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Some History on Founders' Day WAA's Founders' Days commemorate the first class held at UW-Madison, taught by Professor John Sterling on February 5, 1849. Founders' Days celebrations are held every year, from January through May, and are sponsored by the local alumni club chapters throughout Wisconsin, across the country, and around the world. Most Founders' Day events feature a dinner or reception, a presentation by a prominent UW-Madison faculty member, and other fun, fundraising, and/or educational components. To learn more about Founders Day visit the Wisconsin Alumni Association website.
NEXT FOUNDERS DAY: JANUARY 30, 2008 It’s once again time for the annual Founders’ Day Dinner! This year the event will be held at the University Club (945 N. Main Street). Cocktails and cash bar start at 6 pm, with dinner following at 7 pm. The evening should prove to be an entertaining one, as guest speaker Jim Leary discusses folk humor in Wisconsin. To make a reservation, please fill out the form below and mail it along with your payment (check payable to “UW Alumni Club of Rockford”) to Lyn Allison, 2724 Country Club Terrace, Rockford, IL 61103. Click here view the news flyer. Dinner Choices: #1: Beef dish, #2: Chicken dish, and #3:
Vegetarian dish Please mail reservation form & payment to Lyn Allison (check payable to “UW
Alumni Club of Rockford”)
Archive: 2007 Founders Day. It is time again for our annual Founders’ Day banquet, so dig out those fancy Badger clothes and mail in the RSVP below. This year’s event will again be held at the University Club (945 N. Main Street); Cocktails and cash bar at 6pm, and dinner at 7pm. The guest speaker will be Michael Stier, M.D., a highly recommended speaker who will talk to us about the fact and fiction of crime scene investigation (CSI). Dr. Stier’s bio is available online at the UW Pathology website. The Rockford Founders Day celebration typically occurs in early February. Guest speakers for past events have included Barry Alverez and Al Fish. The dinner is also used for board member elections and UW scholarship fundraising.
Archive: 2006 Founders Day. The 2006 Founders' Day Dinner was be held at the University Club of Rockford on February 1st, 2006. The guest speaker was Sue Carlson. Sue is the Business Manager of WiCell Research Institute. For more information on the dinner please check-out the 2006 Founder's Day Event Flyer. About the WiCell Research Institute
The WiCell
Research Institute, located in Madison, Wisconsin, is a non-profit organization
established by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation in October 1999 to
advance stem cell research. WiCell is a supporting organization of the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. WiCell's scientific director is James Thomson,
DVM, Ph.D. Dr. Thomson is a professor of anatomy at UW-Madison and was the first
person to isolate and successfully culture human embryonic stem cells. WiCell
owns five lines of human embryonic stem cells. These stem cell lines are listed
on the NIH National Stem Cell Registry as available for researchers and suitable
for use in federally funded research. Through research efforts by their
organization and other research institutions, they are working to uncover the
full potential of stem cells. The
WiCell Research Institute was recently selected by the National Institutes of
Health to establish the federal government's first and only National Stem Cell
Bank. Read
the full story.
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