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Episode 96: Kate Stephenson

December 26, 2021

In this podcast episode, CTE Faculty Fellow and English Assistant Professor Kate Stephenson talks about community-engaged pedagogy, establishing partnerships with community organizations, and much more.

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Student Life Committee Approves Professorships

December 13, 2021

The Board of Visitors and Student Life Committee approve the establishment of the Barbara Fried Directorship of the Center for Teaching Excellence. The endowment is set to "provide impactful resources that will allow faculty members to teach in increasingly innovative and effective ways."

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Student-led Courses Now Available for Enrollment on SIS

December 9, 2021

Students must pass INST 3150 to become an instructor of a CavEd course. CTE Director Michael Palmer teaches that seminar, which aims to help undergraduate students learn how to be effective teachers.

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Redesigning Academic Courses to Support Connection, Values, & Well-Being

November 17, 2021

The Contemplative Sciences Center and Center for Teaching Excellence piloted the week-long Contemplative Institute for Teaching and Learning during Summer 2021. Faculty participants share how this experience impacted their personal and professional lives this semester.

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Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

SoTL Scholar Spotlight: Upsorn Praphamontripong

October 6, 2021

The 2019-20 SoTL Scholar shares how she plans to continue sharing her findings with the SoTL community and using the knowledge and skills she gained to reflect on her teaching.

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

SoTL Scholar Spotlight: Elizabeth Hall

August 5, 2021

For our SoTL Scholar Spotlight series, we checked in with French Assistant Professor Elizabeth Hall. She joined the 2020-2021 cohort and shares what she has learned in the program as well as from her project.

Class Makes Link Between Engineering and Social Justice Crystal Clear

July 7, 2021

Engineering Ph.D. Bethany Gordon developed the Engineering Social Justice course during the Center for Teaching Excellence's Course Design Institute. The course focuses on helping students understand not only why, but how to make social justice part of their future engineering designs.

engineering.virginia.edu

WTJU combining education with all that jazz

July 4, 2021

After receiving a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, WTJU is developing a jazz curriculum with the help of the Center for Teaching Excellence.

dailyprogress.com