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Ask Bucky

Do you have questions? We have answers! Ask Bucky is a service provided by the Campus Information and Visitor Center, your one-stop shop for information about the UW–Madison campus and community and your centralized source for off-campus housing listings. For more information, call 263-2400, visit the office in the Red Gym or the new satellite location in Bascom Hall, or visit us at http://www.civc.wisc.edu. Below are two questions Ask Bucky recently answered.

Q: Do you have a count of the number of study spots on campus and in the downtown area?

A: UW–Madison is, indeed, a large campus and there are quite a few spots on campus where one can escape to get work done. Taking into account not just the facilities offered by the university but also the downtown Madison area, there are approximately 200 locations on campus or near campus that can be counted as study spots. This total includes the 43 on campus, both the Unions, as well as the countless coffee shops in the area. To find a library near you, visit http://www.library.wisc.edu. To find a study spot in the downtown area, visit http://www.visitdowntownmadison.com/.

Federal Review of Wisconsin Sea Grant Program

From Tuesday, May 30-Friday, June 2, the Sea Grant College Program will undergo a performance evaluation and management review by a federal Program Assessment Team (PAT).

The purpose of the PAT evaluation is to assess program accomplishments and management quality and make recommendations for improving the program’s overall productivity and effectiveness. Future program evaluation and merit-based federal funding decisions will rely in part on the PAT’s evaluation and recommendations.

During the PAT review, UW Sea Grant management and principal investigators will present and discuss the impacts >and accomplishments of the program’s research, outreach and education programs. Interested parties are invited to send written comments on any aspect of the program or its work by Tuesday, May 9, to either PAT Chair Robin Alden, c/o Program Director, Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program, 1975 Willow Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1177; or Dorn Carlson, Wisconsin Program Officer, National Sea Grant College Program, NOAA R/SG, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.