GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
• Dean Jahn says “thank you” to the CALS community
• Nominate colleagues for CALS faculty and staff awards by Feb. 6
• Forestry club’s annual holiday tree sale Dec. 5-7 in Stock Pavilion
• The Wisconsin Retirement System and the economic downturn
• UW study abroad numbers jump to top 10
• CALS and DATCP symposium focused on Energy, Food and Climate
• Online giving offers another way to help CALS meet its 2008 Partners in Giving goal
• CALS seeks full-time web editor

• Organic Advisory Council newsletter is available online
• CALS in the News for Nov. 10-14 and Nov. 17-21
• In memoriam: W. Windsor Cravens

CONGRATULATIONS
• Nation’s golf course superintendents honor Monroe Miller

EVENTS
• Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council Conference – Dec. 8
• Arlington Dairy Day scheduled for Dec. 10
• BioRefinery/BioEnergy Summit – Dec. 11
• Wisconsin Area Soybean Conferences 2008

LIBRARIES
• Forum on Copyright Issues – Dec. 2

INTERNATIONAL
• USAID calls for proposals for community based natural resource management in Malawi
• Call for proposals for Partnerships for International Research and Education

TEACHING AND ADVISING
• Summer Timetable will no longer be printed
• Poster on respect for diversity and consequences of misconduct
• Change in procedure for internship credit
• Wisconsin Idea Undergraduate Fellowships – Feb. 13 deadline
• Midwest Alliance in STEM offers opportunities for students and alumni with disabilities

HUMAN RESOURCES
• New LTE “living wage” minimum to be implemented January 4, 2009

CALLS TO NOMINATE
• Nominate for UW-Madison Academic Staff Excellence Awards by Jan. 30
• Nov. 26 is deadline for Grad School institutional nominations and internal competitions

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
• Demo of the HUBzero Platform for Scientific Computing – Dec. 3
• New NetID password protocol aims to foil phishing scams

RESEARCH
• Best Practices: Cell phones and service on sponsored projects
• Funding Focus: Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board
• New gift form
• Funding opportunities: Non-federal and Federal
• Current multistate proposal inviting participation
• NIH Change to Fellowship application signature requirements
• New NSF postdoctoral mentoring plan requirement
• Important Formula Grant (142) reminders, info and tools
• Call for proposals for cooperative research with other UW Consortium campuses
• WISPER updates and info