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Title: Were a City of Science


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Were a City of Science
  • Were a leading scientific university
  • But where is our public science center?

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WISC would create
  • Excitement about science
  • Science Savvy
  • Awareness of and Connection to UW-Madison
    Research

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Our Need
  • 80,000 for a detailed professional business plan.

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  • a place for Exploring Science
  • a place for experiencing science as exploring
    the unknown
  • a place for lifelong learning
  • a place for Forums, symposiums, evening
    classes, short courses, conferences

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Imagine an Elvehjem/Chazen, for the sciences
  • a gathering place
  • a forum for Discussion

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Synergizing the outreach community
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Exhibits and Exploration Stations
  • Current Research
  • History of UW-Madison research
  • Hands-on experiences

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WISC as a Gateway
  • The campus as a destination for exploration

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WISC as a portal
  • Making better use of our boutique venues

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Boutique venues are
  • small,
  • focused and often open for limited hours
  • or by appointment only.

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Some Boutique venues include
  • Geology Museum
  • Botany Greenhouses
  • Zoology museum
  • DC Smith Greenhouse
  • Allen Centennial Gardens

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WISC will be a place for
  • Students,
  • Faculty,
  • Staff,
  • Retirees and
  • Alumni
  • learning to share science

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Sparking Excitement in Science and Research at
UW-Madison
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WISC is not
  • a museum primarily for collecting and curating
  • a Hall of Fame
  • just for Children

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WISC is for
  • Campus
  • Community
  • Visitors
  • Alumni
  • Future Students
  • VIPs
  • Donors

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Its in the name --The Wisconsin Idea
  • Boundaries of the University
  • A state goes to college
  • I shall not rest
  • Technology Transfer
  • Involving the public in the life of the University

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Retooling and Refueling the Wisconsin Idea
  • Keeping the brand
  • Vibrant
  • Vital
  • Well-known

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A Comprehensive Public Science Venue on Campus
  • Is an important, leading innovation in the Second
    Century of the Wisconsin Idea
  • No other major university as yet has something
    quite like WISC

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WISC is important for UWs Mission
  • It will serve the instruction,
  • investigation and
  • extension missions of UW-Madison.

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WISC is important for Goodwill
  • political support for UW-Madison
  • it gives the people of Wisconsin the feeling they
    have a stake in UW-Madison
  • gives people in Wisconsin the feeling that
    UW-Madison has a stake in them

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WISC is important for Enterprise
  • to cultivate a culture of innovation
  • ingenuity
  • and enterprise
  • in Wisconsin

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WISC strengthens research
  • By improving the UW's position in competing for
    NSF and other grants requiring broader impact
    activities

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WISC strengthens UW-Madison
  • By connecting residents of the area and state to
    UW-Madison

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How Big should WISC be?
  • Compare
  • Elvehjem/Chazen
  • Lawrence Hall of Science (Berkeley)
  • Museum at UCSD
  • Museum at MIT
  • Morehead

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WISC will be an innovative model for engaging the
campus and community, drawing on the talents of
  • Alumni
  • Retirees
  • 40,000 students
  • 2,200 Faculty
  • 8000 Academic Staff

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Where will they park?
  • Where do people park for
  • Arts events?
  • Athletic competitions?
  • Music, theatre and dance?
  • Memorial Union?

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Its all in the timing
  • WISC will be especially active
  • In the evenings
  • On the weekends
  • In the summer
  • When people are free to come to WISC and when
    parking is readily available.
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