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New Faculty Essentials, Feb. 16, 2024

David C. Frederick Honors College
The David C. Frederick Honors College provides teaching and mentorship opportunities for faculty who are passionate about undergraduate education and want to bridge intellectual disciplines and reimagine the world around them. The mission of the Frederick Honors College (FHC) is to meet the academic and experiential needs of the University’s most highly motivated, intellectually curious, and socially conscious undergraduates by providing enriching and creative educational opportunities while fostering a nurturing community. The FHC offers three options for undergraduates to affiliate with the FHC formally: the Bachelor of Philosophy (BPhil) Degree, the Honors Degree, and the Honors Distinction and provides a variety of opportunities for students to participate in undergraduate research, contribute to engaged scholarship, pursue national scholarships, lead Scholar Communities, and join in academically focused programming that develops competencies within the Honors Outside the Classroom Curriculum while taking Honors courses.

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Carla Panzella Interim Vice Provost For Student Affairs And Dean Of Students

New Faculty Essentials, Jan. 31, 2024

From the Desk of Student Affairs
Hello and I hope the spring term has started off well for you! As Interim Vice Provost for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, I lead a division of more than 200 professional Student Affairs staff members whose mission is to provide students with a transformational collegiate experience. We complement Pitt’s academic excellence by cultivating a campus environment that is vibrant, challenging, nurturing, and inclusive. We want every student to feel a sense of belonging and support that allows them to flourish in all aspects of well-being. This year's four major priorities for the division are (i) supporting student well-being, (ii) pursuing our diversity, equity, and inclusion goals, (iii) educating students about life skills (including resiliency, self-care, and conflict resolution), and (iv) assessing the use of physical spaces for student development.

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2023 Teaching Center Staff Excellence Award Recipients, From Left, Vita Santa Pastorius, And Lisa Votodian.

Teaching Center Presents Two Staff Excellence Awards

The Teaching Center would like to congratulate Vita Santa Pastorius, senior instructional designer, and Lisa Votodian, survey assessment manager, for earning a 2023 Teaching Center Staff Excellence award! The staff awards program began in 2017 and is a peer-driven recognition…

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Instructor Standing At A Smartboard With Projection Of Data Illuminating Her.

Faculty and AI in the Classroom

Are you leveraging the power of AI by designing student assignments that incorporate the technology in innovative ways? The Teaching Center is compiling a repository of AI-based assignments from every field and discipline, and we’d like to include your assignment…

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Cathedral Of Learning Against An Orange Sky.

Digital Equity and the Classroom

Many of us take a fast and steady internet connection for granted. We go about our day hopping between wi-fi signals across campus and in our residences, some of the buses we take to campus even offer hotspots. However, there…

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Cathedral Of Learning With Leaves In The Foreground.

New Faculty Essentials, Nov. 15, 2023

The Year of Discourse and Dialogue
Earlier this year, the Office of the Provost announced that 2023 would be the Year of Discourse and Dialogue. Higher education has been at a forefront of engagement around respecting divergent viewpoints and giving a space to those viewpoints for expression. At Pitt, we seek to uphold the principles of protected speech and expression because it lies at the heart of open inquiry and academic discourse. The Year of Discourse and Dialogue Steering Committee invites Pitt students, staff, and faculty to submit proposals that advance learning, research, engagement, and/or practice around discourse and dialogue. Proposals are eligible for up to $5,000 in funding and you can view examples of examples of previously funded projects online.

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Staff Members Of The University Of Pittsburgh Center For Teaching And Learning Volunteering At South Side Park For Pitt's Civic Action Week, Oct. 20, 2023.

Teaching Center Participates in Pitt’s Civic Action Week

On Oct. 20, members of the Teaching Center traded their laptops and notebooks for mattocks and one-handed reciprocating saws in support of Civic Action Week, the University’s annual community service campaign organized by PittServes and the Office of Engagement and…

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University Of Pittsburgh "established" Sign On Campus In The Fall.

New Faculty Essentials, Sept. 27, 2023

On behalf of the Office of the Provost, we’d like to welcome you to New Faculty Essentials, a publication designed to support your success as a new faculty member here at Pitt. Over the next year, you will receive monthly messages from us with just-in-time information, helpful resources like workshops and seminars, details about faculty learning communities, and other professional development opportunities (both in-person and virtual). We will introduce you to campus offices and services that you and your students can use, and we will provide more opportunities for interdisciplinary work with new faculty members from around campus.

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New Faculty Reception With Senior Leadership, Deans And Directors, Held At The Connolly Ballroom, Sept. 19, 2023.

Welcome New Faculty

The 2023 New Faculty Orientation culminated on Sept. 19, with a welcome reception hosted by the Office of the Provost and the Teaching Center in Alumni Hall. More than 150 attendees gathered for an evening of interdisciplinary networking with colleagues,…

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Michael Bridges, PhD, Executive Director

Welcome to the Fall 2023 Term

The end of August always signals the beginning of a new school year, and with that comes the energy, anticipation, and genuine excitement of having students back on campus for the start of fall classes. This August also signals a…

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