Check out these opportunities to engage in conversations and learnings that build skills and knowledge. Below, there are listed ongoing series and educational opportunities around diversity and inclusion, business and innovation, international, and professional development.
For opportunities that connect students and recent alumni with businesses, check out this semester’s list of career fair and recruitment events.
Upcoming Campus Events
- April
- April 29Human Resources (HR) Basics for Non-HR ProfessionalsFor most small business owners and managers, there is a wide gap between hiring your first employee(s) and bringing on an HR manager or team of HR professionals.8:30 AM
- May
- May 7
- May 9
- May 12From Research to Action: Understanding Your Market WorkshopSession 1 The Fundamentals of Market Research5:00 PM, Business Library, Room 2210U (Inside the Business Learning Commons, 2nd Floor), Grainger Hall
- May 13From Research to Action: Understanding Your Market WorkshopSession Two - Option A | B2B Market Research (Instructor: Peggy Smith)5:00 PM, Business Library, Room 2210U (Inside the Business Learning Commons, 2nd Floor), Grainger Hall
- May 14
- May 14From Research to Action: Understanding Your Market WorkshopSession 2 – Option B | B2C Market Research (Instructor: Peggy Smith)5:00 PM, Business Library, Room 2210U (Inside the Business Learning Commons, 2nd Floor), Grainger Hall
- June
- June 11
- June 13
- June 26
Events and Webinars
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Custom training from the Center for Professional Development
The leader sets the tone of the organizational culture. UW-Madison’s Center for Professional and Executive Development (CPED) can equip you, and your teams, with the tools needed to mitigate bias in hiring and performance review processes, run inclusive meetings, build diverse relationships with external stakeholders, and design an equity-centered change management strategy. Find out more.
BUSINESS AND INNOVATION
Entrepreneurons
This ongoing series from WARF brings together thought leaders from across the country and our own backyard to exchange perspectives on core topics ranging from identifying an opportunity to building a startup team to financing and beyond.
Crossroads of Ideas
This monthly public lecture series from the Discovery Building addresses challenging and engaging social science topics such as politics, policy issues, ethics, public perceptions, law and science and society.
UW Now Livestream
The Wisconsin Alumni Association presents moderated faculty lightning talks about the work happening on campus now, followed by live Q & A sessions.
Badger Talks LIVE
This virtual series from UW Connects features UW–Madison faculty and staff experts on a wide variety of interesting and engaging topics.
INTERNATIONAL
Business Spanish Certificate Program
In four months, this course from UW–Madison Continuing Studies can greatly improve your professional proficiency in Spanish and gain the cultural knowledge you need to conduct business in Spain and Latin America. Find out more.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Course: Intro to Business Analytics – Quantitative Methods
Online, self-paced via UW–Madison
With this online, self-paced course, you will develop a solid understanding of the basic concepts underlying quantitative analysis and business statistics important to any business problem, and especially so for Six Sigma projects. Gain the knowledge and the tools to dissect complicated business problems and provide quantitative analysis to problems instead of relying on intuition and instincts. More.