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34th annual interdisciplinary Wisconsin Womenís Studies and
5th annual UW System LGBTQ Conference
Leadership and Collaboration in Shaping the Future: The Intersections of Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Sexuality
April 16-17, 2010
Proposals due October 23, 2009
UW-Whitewater
Bringing together academics, teachers, students, community leaders, activists, and others, the gathering is co-sponsored by the UW-Whitewater Women's Studies Program and three UW System offices: the Women's Studies Consortium; the Institute on Race and Ethnicity; and the Inclusivity Initiative. The conference organizers seek proposals addressing research, scholarship, program development, pedagogy, curriculum, and/or community activism in the fields of Women's, Gender, Racial/Ethnic, and LGBTQ, Disability Studies. A general focus on intersecting diversity issues and identities, as well as emerging and effective educational and organizational practices/processes, is encouraged. Best practices and case studies suitable for replication (or to be avoided) are especially welcome, especially as they relate to the educational advancement of our students and to the fields of Women's Studies, Racial/Ethnic Studies, LGBTQ Studies and/or Disability Studies. Presentations that represent approaches to topics which are collaborative, cooperative, diverse, interdisciplinary, and inter-generational are encouraged. Go here for more information: http://www.uww.edu/conteduc/camps/wsc/form.php

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The University of Wisconsin System
2010 President's Summit on Excellence in Teaching and Learning

Watch here for the Call For Proposals and additional conference information

http://www.uwsa.edu/vpacad/summit/

Proposals due November 4, 2009
The Office of Academic Affairs and Senior Vice President Rebecca Martin are pleased to announce the University of Wisconsin System President's Summit on Excellence in Teaching and Learning, a conference to be held April 29-May 1, 2010, at the Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor's Club. The Summit is being co-sponsored by the UW System's Office of Professional and Instructional Development (OPID), the PK-16 Teacher Quality Initiative, the Institute on Race and Ethnicity (IRE), the Women & Science Program (W&S), the Learning Technology Development Council (LTDC), the Women's Studies Consortium (WSC), and the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs.

The President's Summit on Excellence in Teaching and Learning will bring together over 250 faculty and staff across disciplines to demonstrate the UW System's commitment to excellence in higher education during tough economic times. It will provide a forum in which to recognize, acknowledge, and share the expertise of faculty and academic staff who excel at teaching, value learning, and are committed to sharing their experience, knowledge, practice, and scholarship. The intentional relationships among teaching, learning, and making excellence inclusive will be highlighted throughout this event.

In addition to keynote addresses by UW System President Kevin Reilly and others, the Summit will feature plenary and concurrent sessions on: assessment, curricular transformation, and the scholarship of teaching and learning across the disciplines in the Arts, Humanities, Global and International Education, Interdisciplinary Studies, Social Sciences, and STEM areas. In the context of Inclusive Excellence, other initiatives will be featured, including UW System and institutional work on LEAP Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Teaching Fellows and Scholars Program, Universal Design, Inclusivity, Women and Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Emerging and Effective Technologies, and High Impact Practices.

The Summit will also provide opportunities for working and constituent groups from throughout the UW System to convene, including, for example, the System Advisory Group on the Liberal Arts (SAGLA), Compass Campus Teams, Women & Science Program affiliates, and others. UW System faculty and staff are invited to submit proposals for the President's Summit on Excellence in Teaching and Learning. More information on the Summit and proposal submission will be forthcoming.

Wisconsin Women in Higher Education Leadership
WWHEL 2009 State Conference
Women as Transformational Leaders: Gender and Clear-Headed Leadership in Higher Education
October 22-23, 2009
UW-Stevens Point
For more details and registration, see www.wwhel.org
Keynote speaker: Venita Kelley, Ph.D. Founder of Kelley Communications and Consulting


National Women's Studies Association
Difficult Dialogues
November 12-15, 2009
Atlanta, GA
http://www.nwsaconference.org
Difficult Dialogues: NWSA 2009 will examine how feminist intellectual, political, and institutional practices cannot be adequately practiced if the politics of gender are conceptualized (overtly or implicitly) as superseding or transcending the politics of race, sexuality, social class, nation, and disability.
Note that the UW System is well represented with thirteen presentations by faculty and academic staff, including Melissa Adler, Keisha Lindsay, Phyllis Holman Weisbard, UW-Madison; Patricia Dyjak, UW-Stephens Point; Teresa Faris, UW-Whitewater; Megan Elizabeth Feifer, and Cathy Seasholes, UW-Milwaukee; Deb Hoskins,, Sandra Krjewski, UW-La Crosse; Dianna Hunter, UW-Superior;Christie Launius, UW-Oshkosh; Leni Marshal, UW-Stout, and Helen Klebesadel, UWSA.

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UW System Sustainability Meeting
Central Wisconsin Environmental Station
Sunset Lodge, Amherst Junction, WI 54407
November 18-19, 2009
The agenda isn't finalized yet, but you can plan on arriving around noon on Wednesday and departing about 1:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Central WI Environmental Station is located 15 miles east of Stevens Point. A block of hotel rooms will be booked in Stevens Point, but the more adventurous in the group can spend the night at the camp. The planning committee is getting started on the agenda, which will be sent out along with registration information within a few weeks. There will be a faculty/curriculum thread. If you are interested in learning more or sharing how you are bringing Sustainability issues into your teaching, contact Helen Klebesadel: hklebesadel@uwsa.edu.
Central WI Environmental Center: http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/cwes/index.aspx