Love Data Week Events
Love Data Week Events
2025 Love Data Week Events Coming Soon!
Have an idea or session topic for 2025 Love Data Week? Contact info@btaa.org.
All faculty, staff, and students across the Big Ten are invited to participate in any or all Love Data Week events. The purpose of these events is to raise awareness and engage in topics related to data.
Direct any questions to info@btaa.org.
List of 2024 Sessions
Strategies for Success in Survey Administration and Analysis
Description:
Struggling with how to create a survey, manage survey fatigue, or wrangle survey data into actionable information? Our panel of experts will address these issues in a one-hour conversation.
Presenters: Bethan Cantwell, Michigan State University; Betty Harper, Penn State University;
Sara Lazenby, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Mark Miazga, University of Minnesota; Michelle Appel, University of Maryland (moderator).
Community Perspectives - Faculty Experiences with Data Support
Description:
On this panel, faculty members from several Big Ten institutions will provide their perspectives on and concerns about their institutions' use of data in support of their teaching and research.
Panelists: Faculty from the University of Maryland and The Ohio State University; Joe Gridley, University of Maryland (co-moderator); Jen Elliott, Ohio State University (co-moderator).
Community Perspectives - Student and Data Use
Description:
On this panel, students from the University of Maryland and Ohio State University will discuss their perspectives on and concerns about the institutional use of their data.
Panelists: Students from the University of Maryland and Ohio State University; Joe Gridley, University of Maryland (co-moderator); Jen Elliott, Ohio State University (co-moderator).
Community Perspectives - Administrative Views on Ethics, Governance, and Data Use
Description:
On this panel, data, privacy, and security leaders from across the Big Ten will provide their perspectives on when and how data should be accessed and used and their concerns about the risks data can represent.
Panelists: Administrators from the University of Maryland and Ohio State University; Joe Gridley, University of Maryland (co-moderator); Jen Elliott, Ohio State University (co-moderator).
The Xs and Os: Athletes, Assessment, and Academic Success
Description:
This session explores how athletics and data providers can move beyond the mandated reporting requirements and into the realm of internal assessment for program improvement and student support.
Presenters: Brady Rourke, University of Maryland; Scott Walker, Rutgers University; Stephen Connelly, University of Michigan; Dan Rohrer, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Michelle Appel, University of Maryland (moderator).
Data Governance Trivia
Description:
Join Ohio State and Penn State's Data Governance teams to test your data knowledge!
Presenters: Laura Gast, Ohio State University; Karen Henninger, Penn State University; Amy Cogswell, Ohio State University (Quiz Master).
Community Perspectives - Bringing it All Together
Description:
On this panel, students, faculty, and administrators will come together to discuss their shared understanding of, concerns about, and expectations for their institutions' use of data.
Panelists:
Students, faculty, and administrators from the University of Maryland and The Ohio State University; Joe Gridley, University of Maryland (co-moderator); Jen Elliott, Ohio State University (co-moderator).
Data Viz Championship Showcase
Description:
Join us at the Data Viz Championship Showcase to witness cutting-edge data visualization entries from Big Ten Universities. Be there to discover the champion that redefines the art of data visualization!
Presenters: Entrants from across the Big Ten Academic Alliance institutions.
Moderators: Michelle Appel, University of Maryland; Maureen Henry, Ohio State University; Paulina Krys, Penn State University; Bridgett Milner, Indiana University.