Agenda
Monday, 24 August 2026
On arrival, please visit our registration table to check in and pick up your nametag.
Making Connections (Part 1)
Provost’s Welcome Remarks
- John Zumbrunnen, Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Professor, Political Science
Q&A | Discussion
1:00 pm
Break | Transition
Joining UW–Madison’s Teaching & Learning Community
- Wren Singer, Executive Associate Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning
- Megan Schmid, Center for Teaching, Learning & Mentoring (CTLM) Director & Associate Vice Provost
Q&A / Discussion
Conversations About Teaching
- Emily Baker, Associate Director for Instructional Design, CTLM
- Yuyen Chang, Instructional Designer, CTLM
- Julie Hunt Johnson, Program Manager, CTLM
- Dave Lassen, Assistant Director of Community-Engaged Scholarship, Morgridge Center
- John Martin, Senior Teaching & Learning Developer, CTLM
- Dan Pell, Senior Teaching & Learning Consultant, CTLM
- Naomi Salmon, Program Manager – Instructor Learning Communities, CTLM
- Cory Sprinkel, Community Engaged Scholarship Specialist, Morgridge Center
- Alex Stark Haffner, Head of Teaching & Learning Programs & Online Learning Strategist, Libraries
- Sheila Stoeckel, Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives & Operations, CTLM
- Katie Will, Teaching & Learning Developer, CTLM
2:15 pm
Break | Transition
- William J. Karpus, Dean, Graduate School
Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Q&A / Discussion
3:00 pm
Break | Transition
- Christina Olstad, Dean of Students, moderator
- Mari Magler, Director, McBurney Disability Resource Center
- Ellen Marks, Director, Mental Health Services
- Lauren Hasselbacher, Assistant Director of Civil Rights Compliance and Title IX Coordinator
Q&A / Discussion
3:55 pm
Break | Transition
- Kent Weigel, Vice Provost for Faculty & Staff
Professor, Animal & Dairy Sciences (moderator) - Loka Ashwood, Professor, Community & Environmental Sociology
- Charles A. Hirst, Steven J. and Teresa M. Zinkle Nuclear Materials Assistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics
- Diana Leon-Boys, Assistant Professor, Communication Arts
Q&A / Discussion
New Faculty Welcome will continue on Tuesday, 25 August.
Registration will open at 8:45 am.
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
On arrival, please visit our registration table to check in and pick up your nametag.
- Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska, Vice Chancellor for Research
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering - Nadine Connor, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Policy and Compliance
Professor & Oros Family Chair, Communication Sciences & Disorders and Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery - Mark Rickenbach, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Policy & Integrity
Professor, Forest & Wildlife Ecology - Kurt McMillan, Associate Vice Chancellor, Chief Research Administration Officer, and Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
- Lewis Sheats, Associate Vice Chancellor for Entrepreneurship and Executive Director, Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub
Q&A / Discussion
9:30 am
Move to Breakout Rooms
9:35 am
Concurrent Conversations by Faculty Division
- Arts & Humanities (Room 325-326)
Florence Hsia, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research in the Arts & Humanities
David Hall and Margie Devereaux Professor of History of Physical Sciences, History - Biological Sciences (Room 226)
Cynthia Czajkowski. Senior Associate Vice Chancellor & Associate Vice Chancellor for Research in the Biological Sciences
Vilas Distinguished Professor, Neuroscience - Physical Sciences (Room 313)
Mike Graham, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Research in the Physical Sciences
Steenbock Professor of Engineering, Harvey D. Spangler Professor, and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, Chemical & Biological Engineering - Social Sciences (Room 325/326)
Lonnie Berger, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research in the Social Sciences
Sheila B. Kamerman and Alfred J. Kahn Professor of Social Policy and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work
10:15 am
Break | Transition
- Frances Vavrus, Vice Provost & Dean, International Division
11:00 am
Break |Transition
- Nancy Kendall, Chair, University Committee
Professor & Chair, Educational Policy Studies - Michael Titelbaum, Member, PROFS Steering Committee
Professor, Philosophy - Jack O’Meara, Government Relations Representative, Public Representation Organization of the Faculty Senate (PROFS)
Q&A / Discussion
11:40 am
Break |Transition
Making Connections (Part 2)
Chancellor’s Welcome Remarks
- Eric M. Wilcots Interim Chancellor
Dean, College of Letters & Science
Mary C. Jacoby Professor of Astronomy
Q&A / Discussion
1:00 pm
Break |Transition
- Catherine Chan, Assistant Vice Provost for High Impact Practices, Division of Teaching & Learning
- Percival Matthews, Special Advisor to the Provost for Community Belonging and Engagement
Associate Dean for Academic Programs, School of Education
Professor, Educational Psychology - Lauren Papp, Dorothy A. O’Brien Chair in Human Ecology and Professor, Human Development & Family Studies and past Co-Chair, Visioning Committee
- Allison Prasch, Special Advisor to the Provost for Pluralism; Chair, Wisconsin Exchange Steering Committee and Nancy Obin Sukenik Professor & Associate Professor, Communication Arts
- Naomi Salmon, Program Manager – Instructor Learning Communities | Madison Teaching & Excellence, Center for Teaching, Learning, & Mentoring
Q&A / Discussion
2:15 pm
Break |Transition
- Kent Weigel, Vice Provost for Faculty & Staff
Professor, Animal & Dairy Sciences - Michaela Aust, Divisional Committees Coordinator, Office of the Secretary of the Faculty
Q&A / Discussion
Thank you for participating in New Faculty Welcome.