Tagged: UW-Extension

UW System announces ‘UW Extended Campuses’

UW System announces ‘UW Extended Campuses’

The UW Extended Campus is not a new accredited institution. Rather, it is a new enterprise that coordinates the UW System’s approach to online education and extends the reach of all existing UW institutions...

UW-Extension marks 100 years of work with community

UW-Extension marks 100 years of work with community

This year marks the centennial anniversary of UW-Extension, Cooperative Extension in Brown County. The Green Bay Press-Gazette featured the organization this week. “Over the last 100 years, Cooperative Extension has been a bridge between...

Transforming students into ‘citizen scientists’

Transforming students into ‘citizen scientists’

Here’s an interesting outdoor, family-friendly event. It’s called “Aquatic Invasive Species (AIC) Snapshot Day,” Saturday, August 5. Kids and adults alike will be transformed into citizen scientists by learning to identify, search, and report...

Some UW-Extension positions will relocate to UW-Green Bay

Some UW-Extension positions will relocate to UW-Green Bay

UW Extension’s Agriculture, UW-Discovery Farms and Land and Water Conservation offices, will temporarily move to UW-Green Bay’s Environmental Sciences and Facilities Management buildings (ES 107 and 307, and Facilities 102) on the UW-Green Bay...

Ideadvance Seed Fund accepting applications

Ideadvance Seed Fund accepting applications

The Ideadvance Seed Fund welcomes applications for the upcoming June 2017 cohort. This is a grant opportunity supporting faculty, staff, students and alumni entrepreneurs to commercialize technology and ideas developed statewide. The fund was created...

Faculty note: Robinson, Fermanich

Faculty note: Robinson, Fermanich

Patrick Robinson (adjunct faculty ES&P, UWEX, office in Biodiversity center) and Kevin Fermanich (NAS, Environmental Science and Geoscience) were invited speakers at the International Joint Commission’s (ILC) science roundtable — “Great Lakes Successes and Challenges:...