UW-Waukesha Foursquare efforts get national notice

UW-Waukesha marketing director Liz Gross was featured in a national story in Insider Higher Education about campuses using Foursquare to encourage student involvement in both academic and extracurricular activities. A survey by the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth recently found that 98 percent of higher education institutions are on Facebook and 84 percent use Twitter, but only 20 percent use Foursquare.

UW-Extension retirements April – June 2011, Part 2

Because of the large number of UW-Extension retirements in May and June, News & Ideas is publishing the names in two parts. This list covers only Cooperative Extension. Retirements from other divisions were published July 25.

Name	Title	Division/Unit	Retirement date
Thomas Kriegl	Associate professor	Cooperative Extension Ag & Natural Resources	June 2, 2011
Frederick W. Madison	Professor	Wis. Geological & Natural History Survey	June 12, 2011
James Leser	Senior broadcasting specialist	Cooperative Extension Digital Media	June 30, 2011
Nancy Drummy	Lecturer	Cooperative Extension Community & Natural Resources	June 30, 2011
Joan Lefebvre	Professor	Cooperative Extension Northern District	June 30, 2011
Penny Otte	Office operations associate	Cooperative Extension Northern District	June 30, 2011
Linda Marshall	Instructional specialist	Cooperative Extension Southern District	June 30, 2011
Terry Kraft	Operations program assistant	Cooperative Extension Southern District	June 30, 2011
Bonnie Richter	Instructional specialist	Cooperative Extension Western District Barron County	June 30, 2011
Thomas Cadwallader	Professor	Cooperative Extension Central District Lincoln County	30, 2011
Carolyn Johnson	Administrative program specialist	Cooperative Extension Quad Counties Milwaukee County	June 30, 2011
Katherine Kane	Information consultant	Wis. Geological & Natural History Survey	June 30, 2011

 

UW-Extension retirements April – June 2011, Part 1

Because of the large number of retirements in May and June,  Cooperative Extension retirements are posted on the July 26 News & Ideas.

Name	Title	Division/Unit	Retirement date
Rhonda Benson	Purchasing associate	WHA Radio	May 5, 2011
Christine Wachtendonk	Program assistant	General Extension Admin. Chancellor’s Office	May 20, 2011
Jamie Poindexter	Director of engineering &  service development	Instructional Communications Systems	June 10, 2011
Michelle Jacques	Manager, digital media and web development	Instructional Communications Systems	June 10, 2011
Elizabeth Koerner	Sr. broadcast specialist	WHA-TV	June 12, 2011
Marvin Van Kekerix	Interim Vice Chancellor and Provost	General Extension Admin.	June 30, 2011
Margie Burris	Financial specialist	General Extension Admin. Business Services	June 30, 2011
Roy Kornburger	Lead custodian	General Extension Admin. Pyle Center	June 30, 2011
Joanne E. Garret	Broadcast specialist	WHA-TV	June 30, 2011
Kristin Dohm	Accountant	WHA-TV	June 30, 2011
Joan Klaski	Assistant director, Radio & TV	WHA-TV	June 30, 2011
Frank Boll	Television artist	WHA-TV	June 30, 2011
Thomas Smith	Electronic media tech.	WHA-TV	June 30, 2011
Kathryn Travis	Financial specialist	General Extension Admin.Business Services	June 30, 2011
Barbara Sandridge	Sr. administrative program specialist	General Extension Admin. Chancellor’s Office	June 30, 2011
Victoria Pierce	Senior artist	General Extension Admin.Information Systems	June 30, 2011

 

Four ways you can benefit from UW-Extension Master Gardeners’ work

1. Join garden tours and presentations by “Plant Mythbuster” Tony Avent and other garden and landscape experts at the Wisconsin Master Gardener Association Conference Aug. 5-7, 2011, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Madison.

2. Enjoy many beautiful gardens around the state, such as the magical Bookworm Gardens supported by the Sheboygan County Master Gardeners, who help with garden maintenance, reading books and staffing at the nonprofit gardens on the UW-Sheboygan campus.

3. Pick up Shelley Ryan’s gardening tips through “The Wisconsin Gardener” Wisconsin Public Television program thanks, in part, to underwriting by the Wisconsin Master Gardener Association.

4. Ask Master Gardeners questions at events throughout the state.

The Master Gardener program is an all-volunteer organization. In Wisconsin, it is sponsored by UW-Extension, which trains Master Gardeners. In return, they volunteer in UW-Extension horticulture programs and projects in their communities.

Tags : Bookworm Gardens, Master Gardeners, Sheboygan County, Shelley Ryan, The Wisconsin Gardener, Tony Avent, Wisconsin Master Gardener Association, Wisconsin Public Television

Pyle Center rooftop gardens: aesthetic and edible

The harvested vegetables and herbs are given away to anyone every Friday from June to October, starting at 1 p.m., on East Campus Mall (next to the Lucky Building).  They include tomatoes, peppers, basil, kale, onions, dill, cauliflower, broccoli, eggplant, and more.

The F.H. King student group partnered with the Pyle Center to demonstrate true urban agriculture production, bringing beauty and food to outdoor spaces. Larger scale urban agriculture can help reduce negative urban environmental impacts by acting as a natural filter, removing nitrogen pollution and acidity from rain water.

 

Tags : Pyle Center, rooftop gardens

Wausau gets go-ahead on broadband grant

The Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to allow the Wausau Community Area Network to spend $1.9 million in federal Building Community Capacity with Broadband grant funds.  Wausau is one of five demonstration communities that were awarded $32.3 million in federal broadband expansion and education grants through UW-Extension in 2010.  A provision in the state budget required Wausau to get approval from the JFC before spending any money.