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January 14, 2003

Ask Bucky

Actual questions from real people, answered by the friendly folks at the Campus Information and Visitor Center. Ask CIVC questions at its office, first floor of the Red Gym. Call 263-2400 or e-mail askbucky@redgym.wisc.edu.

Can faculty and staff use the on-campus recreation and exercise facilities?
Yes, with a valid university ID and after paying an access fee. A variety of fee options are available, depending on the facilities you wish to use and the length of time you want access. Details: http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/recsports/.

How can I find the many art pieces in campus buildings?
A new brochure, “Artworks: A Map and Guide of Percent for Art Pieces at UW–Madison,” identifies and describes the 22 Percent for Art pieces on campus. The newest piece is an eight-color epoxy terrazzo floor in the new Engineering Centers Building, 1550 Engineering Drive. For a brochure, stop by CIVC in the Red Gym, call 263-2400 or e-mail askbucky@redgym.wisc.edu.

Coming attraction
The second annual Sciences and Life Sciences Career Fair will be 3-7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27, in the Great Hall, Memorial Union. Faculty and staff are encouraged to tell students about this chance to meet potential employers and learn more about career opportunities in the sciences. Organizations will be recruiting undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. students for internships and permanent positions. Workshops will help attendees sharpen their career skills. Visiting employers include Abbott Laboratories, Covance Laboratories, Epic Systems Corporation, EraGen Biosciences, Hendricksen, The Care of Trees, Medical College of Wisconsin, National Cancer Institute, Navy, On Assignment ? Lab Support, PanVera Corp., Peace Corps, Purina Mills, QUALITEMPS, Schreiber Foods Inc. and Science Magazine. Schedule and list of participating employers: http://www.lssaa.wisc.edu/careers/fairs/sciences.shtml or call 262-3921.

Surf city
Two new Web sites are up and running:

  • The Graduate School has redesigned its site to offer user-friendly information about graduate education and research administration: http://www.grad.wisc.edu.
  • Stories of people dominate a site recording the history of the School of Human Ecology, which marks its centennial in September. The site details the school’s beginnings in the Progressive movement, student experiences in different decades and the leaders who shaped the school’s interdisciplinary approach to the Wisconsin Idea. The site makes the school’s history approachable and understandable. “One of the problems with social history is that there is so much material. It doesn’t tell a story until you put it together,” says Professor Rima Apple, who developed the site with help from graduate student Joyce Coleman. See: http://www.sohe.wisc.edu/depts/history.

Backward glance
From the Jan. 3, 1993, issue of Wisconsin Week: A 17-member search committee forms to identify a successor to Donna Shalala, who left UW–Madison to head the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. David Ward, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, serves as interim chancellor. …The Visitor and Information Place booth opens on the side of Memorial Union. The office is the first phase of a makeover for visitors services, which will expand into renovated space in the Red Gym. …Football attendance increases an average of 11,702 fans per home game for the 1992 season. The increase ranks third in the nation among Division 1-A programs.