Graduate Programs

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Graduate students gather for a variety of academic and social events both on and off campus. For information on upcoming events, or for info on student life in the department, please contact one of our graduate student representatives:

Here is a sampling of what we have been up to...

Academic

• Trip to the Wisconsin Historical Society to watch "The Greatest Good" - a film depicting the history of the US Forest Service.
• Attended the Aldo Leopold Lecture: Dr. Malcolm L. Hunter's presentation "Using Nature's Template to Maintain Forest Biodiversity".

Social

• Broomball is a favorite winter sport among students, post docs, and staff in the department. Our last game was in February at Vilas Park.
• We recently held a pre-field season gathering at the Memorial Union Terrace.
• Indoor activities include social get-togethers, including the department's spring picnic, that showcase our other talents--food and music.

Past Events

• Forest Ecology and Management women enjoyed the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northern Minnesota in September 1999. The field trip featured the results of the July 4, 1999 windstorm that removed entire canopies, wilderness camping, and fall birding.
• A visit to the Menominee Tribal Forest near Shawano, WI
• Weekend on the Northern Highland American Legion State Forest in northern Wisconsin
• Field trip to the Kickapoo Valley Reserve in southeastern Wisconsin
• Broomball!!!

Updated: 2008.04.14