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Fulbright Scholars Info Session for Faculty and Postdocs

304 Wilson Library (ground level / bottom floor) Wilson Library, Room 304, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Think you are competitive for a prestigious Fulbright Scholars award for international teaching and/or research? You probably are. In this Introductory session, faculty and postdocs will learn about the Fulbright Scholar awards that have just opened for 20-21, particularly the … Read more

National Science Foundation CAREER Awards for Assistant Professors Information Session

Brinkhous-Bullitt, Room 219 (TraCS) 100 North Medical Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

The CAREER Program supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education. The award provides a minimum of $400,000 (including indirect costs) to support an innovative research idea and an education plan* … Read more

CFE Course Design Institute (three-day workshop)

304 Wilson Library (ground level / bottom floor) Wilson Library, Room 304, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Our Course Design Institute (CDI) is a structured sequence of workshops, activities, and working sessions held over a 3-day period (12 hours overall) where a small cohort of instructors—generally between six and fourteen participants—are immersed in backward design approaches for … Read more

Equity in Teaching Institute (two-day workshop)

Wilson Library, Room 504 (on main floor near grand entrance) Wilson Library, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

During this intensive institute focused on course design, we will center the needs of students marginalized because of various aspects of their identities, and re-envision our courses so that we are prepared to meet the learning needs of all our … Read more

Getting back to Kansas: Presenting and Publishing your SoTL Project

Zoom NC, United States

In this session, faculty interested in or conducting SoTL projects will learn about publishing outlets and strategies for their work. The session will include discussion of journal acceptance rates, impact factors and scope, options for conference presentation, and notable publications … Read more

Fulbright Scholars Info Session for Faculty and Postdocs

Zoom NC, United States

Think you are competitive for a prestigious Fulbright Scholars award for international teaching and/or research? You probably are. In this Introductory session, faculty and postdocs will learn about the Fulbright Scholar awards that have just opened for 20-21, particularly the … Read more

SWG Orientation Session

This orientation session is open only for those previously registered for the 2020 Summer Writing Group program. At this orientation, participants will hear from program alums, meet their assigned writing group members and plan their summer writing projects as a … Read more

Developing a Habit of Writing

Darin Knapp, Center for Faculty Excellence We’ve all heard that a key to successful writing is to develop a habit of it: to engage in writing as a routine that is practiced regularly. In this workshop, we’ll consider development of … Read more

Getting Started with PollEverywhere

Zoom NC, United States

How well do students understand course materials? Do they have any misconceptions of core concepts? Do all students get to participate? Poll Everywhere is an easy-to-implement tool that allows students to provide feedback to you or each other on their … Read more