Welcome all new and returning members! We have some great activities planned for this year. But first, thank you to Laura Hernandez, our 2023/2024 president. She led Demeter through a very challenging year. Thanks to her great leadership, Demeter is, and will continue to be, a great organization. Our first event, our annual Corn Roast,…
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: Hello to all in Demeter! Our leadership team has been doing a lot of work over the past year. I want to thank everyone on the Board and those leading all the com- mittees, as well as the Executive Team for all their efforts and support. None of this would be possible without them….
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE: Demeter has had a wonderful start to the Fall 2023 season! We had excellent attendance at the Corn Roast with the most CALS Department Chairs and Early-Stage Faculty in attendance in a long while. Sharon Brantmeier and Lynn Grooms organized the Corn Roast wonderfully, and it was exciting to see so many new…
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE I am looking forward to a wonderful year serving as your President! I’d like to start by thanking the Executive Team for all their support and guidance so far. This year our goal is to increase recruitment of new members to Demeter and to develop an online system for registration and donations on…
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE It is with great pleasure that I introduce Demeter’s new annual special edition newsletter dedicated to our contributions to CALS undergraduate student scholarships, internships and grants to student organizations! We heard members’ wishes to know more about the student support made possible by your generous donations. The Education Committee under the leadership of…
BADGER LANDS TOUR In August a most interesting Demeter tour of the 7,350 acre Badger Lands area, south of Devil’s Lake, began with an introduction by Verlyn Mueller in the Badger Army Ammunition Museum. Then during a bus ride, retired DNR ecologist Mike Mossman, a member of the Badger History group, gave a history of…