Farm Breakfast (April 13)

The annual Breakfast on the Farm will be served Sunday, April 13th from 8:00 AM until noon outside the campus Stock Pavilion. Breakfast will include pancakes, eggs, applesauce, mushrooms, sausage, milk, juice and ice cream. Tickets can be purchased at the door; $7 for adults, $6 for seniors (65+), $5 for students and $3 for children (5 years and younger).

This event, sponsored by the Association of Women in Agriculture, includes an educational area and petting zoo and entertainment to be provided by a polka band and cloggers.

For more information about this event, visit the AWA Website.

See other CALS Week events.

Hoe, Hoe, Hoe!

For some, spring cannot come soon enough; the green thumbs among us have been clamoring for some frost-free days and diligently planning their gardens. If you are similarly inclined to indulge this interest, come browse Steenbock’s gardening collection.

The library has books suitable for the novice and practical gardener and academic texts examining garden history and landscape design.

The library also maintains a collection of seed catalogs useful for recording ideas to particular garden products and locating suitable vendors. Current issues of these seed catalogs can be browsed in-house and are located on the first floor near the rear stacks and vending area.

To get you oriented to the stacks, you can generally find gardening books shelved in the vicinity of call numbers SB300…and SB400…

Otherwise, do speak with a librarian to assist you with determining specific titles and call numbers within topics of interest using the MadCat catalog.

National Poetry Month

A well-crafted poem, with its message and rhythm, has the power to inspire, provoke or comfort. As April is National Poetry Month, it seems only fitting to suggest some means by which you may add some poetry to your days.

Get a Poem-a-Day (for each day in April). Submit your email address at the Poets.org website for said feature.

Consult the Undergraduate Research Guide to Poetry to find resources about poetry and poets.

Visit the Gaus Collection at College Library and make a selection or two from the stacks.

To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.

--William Blake, Auguries of Innocence

Have some favorite poems or poets? Let us know with a reply to this post!

(Two of my favorites are Sherman Alexie and Sandra Cisneros).

Dinners On Wisconsin

Would you enjoy dinner and conversation with area alumni about a topic of work or research interest? If so, then sign up for Dinners On Wisconsin, organized by WASB (Wisconsin Alumni Student Board).

Each semester the program invites area alumni, from a wide range of professional backgrounds, to host dinners and discussion. This semester, the dinners will be held on Monday and Tuesday, April 14-15 and welcome groups of 10-12 students for each dinner. The spring semester lineup features 30 dinner topics and hosts. Click here to select and register for a dinner.

A great opportunity for networking and off-campus dining!

UW Sues Sesame Street....

…For using the letter “W”—or so reports The Daily Cardinal.

Enjoy some lighter reading today with April Fools’ Day treatment from area news sources. In addition to the Cardinal, check out the Badger Herald’s Dirty Bird and the Onion—where every issue is good for a laugh.

All three papers are also available on newsstands near Steenbock’s front entrance, second floor.

Enjoy!