We’re excited to introduce Alex Salazar as the newest Bilingual Clerk for Dane County Extension. Prior to joining our team, Alex served as an LTE COVID-19 Response Specialist at Public Health Madison and Dane County. Now, he brings his invaluable experience to Extension, where he is eager to make a positive impact on our programs. […]
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We are delighted to welcome Jonatan Garcia as the new Office Operations Associate for Dane County FoodWIse. With extensive administrative experience gained through internships with Centro Hispano and Latino Chamber, and as an administrator and salesperson for his parents’ commercial cleaning business, Garcia has a proven track record of success. During his tenure with his […]
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Nadia has worked with kids and young adults (K-12) for a long time, and her primary interests are experiential learning, livestock farming, and kids. After graduating from college in 2004, until she started graduate school in 2009, Alber taught in private and public schools, on farms, at outdoor education centers, and in after-school programs around the […]
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Michelle Probst, Natural Resource Educator Winter can be a tough situation here in Wisconsin, you either love it or hate it. Over the years, I have really come to love winter, and one thing that has helped me appreciate the winter is getting involved in winter activities. There are many organizations here in Dane County […]
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Kula graduated with her Bachelor’s in Human Development and Family Studies in 2015 and received her Master’s in Social Work from UW-Madison in 2021. She has worked within the UW-Madison system for the past couple of years in HR, and also has been involved in community organizations serving low-income and homeless populations. As Kula transitions […]
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Fifteen individuals, including two from Dane County (Julia Arata Fratta, Fitchburg, and Jacob King, Sun Prairie), were recognized this month for completing the Wisconsin Local Government Leadership Academy. Their graduation took place at the Wisconsin Counties Association annual conference in the Wisconsin Dells. The Local Government Leadership Academy is a collaborative effort between UW-Madison Division […]
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The book offers detailed information about county roads, rural land ownership, parks and outdoor recreation opportunities. Additionally, the book details land ownership, approximate parcel size, and county and town roads. It also shows the locations of Dane County parks, publicly owned lands, churches, schools, cemeteries and municipal halls. Other unique features of the book include […]
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Our ’21 – ’22 Youth in Governance (YGP) student representatives know something about that. After all, it wasn’t that long ago that they were starting to navigate the same process. Thankfully, they put their heads together and started writing! They spent their Spring semester writing (and revising….lots of revising!) the top tips they thought would […]
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COUNTY OF DANE Department of Emergency Management JOE PARISI, County Executive CHARLES A. TUBBS, SR., Director Dane County’s Emergency Notification System is used to alert people and provide important information during an emergency. In the event of an emergency, officials can identify the affected area and send a message that describes the situation and recommends […]
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During the summer of 2018, Dane County UW-Extension will be hosting staff writers from the Simpson Street Free Press, a nonprofit newspaper and youth center that teaches critical thinking and writing skills in hopes of bridging Madison’s achievement gap. Learn more about the student writers and read the articles they have written in the sections below. Articles […]
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