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Center for Faculty Excellence

Be inspired to strive for excellence. Explore the resources and opportunities we offer to support faculty in their professional growth.

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Thank-an-Educator Program

Students, is there a faculty, instructor, or staff member at PNW who made a difference in your college experience? Give them a shout-out and show your appreciation for the impact they’ve had on your journey!

Submit a “Thank You”

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Upcoming Events

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Oct 06

Community of Practice: Enhancing Courses with Generative AI

Participants in the Fall 2025 offering of the Enhancing Courses with Generative AI Community of Practice will meet to learn skills/ideas for incorporating GenAI in their courses.

Oct 06

Work Sprint

Do you need to set aside time to work on your research? Or do you have other work you need to complete? Perhaps completing a task for a research project, grading, recording/creating course content, reading? Would having some focused time to work on it help?

Oct 07

Sparkshop: Creating Transparent Assignments to Support Student Success

Sparkshops are meant to start exploration of a chosen topic with continued support from the CFE as requested. 

Oct 08

“Playing with AI” session

“Playing with AI” is a series of interactive virtual sessions designed to introduce faculty to innovative AI tools and applications that can enhance teaching and research practices.