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Teaching & Scholarship

May 7 Faculty Development Day Program Ready Now

The program for Faculty Development Day, scheduled for Tuesday, May 7, is now available through the Committee on Teaching and Scholarship. To save paper, the committee encourages faculty to download a copy of the program in advance so they can use it to orient themselves between sessions using their mobile devices. A limited number of paper copies of the program will be available on the day of the program.

  • Faculty Development Day program can be found here.

For more information contact Hannah Highlander, TAS chair, at highland@up.edu.

 

Presentation By 2018 Teaching Award Winner, Nov. 2

Tara Prestholdt, the 2018 recipient of the Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching, will share her thoughts on teaching in a talk titled “Gifts, Presence, and Present’ on Friday, November 2, at 4 p.m., in the Clark Library classroom (Room 211). All staff and faculty are invited to attend and light refreshments will be provided.

For more information, contact the Teaching and Scholarship Committee at tas@up.edu.

Nominate Colleagues for Teaching, Scholarship Awards

wootton copyThe Committee on Teaching and Scholarship is accepting faculty nominations for the 2015-2016 Teaching Award and Scholarship Award, according to committee chair Aaron Wootton, mathematics. These awards are an opportunity for the University community to celebrate publicly two of its own for outstanding achievements in teaching and scholarship. The committee will accept nominations until noon on Friday, January 29, by e-mail to tas@up.edu. Submission of supporting materials by nominees will be due by noon on Friday, March 18. Visit the Teaching and Scholarship website for information regarding the nomination process and materials that will be needed.

Contact Wootton at tas@up.edu for more information.

Faculty Research Day, Jan. 8

profsThe University’s Faculty Research Day program will be held on Thursday, January 8. Each panel in the event will have faculty from across disciplines and schools who will offer brief five-minute perspectives on the day’s theme, followed by open discussion for new insights and potential collaboration. University president Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C., and University provost Tom Greene will host a lunch to begin the afternoon, and a cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres will complete the day. After the informal, brief presentations, the conversation can flow freely and everyone attending the panel  should join the conversation.

In case anyone wants to use powerpoint or a video for part of his/her presentation, please visit the Butine Grant page in Moodle. Instructions can be found here. With this shared file drive, faculty can log in once to access all presentations for a much smoother transition between presentations.

Registration for the day is closed and lunchbox orders are in, so please contact Lauretta Frederking at tas@up.edu if you wish to attend or if there are any questions.

Faculty Research Day Deadline Approaching, Dec. 1

faculty research dayThe signup deadline for Faculty Research Day is approaching on Monday, December 1, according to Teaching and Scholarship Committee chair Lauretta Frederking. Each panel in the January 8 event will have faculty from across disciplines and schools who will offer brief five-minute perspectives on the day’s theme, followed by open discussion for new insights and potential collaboration. University president Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C., and University provost Tom Greene will host a lunch to begin the afternoon, and a cocktail hour with hors d’oeuvres will complete the day.

Register for Faculty Research Day by following this link (http://tinyurl.com/pyxdxro). Registration should not take more than 2 minutes. Please contact Frederking at tas@up.edu for more information.