For the Record

AWARDS

Student Affairs Awards
The Student Affairs Peer Recognition Awards recognize a student affairs employee who has done an outstanding job in providing services or programming to students in support of the primary purpose of the division and the university. Visit the Division of Student Affairs Web site for details: http://www.studentaffairs.wisc.edu/.

Penn Scholarship Fund
The Raymond J. Penn Scholarship Fund provides financial support to dissertators at UW–Madison. Penn, professor of agricultural economics and internationally recognized scholar of land economics, was the founder and first director of the Land Tenure Center. Small grants will be given as funding permits to a student or students whose program(s) and dissertation(s) relate to institutional and policy aspects of development, resource conservation and environmental protection.

To qualify, a student must be in good standing in a social science department. Awards will be based on scholarly merit and financial need. Interested students should send a letter and indicate whether the application is for the fall or spring semester. Application should include official transcripts and a letter from the applicant’s adviser that addresses the student’s academic status, financial need and scholarly performance. Deadline for applications is Thursday, April 15. Recipients will be notified May 15. Send materials to Penn Scholarship Committee, Land Tenure Center, 1357 University Ave.

EMBA Scholarship for Not-for-Profit Executive
The School of Business is offering a two-year scholarship for its fall 2004 Executive MBA program to a qualified applicant who works full-time with a not-for-profit Wisconsin organization. Application deadline is June 1. Information: Constance Rieben, crieben@bus.wisc.edu, 265-2034; http://www.bus.wisc.edu/execmba/.

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

IRP-USDA Small Grants Program
The Institute for Research on Poverty and the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide small grants for research on poverty and food assistance programs during 2004-05.

The deadline for application is May 3. Guidelines are available at http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/smgrants/guidelines.htm.

For more information contact the IRP: 262-6358, 1180 Observatory Drive or evanson@ssc.wisc.edu.

Tinker-Nave Fund Short-Term Field Research Grants
All graduate students in all departments are eligible for this award. There are no citizenship restrictions. Awards will fund four- to eight-week periods of research in Latin America, the Caribbean and the Iberian Peninsula. Information and application: http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/laisp/new/funding/naveguide.html.

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

Annual Pesticide Application Notification
For a listing of products used on campus and the campus natural areas visit the safety department’s Web site: http://www.fpm.wisc.edu/chemsafety/pesticide.

Stormwater Permit and Pesticide Use Policy
In accordance with the university’s stormwater permit and Pesticide Use Policy, pesticide applicators are to notify Central Answering and Response Service at 263-3333 prior to using a pesticide. Applicators are to notify faculty, staff, students and visitors of their pesticide use by a reasonable and effective means, such as posting signs where pesticides have been applied and/or distributing posters, flyers or electronic mail to people who may frequent the area. Notices may be published on the safety department’s Web site: http://www.fpm.wisc.edu/safety. The policy is also posted there.

For pesticide label information, information about hazards and exposures to using pesticides, or information regarding pollutants in stormwater, visit the Web site or call Sally Rowe, safety department, 262-0979.