Author: Janneken Smucker

  • Contribute to the TLC Teaching Hub

    Contribute to the TLC Teaching Hub

    The Teaching & Learning Center invites WCU faculty to contribute to our Teaching Hub. What’s the teaching hub? You’re looking at it! Our hub is an extensive, thoughtfully curated collection of WCU resources designed to empower your unique journey in teaching. Whether you seek cutting-edge methodologies, interactive tools, insightful strategies, or reflections from your peers,…

  • Faculty Success Fellowship

    Faculty Success Fellowship

    The Teaching and Learning Center, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, and Office of Equal Opportunity and Compliance invite applications for our inaugural, joint-funded Faculty Success Fellowship (FSF). We will fund one fellow’s tuition to attend the 10-week National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) Summer Faculty Success Program, a professional development opportunity designed…

  • CELT announces 2025-26 Professional Development Award

    CELT announces 2025-26 Professional Development Award

    The Committee for Excellence in Learning and Teaching offers an annual professional development award for up to $2,000 for pedagogical and curricular innovations leading to student success. These funds are to encourage the implementation of new and innovative projects that would not be possible without this financial support. Up to four projects will be selected…

  • All you need to know about General Education Portfolio
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    All you need to know about General Education Portfolio

    General Education Council and the Provost’s office sponsored two informational sessions for General Education Portfolio during August. No worries if you missed this opportunity to learn more about this Gen Ed requirement: we recorded it! See links to the recordings and slides below, along with more details about the General Education Portfolio requirement. Still have…

  • Save the Date! PETAL & Mentoring Celebration

    Save the Date! PETAL & Mentoring Celebration

    Join the Faculty Mentoring Program and the Inaugural PETAL class for an end of year celebration on Friday, May 3, 2024! Details to RSVP will be forthcoming in April.

  • Academic Freedom Presentations

    Academic Freedom Presentations

    In partnership with the Office of the Faculty Ombuds and Faculty Senate, with the support of the Provost’s office, TLAC co-hosted two events during AY2021-22 centered on facilitating informed understanding of the concept of academic freedom in the classroom. In fall 2021, Professor of Political Science Chris Stangl presented “Academic Freedom, In and out of…