UW-Madison Chancellor to Speak at Vacationland Alumni Event
March 25, 2008
Contact: Kate Dixon, Wisconsin Alumni Association, (608) 265-8769, news@uwalumni.com
MADISON, Wis. -- University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni in Columbia and Sauk Counties will celebrate the founding of the university with a talk from the chancellor on Tuesday, April 1.
John D. Wiley, UW-Madison's 27th chancellor, will update alumni about the future of the UW campus at the Wisconsin Alumni Association: Vacationland Chapter Founders' Day event.
The event will start at 6 p.m. at the Wintergreen Resort, 60 Gasser Road #B, in Lake Delton. News media are welcome to attend. For more details, visit uwalumni.com/vacationland.
Wiley received both his master's degree and PhD in physics from UW-Madison. He joined the faculty in 1975 and served as an associate dean in the College of Engineering and as the dean of the Graduate School. He was named chancellor in 2001. Wiley will be stepping down in September after seven years of service. He led UW through a period of major growth in diversity, infrastructure and research funding.
Founders' Day 2008 is presented in cities nationwide by the Wisconsin Alumni Association, a nonprofit organization, in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin Foundation.
These events are hosted annually by UW-Madison alumni chapters to bring the latest in University of Wisconsin research to alumni in their hometowns, raise funds for student scholarships and celebrate the founding of the university. Proceeds from the Wisconsin Alumni Association: Vacationland Chapter Founders' Day event will benefit the chapter's local scholarship fund.
Participation and membership in the Wisconsin Alumni Association and its chapters are open to all alumni, students and friends of UW-Madison.
Founded in 1861, WAA offers UW alumni and friends a wide variety of services, including the award-winning On Wisconsin Magazine, Badger Insider Magazine, career services, international travel opportunities and lifelong learning events. Learn more at uwalumni.com.
Contact: Kate Dixon, Wisconsin Alumni Association, (608) 265-8769, news@uwalumni.com
MADISON, Wis. -- University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni in Columbia and Sauk Counties will celebrate the founding of the university with a talk from the chancellor on Tuesday, April 1.
John D. Wiley, UW-Madison's 27th chancellor, will update alumni about the future of the UW campus at the Wisconsin Alumni Association: Vacationland Chapter Founders' Day event.
The event will start at 6 p.m. at the Wintergreen Resort, 60 Gasser Road #B, in Lake Delton. News media are welcome to attend. For more details, visit uwalumni.com/vacationland.
Wiley received both his master's degree and PhD in physics from UW-Madison. He joined the faculty in 1975 and served as an associate dean in the College of Engineering and as the dean of the Graduate School. He was named chancellor in 2001. Wiley will be stepping down in September after seven years of service. He led UW through a period of major growth in diversity, infrastructure and research funding.
Founders' Day 2008 is presented in cities nationwide by the Wisconsin Alumni Association, a nonprofit organization, in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin Foundation.
These events are hosted annually by UW-Madison alumni chapters to bring the latest in University of Wisconsin research to alumni in their hometowns, raise funds for student scholarships and celebrate the founding of the university. Proceeds from the Wisconsin Alumni Association: Vacationland Chapter Founders' Day event will benefit the chapter's local scholarship fund.
Participation and membership in the Wisconsin Alumni Association and its chapters are open to all alumni, students and friends of UW-Madison.
Founded in 1861, WAA offers UW alumni and friends a wide variety of services, including the award-winning On Wisconsin Magazine, Badger Insider Magazine, career services, international travel opportunities and lifelong learning events. Learn more at uwalumni.com.
