We welcome all incoming professors, associate professors, assistant professors, lecturers, coaches, assistant coaches, counselors, librarians, and all returning faculty. We will support you with a wide variety of TLA professional development, tools, strategies, and approaches for student success. We look forward to working closely with you to support your teaching, learning, assessment, and instructional technology needs throughout the fall semester and beyond. To prepare yourself for a smooth start-up of the fall semester, please review the following:
For incoming new faculty, the New Faculty Orientation took place, in-person, on Monday, August 18th, and Thursday, August 21st, at 9:00 AM in the Business Innovation and Technology (BIT) Building #506, Room 119.
For all faculty, here are some upcoming professional development opportunities:
Mindful Mondays and Friday Drop-in Meditations: Mondays and Fridays during the semester, 4:00-4:45 PM on Zoom
Transparent Assignment Design Workshop: Friday, August 29th, 2025, 1:00 - 3:00 PM on Zoom
Introduction to Reading Apprenticeship Workshop: Friday, September 5th, 2025, 1:00 - 3:00 PM on Zoom
Additional workshops and events to come from TLA and CAT faculty support teams.
New!Coming Soon - Faculty Innovation and Success Hub (FiSH): A Strategic Integration of Faculty Support Services
This hub presents a strategic realignment of four key academic support units' coordinative efforts—the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (TLA), the Center for Academic Technologies (CAT), the Sponsored Programs Office (SPO), and Academic Personnel (HR)—to create the Faculty Success Hub. This initiative directly supports our university's strategic plan by optimizing institutional resources while enhancing faculty development across teaching excellence, scholarly productivity, and leadership capacity. Through intentional integration of services, the Faculty Success Hub will strengthen our commitment to faculty recruitment and retention, elevate our institutional research profile, and ultimately advance student success outcomes through improved instructional quality and faculty engagement.
