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Teaching Survey Says!

April 28, 2023

Dear UP faculty members, the Center for Teaching and Learning seeks your participation in the following survey. The purpose of the survey is to receive input on faculty development needs in order to prioritize offerings and programs over the next two years. Should you have an interest in leading programming, you will also be invited […]

Filed Under: 2023-05-01, 2023-05-15, 2023-05-22 Tagged With: Center for Teaching and Learning

2023 Innovative Assignments and Activities Competition Winners

April 28, 2023

On behalf of the Center for Teaching and Learning, please join me in congratulating the winners of the 2023 Innovative Assignments and Activities competition. Their work highlights some of the most successful and creative assignments that support more effective teaching and learning across a wide range of disciplines. You will hear from the award winners […]

Filed Under: 2023-05-01 Tagged With: Center for Teaching and Learning

Highlighting Innovative Assignments and Activities (submit by Apr. 1)

March 17, 2023

To celebrate our work in the classroom, the Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) is undertaking a new initiative, “Innovative Assignments and Activities,” that will highlight some of the most effective and creative work designed by our faculty. Faculty can submit assignments for consideration, and all submitted work will be peer-reviewed by members of the […]

Filed Under: 2023-03-20 Tagged With: Center for Teaching and Learning

Inaugural Cohort of Inclusive Teaching Scholars

February 17, 2023

Franz Hall

The Center for Teaching and Learning is pleased to announce the inaugural cohort of Inclusive Teaching Scholars. This diverse team of faculty will work to grow as inclusive teachers and serve as leaders for inclusive teaching techniques, ideas, and approaches across the campus. Each member will identify a project of interest to be completed over […]

Filed Under: 2023-02-20 Tagged With: Center for Teaching and Learning, Inclusive Teaching Scholars Program

Work Life Integration—Designing a Meaningful Career for Faculty and Staff

January 6, 2023

The Center for Teaching and Learning and the Faculty Welfare Committee invite all faculty and staff to participate in an interactive workshop on work-life integration on Wednesday, January 11, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Franz 120. Faculty and staff are the most prized and creative assets of any higher education institution. Yet over […]

Filed Under: 2023-01-09 Tagged With: Center for Teaching and Learning, Faculty Welfare Committee, Terry Favero

Center for Teaching and Learning Invites Applications for the Inclusive Teaching Scholars Program (Due Oct. 28)

September 30, 2022

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. Individually, Scholars will undertake or enhance an inclusive pedagogical project in areas […]

Filed Under: 10-03-2022, 10-17-2022 Tagged With: Center for Teaching and Learning, Inclusive Teaching Scholars Program, Terry Favero

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Nick McRee, Sociology and Social Work, published “Academic debate and civic engagement in adolescence and young adulthood: evidence from a national longitudinal study.” Argumentation and Advocacy, 61(3–4), 323–338. He also published “When Chairs Shield Faculty from Service Opportunities: Protecting Colleagues or Hindering Community?” The Department Chair, 36(3), 11-13.

Katie Danielson, Education, was awarded a grant from The Spencer Foundation in the amount of $374,940.00 for the “Collaborating Towards Transformational Visions for Digital School Systems” project. Danielson also published “Learning to let go: Transformations in teachers’ pedagogical reasoning about classroom discussion.” Co-authors: Gotwalt, E., Kavanagh, S. Teaching and Teacher Education. January 2026

Daniel Bulek, Nursing & Health Innovations, published “From monoamine deficits to multiscale plasticity: Twenty-five years of ketamine and the neurophysiology of depression.” Journal of Neurophysiology, jn.00516.2025.

Dave Houglum, Director of Leadership Studies and Leadership Professor of Practice in the Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, facilitated a multi-day series of invited leadership development workshops for the staff team at Lutherhaven Ministries in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Houglum led six interactive sessions focused on DiSC-informed leadership, coaching-centered leadership, servant leadership and accompaniment, powerful feedback, and the co-creation of team commitments to support healthy culture and sustainable impact. In addition, Houglum provided multiple individual leadership coaching sessions for staff members throughout the engagement. January 2026.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published the following articles in VoiceAfrique.org: “The Saturated Wisdom of Saint Joseph: Relevant Virtues for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings of the Fourth Sunday of Advent, 2025). December 19, 2025. “The Gift of the Nativity is Grounded in an Ethics of Neighborliness.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Mass on Christmas Day, December 25, 2025). December 24, 2025. “The Spirituality of Ambition and the Grace of the Incarnation.” Reflections on the Readings for the Vigil Mass of Christmas, 2025. December 24, 2025. “The Theotokos: A Mirror in Which We Discover Ourselves as Bearers of God’s Life to Each Other.” (Reflection on the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God.) December 31, 2025. “Jesus Christ: The Revealer of the Grace of Encounters and an Embrace of Difference.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord. January 4, 2026.) January 3, 2026. “Christian Baptism as a Summon for Global Justice: What We Must Embrace for Our Times.” (Reflections on the Readings for the Sunday of the Baptism of the Lord. January 11, 2026.) January 10, 2026. Aihiokhai also published a review of The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology Amid Gaza. Edited by John S. Munayer and Samuel S. Munayer. Orbis Books, 2025. Catholicbooksreview.org

Jeff Kerssen-Griep, Communication and Media, presented “Teaching with Transformative International Conflict Partners” on the panel, “Healing Divides and Elevating Connections within Conflict & Peacebuilding.” National Communication Association Convention. November, 2025.

Christi Richardson-Zboralski, Director of Marketing – Graduate Programs, published a short story under pen name, Christi R. Suzanne, entitled “Outlaw’s Dust.” In Lisa Diane Kastner (Ed.) 27 Stories: An LA Wildfire Anthology. Running Wild Press. January 7, 2026. All proceeds from this anthology go toward Habitat for Humanity LA. Find it on the Broadway Books website or on Bookshop.org.

Fr. Pat Hannon, CSC, published From Glory to Glory: A Pilgrim’s Notes From the Badlands of Grace. Occasioned by the author’s walking, with siblings, the famous Camino de Santiago in the fall of 2024, the book traces all manner of other pilgrimages—to and from home, family, love, self, and God. One Subject Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. November, 2025.

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