Spotlight: Wisconsin Welcome
New faculty members, including (left to right) Lisa Alexander, Christina Ewig and Stephanie Tai, get a welcome to Madison and an introduction to the university during an informal one-day seminar at the University Club. The event offered new arrivals a chance to meet each other and hear presentations from administrators, including Chancellor John Wiley and Provost Pat Farrell.
Badger Buddy Gideon Martin (center) discusses with his friend Jon Welburn the best way to set up their furniture as undergraduate students move into their rooms in Newell J. Smith Residence Hall at the beginning of fall semester. The new 425-bed building is the first major residence hall to open on campus since Ogg Hall in 1965.
Graduate student teaching assistants attend a two-day Writing Across the Curriculum training session organized by the Writing Center. During breakout sessions, the TAs explore some of the issues they will face as they integrate writing instruction into their courses. Most of the graduate students attending the training will teach writing-intensive “Comm-B” course sections this fall; these sections offer smaller class sizes and include an emphasis on speaking and writing skills in addition to other course material.
Undergraduate Dean Chamberlain (in orange) and other students play volleyball outside Witte Residence Hall during a Wisconsin Welcome cookout on Sept. 2, sponsored by the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship student organization. “We want to help new students feel welcome, take away the overwhelming feeling,”says Tim Borgstrom, one of the event’s organizers. “Madison can be a pretty big place; we help them meet people.”
Molly Jahn (in red), the new dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, tours the Emmons Blaine Dairy Center at the 2,600-acre Arlington Agricultural Research Station with her family and associate professor of dairy science Kent Weigel during a reception welcoming Jahn to UW–Madison.