Almanac

(Almanac lists facts, figures and miscellany of campus interest. Know something, or want to know? Call us: 262-3846, or e-mail: wisweek@news.wisc.edu.)

Rankings: Tops in entrepreneurs
The business school has one of the best entrepreneurship programs in the world, according to a survey of business graduates conducted by the Financial Times, London. Eleven schools made the “top entrepreneurship” list, which was part of a ranking of the world’s top 75 business schools.

New resources have helped the entrepreneurship program extend its reach. A $3.5 million gift last year from Jim Weinert, a UW–Madison alum, provided funds to hire additional faculty and create new courses for students to test their ideas and gain entrepreneurial experience in a university setting and in the marketplace.

Commuting options outlined
Excessive automobile use takes a toll on the environment. Campus employees can learn more about other transportation options when the Rideshare Etc program visits campus Thursday, March 23.

Learn about commuting to work via carpools, vanpools, Madison Metro, Park N Ride lots, bicycling or walking during the program in the Memorial Union’s Paul Bunyan Room, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. A commuter information display and literature table will be set up.

You may request a personalized ride-options report, at no charge or obligation, that will identify the others in your home area who are interested in sharing, as well as other alternative services. You’ll also receive a color map showing your options, which is sent to your home address. Then you choose the option, if any, that’s best for you.

Information and assistance is available year-round by calling 266-RIDE.

Diversity session planned
Frances E. Kendall, nationally recognized for her work in organizational development, creating positive work environments for all employees, unearned privilege and education on issues of difference, will visit campus Friday, March 31.

Kendall is available to present a three-hour session on strategies for promoting equity and diversity in schools, colleges and administrative units that may be of interest to your Equity and Diversity committee. If you are interested, contact Nikki Torgerson, 263-2378, nikki.torgerson@mail.admin.wisc.edu.

The visit is sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.

Marsh to burn
As a lesson for students and as part of ongoing efforts to preserve the ecological health of the 1918 Marsh (part of University Bay Marsh), a prescribed burn for sections of the marsh will take place sometime between March 22-31. The Grounds Department, in cooperation with a workshop taught by professor Evelyn Howell, will burn patches of marsh to determine the best way to use fire as a management tool. Before European settlement, wildfires were common to the landscape, including marshes.

Backward glance
From Wisconsin Week, March 28, 1990: University police chief Ralph Hanson, the most visible symbol of law and order on campus during the Vietnam Years, will hang up his bullhorn and retire at the end of the year. … In spite of a $32 million catch-up pay plan, faculty salaries have gained no ground in comparison to peer institutions. … Two independent committees have cleared professors Hector DeLuca and Heinrich Schnoes of scientific misconduct charges. … The $16 million Memorial Library addition is nearly finished after 21 months of work. … UW–Madison has the nation’s best school of education, says a scholarly study.