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UW Madison • 116 Agricultural Hall • 1450 Linden Drive • Madison WI 53706 • PHONE (608) 262-5784 • FAX (608) 265-5905 From the Daily Cardinal Archives: 68 Years Ago…“Now women invade short course too. It wasn’t so long ago that women were granted the vote. It was only three weeks ago when women were given the right to help run the Wisconsin Union. Now it becomes Short Course Reunion Set For Jan. 27 apparent that there are two women attending the 1938 short course of The annual Short Course Alumni Wisconsin Agri-Service Association. the College of Agriculture here.” Reunion is scheduled for Saturday, His program will focus on ethanol’s Jan. 27, at the Comfort Inn at 5025 impact on Wisconsin agriculture. County Highway. V, DeForest, WI Make plans now to spend Jan. 53532. The DeForest Comfort Inn is 27 in DeForest. The cost for the Inside This Issue: located at Highway V and I-90/94. reunion will be $17 for alumni and Short Course Scholarships The event will begin at 12:15 $15 for students. The lunch includes ............. page 3 p.m. preceded by an a chicken and ham buffet with all 11:30 a.m. social the trimmings and dessert. Submit Reunion Registration Form hour. The reunion the luncheon and seminar reserva- ............. page 5 will feature short tion form in this issue of the Study Abroad Feature presentations by WALSAA Express to the WALSAA Alice in Dairyland office no later than Jan. 22. ............. page 6 Nicole Reese, CALS For those wishing to stay over- WALSAA Basketball Night Dean Molly Jahn, Alice in Dairyland night, the hotel is offering a special Nicole Reese ............. page 8 WALSAA President Short Course Alumni Reunion rate Steve Thomas and Short Course available on regular rooms as well This newsletter is sponsored by: Director Rick Daluge. as suites. Mention the reunion if you The post reunion social hour are calling to reserve rooms. The will include complimentary beer number of the Comfort Inn to reserve and soda. rooms is 608-846-9100. This year’s Service to Agriculture As in the past, there will be a Award will be presented to Dairy variety of door prizes as part of the Science Professor Milo Wiltbank. luncheon. Special recognition will The Friend of Short Course Award be given to the classes of 1997, 1987, will be presented to Mary Vance in and 1977 as they celebrate special recognition of her more than 20 reunions. Also all alumni who years of service to the Short graduated 50 or more years Course program. ago (1957 and earlier) will The 10:30 a.m. pre- receive special recogni- reunion seminar will tion in this 122nd Short feature John Petty, Course anniversary executive director of year. January 2007 Volume 37 - Issue 1 Happy 2007 n behalf was a far cry from where it is Wisconsin. of your now and the Merit scholarship The process of welcoming O accounted for a significant por- and introducing Dean Molly WALSAA tion of my tuition obligations. I Jahn to Wisconsin and CALS board I send sincerely thank those alumni alumni will continue this year. season greet- and people responsible for the Events are being planned across ings to CALS development of this scholar- the state for you to get the Alumni and ship program and WALSAA’s chance to meet Dean Jahn. She Badger fans contribution to my education. is a dynamic and engaging per- everywhere. I WALSAA continues to sup- son whom you will thoroughly hope this issue of WALSAA port students just as I was sup- enjoy. Express finds you well and ported. Your membership, addi- Your board will continue to enjoying a joyous holiday sea- tional private contributions, work this year on the initiatives son and the start of a prosper- support of the Fire-Up, golf- established in the WALSAA ous 2007. outing, Farm Technology pic- strategic plan geared at moving As your new WALSAA nic, and sporting events enable our alumni organization for- president I am excited about the WALSAA to grant over $20,000 ward as our college and alumni President’s Message Message President’s upcoming year. We have a busy in scholarships to students demographics change. Student year ahead of us but first a brief annually. We support the CALS numbers in the natural sciences background on me. I grew up Student Ambassadors who help are increasing, females make up on a beef and swine operation high school students learn about an ever-increasing percentage, near Cobb in southwestern the quality education and expe- and consolidation continues in Wisconsin. I attended the rience of going to Madison. In the traditional production agri- College of Agricultural and Life additional several on-campus culture industry. WALSAA Sciences, majored in animal sci- events are supported and needs to recognize, plan and ence and graduated in 1989. attended by WALSAA repre- adjust for these trends so that Upon graduation, I joined sentatives so students recognize the association remains strong Monsanto Dairy Business and their alumni association. and relevant to you as mem- for the last 17 years have We look for opportunities bers. We are also looking at assumed roles in direct sales, for CALS alums to get together ways to improve our communi- marketing, business planning, and renew friendships. From cation of college happenings and sales management. My the WALSAA Fire-up to sport- and alumni events. You’ll be wife, Janelle (1989 Ag journal- ing events, Farm Technology hearing more details about ism) and I live in Onalaska. We Days picnic to local activities, this. have three children, Zachary WALSAA provides numerous Lastly, encourage your fel- (8), Jaclyn (6), and Alexandra events for alums to interact. low classmates to join WALSAA (1). WALSAA has a busy 2007 and help support the events, People talk about how the ahead of us. We are in the midst activities and scholarships that college or WALSAA has impact- of preparations for the National impact current and future CALS ed their lives. I am no excep- Agricultural Alumni and alumni. Please consider helping tion. Many family members are Development Association with the upcoming NAADA alums and I hold a fondness for (NAADA) Conference coming convention and other events. the educational opportunities, to Madison in June. This confer- We welcome any feedback and experiences, friends, and activi- ence serves as the national suggestions you may have for ties that I participated in during meeting and gathering point the association and we look for- my time at Madison. WALSAA for over 200 Ag Alumni and ward to seeing you at Badger had a huge impact on my edu- Alumni Development profes- events everywhere. cation. I was honored as an sionals and volunteers from Go BADGERS!! incoming freshman by receiv- across the country. It will be an ing the WALSAA Merit opportunity to showcase the Steven Thomas, Scholarship. In 1985, tuition college, our campus, and president 2 WALSAA Express - January 2007 Season’s Greetings his letter Wisconsin Idea is alive and remarkable agricultural achieve- brings our stronger than ever in the twenty- ments of our Short Course alum- Message Dean’s Twarmest first century. ni all across the State of Wisconsin greetings from We know that complex and beyond. We at CALS know CALS to you issues that relate to food, fiber we owe our very existence to the and yours as and health, energy, the economy success of FISC in its earliest we celebrate and our environment will be days, and we remain committed the season and among the most critical chal- to making Short Course as vital the promise lenges facing the next genera- and relevant in the future as it that lies ahead. tions in Wisconsin and around always has been in the past. Among the many items of good the world. To tackle these chal- Each day as I walk up the news is the launch of a pilot lenges successfully, we need to steps of Agriculture Hall, I notice admissions initiative for the take every possible step to insure the beautiful planters, now College of Agricultural and Life that our best and brightest stu- empty and cold, but full of Sciences. The initiative will help dents committed to the state’s promise for the spring. These us recruit and retain those stu- agricultural future are not lost to tangible gifts remind all of us on dents who are most highly qual- other professions or other states. campus of the contributions ified and motivated toward agri- We are excited as we begin to Short Course has made to our cultural and life science careers. welcome the newest members of history and your gratitude for The pilot applies to our CALS family to campus, the opportunities these experi- UW-Madison applicants with a and we remain very proud to ences have created. demonstrated commitment to have played a role in the lives of As the Wisconsin agricul- Wisconsin agriculture and an so many outstanding alumni tural community and its allied interest in one of seven produc- and citizens. businesses grow, prosper and tion agriculture degree pro- Since I started my tenure as adapt to the changing world, we grams. Essentially, the initiative your 12th dean of CALS on Aug. know Short Course grads will will allow us to notify students 1, I’ve made the rounds in the be front and center. We at CALS who meet these criteria and College and state, and have had honor the rich tradition of FISC qualify for admission to the opportunity to meet and see and join you all in looking for- UW-Madison earlier in the many of the Short Course alum- ward to a future of health and admissions cycle.