When Michael Fitzsimons left his family’s beef and dairy farm near Mineral Point for the UW-Madison, he figured he’d left agriculture behind him. But plans have a way of changing, says Fitzsimons, a plant pathology major.

Laura Franke likes math and science and she loves to design things and fix problems. An engineering degree seemed like a natural choice, but as a freshman in the UW-Madison’s engineering school, she wasn’t sure which field to pursue.

Grayson Harms came to the UW-Madison focused on earning a degree in mechanical engineering. But after spending a summer on a research project and working for a private firm, he had second thoughts.

Katie Pink is a self-admitted idealist. The Monroe native aspires to have her own design firm in Wisconsin, where she will create sustainable systems to bring both urban and rural spaces closer to the environment.

During a summer program in Costa Rica, Camille Vargas took an agro-ecology class and visited small, local farms. She realized that conservation problems arise from the need to feed a huge population with limited land.

Capstone class teaches student landscape architects the difference between how things work in theory and how they really work.

Organizers of this year’s Badger Dairy Camp, June 9 – 11 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, say the camp is full and no more registrations can be accepted this year.

A team of students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison has finished in fourth place at this year’s national marketing competition hosted by the National Agri-Marketing Association. The competition was held April 20-21 in Phoenix, Ariz.

Katie Selin, a Madison native who transferred to the University of Wisconsin- Madison, is following in the footsteps of her grandfather. She is pursuing a […]

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