Events
WCER and its projects host dozens of lectures, panels discussions and other events throughout the year, including the Wisconsin Ideas in Education and Carl A. Grant series, and the annual UW-Madison Education Research Poster Fair.
Nearly all these events are free, and open to the campus community, as well as to other educators, community leaders and members of the interested public.
You can scroll event descriptions beginning with the most current on this page, get a larger view and subscribe to WCER’s Google calendar, visit the individual pages for each type of event or use the search.
Past Events
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America
Richard Rothstein, Distinguished Fellow, Economic Policy Institute & Senior Fellow, Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Sponsor: CEE
October 18, 2018, 4:30 - 6:00, 2120 Kellner Hall, Graingiere Hall
The Vocational Significance of Cultural Identity
Angela Byars-Winston, Professor, University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Sponsor: CCWT
October 18, 2018, 12:00 - 1:00, 259 Educational Sciences, 1025 W. Johnson Street
WIES Lecture: Excellent Content Teaching for Multilingual Students
Kara Mitchell Viesca, Associate Professor, Teaching, Learning & Teacher Education, University of Nebraska
October 17, 2018, 12:30 - 1:30, Wisconsin Idea Room (159) Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
Wisconsin Idea in Education Series Lecture CANCELLED
Kara Mitchel Viesca, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Sponsor: WCER, Early Career Faculty
October 17, 2018, 12:30-1:30, 159 Education Building
The Importance of Meaning: Going Beyond Mixed Methods to Turn Big Data into Real Understanding
David Williamson Shaffer, Director & Principal Investigator, Epistemic Analytics, Sponsor: E.I. Initiative and DoIT
October 16, 2018, 12:00 - 1:00, Union South (See TITU for room details), 1308 W. Dayton Street
Retrospective Item and Survey Design for Workshop Evaluation
Christine Bell, Evaluator, The LEAD Center
October 8, 2018, 12:00 - 1:00, Educational Sciences Room 259, 1025 West Johnson Street
Teacher Speakout! Rural Education Roundtable Discussion & Collaborative Dialogue
October 5, 2018, 1 - 4:45, Morgridge Commons & Wisconsin Idea Room (159), UW-Madison Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
WIES Lecture: Games & Learning: Use Cases
Mike Beall, Director, Gear Learning
October 3, 2018, 12:30 - 1:30, Wisconsin Idea Room (159) Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
National Symposium on College Internship Research
September 28, 2018, 9:00 - 6:00, Pyle Center, UW–Madison Campus
WIES Lecture: The Softening of Stone: Collaborative Acts of Transformation
Anna Riley, Artist and Educator
September 26, 2018, 1:00 - 2:00, Wisconsin Idea Room (159) Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall
Network Fellows Orientation
September 26, 2018, 10:00 - 11:30, School of Education, Room 159
Network Fellows Orientation
September 19, 2018, 1:00 - 2:30 pm, School of Education Building, Room 198
Network Fellows Meet & Greet
September 14, 2018, 5:30 - 7:30, Virginia F. Harrison Parlor, Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Avenue
Graduate School Degree Dash!
August 31, 2018, 8:00 , Library Mall, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2018 Welcome Back Bash for School of Education Faculty/Staff
August 30, 2018, 12:30 - 2:00, North Plaza, Education Building
