Join the Center for Teaching and Learning and Natalie Nelson-Marsh from the Communication Studies program for a discussion about AI and the Workplace. (Read More).
Center for Teaching and Learning
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).
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).
January Book Club: “Mind Over Monsters” (Jan. 8)
The College of Arts and Sciences in collaboration with the Center for Teaching and Learning invite you to join your colleagues for a discussion of Sarah Rose Cavanaugh’s book Mind over Monsters: Supporting Youth Mental Health with Compassionate Challenge. Cavanagh, a professor and psychologist, employs pedagogical, neuroscientific, and psychological research to frame an approach we can use in the classroom: compassionate challenge. (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).
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).
Center for Teaching and Learning: Constructive Dialogue Lunch (Sept. 25)
Faculty and staff are invited to a lunch discussion on Constructive Dialogue. The CTL is partnering with Anne Santiago, Ph.D., the Dundon-Berchtold Faculty Fellow for Constructive Dialogue, to explore how we, as faculty, can support student learning in this area. (Read More).
Seeking Applicants: Inclusive Teaching Scholar Program
All Full-time Faculty members are invited to apply for the Inclusive Teaching Scholars Program. This program seeks to identify and support at least one person from each academic unit for a total of 5 or 6 scholars who would function as a cohort. (Read More).
SAVE THE DATE(s)—Pre-semester Faculty Development Workshops from the Center for Teaching and Learning (Aug.14-16)
The Center for Teaching and Learning will host three workshops focused on supporting successful student outcomes in advance of the Fall 2024 semester. Subjects include workload stress, tech-induced distraction, and alternative grading. (Read More).
A Discussion on Discussions (Feb. 28)
Is it possible to have every student speak and contribute to class every day? Are you curious to learn about the best ways to prepare for and manage class discussions? Join the CTL as it hosts Allie Stewart (GWSS/ILC) and David Turnbloom (THE) for lunch and community-building in the Teske Dining Room (Read More).