• Tom Wright honored by UW-Madison Office of Dean of Students

EVENTS
• June 13 roundtable topic: helping local fruit and vegetable sector grow
• Senior editor at Nature will speak here on June 16
• Natural Product Biosynthesis, Engineering, and Drug Discovery — June 20
• LSC hosts play about Rachel Carson on Sept. 5

EXTENSION AND OUTREACH
• UW-Madison ag economists compile information about 2008 Farm Bill online
• New website offers info for state’s commercial ornamental plant growers

INTERNATIONAL
• Grants in international conservation biodiversity and economic growth

RESEARCH
• WISDM Training
• Meredith Luschen is Research Division’s new contracting/industry specialist
• Funding opportunities
• WISPER URL has changed
• Position available: Research administrator (pre-award)

TEACHING AND ADVISING
• Sloan Project for Diversity in STEM Retention summer seminar — June 19-20
• Grading process, Summer 2008

BUSINESS SERVICES
• PayData – 133 Gift Funds that Become 233
• CALS change in PayData submissions to save paper

HUMAN RESOURCES
• Deadlines for FY08 discretionary compensation adjustments and payments

CALLS TO NOMINATE
• Remember to nominate alums for Forward Under 40 awards