Events

Enhancing Online Education: Course Management webinar

Center for Teaching, Learning & Mentoring

Career development

June 2nd, 9:00am–10:30am

Online

Enhancing Online Education: Course Management micro-course

Center for Teaching, Learning & Mentoring

Career development

June 3rd, 9:00am

Online

How to Research the Academic Job Market

Career development

June 3rd, 11:00am–11:45am

Online

This webinar is designed for doctoral students, PhDs, and postdocs from all academic disciplines who are wondering: How do I determine what faculty opportunities are available in my discipline or field of study? How do I determine my competitiveness in the field? If I decide to pursue an academic position, how do I best prepare?

How to Get the Job You Want, Not the Job You Have

Career development

June 3rd, 1:00pm–1:30pm

Online

This webinar is designed for master's students with 5 or more years of professional experience who are wondering: How do I strategically position my master’s degree to help me change careers or jobs? How do I leverage my previous work experience when changing careers or jobs? How do I leverage my network when changing careers or jobs?

ONLINE Fulbright US Student Program Information Session

June 6th, 9:00am–10:00am

Online

Session for UW-Madison students, staff, and alumni interested in opportunities available through the Fulbright US Student Program (FUSP) to teach English, pursue research, study, and practice their arts abroad and how to get started on putting together a successful application! The campus deadline for the 2027-2028 competition is September 9, 2026; applicants must be US citizens. Full details at https://fulbright.wisc.edu/fusp.

Introduction to R

Disciplinary expertise and interdisciplinary connections Inquiry, discovery, and creation

June 8th, 10:00am–3:00pm

3218 Sewell Social Sciences

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS COURSE: https://sscc.wisc.edu/sscc_jsp/training/details.jsp?class_id=3068 An introduction to the basics of the RStudio interface and the R language, with topics including creating and running scripts, saving your work, using functions, and installing packages. There will be opportunities to apply what we learn during class time.

Pedagogies of Care: Accessible Teaching, Systemic Barriers, & Care in Your Discipline

How can educators sustain care for themselves and their students amid growing institutional pressures, shifting technologies, and increasing demands on their time and attention?

Career development Communication Interpersonal Effectiveness Teaching

June 9th, 10:00am–12:00pm

Online

In this workshop, participants will reflect on what care looks like in their classrooms, what gets in the way of practicing it, and how their disciplines shape (or neglect) its meaning. Through discussion and reflective activities, participants will examine tensions between institutional expectations and inclusive teaching values, explore systemic barriers, identify the experiences that inform their pedagogy, and imagine practices that foster more just, accessible, and sustainable teaching.

Data Wrangling in R

Disciplinary expertise and interdisciplinary connections Inquiry, discovery, and creation

June 9th, 10:00am–3:00pm

3218 Sewell Social Sciences

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT. TO REGISTER PLEASE GO TO: https://sscc.wisc.edu/sscc_jsp/training/details.jsp?class_id=3069 "Data wrangling" is the process of preparing data for analysis. This is a hands-on class with time devoted to practicing essential data wrangling skills. This course will first cover tools needed to work with different types of data. Then we will apply all of these in the context of datasets to create, transform, and clean variables.

Data Wrangling in R

Disciplinary expertise and interdisciplinary connections Inquiry, discovery, and creation

June 10th, 10:00am–3:00pm

3218 Sewell Social Sciences

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS EVENT. TO REGISTER PLEASE GO TO: https://sscc.wisc.edu/sscc_jsp/training/details.jsp?class_id=3069 "Data wrangling" is the process of preparing data for analysis. This is a hands-on class with time devoted to practicing essential data wrangling skills. This course will first cover tools needed to work with different types of data. Then we will apply all of these in the context of datasets to create, transform, and clean variables.

Stimulating Student Engagement and Motivation By Asking the “Right” Questions

This workshop explores how purposeful questioning can enhance student engagement, motivation, and learning outcomes.

Career development Communication Teaching

June 10th, 11:00am–12:00pm

Online

Grounded in frameworks such as Bloom’s Taxonomy and the 5E model, participants will examine how different types of questions promote deeper understanding and active participation across disciplines. Participants will explore how to design real-world, reflective, and higher-order questions that connect content to students’ experiences, support inclusive classroom dialogue, and measure student learning.