The 5th annual Student Employment Summer Summit brings together supervisors, hiring managers, and others who support student employment at UW-Madison and beyond. Join us for this FREE event to learn best practices, contribute your knowledge, and network with other student supervisors across campus.
If you’re on the fence, check out these Takeaways from participants at the 2023 Summit!
Registration is closed. Contact Kari Temkin to be put on the waitlist.
Schedule Overview
10:45-11:00- Check in
11:00-12:00 Breakout Session 1
- High Impact Strategies for High Impact Work-Based Learning
- From Woe to Whoa! Student Performance Improvement Plans
12:00-12:45- Lunch
12:45-1:45- Welcome & Keynote Address:
- Nicole Cardoza, “Finding the Magic in Student Employment & Beyond”
2:00-3:00- Breakout Session 2
- Artificial Intelligence and Student Hiring
- Engaged Leaders through Employment
3:15-4:00- Panel & Closing Session
Featuring Nicole Cardoza: magician, equity activist, and culture visionary who seamlessly blends the art of stage magic with the work of social justice to conjure a world where possibility knows no bounds.
"This was a wonderful event, not only because of the information covered, but also because it provided an opportunity to connect with and learn from other student supervisors across campus."
2023 Participant
Nicole Cardoza is a magician, equity activist, and culture visionary who seamlessly blends the art of stage magic with the work of social justice to conjure a world where possibility knows no bounds.
Nicole enchants and educates her audiences by weaving creative illusions with the oft-untold history and future of Black and female magicians, encouraging us to discover our inherent magic, take risks, and learn from the extraordinary. By moving cards through time, coins through space, or destroying and restoring simple objects, audiences visualize and imagine what once may have felt impossible.
Nicole strives to be a beacon of change, utilizing action, strategy, and performance to reshape our reality. As a Black queer woman, Nicole works to transcend societal binaries, exploring the realms of possibility and reclaiming the essence of “Black Girl Magic” that is too often overlooked.
As the founder of Reclamation Ventures and the Reclamation Ventures Fund, Nicole has not only created a venture studio but a movement dedicated to incubating endeavors that redefine the limits of human potential. Nicole spearheads projects that bridge the wellness gap, giving over $600,000 in non-equity grants to trailblazers forging a path to make wellness more accessible.
By founding initiatives like Anti-Racism Daily, a media platform boasting 300k email subscribers and 600k social followers, Nicole has become a force of change, raising over $2M to dismantle the structures of white supremacy. Simultaneously, she fosters literary rebellion with the Banned Books Book Club, inviting others to celebrate forbidden narratives while championing the freedom to read.
Nicole is a noted children’s book author and seasoned public speaker, having graced the stages of major conferences and festivals, hosted and facilitated DEI workshops for major Fortune 500 companies and national nonprofits (Lululemon, Adidas, Learn.com, DonorsChoose), and has lectured at colleges and universities (MIT, Harvard, Stanford). Nicole works with these brands and organizations to create strategies and initiatives that foster belonging and reimagine the workplace through live and self-paced workshops.
Nicole Cardoza
11:00-12:00 Breakout Session Topics:
Overture: High Impact Strategies for High Impact Work-Based Learning
In an era where internships dominate the narrative of experiential learning, this session delves into the intersection of student work and transformative educational experiences. Work-based learning is presented as a catalyst for enhancing the academic trajectory of college students, particularly those who identify as underserved or underrepresented minorities. Through both Campus Employment as a High Impact Practice and an innovative general education course, this presentation will highlight best practices that increase equity and promote career readiness. Participants will examine strategies to integrate work-based learning throughout a student’s college experience, fostering meaningful interactions among students, faculty, and staff.
Presenter: Kaila Bingen- UW Parkside
Concerto: Woe to Whoa! Student Performance Improvement Plans
This workshop is designed to provide supervisors with the necessary tools and strategies to support student employees who may be struggling to meet performance expectations. Join this session to learn tangible intervention strategies, best practices, and timelines aimed at enhancing student performance. We’ll help to re-frame performance improvement plans from punitive to developmental to instill confidence in having crucial conversations. Participants will have the opportunity to share their experiences and learn from one another as well.
Presenters: Kasie Strahl & Tracey Pritchard– University of Iowa
2:00-3:00 Breakout Session Topics:
Overture: Artificial Intelligence and Student Hiring
This session explores the transformative role of artificial intelligence in student employment. We’ll offer practical insights to help campus employers modernize their recruitment practices while staying aware of ethical considerations. Join us to learn how to harness the power of AI while maintaining the integrity and effectiveness of your student hiring process.
Presenters: Gautam Jayanthi & Brock Doemel
Concerto: Engaged Leaders through Employment
Learn how to create and sustain a work culture that values student leadership development through integration of the UW-Madison Leadership Framework, Leadership Certificate into the student employment experience.
This session focuses on a program and materials specific to UW-Madison, and may not be as relevant to folx joining from other institutions or off-campus Work Study partners.
Presenter: Kari Temkin
3:15-4:00 Closing Session
Panel Discussion: Lessons learned from supervising students
As a student supervisors, much of our focus is on how we nurture the growth of our student employees. The closing session is the opportunity to reflect on our OWN learning and growth within our roles as supervisors, coaches, and mentors. Hear from colleagues from different areas on campus as they come together to reflect and share their insights and learning from their time supervising students, and how those experiences have influenced their career trajectory and approach to work.
Panelists:
If you need an accommodation for this in-person Student Employment Summit, please contact Kari Temkin – kari.temkin@wisc.edu by Wednesday, July 10th.
Symphony Rm: Facilitating Success for Neurodivergent Students in Their Workplace, Heather Stelljes & Ryan Keegan
In this session, participants can expect to learn background information on neurodivergence before exploring strategies and considerations to build an environment that allows neurodivergent students to meaningfully belong in their workspace.
Overture Rm: Engaged Leaders Through Employment, Barb Kautz Wittwer & Kari Temkin
Learn how to create and sustain a work culture that values student leadership development through integration of the UW-Madison Leadership Framework, Leadership Certificate, and best practices across campus.
Concerto Rm: De-Centering Whiteness, Triston King
At this workshop we will break down the impacts of recognizing one’s proximity to race and race related-topics, the impact it has on one’s interactions with those different from themselves, and how to build tools to develop an anti-racist framework. Participants will examine their role in these systems and structures, and how we can move forward in playing our part in dismantling them.
3:10-4:10 Breakout Session Topics:
Symphony Rm: Supporting Students in Peer Supervision, panel
Natalia Cavazos- Dining & Culinary Services
Mi Levy- Office of Student Financial Aid- Front Desk
Julia Disano- Campus and Visitor Relations Tour Guide Coordinator
Elliot Christensen- University Housing Student Supervisor
Hear the experience of students who supervise their peers directly from the experts themselves. Learn their unique challenges, opportunities, best practices and advice.
Overture Rm: Student Employment Recruiting & Onboarding Tips & Tricks, Kristina Rittel
Supervising student employees is very rewarding but also comes with a lot of moving pieces to make sure your team is adequately staffed, the students are supported, among countless other items. Come learn about hiring and supervising resources and techniques to assist you as a supervisor of student employees.
Concerto Rm: Supporting Student Employee’s mental health, Alex Little (they/them) & Gina Williamson (she/her)
- Learn about the principles of trauma informed care and how to apply them to your work with student employees
- Utilize the recognize, respond, refer framework of student support strategies
- Practice at least one active listening or response strategy from this framework
- Learn about campus and community resources to share with student employees