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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1999
Jan/Feb - 368K - 4 pages
- Pyle Center Grand Opening Dedication Edition
- UW-Extension to host February Board of Regents meeting
- The Pyle Center dedication set for February 4
- Ameritech gives naming gift for Pyle lounge
- Celebrating a Great Civic Building
- ESP Board votes to seek funds for The Pyle Center
- Teachers, learners like their new space
- The Pyle Center staff move in
- The Pyle Center created interesting challenge for architect
March - 623K - 4 pages
- Institute sharpens clerks', treasurers' job skills
- Planning SafeNight USA
- WPT producer pushes free press in former soviet republics
- UW-Milwaukee Extension trains 750 child welfare caseworkers
- Joint Extension project encourages kids to "Get Active!'
- Hog farmer's plight helps feed the hungry
April - 533K - 4 pages
- AgrAbility helps farmers overcome disabilities
- TSAs help cut taxes, boost retirement savings
- Printing costs for logo stationery to rise
- Cultural Coalition unites many voices to speak as one
- Co-op's technology focus: service through counties
- Kits available for parents with low reading skills
- 1999 garden expo- another huge hit!
May - 256K - 4 pages
- Future of Wisconsin Public Broadcasting under debate
- UWEX diversity commitments outlined in Plan 2008
- DER considers UW's 5.2% compensation proposal
- Extension staff join 3,000 in UW Directory of Expertise
- DNR/Extension partnership extends natural resource management education
- Extension faculty help local governments balance land and water issues
- Industrial recycling program faces cuts
- ICS Design Team offers training nationally
June - 468K - 4 pages
- Extension professionals learn about prospects for education using WebTV
- Rewarding cross-divisional innovation
- Parking fees are a new pre-tax deduction
- Holiday and address change reminders
- Inventor gets SBDC help on diabetic aid
- First Intergenerational Unity Day brings 120 participants to the Capitol
- Family Living educators simulate poverty
- WPT debuts documentary on Wright's Monona Terrace
- Stormer to lead WRLP
July - 652K - 4 pages
- FOCUS ON PLATTEVILLE
- UW-Platteville/UW Learning Innovations partner to offer degrees online
- WPT's Quilt Shows celebrate history, art and community
- Regents approve promotions
- Simply Folk to celebrate UW sesquicentennial
- Twelve students join UWEX as SAAIP interns
- Extension marketing specialist looks back on 28-year career
- UW-Platteville Master of Science in Education degree program helps student reach goal
- New interns broaden Extensions reach in southern Wisconsin
- Urban Extension educators unite for cross-divisional forum
- Continuing Education staff service recognized
Aug/Sept - 528K - 4 pages
- Two named to Cooperative Extension leadership posts
- EPA grant aids cross-divisional pollution education
- National speakers spark technology dialog
- What we did last summer
- Hear Wisconsin Public Radio on the Internet
- Grants boost cross-divisional collaboration
- Governance groups begin new year
October - 444K - 4 pages
- Extension pools resources to help state prepare for January 1, 2000
- Seventeen 1999 Extension Award winners to be honored October 21
- SBDC gives business Y2K help with software kits
- Pioneer donors support the Epsilon Sigma Phi board room in The Pyle Center
- Dual-Choice Enrollment Period Set for October 4-22
- Extension Display Available
- SBDC staffer mentors W-2 'work experience' clients
- Extension Program links kids with big buddies
- Using TV for horticulture education
- Cooperative Extension Presents Web Team Awards
- Engineering offers Masters at a Distance
- Long-Term Care Insurance Available
November - 553K - 4 pages
- Biennial budget is "best for UW in two decades
- Grant expands Wisconsin Lakes Partnership
- Lyall appoints search committee for UW-Extension Chancellor
- Cross-divisional grant helps support native languages
- La Crosse nutrition program wins community garden education award
- Extension's Y2K efforts merit kudos
- WPT and Cooperative Extension establish crossover links
- WPT will guide new PBS election project