The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) invites nominations for two 2025 Faculty Awards: the Faculty Teaching Award and Faculty Scholarship Award. Nominations are facilitated via e-mail. (Read More).
Academics
New Program! Colleague Campus Connections
Want to peek into a colleague’s classroom and discover new teaching ideas? Want someone to visit yours and provide helpful feedback? Join Colleague Campus Connections, a new and informal program that pairs faculty members to learn from and inspire each other through casual classroom visits and conversations. (Read More).
Call For Butine Faculty Development Proposals: Due Feb. 14
The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) invites all full-time faculty, instructors, lecturers, and librarians to submit proposals for the Spring 2025 Arthur Butine Faculty Development Fund. (Read More).
AI Faculty Sandbox (Jan. 10)
Join Terry Favero, CTL, and Hannah Highlander, CAS, for this two-part workshop focused on using AI to improve your teaching and student learning. (Read More).
Spring 2025 Provost’s Initiative for Undergraduate Research Recipients; Summer Applications Now Open! (Due Feb. 16 by Midnight)
The Office of the Provost is pleased to announce recipients of the Spring 2025 Provost’s Initiative for Undergraduate Research awards. Applications for the Summer 2025 awards are now open through February 16, 2025. (Read More).
Faculty Scholarly Activity Reminder
Faculty members are reminded to load their scholarly activity on the portal in PilotsUP by May 31 each year. Data obtained through the portal is important as the University applies for grants, honors societies, etc. Faculty members also use their school’s report on the home tab of the Scholarly Activity Portal to send the data to their respective deans as a part of annual self-evaluation. (Read More)
Teaching and Scholarship Awards—Call for Nominations (Jan. 24)
The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship (TAS) is accepting nominations for the 2025 Faculty Teaching Award and Faculty Scholarship Award. Nominations are due by January 24, 2025. (Read More)
Center for Teaching and Learning: Innovation Grants
Do you have an innovative teaching idea you are interested in deploying in your classroom? The CTL is seeking applications for its Teaching Innovation Grant program to support innovative teaching endeavors across the college. Successful applicants will receive up to $500 in stipend and an additional $500 in project budget funds. (Read More).
Fall 2024 Butine Faculty Development Fund Award Recipients
The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is pleased to announce the Fall 2024 Butine Faculty Development Fund Awards. Congratulations! (Read More)
Don’t Miss a Core Samples Lunch this Semester! (Nov. 13)
Learning from gifted teachers over free food and without exams: could it be any better? All staff and faculty are invited to attend one or both of this fall’s Core Samples Lunches, as guests of the Garaventa Center and Core Program. These gatherings are a terrific way to build your knowledge of what happens in UP’s Core Curriculum. (Read More).