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 […]
Terry Favero
Work Life Integration—Designing a Meaningful Career
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 10:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Franz 120. Faculty and staff are the most prized and creative assets of any higher education institution. Yet over […]
Difficult Conversations in an Inclusive Classroom Lunch Discussion (Nov. 9)
All faculty are invited to attend a discussion, with lunch included, about challenging classroom discussions on Wednesday, November 9, from 12:20 p.m.–1:30 p.m. in the Teske Room of Bauccio Commons. With a student body diversifying at a pace much faster than faculty demographics, along with students wanting to connect classroom experiences and content to present […]
Center for Teaching and Learning Invites Applications for the Inclusive Teaching Scholars Program (Due Oct. 28)
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 […]
Need Promotion Help? Ask SOPHIA
As part of the SOPHIA mission to support senior faculty development, a new program is being implemented to match faculty who are seeking promotion to professor or submitting files for post tenure review with faculty who have successfully gone through the promotion process and are willing to read and respond to promotion files, according to Terry Favero, […]
Congratulations to 2017 Faculty Award Winners
The University’s Faculty Awards were presented on Tuesday, May 9, at the Faculty Awards Dinner, with the following results: The James Culligan Award, established in 1953 in memory of a dedicated servant of the University and presented annually to a faculty member in recognition of distinguished service, was presented to Terry Favero, biology (pictured). Winners […]
Need Help with Promotion Dossier? Ask SOPHIA
As part of the SOPHIA mission to support senior faculty development, a new program is being implemented to match faculty who are seeking promotion to professor with faculty who have successfully gone through the promotion process and are willing to read and respond to promotion files, according to Terry Favero, biology. Faculty who are seeking promotion and […]
Laura McLary Named Oregon Professor of the Year
Laura McLary, international languages and cultures, was named Oregon Professor of the Year by the national Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the international Council for the Advancement and Support of Education on Thursday, November 19. The award committee cited McLary’s innovation and dedication to teaching international languages, highlighting her leadership in growth […]
Graves Award in the Humanities for Alexandra Hill
Alexandra Hill, international languages and cultures, has been awarded an Arnold L. and Lois S. Graves Award in the Humanities. This competitive award, offered biennially, is “intended to encourage and to reward outstanding accomplishment in actual teaching in the humanities by younger faculty members.” The Graves Awards are administered by Pomona College under the auspices […]