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CIRTL Forum 2003
Preparing the Future STEM Faculty: Sharing Successful Strategies

November 4, 2003

7:00 – 10:00 PM Registration – Edgewater Hotel Lobby

November 5, 2003

7:00 Continental Breakfast and Registration

8:00 Welcome – Martin Cadwallader, Dean of the Graduate School, University of Wisconsin - Madison

8:10 Introduction to the Forum – Robert Mathieu, CIRTL

8:30 Opening Address: “The Role of Teaching and Learning in the STEM Graduate Programs of Research Universities” – Joseph Bordogna, National Science Foundation

9:15 Panel: Measures of Success for University Programs to Prepare STEM Graduate Students in Teaching and Learning (Chair: Karl Smith, University of Minnesota)

“A Graduate Dean’s Perspective” – Karen Klomparens, Michigan State University
“A STEM Chair’s Perspective” – John Wright, University of Wisconsin - Madison
“An Evaluator’s Perspective” – Carol Colbeck, Pennsylvania State University

10:15 Break

10:45 Breakout Sessions: Goals for Preparing STEM Graduate Students in Teaching and Learning

12:00 Lunch

12:45 Posters: University Programs to Prepare STEM Graduate Students in Teaching and Learning

1:45 Panel: Lessons from National Programs to Prepare STEM Graduate Students in Teaching and Learning (Chair: Ann Austin, Michigan State University)

“Evaluation of the PFF Program” – Myles Boylan, National Science Foundation
“The University of California Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate” – John Mohr, University of California, Santa Barbara
“The Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate” – George Walker, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

2:45 Break

3:15 Breakout Sessions: Sharing Successful Programs Between Universities

4:30 Free Time

5:00 Reception and Posters

6:00 Dinner (at the Edgewater Hotel, hosted by CIRTL)

8:00 Distinguished Lecture: “Applying the Tools of Science to Teaching Science” – Carl Wieman, Nobel Laureate in Physics, University of Colorado (Wisconsin Union Theater, Memorial Union)

November 6, 2003

7:00 Continental Breakfast

8:00 Chair: Renata Engel, Pennsylvania State University

Keynote Address: “Professing the Scholarly Arts: The Doctorate as Preparation for Profession” – Lee Shulman, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

8:45 Breakout Sessions: Next Steps for Preparing STEM Graduate Students in Teaching and Learning

10:00 Break

10:30 Panel: The Changing Landscape of Higher Education (Chair: John Jungck, Beloit College)

“The Changing Undergraduate Audience and Implications for Preparing Future STEM Faculty” – Orlando Taylor, Howard University
“The Changing Institutional Context and Implications for Preparing Future STEM Faculty – Cathy Trower, Harvard University

11:30 Break

11:45 Chair: Robert Mathieu, CIRTL

Open Floor: “Reflections”

12:15 Closing Remarks: “Synthesis and Connections” – Jody Nyquist, University of Washington

12:30 Forum Evaluation

12:45 Farewell