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Course Redesign Institute Offers Tools, Tactics to Boost Student Outcomes
The Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE) recently hosted the Course Redesign Institute (CRI), guiding 20 faculty members in best practices to assess how they teach, changes to make a course more enjoyable and more effective, and high-impact tactics that…
Newly Formed Center for Student Excellence Brings Together, Enhances Student Support Programs
Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity’s new Center for Student Excellence, which launches with the start of the 2025-26 academic year, brings together student support programs from across campus and builds on the synergies between them with the mission of helping students thrive and…
Remembering the Legacy of Elizabeth (Liz) DuRoss Liddy
Elizabeth (Liz) DuRoss Liddy, dean emerita of the School of Information Studies (iSchool) and former interim vice chancellor and provost, passed away on Aug. 21. A pioneering scholar and researcher in natural language processing, she was 81. Liddy G’77, G’88…
New Members Named to the Provost’s Faculty Salary Advisory Committee
Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Jamie Winders today announced members of the 2025-26 Provost’s Faculty Salary Advisory Committee (PFSAC). The University-level group was established to provide the provost with guidance on full-time faculty salary appeals. The members for academic year…
Art Museum Faculty Fellows Leverage Collections to Enhance Teaching
Four faculty members have been named Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity Art Museum Faculty Fellows for the 2025-26 academic year. The fellows program, now in its fourth year, supports innovative curriculum development and the fuller integration of the museum’s collection in University instruction….
New Award Recognizes Faculty Volunteers for Academic Integrity Service, Impact
Two faculty volunteers with the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE)’s academic integrity program  received a new internal award recognizing their achievements in maintaining academic integrity standards and policies across the University. Academic Integrity Outstanding Service Awards were presented…
Inaugural Meredith Professor Faculty Fellows Announced
Three professors have been named Meredith Professor Faculty Fellows. Part of the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professorship Program, the Faculty Fellows program was launched this year. Fellows will work in partnership with the Center for Teaching and Learning…
Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity, Lockerbie Academy Reimagine Partnership, Strengthen Bond
Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity and Lockerbie Academy are renewing and strengthening their longstanding partnership through a reimagined initiative that will bring Lockerbie students to Â鶹ƵµÀfor a full academic year. This enhanced program deepens the bond between the two communities, forged in…
Awards Recognize Success of Assessment Through Engagement and Collaboration
Academic Affairs and Institutional Effectiveness (IE) presented awards to faculty and staff members, students, offices and programs and hosted a poster presentation during the One University Assessment Celebration on April 25 in the School of Education’s Education Commons. In her…
Pamela Heintz Leaves a Lasting Legacy at the University’s Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service
Pamela Kirwin Heintz ’91, G’08 came to Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity to finish the bachelor’s degree she began decades earlier at Smith College. Little did she know the journey she was about to undertake would foster her engagement with thousands of undergraduate…