March 11, 2022

UW-Madison Future Faculty in Engineering Workshop

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UW-Madison Future Faculty in Engineering Workshop
 
There's still time for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to apply for WiscProf, the future faculty in engineering workshop at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, May 23-26, 2022.
 
Targeted specifically for groups traditionally underrepresented in engineering, WiscProf is designed for doctoral students within their last two years of study and postdocs who are interested in (or thinking about) pursuing an academic career at a research-intensive university. 
 
This all-expenses-paid workshop will give you a window into life as a faculty member in engineering. You'll meet with current faculty members, department chairs and college leadership; get a feel for what it's like to work at a top-tier university; and begin to develop a plan to pursue your own career in higher education.
 
Apply today here! Applications are due no later than March 31, 2022. 
 
Highlights:
  • Network with participants and our faculty, chairs and deans.
  • Present your research, receive feedback, and learn how to be a great faculty candidate.
  • Learn what it's like to begin a faculty career.
  • Tour our facilities, department, lovely campus and vibrant city.
  • Take an all-expenses-paid trip to Madison, Wisconsin.
"When I entered graduate school, I wasn’t entirely sure what I wanted to do with my career. I just knew that I liked to do research. UW exposed me to a variety of different career pathways and prepared me for my career in academia. I was fortunate enough to see professors who I identified with and who looked like me. I was able to learn from world-renowned leaders and was mentored in so many different ways: professionally, academically and personally."
—Shannon Roberts, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
 
“I really enjoyed the future faculty program I attended. I got a much better sense of the expectations of a tenure track position as well as the resources available to support early-career faculty. It was so helpful to go through all that with a group of diverse folks who also had questions about whether the tenure track was the right choice for them.”
—Rachel Slaybaugh, Nuclear Engineering Associate Professor,
University of California-Berkeley
 
 
Questions? Send us a note at contact-us@engr.wisc.edu. We look forward to your application, meeting you in person, and introducing you to our outstanding community of engineering colleagues!
 
 
Douglass Henderson
Associate Dean, Faculty Development
Professor, Department of Engineering Physics
College of Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison