Welcome & Introduction to TIP
1800 Engineering Hall
Steve Cramer, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Engineering
Diana Wheeler, TIP Program Director, Wendt Commons
Christine Nicometo, NEO Program Director, Wendt Commons

Keynote Address:
1800 Engineering Hall
Disrupters and Change in Higher Education: A Response through Educational Innovation
Jeffrey S. Russell, P.E., Ph.D., Dist. M.ASCE, F.NSPE, NAC
Vice Provost for Lifelong Learning
Dean, Division of Continuing Studies
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

The value of having teams of students work on project-based learning experiences is increasingly

being recognized by the academic and industrial communities. Team-based work creates environments that students will encounter in academic labs and/or commercial careers after graduation. Often instructors encounter teams belabored by conflict and/or ineffectiveness.

This seminar pulls highlights from a rich body of research on teamwork. Participants will learn

how organizational psychologists have come to appreciate how people differ in the ways they communicate, learn, lead, and like to be led. By understanding how people differ, students learn

to accept these differences and utilize them to improve team performance.

Presenters:

Naomi Chesler, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Walter Block, Associate Chair of the BME Graduate Program and Professor

Academic Integrity is critical to the mission of the University of Wisconsin-Madison,

a research one institution with high academic standards and rigor. As a teaching assistant,

you play an important role in fostering a learning environment in which students do their own

work and learn through problem-solving assignments and laboratory exercises. This

workshop will give you the tools to set up such an environment and help students understand

what is expected of them. It will also touch on the prevalence of the issue at UW-Madison,

include examples of academic misconduct, how to confront a student who engages in

academic misconduct and offer resources available to you and students on campus.

Presenter:

Tonya Schmidt

Assistant Dean of Students
Division of Student Life

Steve Cramer, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Engineering

Diana Wheeler, TIP Program Director, Wendt Commons

Christine Nicometo, NEO Program Director, Wendt Commons

As a teacher, your primary focus is facilitating the learning of others. But, have you thought

about what you, the teacher, are also going to learn? In this session we will challenge you to

reflect on the overlap between what you need to know and be able to do as a teacher and

as a post-graduate professional. Together, we hope to kick start your teaching experience

by addressing common anxieties, sharing lessons we have learned, and exploring the

landscape of opportunities available at UW-Madison to develop yourself as a teacher and

professional, regardless of your future aspirations.

Speakers:

Chris Carlson-Dakes, Ph.D.

Faculty Associate

Engineering Professional Development

Co-Leader of Delta's Bridging the Achievement Gap Project


Don Gillian-Daniel, Ph.D.

Associate Director

Delta Program in Research, Teaching and Learning

Co-Leader of Delta's Bridging the Achievement Gap Project