UW-Extension news
May 2002
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- Friday, May 24, 2002
- "Virtual" UW nursing students to graduate
- Doug Bradley
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Green Bay, Wis. -- At this week's commencement ceremonies, two University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (UWGB) students will visit the campus for the first time, for the purpose of receiving their diplomas.
- Wednesday, May 22, 2002
- The Wisconsin Early Childhood Excellence Initiative: Did it Work?
- Dave Riley and
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Has Wisconsin raised the quality of child care for low-income working parents? UW-Extension hosts two press conferences on May 21 to share findings from an evaluation of the Wisconsin Early Childhood Excellence Initiative, an experimental test of one of the state's welfare reform policies.
- Tuesday, May 21, 2002
- WPT's Wisconsin Gardener indulges in "spring games"
- Moira Harrington, Chris DuPre, and
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While major league baseball opens its season in the spring, The Wisconsin Gardener, a gardening program on Wisconsin Public Television (WPT), indulges in a different set of spring games at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 23, with an encore broadcast at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, May 26.
- Thursday, May 16, 2002
- Yum! Entrepreneur serves "100 percent organic" ice cream
- Joel Bradtke and
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WESTBY ¿ Suzanne Huber used to complain that she couldn't get any "really good" ice cream.
- Wednesday, May 08, 2002
- IDEAS celebrates one million hits!
- Amy Pikalek and
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A Web site developed by UW-Extension received its one millionth hit in April after just over eight months of online service.
- Monday, May 06, 2002
- Continuing Education Extension Names Diversity Program Development Initiative Grant Recipients
- Amy Pikalek
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The Division of Continuing Education Extension has announced five recipients of Diversity Program Development Initiative (DPDI) funding for the 2002-2003 fiscal year. The DPDI provides funds for UW institutions to develop and implement new diversity ventures that are consistent with the goals and initiatives of UW-Extension¿s Plan 2008. Recipients are required to work with a community partner with credibility in the target community.
- Fair biosecurity protects humans and animals
- Mary Ellen Bell
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Just a year ago, people in Wisconsin were talking seriously about canceling county fairs as a precaution against introducing or spreading Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). The FMD panic is over now, but the fear generated by the outbreak in Great Britain raised awareness about the importance of biosecurity to protect both animal and human health.
- Thursday, May 02, 2002
- Nutrition advice for children and teens: Head off osteoporosis later by getting enough calcium now
- Amy Rettammel and
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Between the ages of nine and nineteen, only one girl in five eats enough calcium now to prevent a crippling bone disease called osteoporosis when she is older. That statistic has many nutrition and medical experts predicting a major increase in osteoporosis in the future.
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