Thinking about moving a course from in person to online? This session will help you get started moving your course to an online format. Held Wednesday, September 13, 2017, from 9:00am until 10:00am in the Faculty Center.
For more information, please contact Amy Brown, UTLC’s Assistant Director of Technology Enhanced Pedagogy, via email at albro25@uncg.edu, or 336-334-5885.
The UTLC is excited to continue the ATL Grants opportunity for faculty. These grants are focused on providing full-time faculty (non-tenure track/AP/tenured) with funding to research, expand, and promote quality teaching across the University. Read more…
OSP Workshop: Submitting a Grant Proposal to an External Agency
Tues., September 12, 9-10:30 am, MHRA 2711 Read more…
Can you imagine a day when charging your cell phone is a simple as buying a solar panel at Walmart, pulling the sticker off of it, and putting it on your window?
Dr. Hemali Rathnayake, Associate Professor of Nanoscience at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, is working to make this idea a reality. She has received $1.5 million in grant support from NASA, the National Science Foundation, and other funders to develop smaller, more energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly, and inexpensive solar panels. Read more…
Congratulations to our most recently promoted and/or tenured faculty members from spring 2017:
Promotion to Professor
Dr. Tanya M. Coakley (Social Work)
Dr. Laurie W. Gold (Kinesiology)
Dr. Karen LaParo (Human Development and Family Studies)
Dr. Constance L. McKoy (Music Education)
Dr. Anatoly Miroshnichenko (Physics and Astronomy)
Dr. Loreen N. Olson (Communication Studies)
Dr. Kimberlianne Podlas (Media Studies)
Dr. Julia M. Smith (Psychology)
Conferral of Tenure
Anna R. Craft (University Libraries)
Dr. Xiaoli Gao (Mathematics and Statistics)
Erin R. Lawrimore (University Libraries)
Dr. Jianjun Wei (Nanoscience)
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
Dr. Heng An (Accounting and Finance)
Dr. Jill C. Bender (History)
Dr. Claudia Cabello Hutt (Languages, Literatures and Cultures)
Dr. Leslie L. Davis (Adult Health Nursing)
Dr. Kimberly K. Hewitt (Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations)
Travis L. Hicks (Interior Architecture)
Dr. Arielle T. Kuperberg (Sociology)
Dr. Esra Memili (Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Hospitality and Tourism)
Dr. Sheryl A. Oring (Art)
Dr. Kimberly S. Petersen (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Dr. Tyreasa Washington (Social Work)
Dr. Ethan Zell (Psychology)
A recognition and celebration event is held in late September for newly-tenured and/or promoted faculty. Visit the University Libraries’ Promotion and Tenure Recognition site to learn more.
RESOURCES FOR PROMOTION AND TENURE
For more information on the 2017-2018 Promotion and Tenure process, please visit the “Promotion and Tenure Policies” link.
Here, you will find the most recent Promotion and Tenure Reappointment Review Calendar (PDF), along with other University-wide promotion and tenure documents.
Please join the University Teaching and Learning Commons in the Faculty Center for these regular events held during the semester.
September 21, 11:30am-1:30pm– High Impact Practices in the Classroom
October 3, 11:30am-1:30pm– Technology in the Classroom
November 14, 11:30am -1:30pm– High Impact Practices Across the Curriculum
We offer a variety of *free* breakfast snacks, coffees, teas, and hot chocolates.
No theme, no workshop, just free coffee and time with colleagues.
Wednesdays: 8/23, 9/6, 9/20, 10/4, 10/18, 11/1,11/15
Thursdays: 8/31, 9/14, 9/28, 10/12, 10/26, 11/9
Please mark your calendars for the University Teaching and Learning Commons‘ workshops scheduled for this fall semester.
All workshops are held in the Faculty Center.
The University is pleased to announce nine professorship appointments, which are effective as of August 2017. Read more…
We are pleased to welcome the following new faculty to the UNCG campus (updated August 21, 2017): Read more…
Collage: Atlantic Crossings will kick off the new academic year for the UNCG School of Music with its 10th annual Greensboro performance on September 9. Read more…