{"id":1697,"date":"2026-09-05T21:21:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T21:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/?p=1697"},"modified":"2026-09-05T21:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T21:21:49","slug":"fall-kick-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/fall-kick-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Kick-Off!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_100124-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1702 \" src=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_100124-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"373\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_100124-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_100124-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_100124-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_100124-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_100124-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_100124-1200x1600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>It was a delight to start the Fall semester with a kick-off meeting focused on the English Department&#8217;s contributions to undergraduate education at UW-Madison. Over sixty faculty and staff shared examples of teaching innovations and collaborated on topics like career integration, equitable teaching assignments, creating tracks through the major, and thinking about an English certificate. Let&#8217;s bring this energy to the first day of classes!<a href=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_095926-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1701 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_095926-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_095926-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_095926-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_095926-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_095926-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_095926-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_095926-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_095926-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_100705-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1700\" src=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_100705-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_100705-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_100705-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_100705-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_100705-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_100705-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_100705-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_100705-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_102436-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1699\" src=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_102436-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_102436-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_102436-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_102436-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_102436-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_102436-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_102436-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dept.english.wisc.edu\/awanner\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PSX_20260901_102436-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a delight to start the Fall semester with a kick-off meeting focused on the English Department&#8217;s contributions to undergraduate education at UW-Madison. 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