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).
Academics
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).
Call for CAS Faculty Applicants: CAS Advantage Institute for Spring 2025 (Apply by Nov. 15)
The CAS Advantage Institute is a faculty development program in collaboration with the Career Education Center. This training series provides tools, strategies, and a supportive community to implement career readiness concepts into courses to help students recognize and communicate how their CAS education prepares them for future endeavors. (Read More).
CAS Colleagues: AI Across UP (Nov. 22)
Join your colleagues from the College of Arts and Sciences for a special event highlighting how your fellow faculty members are innovating with and exploring ethical implications of the world of Artificial Intelligence in their academic work! Whether you’re actively using AI tools, curious about their potential, or seeking to better understand their impact on academia, this conversation-driven event promises valuable insights and connections. (Read More).
Fostering Balance: Virtue and Burnout in Academia—A Conversation (Nov. 1)
Faculty at small institutions often experience burnout as they fuse personal passions and identify with the work output, leading to fatigue, burnout, and, ultimately, low morale. Please join the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Faculty Welfare Committee for a lunch discussion about faculty, work, and vocation within our institutional “family” context. (Read More).
Honors Readings Courses for 2025-2026—Now Accepting Proposals (Nov. 27)
The Honors Program is looking for faculty-led readings courses to be offered next year (fall 2025 and spring 2026). This is a fun opportunity to teach a 1-credit, pass/no pass course to a group of no more than 15 curious and academically engaged juniors and/or seniors. (Read More).
Academic Senate Committee on Committees—Faculty Survey (Closes Dec. 4)
The Academic Senate Committee on Committees seeks to gather your interests and abilities to serve on senate committees. We are asking faculty to please complete an Academic Senate Committee on Committees Service Survey to help us determine committee appointments for the 26/27 academic year. (Read More).
Call for Exploration Level Course Proposals for the UP Core (Oct. 1)
The Undergraduate Core Curriculum Committee (UCCC) is readying for its annual October 1 priority review deadline to consider new exploration level (X) courses for the UP Core. These courses are upper division offerings that emphasize interdisciplinary thinking with some grounding in the liberal arts–but they can come from any UP discipline. The UCCC will review courses at other times in the year, but October 1 is our only annual priority deadline. (Read More).
Be UP’s Collegium Participant in June 2025! (Apply by Oct. 20)
Faculty of all disciplines are invited to be part of Collegium, an annual week-long colloquy that integrates faith and intellectual life, held on the campus of St. John’s University. All travel, accommodations, and fees are covered by UP’s annual dues. (Read More).