Professional Development Winter Warm-Up Calendar
Check out this curated collection of skill development and wellness activities for graduate students for January 2025.
Winter Welcome Back: January 13-17, 2025
Join in for a week of events—from social hangouts to funding seeking strategies and mentorships workshops—designed to reconnect, recharge, and set you up for success. Let’s start strong together!
Monday, January 13 | 1 – 2:00 pm | Online
Tuesday, January 14 | 2 – 3:30 pm | TITU, Memorial Union
Wednesday, January 15 | noon – 1:30 pm | TITU, Union South
Thursday, January 16 | 10 – 11:30 am | Wisconsin Idea Lounge, The Pyle Center
Thursday, January 16 | 1:30 – 3 pm | Online
Friday, January 17 | 9 am – 2:30 pm | Rooms 325/326, The Pyle Center
*These events are also part of the Funding Forward series – more will be added soon at go.wisc.edu/funding-forward.
Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering Workshop
The Graduate School will fund two UW–Madison graduate students to attend the CASE workshop in Washington, D.C., April 6-9, 2025. This entry-level program, sponsored by AAAS and other scientific groups, teaches STEM students about Congress, the federal budget, and science communication. Applications are due by Sunday, February 2, 2025. Read more about the workshop and application instructions.
Spring 2025 Delta Courses – Designed for graduate students and postdocs, Delta courses offer professional development in teaching, mentoring, outreach, and advising. Participants gain evidence-based teaching practices to become effective and inclusive educators, researchers, and mentors, with skills that are highly transferable to any profession. Courses also count towards the graduate/professional Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and Learning.
- Human-Centered Teaching with AI
- Using Writing to Teach in Any Discipline
- Research Mentor Learning Communities
- Capstone Seminar in Teaching and Learning
- Expeditions in Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning
- Active Learning Laboratory
Just added! Research Mentor Training Workshop Series – This non-credit workshop series option is great for graduate students and postdocs, whether they are currently mentoring or plan to mentor in their future careers. It’s an opportunity to experience evidence-based mentor training practices to become effective and inclusive educators, researchers, and mentors.
This post was authored by Lynaye Stone on 01/06/2025.