Events
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Oct 26Well-Being Week
Well-Being Week Fall 2026
The Center for Community and Well-Being is bringing back Well-Being Week October 26th to 30th! Well-Being Week is a week-long event for School of Education staff and faculty that aims to strengthen community, foster collaboration, connection, and interpersonal relationships, and build new skills and strategies for growth and well-being in the workplace. Fall 2026 Well-Being Week …
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Oct 26Book Discussion: Custodians of Wonder by Eliot Stein
Education Building, Room 245
Calling all book lovers! Join Alex Phelps from the Center for Community and Well-Being for a discussion of Custodians of Wonder by Eliot Stein. You can request your own copy of this year’s Go Big Read or borrow an audiobook, e-book, or physical copy through UW–Madison Libraries or the Madison Public Library. Space is limited. …
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Oct 26The Joy of Origami: The Art of Paper Folding
MERIT Library, Room 336
Have you ever wanted to try origami? Join James Pustejovsky (Educational Psychology), who has studied origami since childhood, for a relaxed, beginner-friendly introduction to the art of paper folding. All materials will be provided. Come learn a new skill, exercise your creativity, and turn a simple square of paper into something surprising! Skilled origami enthusiasts …
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Oct 26Mini-Reading Retreat
Cooperative Children's Book Center, TEB 4th floor
Katie Kiekhaefer and the Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) team invites you to nurture your inner child with a mini-reading sabbatical. Read a favorite book from your childhood or see what’s new in children’s and young adult literature. You can explore the CCBC’s extensive collection of children’s literature on your own or have a CCBC …
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Oct 26Board, Not Bored!
Wisconsin Idea Room
Join Jason Roth from the Center for Community and Well-Being for an afternoon of fun! We will have several board games from Recreation & Wellbeing, including card and board games for small and large groups. Game on! Space is limited. Registration required. Sign up TODAY!
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Oct 26Stress Management Workshop
Education Building, Room 245
Join Joshua Schiffman from the Employee Assistance Office to focus on stress management from multiple perspectives. You will learn simple but powerful exercises that you can practice in your daily life that will not only reduce stress overall, but also help you better handle those moments where unexpected stress pops up. You’ll also learn ways …
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Oct 26Fun Run (or Jog!)
Outside the Teacher Education Building
Interested in casual running or jogging with your SoE colleagues? Meet Adeline De Angelis from Curriculum & Instruction outside the Teacher Education Building for a warm-up and introduction, then we’ll take off on a 3-mile loop. All fitness levels and paces are welcome! Space is limited. Registration required. Sign up TODAY!
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Oct 27Move with the Dean
Lathrop Hall, Virginia Harrison Parlor Room
The Fall 2026 “Move with the Dean” Well-Being Week feature brings the community together for a yoga and meditation session led by Dani Molle (WCER), with Dean Haddix joining the group. The session will be followed by a light reception and opportunity to connect. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. The session runs approximately 10:45–11:30 a.m., with the reception concluding …
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Oct 27First Nations Culture and Land Tour
Meet at Memorial Union, front foyer on the main floor of the west end
Engage with the land, water, buildings, historical markers, and archeological sites on UW–Madison’s campus, which occupies ancestral Ho-Chunk land in a special place called Teejop. Join Rebecca Cors from WCER and the First Nations Cultural Landscape Tour guide to discuss historic and contemporary relationships with First Nations and reflect on our generational responsibilities along the …
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Oct 27Improv: A Practice for Joyful Living
Wisconsin Idea Room
Through interactive exercises and collective conversation, Lisa Barker (Director of Strategic Initiatives in the Dean’s Office, Affiliate Faculty in the Departments of Curriculum & Instruction and Theatre & Drama) invites participants to practice the principles of improvisational theatre—listening actively, failing cheerfully, and working hard to help others feel safe and look good—and discuss how these …