Newsletter (March 2026)

Spring U-CLaSS and Members+ Events

• Watch your email and check next month’s newsletter for dates and topics for the Spring Members+ and U-CLaSS events!
• Questions or comments about these events?
  Contact: teachingacademy@wisc.edu

2026 Winter Retreat Recap (Part 2) | Building a Culture of Wellbeing through Accessibility & Accommodations

• This annotated Video Viewing Guide makes it easy to revisit the content of the Winter Retreat, with direct links to each section and speaker:
  Winter 2026: Video Viewing Guide
• The guide was created using the approach described in the presentation: Fun with Captioning! (In the Era of Gen AI).
• Questions about the Retreat or Viewing Guide? Want to help plan for next year?
  Contact Dan Pell: dan.pell@wisc.edu

Seeking New Members | Join the Teaching Academy

• Honor a colleague—or nominate yourself! For over 30 years, the Academy’s mission has been to promote, recognize and support excellence in teaching and learning among faculty, staff and graduate students across campus and beyond. The Teaching Academy welcomes nominees who teach or support instruction for face-to-face, online, and hybrid classes, clinical practice, field instruction, and more.
• There are three types of membership: Future Faculty Partner (FFP), Fellow, and Clinical Affiliate. Learn how to become a member.
• Questions about membership? Are you an FFP who has moved on to another position in the University?
  Contact uwta-membership@g-groups.wisc.edu

The Discussion Project

• The Discussion Project will be running the following courses in June and August at UW-Madison. | Learn more & register
• June 9, 10, 11, 8:30am-4:30 pm each day – open to all instructors: faculty, academic staff, and TAs
• August 12, 13, 14, 8:30am-4:30 pm each day – for faculty and academic staff
• August 18, 19, 20, 8:30am-4:30 pm each day – for faculty and academic staff
• August 18, 19, 20, 8:30am-4:30 pm each day – for TAs
• The Discussion Project is a professional learning course to support instructors in designing, implementing, and facilitating high-quality classroom discussion. The course is designed to support instructors teaching classes of up to 40 students although many instructors who teach large classes have taken the course and found it effective for considering how to run interactive lectures and how best to prepare their TAs to run effective discussion sections.
• Questions about the Discussion Project?
  Contact: discussionproject@education.wisc.edu

Summer Research Experience Opportunity for Undergraduates

• Are your students looking to get resume-building research experience in the area of biology/biomedicine? Consider this first-time summer offering of Tiny Earth antibiotic discovery – a fun and collaborative Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) that is highly evaluated by students from previous spring and fall semesters. | Learn more
• For inquiries and enrollment permissions,
  Contact instructor and Teaching Academy fellow Josh Pultorak: pultorak@wisc.edu

Undergraduate Symposium | Save the Date, Sign Up to Volunteer, Moderate, or Judge

• At the Undergraduate Symposium, more than 600 undergraduates from across campus will present their research, scholarly achievements, community-engaged projects, art, and creative pursuits. This event is a great opportunity to engage with undergraduate work and to connect with colleagues from across campus. Consider attending, and, if you’re interested, sign up to volunteer, moderate presentation sessions, or judge for the new Undergraduate Symposium Awards.| Learn more or Sign up to volunteer
• Friday, April 17, Union South and Discovery Building
• Questions about the Undergraduate Symposium?
  Contact Kelly Copolo: copolo@wisc.edu

Writing Across Curriculum

• Teaching with Writing? Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) is here to help! WAC supports instructors who use writing in their teaching in any form: everything from longer, high-stakes papers and projects to low- or no-stakes in-class writing activities. Our online resource for UW-Madison instructors, Communicating Across the Curriculum is a Pressbook filled with chapters on topics that include, but are not limited to:
  • Teaching with writing in an age of AI
  • Designing low- and high-stakes writing assignments
  • Sequencing and scaffolding writing assignments
  • Providing feedback on student writing
• Our team also offers individual consultations (Zoom or in-person) upon request. | Ask a Question or Request a Consultation
• Questions about Writing Across the Curriculum?
  Contact: wac@writing.wisc.edu

Have something to share?
Academy members work in diverse roles and learning environments across our university. If you have news, events, training, or opportunities you would like to share with the Academy, contact Dan Pell & Sarah Pultorak: editor-uwta-newsletter@g-groups.wisc.edu. Messages received by the second Monday of the month may be included in that month’s newsletter.

Join the Reflection Space | Enhance your teaching through reflective practice

• Feeling Reflective? The Reflection Space is a unique writing community which encourages you to think deeply about your teaching and your students’ learning. Respond at your own pace. Share your reflection and reply to others’ reflections. Build connections as you learn with other instructors.
• The Reflection Space is open to instructors teaching in any discipline or modality, at all career stages and is ongoing throughout the fall & spring semesters. | Learn more & register
• Questions about the Reflection Space?
  Contact Dan Pell: dan.pell@wisc.edu

If you’re looking for a different kind of engagement or instructional support, please contact CTLM with your request – we look forward to working with you! To learn more about these programs or to register, visit the CTLM’s Professional Development Opportunities.

Free, Accredited Session on Artificial Intelligence (AI)

• April 8, 12:15-1:15 p.m: 1229 Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC) and virtual
• Join Shannon DiMarco, MSHS, CHSOS, Administrative Director, UW Health Emergency Education & Clinical Simulation, and Sushant Srinivasan, MD, MSc, MHPE, FAAP, CHSE, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Medical Director, UW Health Clinical Simulation Program, for “Using AI in Simulation and Experiential Learning to Enhance Educational Modalities.” | Learn more & register

Save the Date: Medical Education Day

• 2026 Medical Education Day will take place May 28th, 2026 at the Health Sciences Learning Center, in Madison, Wisconsin. This free, in-person program will offer engaging learning sessions and networking opportunities for faculty and staff from around the state. | Learn more

Articles For Discussion

• Participate in discussion of articles featured in the Clinical Teacher Learning Community. Topics include learner assessment, precision education, serious games, and medical education and artificial intelligence. This online community also offers connections, news, and resources for clinical teachers. | Join the discussions

Courses | Education Essentials

• Education Essentials is a collection of 8 modules aimed at developing key skills for all interprofessional health science teachers, in various teaching settings. Registration is free and these courses can be completed at your own pace. | Register

Explore

• Clinical Teacher Learning Community
• SMPH Faculty Central
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (UW CIPE)

Questions? Topics you would like to see? Announcements for the next issue?
Contact Marianna Shershneva: marianna.shershneva@wisc.edu

Induction Ceremony

• Want to help plan an event honoring our newest members?
• Contact Kate Rotzenberg: katherine.rotzenberg@wisc.edu

Fall and Winter Retreats

• Join the Retreat Planning Committee to organize & facilitate campus-wide teaching development events.
• Contact Dan Pell: dan.pell@wisc.edu

Members+ Events

• The Members+ Committee seeks Fellows who are interested in organizing one-per-semester roundtable discussions among members and guests on issues surrounding teaching & learning.
• Contact Claire Barrett: claire.barrett@wisc.edu

Newsletter

• Have ideas or events to contribute? Want to add someone to the mailing list?
• Contact Sarah Pultorak & Dan Pell: editor-uwta-newsletter@g-groups.wisc.edu

Membership Committee

• The Membership Committee seeks Fellows (Faculty & Academic Staff) and FFPs to help review nominations. Honor great campus educators & promote excellence by helping to review nominations.
• Contact: uwta-membership@g-groups.wisc.edu

U-CLaSS

• Take part in U-CLaSS sessions to explore teaching and learning from the student perspective.
• Contact Jamie Henke: jamie.henke@wisc.edu