Monday, 24 August 2026
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Registration (11:45 am)
On arrival, please visit our registration table to check in and pick up your nametag.
Provost’s Welcome Lunch (Noon)
Making Connections (Part 1)
Provost’s Welcome Remarks
Q&A | Discussion
1:00 pm
Break | Transition
Joining UW-Madison's Teaching & Learning Community (1:15 pm)
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
[2025 Table Hosts listed – 2026 Table Hosts to be announced]
- 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 pm
Break | Transition
Graduate Education & the Graduate Experience (2:30 pm)
- William J. Karpus, Dean, Graduate School
Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Q&A / Discussion
3:00 pm
Break | Transition
Building a Community of Care for Student Success (3:10 pm)
- 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
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Making the Most of Your First Year (4:05 pm)
- 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
Adjourn (4:30 pm)
New Faculty Welcome will continue on Tuesday, 25 August.
Registration will open at 8:45 am.
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
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Registration (8:45 am)
On arrival, please visit our registration table to check in and pick up your nametag.
Advancing Excellence in Research & Scholarship (9:00 am)
- 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 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)
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
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Cultivating International Engagement (10:30 am)
- Frances Vavrus, Vice Provost & Dean, International Division
- Kate McCleary, Associate Dean for Academic Initiatives, International Division
11:00 am
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Faculty Participation in Shared Governance (11:10 am)
- Nancy Kendall, Chair, University Committee
Professor & Chair, Educational Policy Studies - 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)
Q&A / Discussion
11:40 am
Break |Transition
Chancellor's Welcome Lunch (Noon)
Making Connections (Part 2)
Chancellor’s Welcome Remarks
- Eric M. Wilcots Interim Chancellor (from 17 May 2026)
Dean, College of Letters & Science
Mary C. Jacoby Professor of Astronomy
Q&A / Discussion
1:00 pm
Break |Transition
Belonging & Thriving (1:15 pm)
- Catherine Chan, Assistant Vice Provost for High Impact Practices, Division of Teaching & Learning
- Lauren Papp, Dorothy A. O’Brien Chair in Human Ecology and Professor, Human Development & Family Studies
- Allison Prasch, Nancy Obin Sukenik Professor & Associate Professor, Communication Arts and Member, Wisconsin Exchange Steering Committee
- Naomi Salmon, Program Manager – Instructor Learning Communities | Madison Teaching & Learning Excellence, Center for Teaching, Learning, & Mentoring
- additional panelists to be announced
Q&A / Discussion
2:15 pm
Break |Transition
The Tenure Process at UW-Madison (2:25 pm)
- 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
Adjourn (2:45 pm)
Thank you for participating in New Faculty Welcome.