New Faculty Welcome

Day 1
Monday, 24 August 2020
11:45 a.m. Registration, Noon-3:15 p.m. Program
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Day 2
Tuesday, 25 August 2020
8:45 a.m. Registration, 9:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Program
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Dear Colleagues,

Thank you for your interest in New Faculty Welcome and for those who are arriving this summer, Welcome to UW-Madison!

We are working to design a new virtual welcome and look forward to sharing details with you as the program firms up. In the meantime, please rely on our 2019 agenda as a guide to workshop segments we’ll include, with some shifts in timing and some new materials.

Monday, 26 August 2019

11:45 a.m. – Pyle Center, Lobby
Registration

Noon – Pyle Center, AT&T Lounge
Introductions and Welcome Remarks

John Karl Scholz, Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs;
Nellie June Gray Professor, Economics

Q&A / Discussion

Michael F. Bernard-Donals, Vice Provost for Faculty & Staff
Professor, English and Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies
Steven M. Cramer, Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Lori Reesor, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Patrick J. Sims, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Vice Provost & Chief Diversity Officer
Professor, Theatre & Drama

12:45 p.m. – Pyle Center, AT&T Lounge
Buffet Lunch

1:15 p.m.
Break / Transition

1:30 p.m. – Pyle Center, AT&T Lounge
Making the Most of Your First Year

Michael F. Bernard-Donals, Vice Provost for Faculty & Staff
Professor, English and the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies

Panel

Janean Dilworth-Bart, Professor & Chair, Human Development & Family Studies and Phyllis Northway Faculty Fellow
Susan Zaeske, Associate Dean for Arts & Humanities, College of Letters & Science
Professor, Communication Arts
Anja Wanner, past Chair, University Committee
Eccles Professor, English
Jack O’Meara, Lobbyist, PROFS (Professional Representation Organization of the Faculty Senate)

Q&A / Discussion

2:15 p.m.
Break / Transition

2:30 p.m. – Pyle Center, AT&T Lounge
Resources for Research & Graduate Education

Steve Ackerman, Interim Vice Chancellor for Research & Graduate Education
Professor, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences

William J. Karpus, Dean, Graduate School
Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Q&A / Discussion

3:00 p.m.
Break / Transition

3:15 p.m. – Pyle Center, breakout rooms listed below
Research Funding (concurrent conversations by faculty division)

Arts & Humanities, Room 112
Florence Hsia, Associate Vice Chancellor for Arts & Humanities
Professor, History

Biological Sciences, Room 309
Cynthia Czajkowski, Associate Vice Chancellor for Biological Sciences
Vilas Distinguished Professor, Neuroscience

Physical Sciences, Room 213
Amy Wendt, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Physical Sciences
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Co-Director, WISELI

Social Sciences, Room 313
Jan Greenberg, past Associate Vice Chancellor for Social Studies
Professor, School of Social Work
and
Nora Cate Schaeffer, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Social Studies
Sewell Bascom Professor, Sociology and Faculty Director, UW Survey Center

4:15 p.m.
Evaluation

4:30 p.m.
Adjourn

Tuesday, 27 August 2019

8:45 a.m. – Pyle Center, Lobby
Registration

9:00 a.m. – Pyle Center, AT&T Lounge
Joining UW-Madison’s Teaching & Learning Community

Steven M. Cramer, Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Campus Partners – Speed Networking

Table 1 – Inclusivity in Teaching
UW-Madison Collaborative for Advancing Learning & Teaching
Don Gillian-Daniel, Aspire Alliance/Collaborative for Advancing Learning & Teaching
Jessica TeSlaa, Community-Engaged Curriculum Developer & Instructor, WISCIENCE
Table 2 – Faculty Development Programs
UW-Madison Collaborative for Advancing Learning & Teaching
Megan Schmid, Director, Excel Initiative
Adrian Treves, Co-Chair, Teaching Academy and Professor, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Table 3 – Student Digital Ecosystem and Educational Innovation
Brian McNurlen, Assistant Director, DoIT Academic Technology
Mo Noonan Bischof, Associate Vice Provost and Director, Student Learning Assessment
Table 4 – Mentoring Students in Research
UW-Madison Collaborative for Advancing Learning & Teaching
Liza Chang, Research Mentor & Mentee Training Coordinator, WIScience
Sarah Silverman, Instructional Consulatant, Delta Program in Research, Teaching & Learning
Table 5 – Community Based Learning and the Morgridge Center for Public Service
Elizabeth Tryon, Assistant Director for Community-Based Learning
Earlise Ward, Faculty Director, Morgridge Center for Public Service and Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Table 6 – UW Libraries and Go Big Read
Steve Frye, Assistant Director and Head of Public Services
Table 7 – Writing Center and Writing Across the Curriculum
Emily Hall, Director, Writing Fellows Program and Faculty Associate, English

10:15 a.m.
Break / Transition

10:20 a.m. – Pyle Center, AT&T Lounge
Taking an Active Role in Helping Our Students Succeed

Christina Marie Olstad, Dean of Students

Campus Partners – Speed Networking

Table 1 – Academic Integrity and the Office of Student Conduct & Community Standards
Kipp Cox, Assistant Dean, Division of Student Life
Tonya Schmidt, Assistant Dean & Director, Office of Student Conduct & Community Standards
Table 2 – Dean of Students Office
Kate Dougherty, Student Assistance Specialist, Dean of Students Office
Table 3 – Gender & Sexuality Campus Center, International Student Services, and Veterans Services Military Assistance Center
Warren Scherer, Assistant Dean & Director, Gender & Sexuality Campus Center
Table 4 – McBurney Disability Resource Center
Mari Magler, Assistant Dean & Director, McBurney Disability Resource Center
Table 5 – Multicultural Student Center
Sam Becker, Associate Student Services Coordinator, Multicultural Student Center
Table 6 – Mental Health & Prevention at University Health Services
Andrea Lawson, Interim Director, Mental Health Services
Claire Barrett, Prevention Specialist and Mental Health Provider, University Health Services
Table 7 – Violence Prevention at University Health Services, in partnership with the Office of Compliance
Jennifer Horace, Title IX/EO Complaint Investigator, Office of Compliance
Molly Zemke, Violence Prevention Manager, University Health Services
Table 8 – Center for Leadership & Involvement and the Wisconsin Union
Barb Kautz-Wittwer, Associate Director, Center for Leadership & Involvement

11:35 a.m.
Break / Transition (walk to University Club)

Noon – University Club, Wayside Dining Room
Chancellor’s Luncheon for New Faculty

Rebecca M. Blank Chancellor
Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs and Economics

Q&A / Discussion

1:00 p.m.
Break / Transition (walk to Pyle Center)

1:15 pm – Pyle Center, AT&T Lounge
Diversity & Inclusion at UW-Madison

Patrick J. Sims, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion, Elzie Higginbottom Vice Provost, & Chief Diversity Officer

Diversity Liaison Program

Ruth Litovsky, Amherst Professor & Chair, Communication Sciences & Disorders and Professor, Surgery
(Cohort 1)
Percival Matthews, Associate Professor, Educational Psychology and WCER
(Cohort 2)

Q&A / Discussion

2:15 p.m. – Pyle Center, AT&T Lounge
The Tenure Process at UW-Madison

Michael F. Bernard-Donals, Vice Provost for Faculty & Staff
Professor, English and Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies

Q&A / Discussion

3:20 p.m.
Adjourn

Agenda – Day 1

2019-2020 Events & Programs

New Faculty Welcome, Tenure Workshops, and Reflecting on the First Year
Faculty Networking Lunch Series, Assistant Professor Chats and Mid-Career Faculty Chats
Women Faculty Mentoring Program (request a mentor)
Diversity & Inclusion Events, including UW-Madison Annual Diversity Forum 2019
Teaching & Learning Events, including Undergraduate Symposium & Teaching & Learning Symposium
Wisconsin Idea Seminar (nomination process)
The University League (membership application and programs)

The University of Wisconsin-Madison: A Place to Spend a Lifetime
John Karl Scholz Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Nellie June Gray Professor, Economics

For Wisconsin & the World:
Focusing a Great University on its Core Mission, Public Purpose, and Global Reach
UW-Madison Organizational Chart
Provost’s Office Organizational Chart

Making the Most of Your First Year

Faculty Participation in Shared Governance
PROFS: Representing UW-Madison Faculty, Strengthening Wisconsin (membership form)
Legislative Update, Facebook page, @PROFSUWMadison

Resources for Research & Graduate Education
Steve Ackerman, Interim Vice Chancellor for Research & Graduate Education
Professor, Atmospheric & Oceanic Studies

William J. Karpus, Dean, Graduate School
Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Research Cores (Research Core Directory overview, directory of resources, newsletter)
PI Portal (brochure)
Fall Competition (intramural funding for faculty, opens 5 August)
Graduate School Overview
Graduate Student Professional Development: Information for Faculty
Graduate School Annual Report for 2018-2019
Office of Postdoctoral Studies

Evaluation – 27 August

Agenda – Day 2

Joining UW-Madison’s Teaching & Learning Community
Steven M. Cramer, Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Campus Partners – Speed Networking
Resource Materials

Taking an Active Role in Helping Our Students Succeed

Wisconsin Experience (brochure)

Campus Partners – Speed Networking
Resource Materials

Diversity & Inclusion at UW-Madison
Patrick J. Sims, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Vice Provost & Chief Diversity Officer
Professor, Theatre & Drama

The Tenure Process at UW-Madison
Michael F. Bernard-Donals, Vice Provost for Faculty & Staff
Professor, English and Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies

The Tenure Process at UW-Madison (Michael Bernard Donals)
Overview of the Tenure Process
Stopping the Tenure Clock
Information & Support During the Tenure Process
Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty & Staff – Resources for New Faculty (Michael Bernard Donals)

Isthmus Annual Manual

Evaluation – 28 August