Study Pub, 8th Floor, Fluno Center
4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Join us for drinks and appetizers!

Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Biotechnology Center (Meet in Room 1360)

Tour the center’s facilities (DNA sequencing and synthesis, gene expression, peptide synthesis, mass spectroscopy) and genetics lab.  Participate in a hands-on DNA science activity.

Please join other MASA members for a curator-led tour of the Zoological Museum. See the museum’s collection and talk with interns who will be preparing zoological specimens for exhibition.

Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Fourth floor of Noland Hall

Laura A. Halverson Monahan, Curator of Collections for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Zoological Museum, leads a tour of the facility for MASA members.

Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Main lobby of the new wing

Please join other MASA members for a private, docent-led tour of the new wing of the Chazen Art Museum.

Thursday, October 13
UW-Madison: First Nations Cultural Landscape Tour
Led by Aaron Bird Bear, this walking tour will examine the evolving relationship between Indians and non-Indians as seen in campus buildings. Indigenous landmarks will also be visited.

Noon – 1:00 pm
Meet at Memorial Union large staircase underneath the white columns on Langdon Street side

Thursday, October 20

UW-Madison in Transition
Hear a panel discussing three important issues affecting UW-Madison and academic staff: 1) legislative update [ASPRO], 2) new personnel system [ASEC Chair, Heather Daniels], and 3) the Huron efficiency study.

Noon – 1:00 pm
Memorial Union, TITU

Tuesday, October 25
Academic Staff Awards Reception

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Virginia Harrison Parlor, Lathrop Hall

Charge for MASA Awareness & Advisory Subcommittee
In the last year, the UW-Madison and the State have experienced many changes that will affect Academic staff in ways that will take years to fully comprehend.  To help MASA complement governance entities in addressing this, the MASA Awareness and Advisory Subcommittee will monitor issues of concern to UW-Madison academic staff.  This committee will help the MASA Board ensure that members and campus academic staff are adequately informed and have a voice and a venue to address these concerns.

The MASA Awareness & Advisory Subcommittee is a group of 6 to 9 appointed MASA members who will focus on monitoring issues related to Academic Staff with the purpose of keeping MASA members informed and helping them communicate their positions on these issues. Activities of this subcommittee to inform MASA members may include any of the following:

• Organize and present information that affects Academic Staff on the MASA web site, in publications, or in informational meetings;
• Hold meetings for interested Academic Staff to help identify and understand common concerns;
• Organize and hold activities to express these concerns;
• Arrange to have speakers come talk to the membership  about issues; and
• If needed, establish ad hoc groups to work on specific projects and issues.

The subcommittee will undertake these activities only as approved by the elected MASA Board.  Furthermore, they will advise the MASA Board on issues, but will not speak officially on behalf of MASA without specific prior approval of the Board.

We value your membership in MASA and hope you will renew!  Dues are still a bargain at $10 per year. Please complete the form and return with your check to:

MASA
Box 511, Memorial Union
800 Langdon Street
Madison, WI  53706

Please don’t send cash!

However, we will be accepting cash at Fall Kick-Off Breakfast tomorrow as well as the Employee Benefits Fair on Tuesday, October 11.

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Union South, TITU

Start the fall semester off with a free breakfast in Union South!  This is a wonderful opportunity to get reacquainted with other MASA members and to meet new ones.

Breakfast includes quiche, bacon, yogurt, bagels, fruit, and beverages.

If you will be attending the breakfast, please register by Friday, September 16.

• President Elect:  Linda Scholl, Student Services Coordinator in the Graduate School
• Secretary:  Heather McFadden, Office of Research Policy in the Graduate School