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CAFE moves to summer office hours

Posted by on May 19, 2021

The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) has begun its summer schedule of office hours at 10-11 a.m. Tuesdays only via Zoom. The summer schedule will be effective through the week of Monday, Aug. 9.

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Learn about delivering online engineering lab course

Posted by on April 29, 2021

Dr. Kelvin Erickson, Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor of electrical and computer engineering, will present information about delivering an online laboratory experience in an engineering course from 8:30-9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 18, via Zoom.

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Learn about NSF’s FastLane system

Posted by on April 26, 2021

This semester’s final early career faculty forum will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 28, via Zoom.

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Deadline extended for educational research mini-grant

Posted by on April 26, 2021

Letters of intent will be accepted through Wednesday, April 28, for the 2021 award cycle of S&T’s Educational Research Mini-Grant Program. Funding is provided by the provost’s office through the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE).

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VIDEO: Using discussion boards in class

Posted by on April 8, 2021

In this video, Dr. Dave Westenberg, professor of biological sciences, discusses how training through an Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) has prepared him for the upcoming semester.

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Award plaques delivered to faculty

Posted by on April 1, 2021

The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) took advantage of the spring weather last week to deliver 73 award plaques to the 2020 S&T award recipients throughout campus. Check out the list of faculty awardees and outstanding teaching awardees.

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VIDEO: Using Zoom’s chat function when teaching remotely

Posted by on April 1, 2021

In this video, Dr. Petra Dewitt, associate professor of history and political science, discusses how she has benefited from training on teaching remotely.

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VIDEO: Seeing from the student’s perspective of remote learning

Posted by on March 25, 2021

In this video, Dr. Beth Kania-Gosche, chair and professor of teacher education and certification, discusses how she has benefitted from training on teaching remotely.

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Learn about writing research proposals on March 31

Posted by on March 22, 2021

The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) will host a forum for early-career faculty titled “Writing a Research Proposal” at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 31, via Zoom. The forum will feature three successful S&T researchers:

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VIDEO: Mid-semester feedback for traffic engineering course

Posted by on March 1, 2021

It’s not too late for faculty to request mid-semester feedback. In this video,Dr. X.B. Hu explains how the survey helped him tweak his courses in the middle of the semester.

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