Events

Spring 2008

Officer's Meetings (open to members):  3rd Wed of each month, 5:15 pm Noland 163 or 168.

• Jan 28 - Student Org Fair, MU Great Hall
• Jan 30 - Meeting and Speaker:  Prof Jim Pawley on Global Warming.  5pm 168 Noland.
• Feb 4 - UZS Pizza Sales.  Chem Bldg 10:30-1:00.  Come help us out!
• Feb 10 - Arboretum's Animal Tracks Program, meet in front of Noland 2nd floor entrance.  1:30-2:30.
• Feb 16 - Arboretum's Night Creatures Program, meet in front of Noland 2nd floor entrance.  6:00-8:30pm.
• Feb 27 - Meeting and Speaker:  Guest Speaker TBA. Officers @ 5:15, Meeting @ 6pm, Noland 168.
• Mar 3 - UZS Pizza Sales.  Chem Bldg 10:30-1:00.
• Mar 26 - UZS-Faculty Luncheon.  Details TBA.
• Mar 26 - Meeting and Speaker: Guest Speaker TBA. Officers @ 5:15, Meeting @ 6pm, Noland 168.
• April 7 - UZS Pizza Sales.  Chem Bldg 10:30-1:00.
• April 12 - Field Trip!  Milwaukee Zoo and Body Works.  Details TBA.
• April 23 - Meeting, Speaker, Officer Elections!  Guest Speaker TBA.  Officers @ 5:15, Meeting @ 6pm, Noland 168.

Fall 2007

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September

• First Officer's Meeting:  Aug 30, 5pm.  Rm 163 Noland
• Student Org Fair and Kickoff Prep meeting:  Sept 9, time tba
• Student Org Fair:  Tues, Sept 11.  5-8pm.  Kohl Center.
• Fall Kickoff Cookoff: Thurs Sept 13.  4:30-??  Noland 2nd Floor Patio (Johnson side).  Join us, and get on board for up-coming events!
• Vilas Zoo Tour - Sept 30 @ 11am.  Meet at Noland at 10:45.

October

• Pumkin Carving: Saturday, Oct 13.  10:30am. Meet at 2nd Floor Noland Entrance.  Pumpkins will be provided, limited supply.  (Photos)
• Zoology Museum Tour
  Monday, Oct 15 at 5:45pm.  Meet at 2nd Floor Noland Entrance
  Did you know there was a zoology museum on the 4th floor of Noland? This floor is home to many collections of organisms, from birds to large mammals. Come join UZS for a behind-the-scenes tour and check out skeletons, stuff in jars, and preserved whole animals. Learn about the museum's history and collections. In addition, you will learn about opprotunities to volunteer or recieve academic credit. This should be educational as well as fun, so make sure you pop by!
  
• Meeting and Speaker:  Martin Simard, Ph.D. student.
  Wednesday, October 17.  Officers @ 4:30, Members @ 5:00pm rm 168 Noland.   Martin Simard, Ph.D. student. Topic: Reciprocal interactions between bark beetles and wildfire in subalpine forests: landscape patterns and the risk of high-severity fire.
• Breakfast Sales Fundraising Event.  Wednesday, Oct 24 @ 8:15am.  Noland First Floor Lobby.

November

• Volunteering at Tales from Planet Earth - Environmental Film Festival
  

Volunteers will serve as ushers, hand out tickets, set-up, and other micellaneous tasks. During our shift, we will also get to view part of the film 'From Frozen Toes to Happy Feet:The Truth About Penguins' (which starts at 11:00am). If you'd like to volunteer and/or view the film with other UZS members, please email me, Morgan, by next Friday, October 26th to get signed up.

Also, volunteers at this event get Snacks AND a 'Tales From Planet Earth' poster, just for coming to help out!

When: November 4th (sunday) at 10:00am-12:30pm.
Where: Orpheum Theatre (State St.)
RSVP to: Morgan (gustison@wisc.edu) BEFORE THIS FRIDAY, October 26th

• Internship/Study Abroad/Research Experience Fair. 
  Wednesday, Nov 7 @ 5-6:30pm.  Birge Lobby.
• Student Conservation Association (SCA) Internship Seminar.
  Tuesday, Nov 13 @ 5pm. 168 Noland.
• Meeting and Speaker:
  Wednesday, Nov 14. Officers @ 4:30, Members @ 5:00pm rm 168 Noland.
  Speaker TBA
• Pizza Sales Fundraising Event. Monday, Nov 19 @ 11am.  Chem Bldg

December

• Meeting and Speaker:  Grad Student Panel and Admissions Talk
  Wednesday, Dec 5. Officers @ 4:30, Members @ 5:00pm rm 168 Noland.
  Emily Stanley, Director of Graduate Admissions, UW-Madison Zoology (tentative)

Spring 2008 - tentative ideas:

• New zoo Green Bay Trip
• Trout Lake Station Trip
• Manitowoc Lincoln Park Zoo talk
• Movie Nights
• Spay Day?
• Grad panel?

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2006-2007 Photos

Spring 2007

• Spring Kickoff:  Student Conservation Association's Beth McCarthy will discuss information about thousands of expense-paid internships Friday, February 2nd in 119 Noland at 4pm
• March: 8 - movie night "To Walk with Lions"
• March: week of the 12th - behind the scenes tour of Henry Vilas Zoo
• April: bonfire and s'mores
• May: ice cream social and favorite classes again, this will also be when we have our drawing from paid members (grand prize $25 to university bookstore, and other pizes with zoology memorbila)

Fall 2006

• Kick-Off Grill-Out.  Sept 19th , 7pm.  Noland 2nd Floor Patio (Johnson side).  Join us, and get on board for up-coming events!
• Bird Watching at the Arb.  Sept 24, 9am.  Meet at Noland 1st floor entrance (Mills side). 
• Crane Foundation Trip.  Oct 15. 
  This Sunday (October 15th) we are going to the International Crane Foundation (http://www.savingcranes.org/) in Baraboo, WI.  The International Crane Foundation or ICF "works worldwide to conserve cranes and the wetlands and grassland ecosystems on which they depend".  Everything is FREE: transportation, entrance fees, and tour.  We will meet at Noland at 11:45 am at the loading dock (the little drive way off of Mills St. by the bus stop).  We will depart for the ICF at noon (exactly, so don't be late) and arrive at ICF around 1:00 pm.  The tour begins at 1:30 pm and ends at 3:30 pm.  We will depart for campus around 4:00 pm and arrive back at Noland around 5:00 pm.  Space is limited, so please respond ASAP is you want a spot.  Email Lisa (lkmichl@wisc.edu ) if you want to participate or if you have more questions.
• Considering Graduate School? Oct 26, 6pm.  Noland 168.
  Dr. Emily Stanley, Chair of Graduate Admissions for the Dept. of Zoology will be talking about the graduate school admissions process and answering questions.  6pm, room TBA.
• Stars and Owls - Night hike
  Saturday, November 4 • 6:30 pm – 8 pm
  Listen for the mating calls of great horned owls, and look for winter constellations such as Orion.
• Movie Night. To Walk With Lions. 
  Dec 1. 9:00pm TITU Memorial Union.
  WUD Late Night Grant awarded!