Your Alumni Weekend Plan
One of the featured offerings at Alumni Weekend 2012 is Madison's Main Course, Quintessential Cuisine Past and Present. And for inspiration, WAA drew on the memories you sent us. Badger Insider Editor John Allen explains how your ideas helped shape this year's celebration.Color Your Own Bucky Placemat
Bring some Badger spirit to your meals! Print out your own Bucky placemat, then color it in UW cardinal and white, or in any way you please.
New Favorites
Go behind the scenes at a campus-area spot that's hot with today's recent grads and UW students: eccentric, late-night favorite Ian's Pizza.
Badgering: Journalist Anna Therese Day '10
For Day '10, there is no such thing as a typical day at the office. But then her "office" is the streets of Cairo and the occupied Palestinian territories. Hear more from this freelance journalist and producer in this expanded Badger Insider web exclusive.
Ask Abe: Milky Way
In this issue of Badger Insider, we brought you the inside scoop on the inner workings of Babcock Hall's fully functional dairy and research facility. Now go behind the scenes with an exclusive WAA video showing you how every Badger's favorite sweet treat — Babcock Ice Cream — is made!
Net Gains
Pavan Nigam MS’82 wants to see Badgers help each other to conquer the challenges of launching a business. Through the Badger Entrepreneurship Forum, he's helping UW grads link up in all sorts of profitable ways. |
Can't Catch HimOops! the Crazylegs Race is just around the corner (okay, on April 28, which is Alumni Weekend — woo-hoo!) and Bucky's T-shirt and shorts no longer fit! Download a PDF of the running togs in the right size.Find more outfits for your Flat Bucky at Bucky's Wardrobe and check out the latest sightings of our little two-dimensional world traveler from around the globe. |
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At February’s Campus Founders’ Day, Badger alumni and friends dug into delicious cake and a lively discussion about the Wisconsin Idea. Find out, as they did, what makes the UW so special, and see how students celebrated UW-Madison’s birthday across campus.
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The first UW alumni chapter to form overseas got together in 1907. Where did it meet? Take our quiz and test your Badger IQ.
Come back to where memories are made:
Alumni Weekend
April 27–28, 2012
Madison’s Main Course
Join us at Saturday’s signature event to enjoy quintessential cuisine from past and present, including campus favorites suggested by you. Your notes to Badger Insider inspired this event, which will include delicious dishes from the campus area — plus a few that exist only in our memories … until this April, that is.Did You Know?
Friday night fish, served in Wisconsin taverns since the 1800s, caught fire during Prohibition, when bar owners offered free fish dinners in exchange for hush-hush beer or whiskey sales. From the origins of coleslaw to the best beer/fried fish pairings, learn more about this Badger culinary tradition.Fall 2011 |
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