Spring 2025 Writing Challenge
All faculty, graduate students, staff and administrators are welcome to join the two-week writing challenge being offered this spring. Registration will open the week before the writing challenge begins.
Details:
- Spring 2025 Writing Challenge
- Challenge: February 17 - March 2
- Registration: February 10 - February 13
The Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs is dedicated to the professional development of faculty members from recruitment to retirement, as well as to the success of students through high-impact learning experiences, continuous program improvement, and innovative pedagogies.
We partner with other central offices on campus to support faculty as they create thoughtful, holistic plans for their careers, achieve excellence in their research and creative endeavors, mentor their students, engage the community, and find meaningful work/life balance.
Throughout the academic year, the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs will provide and promote internal and external professional development opportunities.
Faculty Lunch & Learn Series
The Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs is happy to host a year-long Lunch & Learn series to highlight pedagogical experts on campus and discuss student success and faculty well-being techniques.
All sessions will take place the last Wednesday of every month from 12:00-1:00pm in Teachers College, room TC 1008. While drop-ins are welcome—and even encouraged—feel free to RSVP to the sessions to receive a calendar invitation.
8/28/2024 - Best Practices in Building Community in the First 6 Weeks
9/25/2024 - Productive Ways to Use AI in Our Work (Teaching and Beyond)
10/30/2024 - Meaningful Ways to Get and Incorporate Student Feedback
11/20/2024 - Thinking About Attendance—What Works to Get Students to Class?
1/29/2025 - Effective and Easy Ways to Prevent and Respond to Classroom Disruptions
2/26/2025 - Ways to Care About Student Well-Being Without Ruining Yours
3/26/2025 - Using Reflection as a Teaching Tool in a High Impact Classroom
4/30/2025 - Lessons Learned This Year—Class Alterations I'll Make Over the Summer
Other Upcoming Opportunities
Title IX: What do faculty need to know?
2/18/2025 from 10:00-11:00am, Zoom | RSVP
Welcoming All Voices: Fostering Cultural and Intellectual Diversity - View Series
Flying Higher: Professional Development for Mid-Career and Senior Faculty - View Series
Facul-TEA 15-Minute Sessions - View Series