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The CFT Welcomes New Assistant Director Cynthia Brame
May. 8, 2012—We’re excited to announce the upcoming appointment of Cynthia Brame as a new assistant director at the CFT. Cynthia is currently an associate professor of biology at Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana, and will begin here at the CFT in July. Cynthia received her B.S. from Centre College and her Ph.D. in pharmacology here at...
Apply to be a Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow
May. 7, 2012—The CFT’s Junior Faculty Teaching Fellowship program provides a special set of opportunities for junior tenure-track faculty to… Learn from senior colleagues about successful teaching practices and how to better balance the many demands of work and life. Learn to integrate more fully your teaching and research. Design and refine courses. Add to your repertoire...
Episode 30 – Student Learning on Display: Spinach-Powered Solar Cells
May. 4, 2012—In an effort to better understand student learning, particularly deep learning, as it occurs at Vanderbilt, the CFT is producing a special series of podcasts highlighting student projects across a variety of disciplines. In this episode we join CFT Director Derek Bruff as he reports on-location from the floor of the poster session at the...
Congratulations to the 2012 Teaching Certificate Recipients
May. 4, 2012—The Center for Teaching congratulates the 16 graduate students who completed the requirements to receive their Teaching Certificate this spring. These individuals were: Elizabeth Adolph, Chemical Engineering Robert Brucker, Biological Sciences Angela Cowser, Graduate Department of Religion Wenyue Du, Biological Sciences Menghun Goh, Graduate Department of Religion Jenna Gorlewicz, Mechanical Engineering Beth Koontz, Anthropology Ebany...
Fall Orientations Scheduled for New Faculty and Teaching Assistants
May. 3, 2012—At Vanderbilt, we believe research and teaching can be — indeed must be — united. Just as you ask innovative and challenging questions in your research, your efforts in the classroom or the laboratory challenge your students to experience your discipline and the world in new and different ways. Each fall the Center offers two orientations:...
Join Us for the Celebration of Teaching on Wednesday!
Apr. 30, 2012—The CFT, in conjunction with the Graduate School, invite you to join us in celebrating teaching on the Vanderbilt campus and honor the 2012 recipients of the Center’s Teaching Certificate program on Wednesday, May 2 at 4:00pm at the Center for Teaching. Reception to follow program. We ask that you RSVP to the Celebration of Teaching by May...
Celebration of Teaching Spotlight: Campus Collaborations
Apr. 27, 2012—The work of the Center to support teaching and learning at Vanderbilt takes many shapes and durations, ranging from single conversations to multi-year collaborative projects. In partnership with many other units across campus, we build bridges within the university, bringing together people with shared visions for teaching and learning who might not otherwise recognize the...