About Us

Director's Welcome

Whether this is your first time to explore the NTLC website or you are a frequent visitor, we are thrilled to have you check out the exciting programs, activities and events that we offer. You are also invited to visit the Center, located at 301 Millennium, and to peruse our library of teaching and learning resources that we are always willing to loan out. In addition, we offer meeting spaces for NTLC related activities and discussions. The Nakatani Teaching and Learning Center is a source for inspiration, resources, and lots of friendly faces. We invite you to visit us soon. - Renee Howarton

Millie Kotulek

Program Assistant

Millie Kotulek can help get you started with all that the Nakatani Teaching and Learning Center (NTLC) has to offer. If you desire to sign up for one of our programs, Millie will assist you with applications, room arrangements, checking out resources, answering questions, scheduling events, and problem-solving. She also has a knack for making our participants feel very comfortable and appreciated. Therefore, if you want to learn more and get involved with NTLC, please contact Millie.

Board member selection is based on faculty recommendations, an individual's past involvement with NTLC programs, and his or her genuine interest in helping the Center grow and flourish. A cross representation from each of the colleges is actively sought. Member terms for faculty representatives last for three years.

The Nakatani Teaching and Learning Center Advisory Board is comprised of faculty representatives from each college and select administrators. Members advise and assist the Director of NTLC on all matters relating to the main mission of the NTLC—to share and value teaching and learning.

The Board supports and helps monitor and evaluate the accomplishment of organizational goals. It also assists with strategic planning and envisioning programs, activities and events that are aligned with the Center's mission. Board members provide financial guidance for the NTLC yearly budget and they also strive to enhance the Center's public image by articulating its achievements and new directions to campus and outside publics.

Advisory Board Members 2012-13

Paul Lokken
College of Management

College of Management

Bryan Beamer
College of Management

Julie Peterson
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Aaron Durst
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Julie Watts
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

College of Education, Health and Human Sciences

Debbie Stanislawski
College of Education, Health and Human Sciences

Jill Klefstad
College of Education, Health and Human Sciences

College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Todd Zimmerman
College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Amanda Little Mandy Little
College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Administration

Joan Thomas
Dean of Students

Renee Howarton
Director of NTLC

Nakatani Teaching and Learning Center

Jane Henderson
Director of Learning Technology Services; Co-Director of NTLC

Millie Kotulek
Learning and Information Technology, NTLC

The Nakatani Teaching and Learning Center (NTLC) is devoted to promoting and supporting the art and science of teaching. The NTLC encourages valuing teaching and learning by all members of the UW-Stout community, through collaboration, creating programs for faculty development, and facilitating the use of technology.

NTLC Mission Statement

NTLC will share and value teaching and learning by:

creating a climate where colleagues find satisfaction in teaching and learning, build confidence in the effectiveness of their teaching, and have opportunities to share their classroom and research practices,
creating programs that nurture and support faculty development,
facilitating the use of technology in teaching and learning

NTLC Vision Statement

NTLC nourishes a campus culture of learning and teaching characterized by discovery, curiosity, innovation, collaboration and research.

Programs sponsored by the NTLC's goals, mission and vision statements are closely aligned with the mission of the Nakatani Endowment Fund and the University's envisioning statements and Enduring Goals.

2012 Millennium Hall

History

The Nakatani Endowment was established in 1993 through a bequest from Kiyo Nakatani, in memory of her late son, Arthur M. Nakatani, a UW-Stout alumnus. Arthur Nakatani earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from UW-Stout in 1971 and 1972, respectively, and taught elementary school in Hawaii until his death in 1989.

In 2008, the Teaching and Learning Center at UW-Stout was renamed the Nakatani Teaching and Learning Center and assumed joint leadership with Learning Technology Services in promoting the goals of the Nakatani bequest to create and apply technology and research to promote the art and science of teaching. The programs offered by the NTLC are supported with funds from the Nakatani Endowment.

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