News and Ideas
Extension News and Ideas features articles and information about UW-Extension and extension activities carried out through the 26 UW System campuses and 72 Wisconsin counties.
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1997
Jan/Feb - 158K - 4 pages
- First Graduate Impressed With Police Administrators Training by Marin Tengler
- Participants Chosen For Leadership Class IV by Milly Kortenkamp Jones
- Think Green - Garden Expo Is Coming! by Ann Smith
- Locating Mead Strainers-All In A Day's Work For SBDC Counselor Network by Joel Bradtke
- Wisconsin Holocaust Project Used To Help Teach Tolerance by Julia Pferdehirt
- Profile - Curtis Gear by Mary Ellen Bell
- Funding Encourages Cross-Divisional Programming by Sheila Mulcahy
March - 147K - 4 pages
- Theme: University of Wisconsin Extension and Kindergarten Through Grade 12 Education
- Looking Ahead, Moving Forward by Albert J. Beaver, Interim Chancellor
- "Good" UW Budget Poses Challenges For Extension by Sheila Mulcahy
- ATT Grant Will Help Extension Train Teachers On Instructional Technology by Sheila Mulcahy
- Barbara Burrell Makes Her Mark With Book On Hillary Clinton As First Lady by Joel Bradtke
- Legislators See Technology Applications For K-12 Teachers by Ellen Cook
- New SBDC Aims Services To Small Businesses In Southwest Wisconsin by Joel Bradtke
April - 684K - 4 pages
- Awards And Rewards by Kevin P. Reilly, Vice Chancellor Provost
- Extension Awards Banquet To Honor 16 On May 15 by Sheila Mulcahy
- Fariba Pendleton Teaches Youth To Appreciate Diversity by Mary Ellen Bell
- The Engaged University: Continuing Education'S Role by Marin Tengler
- Employee Handbook Hard Copies Available by Ken Kajer
- Digital TV Promises Next New Wave In Broadcasting by Michael Bridgeman
May - 793K - 4 pages
- Extension Remains Vital And Accessible
- UW-Extension Responds Positively To Issues Raised by Lab Audit by Doug Bradley
- Fee Study Indicates Price Limits For Non-Credit Programs by Marin Tengler
- WPT Programs Focus On Motherhood, Race Relations by Michael Bridgeman
- UWEX Supports Pay Plan, Flexibility, As State Budget Process Unfolds by Mark Lederer
- Friends Of WHA-TV - Friends In Deed by Jane Jacobs
- April Snow Doesn'T Dampen Whitewater Early Childhood Conference by Ellen Cook
- Profile - Narra Smith Cox - Teaching Prevention by Mary Lock Albrecht
June - 1.3MB - 4 pages
- Finance Committee Acts on UW Budget
- Successful Child Abuse Project Expands Newsletter Series by Beth Swedeen
- Governmental Affairs Unit Aims to Diversify Offerings by Joel Bradtke
- Extension Undertakes Diversity Profile Focus Groups by Doug Bradley
- Conference Focuses on Lead Hazard Prevention by Mary Lock Albrecht
- State and University Focus on Laws and Education to Prevent Lead Hazards by Doug Bradley and Sheila Mulcahy
- Plus: Risk Management - What Employees Should Know
- WPR Emergency Fund Drive Raises $60,000 in One Day
July - 916K - 4 pages
- Support for Extension Budget by Robert Wenzel
- Pyle Center Ground Breaking Set for Mid-July by Sheila Mulcahy
- Sloan Grants $150,000 for Asynchronous Nursing Program by Sheila Mulcahy
- WACEC - Extension's partner in the counties by Mary Ellen Bell
- Rewriting Women's History by Mary Lock Albrecht
- Kellogg Offers Funding for Youth Citizenship Project by Mary Ellen Bell
- Entrepreneur Banking on Elroy-Sparta State Trail - "If I Bake Them, They Will Come..." by Joel Bradtke
- Wisconsin's Retirees are Satisfied, Survey Reports by Joel Bradtke
- Plus: Continuing Education Units Praised for `Entrepreneurial' Year
- What Others Are Saying: Extension Supporters Oppose Budget Cut
No August
September - 1.1MB - 4 pages
- CEE Aims for "Best in Class" in Distributed Learning by Robert Penaloza
- What is Distributed Learning? by Robert Penaloza
- Geological Survey Marks Centennial by Mary Ellen Bell
- Somersan Describes UW Organization Building in Sesquicentennial Book by Sheila Mulcahy
- UWEX Plans Sesquicentennial Events by Sheila Mulcahy
- WPNE-TV, Green Bay Celebrates 25th Anniversary by Chris DuPre
- Plus: Academic Staff Elect Council Reps
- Regents Approve 24 Faculty Promotions
- WPT's Knight Returns from PBS; Brett Assumes Added Duties
October - 965K - 4 pages
- It Takes a Village... by Albert J. Beaver
- UWM Center Trains Child Welfare Caseworkers by Robert Penaloza
- Finally -- A State Budget! By Sheila Mulcahy and Mark Lederer
- Diversity Profile Issues Top Priority for UW-Extension by Doug Bradley
- Fitzsimmons Named Associate Dean of Cooperative Extension by Mary Ellen Bell
- Extension Faculty Support "Wisconsin Promise" for Youth by Sheila Mulcahy
- Interns Blossom in Extension Jobs by Joel Bradtke and Sheila Mulcahy
- Extension Supports Child Care As Essential to W-2's Success by Mary Ellen Bell
- Child Care Provider Acclaims Sesame Street PEP by Lynn Brockmeyer
- "Business of Child Care" Course Debuts On-line by Joel Bradtke
- Features:
- Wisconsin Public Radio Hosts 80th Anniversary Party
- Boyce Named Acting State Program Leader
- Chancellor Addresses Counties Association
- Kudos: Vicki Washington/Vera Fortune/Firstar Bank Foundation/"To The Best Of Our Knowledge"/Steve Hemshrot/Steve Busalacchi
No November
December - 819K - 4 pages
- Looking Back, Looking Forward by Albert J. Beaver
- LearningSpace Expands Options, Opportunities Offerings for Students at a Distance by Marin Tengler and Sheila Mulcahy
- Continuing Ed Welcomes New Interim Associate Dean by Robert Penaloza and Doug Bradley
- Harley Klagos: The Delicate Art of Balance by Doug Bradley
- Diversity Leadership -- Improving cross-cultural Relations in Extension by Erick S. Harris
- Whad'Ya Know? 500 Shows! by Judith Heise Kovalic
- Reducing Hazardous Waste...One User at a Time by Joel Bradtke
- Features:
- Somersan's Sesquicentennial Book Now Available!
- WPT Takes Home Three Midwest Emmy Awards
- Reminder on Address Changes
- WPR's 80th Year Sees Change in Leadership
- Search Begins for New Director of Radio
- WPT Kicks Off State Sesquicentennial in January
- Heads Up, News and Ideas Readers:
- Kudos: Raymond Kessel/Maria Alvarez-Stroud/Alan Anderson/Jane Pearlmutter/The UW-Madison Small Business Development Center/Tedi Winnett, Cathy Nelson, Chris Kniep, Mary Crave, Bob Young