Center for Faculty Excellence
Promoting Students’ Online Engagement and Success: Insights from a Gamified Course
Join colleagues to discuss the implications of a gamified course design on students’ online engagement and success.
Faculty and Staff Book Club – Relationship Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College
What single factor makes for an excellent college education? As it turns out, it’s pretty simple: human relationships. Decades of research demonstrate the transformative potential and the lasting legacies of a relationship-rich college experience.
ISSOTL Conference Proposals Due
Submit a proposal to present at the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) conference.
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?
Faculty and Staff Book Club – The Happiness Advantage
By turns fascinating, hopeful, and timely, The Happiness Advantage reveals how small shifts in our mind-set and habits can produce big gains at work, at home, and elsewhere.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Faculty Forum
Join colleagues from across the state to discuss AI as it pertains to teaching.
Midwest SoTL Conference
Attend the Midwest SoTL Conference focused on the theme of "Teaching Everyone Everywhere."
Faculty and Staff Book Club – Ask Powerful Questions
If you want to become a better educator and facilitate an ice breaker conversation with colleagues...this book is for you. Ask Powerful Questions invites the reader on a journey that explores: the clarity of intent, connecting through rapport, creating openness, reflective listening, and empathy. How can we explore the space between ourselves and others, and exchange meaningful perspectives? Just ask—powerfully.
Fear and Loathing in the Age of AI
Join colleagues from across the state to discuss the current conversation around the use of tools such as ChatGPT and Midjourney, as well as how educators should respond in this ever-evolving climate.
Promotion & Tenure Information Session
All faculty interested in learning more about the Promotion and Tenure procedure at PNW are invited to attend this session.