On Feb. 5 166 years ago, 20 young men attended classes in one brick building, where the only subjects offered were arithmetic, grammar, geography and Latin.
The Wisconsin Alumni Student Board will commemorate the historical day, UW-Madison’s Founders’ Day, with UW-themed events throughout today, according to its website.
Free cake will be served at Four Lakes Market, Gordon Dining Hall and Bascom Hall from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday.
Prizes will be offered to community members who find Bucky Badger, who will be hidden in five places throughout campus. Clues will be given through Twitter and other social media and photos posted with Bucky and the hashtag “#UWFoundersDay” will be selected as winners throughout the day.
To end the day of activities, there will be a UW-Madison themed trivia night at Gordon Dining and Event Center from 7 to 9 p.m. There will be a raffle and prizes to win as well.
