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cft welcomes new graduate teaching fellows

sep. 18, 2015—this year’s graduate teaching fellows are, left to right, richard coble (religion), ben galina (spanish & portuguese), brielle harbin (political science), jane hirtle (psychology and human development), and danielle picard (history).

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upcoming graduate student & postdoc teaching workshop: crafting effective teaching statements – wednesday, sept 23rd, 3:30-5:00pm

sep. 13, 2015—crafting effective teaching statements facilitator: dani picard, graduate teaching fellow, 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 date & time: wednesday, sept 23rd, 3:30-5:00pm location: cft classroom, 1114 19th ave south, 3rd floor in this workshop, we will address best practices for writing a teaching statement/philosophy for the academic job market. this workshop is open to vanderbilt graduate students...

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join the cft’s learning community on community engagement pedagogies

sep. 8, 2015—the cft is proud to continue its programming for faculty and graduate students interested in community engagement pedagogies (often called service learning), with a year-long discussion group or learning community.  as former vanderbilt faculty janet eyler and dwight e. giles once stated, service learning is “a form of experiential education where learning occurs through a...

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be part of the teaching, gender, and sexuality learning community

sep. 4, 2015—all year, the cft continues its attention to issues of teaching, difference, and power by organizing a learning community on teaching, gender, and sexuality.  the hope for the group is to have a dynamic discussion of, both the many issues that arise when teaching a student body of varied gendered and sexual identities, and how...

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mark your calendar & spread the word about upcoming august 世界杯足球2022亚洲预选赛

jul. 16, 2015—teaching at vanderbilt (tav), an orientation for junior and senior faculty new to vanderbilt, will be held from 1p.m. to 5 p.m. on thursday, august 20th, 2015, in buttrick hall. those interested in attending should rsvp by august 14th by registering online or by calling the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 at (615) 322-7290. throughout the week following tav orientation...

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cft congratulates mellon certificate graduates

may. 13, 2015—the mellon certificate in humanities education is a special section of the cict reserved for humanities graduate students and post-docs as part of the vanderbilt’s mellon partners for humanities education project. like the cict, the mellon certificate program is comprised of a sequential seminar and practicum. we congratulate the graduate students who received certificates. adam  burgos...

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cft congratulates 58 certificate in college teaching graduates

may. 8, 2015—congratulations to the 58 participants who completed the certificate in college teaching this past year! the purpose of the certificate in college teaching, co-sponsored by the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 and the graduate school, is to assist graduate students and post doctoral fellows who wish to gain a clearer, deeper, more active approach to teaching and learning in...

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vanderbilt institute for digital learning accepting applications for graduate fellowships

mar. 31, 2015—the vanderbilt institute for digital learning (vidl) invites applications for a total of four graduate student fellowships for the 2015-2016 academic year. stipends will be approximately $5,500 per academic year (this is intended to reflect a roughly 5-hour commitment weekly). download, complete and email the application as an attachment named <your-last-name>-vidl-application.pdf . also attach your...

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cirtl network development opportunities

feb. 11, 2015—  the center for the integration of research, teaching, and learning (cirtl) is an nsf center for learning and teaching in higher education. cirtl has opened registration for upcoming course opportunities. these are free, online events for grad students and post-docs in the stem fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) interested in faculty careers. january...

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upcoming virtual hangout offers information for grad students interested in working at the cft

feb. 9, 2015—attention, vandy grad students! do you enjoy teaching? do you look forward to those days when your advisor is out of town and you can take over her class for a day? are you interested in the research on teaching and learning? if you answered a resounding “yes!” to one or more of those questions,...

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