Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence
Letters of Intent for educational research mini grants due Friday
Do you have a question about teaching and student learning that you want to explore? Full-time faculty and staff instructors can apply for educational research mini grants, which provide funding for scholarly inquiry into a research question about teaching and student learning.
Read More »CAFE to present ‘Writing a Research Proposal’
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) early career faculty forum, “Writing a Research Proposal,” will be held in-person and on Zoom 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, March 23. Panelists will be Dr. Chenglin Wu, assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, and Dr. Xiaoming He, professor of mathematics. Please register online. Unless otherwise noted, the […]
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In this final episode of the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence’s (CAFE’s) spring series, faculty share ways they’ve sustained a healthy career as an educator.
Read More »Sign up for CAFE forum on research centers
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) will host the 11th in its series of early career faculty forums 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, on Zoom.
Read More »Volunteers sought for Innovation in Teaching and Learning Conference
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) needs volunteers to help with set up and tear down, registration, parking and room moderation at the Innovation in Teaching and Learning Conference on Thursday, March 17.
Read More »Sign up for CAFE forum on student learning and the Writing Center
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) will host the ninth in its series of early career faculty forums 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, on Zoom. The session, “How do Students Learn? and Information About the Writing Center” will be presented by Dr. Merilee Krueger, teaching professor of psychological science, and Phillip Bode, program manager of student support services in the Writing Center.
Read More »Sign up for CAFE forum on leveraging technology to promote your research
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) will host its eighth session in its series of early career faculty forums 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1, in Room 202 of the Curtis Laws Wilson Library. This session, “Leveraging Classroom and Research Technologies: Promoting Your Research,” will address what classroom technologies are available to faculty and how they can enhance your research activities. Light refreshments will be provided.
Read More »Sign up for CAFE forum on scholarship of teaching, learning
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) will host the seventh in its series of early career faculty forums 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, in Room 202 of the Curtis Laws Wilson Library. The session, “Your Academic Portfolio: Third Year Review Process and Mentoring,” will address what to include in your academic portfolio on teaching, research and service and mentoring resources on campus. Light refreshments will be provided.
Read More »Promote academic integrity, student engagement with your course design
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) is hosting “Promoting Academic Integrity through High Impact Classroom Practices and Course Design” tomorrow, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, on Zoom.
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VIDEO: Are students cheating in my class?
Since the start of the pandemic last year, academic dishonesty cases have risen nationally, but what’s going on at S&T? Is cheating something that happens often in face-to-face environments? Questions like these are covered in the third episode of a series on academic dishonesty created by the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE). Watch the video.
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