2010 Annual Conference

The 2010 Annual Conference will be in Madison, at the Crowne Plaza, on March 11, 2010. The topic will be bio-energy and conservation.  A flyer, the agenda, and registration form are now available.

 

SWCS Scholarships

February 12th is the application deadline for 3 scholarships offered by the international society.  Scholarship opportunities are one way the SWCS fosters the science and art of natural resources conservation. The SWCS encourages research that targets soil and water conservation by offering three different scholarships. One scholarship is for currently employed SWCS members who want to improve their technical or administrative ability. A second scholarship is for student members involved in interdisciplinary graduated-level research that focuses on natural resources conservation. The third scholarship is for upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level student members pursuing a degree in a natural resources– related field. These scholarship options are designed to cover a wide cross-section of the society’s membership. A basic eligibility requirement for all of the scholarships is that applicants be a society member for at least one year at the time of application submission. Details and applications are available at the SWCS website.

Wisconsin Chapter Scholarships

February 12th is also the deadline for 3 scholarships offered by your Wisconsin Chapter SWCS.  Click here for details.

President's Message

Our Chapter President's message can be found on our homepage.

New Members

The Wisconsin Chapter welcomes the following 28 new members, who have joined since March 24, 2009 (the date of the last newsletter)! 

Victoria Bertolami
Bob Smail
Dennis Busch
William Richardson
Jim Lohman
Gregg Stangl
Marie Johnston
Daniel Burns
Aaron Marti
Michael England
Emily Fuger
Stephanie Gerzmehle
Monica Hydinger
Anna Johnson
Helen Leavenworth
Mitch Olds
Silas Sopkowicz
Scott Stipetich
Kelly Maynard
Ginny Plumeau
Bill Berry
Tim Radatz
Christine Buhl
Christopher Olson
Matt Komiskey
Scott Sanford
Tom Green
Kevin Novak

Visit our Membership page to download a listing of all members or to find a link to the international SWCS online Member Directory.

 

Wisconsin Hockey @ Camp Randall!!!

The Chapter is planning a group outing to attend an historic event--outdoor college hockey (UW women @ 2 PM and UW men @ 5 PM, Feb. 6, 2010), in what will surely be the largest hockey crowd in the history of the state of Wisconsin.  Group tickets are a paltry $15, and efforts are being made to organize a pre-game, SWCS tailgate party.  Contact Ty Larson for more details.

UW - Platteville Student Chapter Report

The UW-Platteville Agronomy/SWCS Club has been busy this semester. We coordinated our annual Forage Cup Competition at the World Dairy Expo, where high school students identify vegetation and seeds from crops and weeds and grade forage samples. We are currently in the process of boxing soil texture samples for high school and junior college students to practice. The club will be hosting Ag Internship Night in November. The soils team recently placed third at the Regional contest at Purdue, qualifying for the national contest for the 38th year in a row, which will be held at Texas Tech next spring. The crops team will compete in Kansas City and Chicago, for national contests this fall, and recently returned from South Dakota State with a first place finish.

-Drew Nesemeier

 

Upcoming Events….

Check out our new Events page for upcoming conferences, professional development sessions, etc.

 

Previous Newsletters:

Back issues of your chapter's newsletters may be downloaded from the History page.