Brad Stewart, Associate Director of Wellness Education Yvonne Giovanis, Assistant Director of Wellness Education Wednesday, March 2, 2022 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm TCU Campus Store, Room 208 Tuesday, March 22, 2022 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm TCU Campus Store, Room 208 The status of students’ mental health is a growing concern for universities across… Read more »
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Laughter and the Serious Teacher: Using Humor Judiciously in the Classroom with Steve Sherwood
Dr. Steve Sherwood, Director of the W. L. Adams Center for Writing at TCU Wednesday, March 2, 2022 11:00 am – 12:00 pm TCU Campus Store, Rm. 208 The goal of this workshop is to offer guidelines on how to avoid many of the pitfalls of humor while adding positive uses to instructors’ teaching tools…. Read more »
Teaching Human-Animal Studies with Dave Aftandilian, Carol Thompson, Mauricio Papini, and Chris Powell
Dave Aftandilian, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Director of Human-Animal Relationships Minor Carol Thompson, Department Chair and Professor of Sociology Mauricio Papini, Professor of Psychology Chris Powell, Associate Professor of Art Friday, February 25, 2022 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm TCU Campus Store, Room 208 What do other than human animals mean to us, and what… Read more »
Bystander to Upstander: Transforming Culture with Nada Elias-Lambert
Nada Elias-Lambert, Department Chair and Associate Professor of Social Work Wednesday, February 23, 2022 9:00 am – 11:00 am Virtual Event The Bystander to Upstander: Transforming Culture workshop, created and facilitated by Nada Elias-Lambert, empowers participants to transform from bystanders to upstanders to build communities that support difference and unify against intolerance. An upstander is… Read more »
Critical Service Learning as a High Impact Pedagogy and DEI Tool with Rosangela Boyd
Dr. Rosangela Boyd, Director of Service-Learning and Academic Initiatives Wednesday, January 26, 2022 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm TCU Campus Store, Rm. 208 Service-learning aims at developing service experiences for students that enhance learning while addressing community needs through reciprocal campus-community partnerships. While some educators have focused on discipline-specific learning objectives, others have embraced a… Read more »
Accommodating Student Learning Needs with Stacy Mason and Travis Kramer
Stacy Mason, Director of Student Access and Accommodation Travis Kramer, Koehler Center eLearning Manager Tuesday, January 25, 2022 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm TCU Campus Store, Rm. 208 Friday, February 11, 2022 9:00 am – 10:00 am TCU Campus Store, Rm. 208 TCU boasts a talented and diverse student body, with many individual learners who… Read more »
Teaching in the Core Curriculum: An Overview with Theresa Gaul, Jacque Lambiase, and Jan Quesada
Dr. Theresa Gaul, Director of the TCU Core Curriculum, Department of English Dr. Jacque Lambiase, WEM Committee Member, Department of Strategic Communication Dr. Jan Quesada, Chair of HMVV and Core Curriculum Review Committees, Department of Religion Monday, January 24, 2022 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm TCU Campus Store, Rm. 208 Designed for faculty members who are new… Read more »
Feedback on your Teaching: Request a Classroom Observation* or Mid-semester Analysis Poll*
Continuous feedback is necessary for improvement. Just as the feedback you provide to students helps improve their learning, feedback provided to you as an instructor can help you reflect upon and improve your teaching. The Koehler Center facilitates the following opportunities to gather feedback about your teaching and engage in self-reflection. *Limited availability. Classroom Observations… Read more »
Building Inclusive Teams with Tracey Rockett and Stacy Landreth Grau
Tracey Rockett, Professor of Management Practice Stacy Landreth Grau, Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation Practice; Director, TCU Idea Factory Friday, November 12, 2021 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Campus Store, Room 208 There is a lot of evidence that diverse work teams outperform homogenous ones. The benefits of diverse work teams should be the same… Read more »
Pronoun Fluency: Creating Safer Spaces Through Inclusive Language with Lindsay Knight and Nino Testa
Lindsay Knight, Director of Intentional Dialogue & Assistant Director of the TCU Leadership Center Nino Testa, Associate Director of Women & Gender Studies Wednesday, November 3, 2021 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm TCU Campus Store, Room 208 Do you have questions about non-binary pronouns? Do you keep calling someone in your life by the wrong… Read more »