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celebrating the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分’s 35th anniversary
sep. 30, 2021—by derek bruff, executive director the vanderbilt 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 was founded in 1986. that means that we are celebrating our 35th anniversary this year! the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 started as a small unit in the college of arts & science led by our founding director ken bain, author of what the best college teachers do (harvard...
educational advancement fund spotlight: “improv for language learning and promoting intellectual risk-taking.”
sep. 30, 2021—divya chaudhry, senior lecturer in asian studies recently told us about her grant from the educational advancement fund, which is title, “improv for language learning and promoting intellectual risk-taking.” can you tell us about your project and what inspired you to do it? i seek to study the impact of improvisational theater (henceforth improv) on...
promoting persistence in stem learning community: resources and reflections
sep. 28, 2021—stem disciplines have long been concerned with disparities between underrepresented and well-represented student groups and the associated “pipeline” problem, where underrepresented students are more likely to switch away from stem majors. in 2020-2021, a group of about twenty faculty from eight departments met biweekly to consider ways to address this problem individually and collectively. members...
join the online teaching and course design learning community
sep. 27, 2021—this learning community is for those who want to dig deeper into online course design principles in order to create excellent. group members work together to contribute to the cft’s online course development resources website. register
applications for new round of internal teaching grants now available
sep. 23, 2021—the office of the provost established two internal funding programs in april 2021, the educational advancement fund and the course improvement grant, designed to support excellence in the classroom through continued pedagogical advancement and long-term educational transformation. the deadline to submit for the upcoming second round of funding is october 15. read more . . . . .
course improvement grant spotlight: choral library modernization
sep. 23, 2021—tucker biddlecombe, associate professor of choral studies and director of choral activities, recently talked with cft assistant director julaine fowlin about his course improvement grant, “choral library modernization.” the vanderbilt library has a collection of choral music that has been kept for many years by a student organization chorus called the concert choir; this goes back...
join queer teaching, queer thriving: a learning community on inclusive teaching for all educators
sep. 23, 2021—the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 and the k.c. potter center for lgbtqi life are proud to offer a 2021-2022 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...