FP&M staff share expertise, innovation at Showcase 2025

woman wearing a black shirt with a name badge stands next to a bulletin board, where a poster is pinned. The poster says "A Clear View of a Complex Campus" with maps. — Paige Taft stands next to her poster, which included “layers” of graphics to mimic layers in GIS.

Staff members from Physical Plant and Transportation Services shared recent accomplishments, improvements and innovations at the annual Showcase event April 17. Featuring presentations, flash talks, and breakout sessions, Showcase is a campuswide forum for share best practices, learn from others at UW–Madison, and foster a culture of continuous improvement. FP&M was well-represented:

Paige Taft presented a poster called A Clear View of a Complex Campus: Improving Customer Service through Mapping Geovisualization that outlined Physical Plant’s use of Geographic Information System
(GIS) to provide clear, accurate and user-friendly maps that has increased cross-campus collaboration. Paige also spoke about this project in a poster flash talk.

A person in a red shirt and jeans, with a mask and a name badge around their neck, stands next to a bulletin board displaying a poster that says "You Can Count On Me," and has an image of a bicycle. — Dar Ward staffs a poster about mobile data collection for bicycle parking.

David Winston and Dar Ward presented You Can Count On Me: Mobile data collection for bicycle parking, a poster that showed how Transportation Services’ GIS team partnered with Commuter Solutions to integrate GIS mapping with GPS coordinates to record bike parking habits over time.
In partnership with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, the Office of Sustainability presented three posters: Green Office Certification Program, Sustainability Research Hub: Catalyzing Collaboration to Reach New Goals, and Green Events: Expanding Sustainability Recognition on Campus.

A man in red stands in front of a poster, speaking with three people -- a man in a plaid shirt, a woman in stripes, and another man in a gray sweater, smiling. — (l-r): FP&M employees Tony McGrath, Andrea Ladd, and Jesse Luckey Winters, speak with Rich Gassen from DPPS about the success of his team’s relocation.

Check out FP&M’s work, as well as posters from across campus on Showcase’s site.

Additionally, Digital Publishing and Printing Services created a poster highlighting their relocation to their Stoughton Road location. The poster listed many benefits and positive changes that have been realized since their move three years ago — facilitated by FP&M staff!

Later that day, three EH&S teams won Administrative Improvement Awards, due to their commitment to administrative excellence. Read more.

Interested in exhibiting a poster or speaking at Showcase next year?

FP&M’s Marketing and Communications team is here to help with design, writing, and pitching expertise. Lauren Vander Kamp, Marketing Specialist, designed Transportation Services’ poster, while Lori Wilson, Marketing & Communications Director, collaborated on Physical Plant’s poster. To ensure cross-division coordination and maximize the assistance you receive, please reach out to the Marketing and Communications team as soon as you decide to exhibit or speak at Showcase. Next year’s event is already scheduled for April 23, 2026.