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Summer: Over in a blink of an eye

August 23, 2005

Although there weren’t as many students around, the UW–Madison campus still was a busy place this summer. From conferences and mini-courses, to two blooming corpse flower plants and Grandparents’ University, and with visitors from across the United States and around the world, rarely was there a dull moment at UW–Madison.

According to the Campus Information and Visitor Center, 15,241 visitors toured campus this summer on 305 tours, including prospective student tours and group tours. Even more incoming students, parents and families visited campus for the Student Orientation, Advising and Registration: 14,549 people participated in the program. Thousands of people also turned out for free music each week on the Terrace.

Pictured here are a few images of events you may have missed.

Photo of a young child and grandfather working together on crafts.

Young children and their grandparents collect items and work together to create miniature botanic gardens during Grandparents’ University 2005, a two-day annual outreach event sponsored by the Wisconsin Alumni Association and UW-Extension Family Living Programs. Photo: Jeff Miller

Photo of a sunflower growing along the curb of a busy street.

A lone sunflower overcomes concrete adversity to grow from a crack in the pavement along University Avenue. The cheerful flower was across the street from the Genetics-Biotechnology Center and Medical Sciences Center. Photo: Jeff Miller

Photo of a young boy holding his nose while looking at the Titan Arum or

Benjamin Adams, age 4, shows his opinion of the Titan Arum that bloomed June 9 at the Botany Greenhouses. This rare and malodorous plant blossoms only two or three times during a 40-year life span, although this same plant also bloomed in 2001. The plant is known for its overpowering smell, which attracts pollinators such as flies, beetles and bees, but apparently not young boys. Photo: Michael Forster Rothbart

Photo of students pouring candy into molds.

Students in a two-week candy-making class, the annual Resident Course in Confectionary Technology run by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, practice making “gummies” and “jellies.” Professional candy- makers from around the world came to Madison to polish their skills on (and polish off) hundreds of pounds of fudge, caramel, gum, nougats and other candies. Photo: Michael Forster Rothbart

Photo of students and faculty on a bus taking part in a travel course called

More than 40 undergraduate and graduate students and faculty depart on a three-credit travel course called “The Santa Fe Trail: In Search of the Multiracial West.” The 15-day, 3,000-mile odyssey explored issues of racial diversity and civil rights across a variety of western landmarks in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado. Photo: Jeff Miller