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EXECUTIVE BRANCH: EDUCATION


discuss a project (photo courtesy of University of Wisconsin System).


and Space Administration; the Agency for International Development; the National
Institutes of
Health; the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and the Departments of State,
Labor, Commerce,
Agriculture, Defense, Interior, and Transportation.
  The University Hospital and Clinics have a close working relationship with
the Veterans Ad-
ministration Hospital in Madison. Students and interns also spend time in
14 private hospitals
in Madison, Milwaukee, Marshfield and La Crosse, with which the Medical School
is affiliated.
  On the state level, the University System is represented on the Educational
Communications
Board, which is responsible for planning, coordinating and overseeing public
educational radio
and television systems and programming. The units of the system cooperate
closely with the
Higher Educational Aids Board in providing financial aid to students. Since
dissolution of the
Coordinating Council for Higher Education, the Board of Regents of the University
of Wiscon-
sin System cooperates with the Board of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education
in planning
new programs and coordinating efforts to meet the educational needs of the
state. Other state
agencies with which the University System works closely are the Building
Commission, the De-
partment of Administration, the State Historical Society, and the following
departments: Health
and Social Services; Industry, Labor and Human Relations; Justice; Development;
Natural Re-
sources; Public Instruction; and Veterans Affairs.



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           WISCONSIN GEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY

 Director and State Geologist. MEREDITH E. OSTROM.
 Mailing Address: 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison 53711.
 Telephone: (608) 262-1705.