UW-Extension news
March 2000
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- Friday, March 31, 2000
- Iverson honored by Associated Press
- Moira Harrington
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Wisconsin Public Television's (WPT) Dave Iverson will be honored with the Associated Press Carol Brewer Award in a ceremony on April 15 in Milwaukee.
- Kids and spray paint clean up Wisconsin
- Pam Packer
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Sounds like a bad idea, but it doesn't necessarily spell trouble, especially if it's part of a storm drain stenciling project. Volunteers in more than 100 Wisconsin communities have participated in programs to stencil "Dump no Waste, Drains to Lake (or Stream)" on more than 6,000 storm drain inlets.
- Wednesday, March 29, 2000
- Impact Indicator Workshop is a success
- Ellen Taylor-Powell
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The Impact Indicator Workshop in the Wisconsin Dells, March 13-14 drew 59 participants from the four divisions of UW-Extension representing many locations and institutions around the state.
- Friday, March 24, 2000
- UW-Extension School For Workers launches global network
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The employees at the John Deere plant in Mannheim, Germany, and those at the one in Horicon, Wisconsin are thousands of miles apart geographically. However, they're not so far apart in terms of their experiences in the workplace. With this in mind, the University of Wisconsin-Extension School for Workers (SFW) brought employees at the two facilities and labor union representatives together in a first-of-its kind interactive video conference March 22.
- Wednesday, March 08, 2000
- Governmental Affairs Consortium wins award
- Cathy Prescher
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For the UW-Extension Governmental Affairs Consortium (GAC), national acclaim has followed closely on the heels of regional recognition for a professional development program for legislative staff in the Wisconsin Assembly.
- Pyle Center to be featured nationally
- Amy Pikalek
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UW-Extension's distance education and conference facility, The Pyle Center, will be featured next month in a live two-hour national videoconference "Designing Classrooms for Technology Integration and Accessibility".
- Monday, March 06, 2000
- Spotlight: "4-H with a twist"
- Rene Mehlberg
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Green Bay - Kathy Kauth, who runs the twice-a-week after-school 4-H youth development program at Howe School in Green Bay, refers to this urban youth program as "4-H with a twist."
- The Learning Institute wins national award
- Amy Pikalek
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The Learning Institute for Nonprofit Organizations was recognized by the American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC) at its annual conference on March 6 as one of two Outstanding Educational Programs. This national award recognizes an institutional team or inter-institutional collaboration for innovation and excellence in the development and delivery of credit or non-credit programs. Selection was based on the documentation of excellence, learner feedback and outcomes.
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