Faculty Training
Nominate faculty for campus awards
All Missouri S&T students, employees, staff and administrators are invited to nominate a worthy faculty member for a Campus Faculty Award. The five available awards are:
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CERTI merges into CAFE, provides faculty one stop for professional development
The Center for Educational Research and Teaching Innovation (CERTI) has merged into The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE). The merger became effective June 30. This merger was made possible by Provost Robert Marley to provide high quality faculty professional development in teaching and research and service.
Read More »CAFE introduces new rolling acceptance for proposals
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence has changed its proposal deadlines from set dates to rolling acceptance for the following funding opportunities:
- Professional Development Travel Fund for early career faculty
- Mini-Sabbatical program
- Publishing results from past mini-grants
Nominate someone for a faculty award
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) is now accepting nominations for Missouri S&T’s faculty awards.
The five awards are:
- Faculty Excellence Award
- Faculty Achievement Award
- Faculty Teaching Award
- Faculty Research Award
- Faculty Service Award
Mini-sabbatical funding addendum
You may have learned recently that the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) is accepting proposals for its new mini-sabbatical program. This program is focused on, but not limited to, mid-career faculty seeking to initiate new research or teaching endeavors. If you are interested in this program but your travel plans begin prior to the June 1 application deadline, we still encourage you to submit a proposal. In the future, the call for proposals will be released with adequate time to prepare for summer plans. For more information, visit the CAFE website or contact Abby Bigg, office support associate, at cafe@mst.edu.
Read More »Learn about promotion and tenure at S&T
Have questions about the promotion and tenure (P&T) process? Join the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence at an early career faculty forum about promotion and tenure at S&T at 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, in Room 204 of the Curtis Laws Wilson Library. Tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty are invited to discuss a range of topics with a panel of experienced tenured and promoted S&T faculty,. Topics include:
Read More »CAFE offers funding for mini-sabbaticals
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) is now accepting proposals for its new mini-sabbatical program. Proposals are due Friday, May 18. This program is designed to enable faculty to learn new technologies or build new collaborations for purposes such as: pursuing funding opportunities, building new collaborations for scholarly activities, developing new courses, or enhancing existing classes. All tenured or tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty are eligible to apply.
Read More »Faculty forum on April 18 to tackle two topics
At the early career faculty forum at 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, attendees can learn about balancing service with faculty responsibilities and learn about the University of Missouri Faculty Scholars program.
Read More »Start spreading the news about your research
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) will host an early career faculty forum about raising the visibility of your research and scholarship 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, in Room 204 Curtis Laws Wilson Library.
Read More »Faculty forums planned on marketing, service, promotion and tenure
All untenured tenure-track faculty, and assistant teaching and research professors are invited to early career faculty forums sponsored by the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE). Forums are 4-5 p.m. every other Wednesday in Room 204 of Curtis Laws Wilson Library. The next forums will be held April 4, April 18 and May 2. Topics will include:
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