Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence
Orientation for new faculty set for Aug. 15-16
Missouri S&T will welcome new faculty to our campus with a new faculty orientation 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, and Friday, Aug. 16, in Curtis Laws Wilson Library. Register online.
Read More »Learn about the building blocks of course design
Join the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) for a workshop about course design 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, through Thursday, July 18, in Room 317 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall.
Read More »CAFE grants go to four projects
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) provided nearly $13,000 to fund the following projects:
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Have you met with a master mentor?
Have you met with a Miner master mentor? Master mentors are respected S&T faculty who are available to provide confidential consultations about various topics, such as teaching, research, career goals and leadership.
Read More »Learn about P&T at faculty forum
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) invites all early-career faculty to a forum about promotion and tenure 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, in the Havener Center. Separate sessions will be provided for tenure-track faculty and non-tenure-track faculty.
Read More »Learn about early career faculty travel grant experiences
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) invites faculty to an early career faculty forum 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, in the Turner Room of the Havener Center. Learn about ways early career faculty have used the Professional Development Travel Grant.
Read More »Ivliyeva named CAFE assistant chair
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) announces that Dr. Irina Ivliyeva, professor of arts, languages and philosophy, will be the next assistant chair of CAFE, beginning June 1. Her appointment will last through May 31, 2020, at which time she will become chair.
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New faculty invited to learn about S&T history over dinner
All first- and second-year faculty and a guest are invited to attend a dinner featuring a presentation titled “The History of Missouri S&T” at the Public House Brewing Co.’s St. James Taproom at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20.
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How do students learn?
The next early career faculty forum, open to all pre-tenure and pre-promotion faculty, will be a discussion on the topic, “How Do Students Learn?” 4-5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, in Room 203 of the Curtis Laws Wilson Library. Dr. Merilee Krueger, associate teaching professor of psychological science, will lead the forum.
Read More »Forum planned Feb. 13 for early-career faculty
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) will host a forum for early-career faculty 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb 13, in the Gasconade Room of the Havener Center. Participants will discuss an article published by the University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, titled “Supporting Students Facing Mental Health Challenges.”
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