November 2018
Read the Fall Issue of Grow Online
FEATURES | Get a taste of hard apple cider, meet the wildlife of Sandhill, and hear the Charcoalator's tale.
  
ALUMNI STORIES | CALS grads succeed as entrepreneurs and  Andy Fisher FISC'99 engages in some outstanding dairy  farming. 

FREE CHEESE | Ace our Final Exam, and you might win a box of cheese from the Babcock Dairy Store.

OTHER TOPICS | Science House, the Babcock Hall renovation, disease-resistant soybeans, vampire bats, the CALS organizational redesign, beekeeping in Uganda, demystifying muscle, and more.

NEW! | You can now subscribe to the digital edition of Grow and get Grow updates on Twitter.
A Turkey for Me, A Turkey for You

As it has for more than 60 years, the UW Poultry Club is taking  Thanksgiving turkey orders for its major annual fundraiser.

Turkeys range from 11-26+ pounds and cost $2.50 per pound. The deadline for orders is Nov. 9, and they can be placed by email (preferred) to  uwpoultryscienceclub@gmail.com  or by phone to Ron Kean at (608) 262-8807. All turkeys are sold on a first-come, first-served basis, and supplies are limited.

Pick-up and cash or check payment will be at the Poultry Research Laboratory, 1925 Observatory Drive, on Monday, Nov. 19, and Tuesday, Nov. 20, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Virtual Handshake

UW-Madison is now using Handshake as its primary recruitment and career event management tool. If you've been using BuckyNet or myECS, Handshake is your new go-to platform for job seeking, job recruitment, and networking.  

Features include a single login portal for employers and students, a single dashboard for sharing jobs with UW-Madison and more than 475 other schools, and personalized job recommendations for students based on major and interests.
What Are the Odds?

Three CALS alumni -- all biochemistry majors and all at different stages of their medical education -- who never met before have stumbled upon each other at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. And as fate would have it,  Alyce Anderson, BS'10,  Daniel Huettner BS'12, and  Brent Thiel BS'08 all ended up on the same medical team at that same hospital.  Read their story.
WALSAA Fire-Up Raises $29,000

The outcome of the Badger football game against BYU on Sept. 15 was not ideal. But the pre-game Football Fire-Up Event, sponsored by the Wisconsin Agricultural and Life Sciences Alumni Association (WALSAA), had some winning results.

For this 43rd year of the event, more than 400 CALS alumni, friends, and family gathered at the University of Wisconsin Foundation to network and raise funds for CALS students. The silent auction, 50/50 raffle, and pledge donations garnered more than $29,000 for CALS scholarships, awards, and student activities. The event was made possible by generous sponsors, donors, bidders, and volunteers, and a $10,000 matching grant gift from the UW Foundation.
Earn More with a UW Degree

More than 60 percent of UW-Madison students have a job offer b y the time they graduate,  and another 25 percent enroll in graduate or professional school. In other words, UW helps students find career paths and increase their earning potential. Watch computer sciences major Aaron Grode explain  how a UW education has worked for him.

The Mythbusters campaign is looking to correct common misperceptions about UW's admissions, affordability, and employment of its graduates. We'll share a new fact with you here each month. You can also visit the Working for Wisconsin website  now to learn more for yourself. Please feel free to share widely and help us bust those myths!  
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