Agenda

2024 BTAA Language Education Summit Agenda
All Summit activities will take place at the Big Ten Conference Center. All times are in central time.

Thursday, Oct 24, 2024

7:45-9:00 am: Registration and Breakfast

9:00-12:00 Summit Sessions

9:00-9:45 am: Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Martha Cooper, Big Ten Academic Alliance

• Dianna Murphy, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Felix Kronenberg, Michigan State University
  
  

9:45-10:45 am: Panel Discussion: What Keeps You Up at Night?
Moderated by Felix Kronenberg, Michigan State University

Panelists:

• Pam Delfosse, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

• Julie Evershed, University of Michigan

• Giovanni Zimotti, University of Iowa
  
  

10:45-11:00 am: Mingling Activity: Who is in the Room?
Facilitated by Emily Heidrich Uebel, Michigan State University

11:00-12:00 pm: Lightning Talks: Sharing Successes (Part 1)
Moderated by Amanda Dalola, University of Minnesota

• Working to Address Linguistic Bias in Language Classrooms and General Academic Contexts
  Russell Hugo, University of Washington

• OERs to Support Social Justice in Language Education
  Kate Paesani, University of Minnesota

• Challenging Monolingual and Monodialectal Ideologies on Campus
  Dianna Murphy, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Celebrating Multilingualism: What Comes Next?
  Chloë Kitzinger, Rutgers University

• Forming a Global Learning Advisory Council
  Jill Woerner, AFS-USA, Indiana

• Connecting the Dots: Our All-New Language Resource Hub
  Noriko Taira Yasohama and Elena Lanza, Northwestern University

• Defying National Enrollment Trends: Purdue's Innovative Approaches

Jen William and Elena Coda, Purdue University

• Language Program Vitality
  Emily Heidrich Uebel, Michigan State University

12:00-1:00 pm: Lunch

1:00-5:00 pm: Summit Sessions

1:00-2:00 pm: Lightning Talks: Sharing Successes (Part 2)
Moderated by Amanda Dalola, University of Minnesota

• Seeds of Peace: Dialog Across Languages and Cultures
  Julie Evershed, University of Michigan

• *The Language Center has Entered the Chat*: Building Community Across Language Departments through Centralized Social Media
  Amanda Dalola, University of Minnesota

• Connecting the Dots to Career-Readiness
  Pam Delfosse, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

• Asymmetrical Course Sharing
  Felix Kronenberg, Michigan State University

• The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate (PBC) in Dual Language Education
  Alejandro Pérez-Belda, University of Maryland, College Park

• BTAA and Beyond: News from Hybrid Classrooms
  Piibi-Kai Kivik, Indiana University

• Language Learning through ESU5
  Joseba Moreno, Educational Service Unit 5, Nebraska

• Building Bridges: The Nuts and Bolts of Publishing a Multilingual Literary Journal
  Evgeny Dengub, University of Southern California

• Emerging Technology in Language Teaching
  Janice Aski, The Ohio State University
  
  

2:00-3:00 pm: Small Group Discussions: Challenges and Opportunities
Facilitated by Emily Heidrich Uebel, Michigan State University

3:00-3:15 pm: Break

3:15-4:00 pm: Share Out
Facilitated by Felix Kronenberg, Michigan State University

4:00-5:00 pm: A Vision for the Future
Facilitated by Dianna Murphy, University of Wisconsin-Madison

5:00-5:15 pm: Group Photo 

5:15-5:30 pm: Break

5:30-6:00 pm: Reception 

6:00-7:00 pm: Dinner

Friday, Oct 25, 2024

7:45-8:30 am: Breakfast

8:30-11:30 am: Summit Sessions

8:30-10:30 am: From Vision to Action
Facilitated by Amanda Dalola, Univeristy of Minnesota; Emily Heidrich Uebel, Michigan State University; and
Dianna Murphy, University of Wisconsin-Madison

10:30-11:30 am: Planning for Action
Facilitated by Amanda Dalola, Univeristy of Minnesota; Emily Heidrich Uebel, Michigan State University; and
Dianna Murphy, University of Wisconsin-Madison

11:30-1:00 pm: Grab and Go Lunch; Depart