UW-Madison’s New Faculty Welcome aims to connect tenure-track faculty with campus leaders and fellow newcomers, foster a sense of community, and provide opportunities to learn about key policies, initiatives, programs, and resources that support career success.
Dear Colleagues,
Thank you for your interest in New Faculty Welcome and for those who are arriving this summer, Welcome to UW-Madison!
Day 1
Monday, 25 August 2025
11:45 a.m. Registration, Noon-4:30 p.m. Program
Alumni Lounge, Pyle Center
Register
Day 2
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
8:45 a.m. Registration, 9:00 a.m.-2:45 p.m. Program
Alumni Lounge, Pyle Center
Register
For Advancing Excellence in Research & Scholarship concurrent conversations, please select the faculty division that is most appropriate given your teaching and research/scholarship:
Resources for attending the event:
- Accommodations: If you need an accommodation to attend the event, please contact Lindsey Stoddard Cameron at lindsey.stoddardcameron@wisc.edu.
- Campus map: https://map.wisc.edu/
- Parking: Nearby public parking (fee-based) is available at:
- Helen C. White Hall parking garage, Lot 6, 600 North Park Street
Check online for space availability at: https://transportation.wisc.edu/parking-lots/lot-occupancy-count/</ - City of Madison State Street campus garage, 430 North Frances Street
Check online for space availability at: https://www.cityofmadison.com/parking/garages-lots/current-hourly-parking-availability
- Helen C. White Hall parking garage, Lot 6, 600 North Park Street
Monday, 25 August 2025
11:45 a.m.
Registration
Noon
Provost’s Welcome Lunch
Making Connections (Part 1)
Provost’s Welcome Remarks
- John Zumbrunnen, Interim Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs & Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning and
Professor, Political Science
Q&A / Discussion
1:00 p.m.
Break / Transition
1:15 p.m.
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
- Lisa Jong, Senior Teaching & Learning Developer, CTLM
- Dave Lassen, Assistant Director of Community-Engaged Scholarship, Morgridge Center
- John Martin, Senior Teaching & Learning Developer, CTLM
- Brian McNurlen, Associate Director for Evaluation & Project Management, CTLM
- Ellen O’Brien, Program Manager for Curriculum Change Initiatives, CTLM
- Antonella Pappolla, Assistant Director, Writing Across the Curriculum
- Dan Pell, Senior Teaching & Learning Consultant, CTLM
- Angie Rieves, Instructional Designer, 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
- Travis Wright, Faculty Director, Morgridge Center for Public Service
Associate Professor, Counseling Psychology
2:15 p.m.
Break / Transition
2:30 p.m.
Graduate Education & the Graduate Experience
- William J. Karpus, Dean, Graduate School
Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Q&A / Discussion
3:00 p.m.
Break/Transition
3:10 p.m.
Building a Community of Care for Student Success
- Lori Reesor, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
- Ellen Marks, Director, Mental Health Services
- Mari Magler, Director, McBurney Disability Resource Center
- Christina Olstad, Dean of Students
- Lauren Hasselbacher, Assistant Director of Civil Rights Compliance and Title IX Coordinator
Q&A / Discussion
3:55 p.m.
Break / Transition
4:05 p.m.
Making the Most of Your First Year
- Kent Weigel, Vice Provost for Faculty & Staff
Professor, Animal & Dairy Sciences - Luca Mastropasqua, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
- Aja Watkins, Assistant Professor, Philosophy
- Johnny Uelmen, Assistant Professor, Population Health Sciences
Q&A / Discussion
4:30 p.m.
Adjourn
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
8:45 a.m.
Registration
9:00 a.m.
Advancing Excellence in Research & Scholarship
- 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
Q&A / Discussion
9:20 a.m.
Move to Breakout Rooms
9:25 a.m.
Concurrent Conversations by Faculty Division
- Arts & Humanities (Room 112)
Florence Hsia, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research in the Arts & Humanities
David Hall and Margie Devereaux Professor, History and Professor, History of Science - 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)
Amy Wendt, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research in the Physical Sciences
Professor, Electrical & Computer 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 a.m.
Break / Transition
10:30 a.m.
Cultivating International Scholarship
- Frances Vavrus, Vice Provost & Dean, International Division
- Kate McCleary, Associate Dean for Academic Initiatives, International Division
11:00 a.m.
Break/Transition
11:10 a.m.
Faculty Participation in Shared Governance
- Annie Jones, Chair, University Committee
Professor, Organization Development Specialist & Tribal Nations Liaison, University of Wisconsin-Extension - Michael Bernard-Donals, Member, University Committee
President, PROFS Steering Committee
Chaim Perelman Professor of Rhetoric & Culture English and Nancy Hoefs Professor of English and Jewish Studies, Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies - Jack O’Meara, Government Relations Representative, Public Representation Organization of the Faculty Senate (PROFS)
11:40
Break/Transition
Noon
Chancellor’s Welcome Lunch
Making Connections (Part 2)
Chancellor’s Welcome Remarks
- Jennifer Mnookin, Chancellor
Q&A / Discussion
1:00 p.m.
Break / Transition
1:15 p.m.
Belonging & Thriving
- Percival Matthews, Special Advisor for Access and Community
Associate Dean for Academic Programs, School of Education
Professor, Educational Psychology - Lisa Imhoff, Associate Dean of Inclusive Excellence, School of Pharmacy
- Fernie Rodriguez, Associate Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs
- Naomi Salmon, Program Manager – Instructor Learning Communities, Center for Teaching, Learning, & Mentoring
- April Scott, Director, Strategic Initiatives & Wellbeing, University Health Services
- Travis Wright, Faculty Director, Morgridge Center for Public Service
Associate Professor, Counseling Psychology
Q&A / Discussion
2:15 p.m.
Break / Transition
2:25 p.m.
The Tenure Process at UW-Madison
- 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
2:45 p.m.
Adjourn
Events & Programs
- New Faculty Welcome
- Tenure Workshops
- Faculty Networking Series (to be announced)
- Faculty Mentoring Program (coming Spring 2026)
- Cross-cultural exchange & learning events, including Diversity Forum
- Sustainability Events, including Sustainability Symposium, and Earth Fest
- Teaching & Learning Events, including Undergraduate Symposium and Teaching & Learning Symposium
- Wisconsin Idea Seminar (apply)
- The University League (membership application)
Provost’s Welcome Lunch
- Provost’s Leadership Team and Units Reporting to the Provost
- Academic Policies & Guidelines
- Wisconsin Idea
- Wisconsin RISE Initiative
Joining UW-Madison’s Teaching & Learning Community
- Wisconsin Experience
- Joining UW-Madison’s Teaching & Learning Community
- Pre-Semester Checklist
- Navigating Classroom Dynamics & Disruptions
- Generative AI in Teaching
Graduate Education & the Graduate Experience
- Graduate School Overview
- Strategic Plan for Graduate Education, 2023-2028
- Graduate School Annual Report for 2024-2025
- Graduate Student Professional Development: Information for Faculty
- Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
Building a Community of Care for Student Success
Advancing Excellence in Research & Scholarship
- Research Funding, including the Fall Research Competition
- School/College Research Contacts
- Research Cores (directory of resources)
- Research Storage (ResearchDrive)
- Discovery to Product (D2P)
- Innovate
Cultivating International Scholarship
Faculty Participation in Shared Governance
- Shared Governance
- University Committee | Faculty Senate
- PROFS (membership form)
PROFS is a voluntary, non-profit organization of UW-Madison faculty, formed by the Faculty Senate in 1976. - Advocacy Success, Legislative Update, Facebook page, @profsuwmadison.bsky.social
Chancellor’s Welcome Lunch
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Mission, Strategic Framework, and Strategic Vision
- Chancellor’s Leadership Team and UW-Madison Organizational Chart
- Innovation for the Public Good (February 2024)
- Affordability: Bucky’s Pell Pathway, Bucky’s Tuition Promise
- Entrepreneurship: Innovate: A network for inventors & entrepreneurs
- Wisconsin RISE Initiative
- Sustainability, Sustainability Research Hub
- Free Expression at UW-Madison
Belonging & Thriving
- Campus Climate Progress Report (Spring 2025)
- Expanding Pathways for Student Belonging and Success (9 July 2025)
The Tenure Process at UW-Madison
- Learn about Tenure and the tenure process at UW-Madison, including tenure clock extensions
- Faculty Divisions
- Selecting a Faculty Division
- Documenting Scholarship
Campus & Community