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Welcome our new Senior Faculty Fellows!
Sep. 8, 2023—The Provost’s Office for Faculty Affairs and Professional Education (OFAPE) has appointed two Senior Faculty Fellows, Lily Claiborne (Earth & Environmental Sciences) and Pavneet Aulakh (English), who, for part of their time this year, will be offering workshops and mentorship as part of our Open Classroom and New Faculty Teaching Academy. Please join us in...
Vanderbilt Instructors Open Their Classroom Doors
Sep. 7, 2023—Would you like to watch one of your colleagues teach to see how they manage the classroom, engage students, or address challenging subjects? Do you ever feel like you toil privately to learn how to teach? You’re not alone. Too often in higher education, we instructors do not have the opportunity to watch and discuss...
Welcome, Boni Yraguen!
Sep. 6, 2023—Join us in welcoming our newest member of the staff, Boni Yraguen, Instructional Consultant. Originally from Oregon, Boni is an alumna of the University of South Alabama in Mechanical Engineering. She holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, specializing in Thermal Fluid Sciences, specifically Diesel Combustion. Boni’s academic pursuits also...
HIPs Workshops
Sep. 1, 2023—Throughout this academic year, we will offer a series of workshops organized around various “high-impact practices” (HIPs) as defined by extensive research by the American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U). Using millions of data points collected via the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), HIPs are those teaching practices that have demonstrated significant educational benefit for students,...
Queer Teaching, Queer Thriving
Aug. 31, 2023—The Center for Teaching and the K.C. Potter Center for LGBTQI Life are proud to offer a 2023-2024 learning community about ways campus educators may help LGBTQI students to thrive academically and socially. Open to all faculty, graduate students, and staff of any background, the learning community will discuss a wide variety of issues: the...
Upcoming Educational Technology Workshops
Aug. 2, 2023—The Center for Teaching and the Brightspace and Instructional Technology Support team will be offering a variety of workshops on specific teaching technologies. These workshops cover a variety of topics and are a mixture of virtual and in-person. For more details and up-to-date information, check out the Brightspace workshops page. Some upcoming events include the...
Teaching Assistant Orientation 2023
Jul. 26, 2023—All new graduate student TAs are invited to the Teaching Assistant (TA) Orientation held annually by the Center for Teaching. The event offers preparation in effective teaching strategies for the varied teaching duties assumed by TAs, as well as information on campus resources relevant to TA work. Workshops and practice teaching sessions at the event...
Teaching at Vanderbilt New Faculty Orientation 2023
Jul. 24, 2023—At the beginning of every academic year, the Center for Teaching hosts “Teaching at Vanderbilt” (TAV), an orientation for junior and senior faculty new to Vanderbilt. The orientation features an introduction to strategies for launching a successful teaching career at Vanderbilt, with concurrent sessions on a variety of practical topics. Teaching at Vanderbilt is an...
Welcome to Laura Carter-Stone!
Jul. 18, 2023—The CFT is very proud to welcome Laura Carter-Stone as our new Postdoctoral Fellow. Laura Carter-Stone is an alumna of Grinnell College and the University of Kentucky, and received her PhD in Teaching, Learning, and Diversity with a specialization in Language, Literacy, and Culture from Peabody College, Vanderbilt. After teaching in K-12 schools, she developed...
The CFT Thanks Our Graduate Teaching Fellows
Jun. 8, 2023—The CFT wants to express our deepest gratitude to the 2022-2023 Graduate Teaching Fellows for their unwavering commitment to teaching values and for completing their 12 months of fellowship. To further the university’s teaching mission, our outstanding Fellows demonstrated exceptional professionalism, and expertise and provided optimal pedagogical consultations to other graduate students and postdocs, designed...