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Teaching Excellence Symposium Marks 15 Years of CELT

Feb 11, 2026

Last fall, the symposium offered a space for sharing exceptional instructional approaches to fostering student learning, connection and success. It also marked CELT’s 15th year of service and leadership on behalf of UK’s educational mission.

CELT's Jill Abney and AI Initiatives in Launch Blue's U-Accel I-Corps Cohort

Feb 2, 2026

CELT's associate director Dr. Jill Abney is participating in the 2026 cohort of the UK Launch Blue U-Accel I-Corps cohort—an experiential learning opportunity for innovators in higher education interested in learning the best commercialization path for their solutions.

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Third SoTL Faculty Learning Community Begins in College of Health Sciences

Nov 18, 2025

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

The SoTL FLC began in Fall 2022 and now represents 27 CHS faculty across eight academic programs. It is designed to provide a framework and community for faculty to engage and grow in the scholarship of teaching and learning. This opportunity includes a common reading experience and SoTL-focused workshops followed by structured support for participants’ development, implementation, analysis, and dissemination of SoTL projects.

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UK International Center, CELT launch Collaborative Online International Learning Community

Daniel Flener

Sep 15, 2025

The COIL Learning Community will support faculty in developing virtual exchange partnerships with colleagues at universities around the world. Through the program, instructors will co-create modules that bring together students from different countries to engage in transnational learning experiences. In a COIL module, UK students typically will collaborate on a project with students from an institution outside the U.S., sharing tasks, practicing cross-cultural communication and teamwork.

left third: bar chart of recommendations from students as to what institutions should do to deter misuse of AI; right two-thirds: CELT AI use scale, a 5-level chart ranging from sole author to project manager detailing AI use expectations for each role

CELT AI Use Scale & Associate Director Jill Abney on Student Perceptions and Uses of AI in Inside Higher Ed

Aug 29, 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Today's Inside Higher Ed article unpacking some results from their student survey on GAI in education features insights from CELT's Dr. Jill Abney and the CELT GAI Use Scale, which is designed to facilitate conversation and clarity across a wide range of instructional settings.

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UK ADVANCE Releases Updated Instructional Guidelines for GAI

Trey Conatser

Jun 6, 2025

Artificial Intelligence

UK ADVANCE has released updated guidelines for the use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in instructional, research, and clinical care contexts. The instructional guidelines include up-to-date research on GAI and expanded sections on AI literacy, affordances/constraints of GAI, and instructor/student use of GAI.

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Register for 5-Part Series on Supporting First-Gen Students, 9/5-10/3

May 29, 2025

First-Generation

This five-session program will explore the unique challenges, strengths, and experiences of first-generation college students with the goal of developing and refining actionable insights for all student learning and success. Each session will be facilitated by a different individual or group with expertise that is deeply connected to UK’s educational and student success mission.

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Nominate Faculty, Graduate Students to Serve on Committee to Review Outstanding Teaching Awards

May 9, 2025

The Office for Faculty Advancement and the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching are forming a committee to review the process, format and other aspects of the annual Provost’s Outstanding Teaching Awards. Nominations, including self-nominations, are due by 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 21.

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UK Celebrates 2025 Outstanding Teaching Award Winners

May 5, 2025

The University of Kentucky recognized exceptional faculty and graduate teaching assistants with the Outstanding Teaching Awards during the 2025 UK Faculty Awards Ceremony held Thursday, May 1. The Outstanding Teaching Awards annually recognize faculty and graduate teaching assistants who demonstrate outstanding performance as instructors across all learning environments.

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CELT Partners with Provost IMPACT Award: Cultivating Citizen Leaders Through Collaboration

Apr 30, 2025

Foundational Skills

Recently on April 28, in partnership with the UK Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) and the Martin School, the Leadership Advisory Council of this LHC Provost IMPACT Award hosted an interactive panel of experts focusing on four models for student leadership development at UK.

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