2023 Tiny Earth Summer Symposium

Tiny Earth Partner Instructor Day

The day will include 3 comprehensive and interactive sessions with nestled Tapas Talks, breaks, and activities:

Interactive (1) Curriculum, (2) Community, and (3) Science & Discovery Sessions.

Be sure to bring your laptop to participate in workshops and discussions!
Weather permitting: Join us for a causal lakeside dinner with Symposium Plenary Speakers & TEHQ at Memorial Union Terrace @ 5pm—featuring one of the best views on campus! Each guest will be responsible for their meal. Patio/cafeteria food and beverages are available for purchase.
The Event Schedule has been adjusted to accommodate rich Tapas Talks and Workshop content. Thank you for your contributions, and please note changes.

Time (CT)	Session
8:30 am	Doors Open: Use the elevators behind Aldo’s Cafe to the 3rd floor Orchard View Room; Check-in at the registration table. NOTE: Main building elevators are accessible to employees only.
9:00 am	Welcome
9:30 am	Interactive Curriculum Session: Curriculum Tapas Talks Part I
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Interactive Curriculum Session: Scientific Teaching Course Workshop \| Curriculum Tapas Talks Part II
11:15 am	Break
11:30 am	Interactive Curriculum Session: AJEDI* Workshop
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 pm	Interactive Community Session: Events & Community Updates \| Community Tapas Talks
1:45 pm	Interactive Science & Discovery Session: Science Updates
2:15 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Interactive Science & Discovery Session: Science Tapas Talks Part I \| Pythium Assay Workshop with TECH*
3:30 pm	Break
3:45 pm	Interactive Science & Discovery Session: Tapas Talks Part II
4:00 pm	Discussion & Wrap Up
5:00 pm	Dinner at Memorial Union Terrace with Plenary Speakers or on your own. Patio/cafeteria food and beverages are available for purchase.

*AJEDI = Antiracism, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

TEPI	Institution	Tapas Talk
Jodi Enos-Berlage	Luther College	Integrating Soil Health into Tiny Earth Curricula
Jenny Hayden	Cedar Crest College	Continuity of the Tiny Earth Curriculum Across Two Semesters
Brian Merkel	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay	Leveraging Tiny Earth: Community and Institutional Buy-In
Adam Kleinschmit	University of Dubuque	A Bioprospecting Ethics and Responsible Conduct of Research Case Study Module for the Tiny Earth Curriculum

TEPI	Institution	Tapas Talk
Josh Pultorak	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Resistance vs. Antibiosis in Microbes and Plants: Inhibiting Wrong Ideas that Resist Student Apprehension
Hans Wildschutte	Bowling Green State University	A CURE for Education and Biotechnology
Lucy Fenzl	College of Menominee Nation	Tiny Earth Informing Climate Change at CMN

TEPI	Institution	Tapas Talk
Aarti Raja	Nova Southeastern University	Regional Symposia & Community Engagement: Florida ASM / Tiny Earth Symposium
Saima Khalid & Aarti Raja	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Tiny Earth International Training for India, Malaysia and Pakistan
Lisa Merkel and Bonnie Gonzales	Green Bay West High School	Tiny Earth Pipeline Project (Green Bay West High School and UW-Green Bay)

TEPI	Institution	Tapas Talk
Joanna Klein	University of St. Thomas	Leveraging a Tiny Earth partnership to Reach Your Research and Scholarship Goals
Shane Roesmann	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Tiny Earth Genomics Pilot Course: Lessons Learned from Teaching Metagenomics
Sue Cooke	University of New Hampshire at Manchester	Tiny Earth in Space – Using TE protocols to assess antibiotic production in bacteria exposed to a near-earth space environment
Sydney Rollins	University of New Hampshire at Manchester	Inspiring Young Scientists with an Out-of-This-World Experiment!

TEPI	Institution	Tapas Talk
Kristin Labby	Beloit College	Demystifying the Chemical Extraction Protocol
Daniel Zamzow	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	Acetonitrile as an optimal solvent for extracting antibiotics from soil bacteria
Chris Vriezen	Smith College	Bioprospecting antimicrobials: The CURE