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Faculty Development Day, May 7: Session Proposals Welcome

March 22, 2019

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is excited to announce this year’s Faculty Development Day theme, “Compassionate listening and responding: How to transform UP into a more diverse, supportive, and inclusive campus.” The morning keynote address and several late morning sessions will be centered around this theme. The remaining sessions, most of which will occur in the afternoon, are then open to a variety of topics, which may or may not relate to the overall theme.

The Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is now accepting proposals from faculty who would like to organize 45-minute sessions on a topic of their choice. Please send suggestions/requests to committee chair Hannah Highlander (tas@up.edu) no later than Friday, April 12. Please include a title and abstract, along with any other preferences or special needs. The committee will make every effort to accommodate requests.

Filed Under: 03-18-2019, 03-25-2019, 04-01-2019, Academics Tagged With: Committee on Teaching and Scholarship, Faculty Development Day, Hannah Highlander

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