Spotlight: Summer Events

Photo of a female student holding her young child while receiving her diploma for attending the Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence.

Graduating students receive a diploma, group photo and a few hugs during a Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) luncheon held July 28 in the Nicholas-Johnson Pavilion of the Kohl Center. PEOPLE guests of honor are 128 high school seniors who have completed the program’s internship requirement and their families. Also being recognized are 70 incoming freshmen who are enrolled in the summer bridge program required to maintain eligibility for the tuition scholarship.

Photo of a recovered wooden sculpture depicting 5 human figures.

Thirty years ago, a carved wooden sculpture disappeared from the Porter Butts Gallery in Memorial Union. In June 2006, the sculpture reappeared, sent from California with an anonymous note of apology. Wisconsin Union staff are trying to track down the artist who created the 30-inch-tall sculpture, which was not part of the Union’s permanent collection. “We have one of the most accessible art collections around. One of the costs of accessibility is a risk of theft. Still, the last thing stolen from the Porter Butts Gallery was a VCR, and that was 10 years ago,” says Robin Schmoldt, fine arts adviser for the Wisconsin Union.

Photo of a female physical therapy student working with an injured dog as it walks on an underwater treadmill.

Canine physical therapist Courtney Arnoldy works with Stella, a year-old border collie, on an underwater treadmill. Stella is a stray belonging to the Wisconsin Border Collie Rescue. She suffers a malunion of her femur — a previous broken bone rotated in the socket and healed incorrectly. The treadmill, acquired by the School of Veterinary Medicine in May, uses water to support a dog’s weight as it walks and is used to help dogs regain leg use after orthopedic or neurologic problems, or surgery. In this case, the goal of physical therapy, says Arnoldy, is “to give the dog enough range of motion for the leg to be functional, and then she’ll start using it on her own and build up muscle mass.”

Photo of a middle-school student sketching the cow sculptures on Library Mall.

Brittney Hauke of Waunakee, Wis., and other students in a weeklong animation class practice their cartooning skills by drawing pictures of cow sculptures on Library Mall. The class for middle school students is part of the annual Technology and Arts education outreach program organized by the School of Education. The nearly life-size fiberglass cows on Library Mall are among 100 cow sculptures installed in the Madison area as part of CowParade Wisconsin, a public art exhibit sponsored by the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. The cows are on display through Oct. 13, after which they will be auctioned to benefit the University of Wisconsin Children’s Hospital.

Photo of two people running ankle-deep in water during a torrential rain which flooded the Library Mall area.

Pedestrians scurry across Library Mall as inches of torrential rain deluge the UW–Madison campus in late July, causing many streets and walkways to flood. In the background are the Memorial Union and the Red Gym (Armory).