Grandparents University 2012 – July 12-13, 19-20 & 26-27, 2012
15. Nov, 2011
Dates for Grandparents University® 2012:
Session I: July 12-13, 2012
Session II: July 19-20, 2012
Session III: July 26-27, 2012
http://www.uwalumni.com/media/GPU/2012/GPU_program2012.pdf
More information for Grandparents University® 2012, including registration and lodging is posted on their website.
2012 Majors
- Art – New!
- Astronomy
- Biotechnology
- Bookmaking
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- Entomology
- Evolutionary Biology – New!
- French – New!
- Geology & Evolution – New!
- Italian – New!
- Limnology
- Meteorology
- Nuclear Engineering – New!
- Nursing
- Physics
- Restoration Ecology – New!
- Social Robotics
- Textile & Design Studies – New!
- Theatre & Drama
- Veterinary Medicine
- Wildlife Ecology
Morning Field Trips
Grandparents University offers field trips to UW and Madison-area attractions before the opening session. Transportation will be provided, and you’ll be back in time for the opening session and lunch. Please choose one of the options on your registration form during Phase Two.
Your options include: Chazen Museum, Kohl Center, Allen Centennial Gardens, Union South, Wisconsin State Capitol, Campus Historical Buildings Walking Tour, Town Center at Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, Wisconsin Veterans Museum or Geology Museum. Or, take this opportunity to enjoy free time on your own.
Note: not all field trips are available each, and field trips fill during phase two of registration on a first come-first served basis.
Allen Centennial Gardens
Created on the 2.5-acre site of a historic Victorian home that once served as a residence for university deans, the Allen Centennial Gardens have been called UW-Madison’s largest outdoor classroom. The 22 magnificent gardens are maintained by UW faculty, staff and students, and represent gardening styles from around the world. Primarily used as a teaching tool in horticulture, botany, entomology and plant pathology, the gardens are also popular among visitors who stroll the grounds and gardeners who come to ooh and aah.
Campus Historical Walking Tour
Within UW-Madison’s 933 acres sits the Bascom Hill Historical District. Visitors will enjoy viewing the original buildings of UW-Madison, the Abe Lincoln Statue and learn about the unique history of the university. The history of the state of Wisconsin is also highlighted as visitors explore the Native American Effigy Mounds located on campus. The Bascom Hill History Tour is a treat for people of all ages and is a highlight to any visit to the University of Wisconsin.
Chazen Museum of Art
The Chazen is home to the second-largest collection of art in Wisconsin: more than 20,000 works include paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, photographs, and decorative arts. The permanent collection covers diverse historical periods, cultures, and geographic locations, from ancient Greece, Western Europe, and the Soviet Empire, to Moghul India, eighteenth-century Japan, and modern Africa. The collection continues to grow thanks to artwork donations and purchases. The museum also presents frequent temporary exhibitions that highlight the collection or are borrowed from other museums, broadening the offerings to visitors. These temporary exhibitions may be local, national, or international, contemporary or historical in scope.
In October 2011, the Chazen opened its new 86,000 square foot additional that doubled the size of the museum.
Kohl Center
Named for university benefactor Herb Kohl, UW-Madison graduate (1956), U.S. senator and owner of the Milwaukee Bucks professional basketball team, the Kohl Center opened in January 1998 as one of the country’s most highly regarded collegiate arenas. The $76 million facility seats 17,142 for basketball and 15,038 for hockey.
Town Center at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
What sparks discovery? That’s the question scientists, business leaders, architects and many, many others asked themselves in the process of dreaming up the new Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. See how the past and present come together in this new building to pave the way for a future designed to spark discovery.
UW Geology Museum
With its reconstructed dinosaurs, huge mastodon skeleton, colorful mineral samples, a six-foot-diameter rotating globe and a walk-through model of a Wisconsin limestone cave, the Geology Museum has long been a favorite of both kids and adults.
Wisconsin State Capitol
The State Capitol houses the Office of the Governor along with the Wisconsin Supreme Court and both chambers of the Wisconsin legislature. It sits in the center of Capitol Park, located atop a hill on an isthmus formed by lakes Monona and Mendota. The nine-and-one-half acre, landscaped grounds forming the square remains at the center of the original historic plat of Madison, designed in 1836 by James Duane Doty and surveyor J.V. Suydam. Reaching to a height of over 200 feet, the Capitol dome is topped by Daniel Chester French’s elegant gilded bronze statue, “Wisconsin.” Edwin Blashfield’s mural “Resources of Wisconsin” lavishly decorates the ceiling of the rotunda, which is the only granite dome in the United States. Inside, visitors are treated to the unique textures of 43 varieties of stone from around the world, hand-carved furniture and exquisite glass mosaics.
Wisconsin Veterans Museum
The purpose of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum is to commemorate, acknowledge, and affirm the role of Wisconsin veterans in America’s military past by means of instructive exhibits and other educational programs. The museum features dioramas, consisting of life-size figures and painted murals that realistically and vividly portray events in which Wisconsin veterans participated. The dioramas duplicate a variety of environments, from a snow-covered forest to a tropical jungle.
Learn and retain new information about the museum by participating in a Scavenger Hunt. Fill out your Scavenger Hunt booklet, which will be provided for you, by exploring the exhibit dioramas for answers.
Evening activities
- Grandparents must accompany and supervise grandchildren at all evening activities.
- After the Badger picnic, there are a variety of activities available for you to enjoy. Activities include:
Tour of Camp Randall
- Run onto the field (if no teams are practicing)
- Visit a sky box and see other indoor seating
- See what a locker room looks like
- Experience the UW Wow Room
- Held in cooperation with the Athletic Department
Kickball in front of the Kohl Center – Led by GPU Student Guides
- Bucky BINGO
- Game room (with board games and cards)
- Computer lab
- Art & craft materials
Ken Lonnquist and members of his Kenland Band will close out the first day of GPU with lively songs in the Ogg Hall Phillips Lounge, 8 p.m.
