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Apply to be a 2025-2026 TEK Faculty Fellow

Camille Harmon

Feb 24, 2025

Transdisciplinary Educational approaches to advance Kentucky (TEK) has released the application for the third cohort of its Faculty Fellows program. The program is designed to support faculty in developing new transdisciplinary courses and teaching existing courses with a more explicit focus on essential employability skills. The overall goal of TEK is to expand students’ access to transdisciplinary educational approaches for the development of transferable skills.

Thinking about applying for TEK Faculty Fellows? Come to a Q+A session!

Trey Conatser, Camille Harmon

Feb 17, 2025

The TEK office and CELT will hold a TEK Faculty Fellows Q+A event on Thursday, March 6 at 2:00 p.m. in B-108C William T. Young Library for prospective applicants to hear from previous TEK Faculty Fellows, discuss ideas, and identify potential collaborators.

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4th Volume of CELT's "Greater Faculties" Released

Trey Conatser

Feb 16, 2025

CELT is proud to announce the publication of the fourth volume of Greater Faculties: A Review of Teaching and Learning. This special issue of Greater Faculties features essays from presenters at the inaugural UK Teaching Excellence Symposium, hosted by CELT on October 13, 2023.

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2023-2024 Annual Report Published

Trey Conatser

Dec 20, 2024

CELT has published its annual report for the 2023-2024 academic year. We’re excited to share this annual report with the UK community and beyond. What you’ll see in it is the story of CELT as it continues to expand, evolve, and engage with innovative and strategic approaches to education.

CELT Launches Essentials in Teaching and Learning Badge for Graduate Students

Trey Conatser

Sep 27, 2024

Graduate TA

Graduate instructors and teaching assistants are central to the undergraduate teaching mission of the University of Kentucky, yet they enter these pivotal roles with uneven experience, training, and resources/support for teaching effectiveness. CELT. fills this gap through the Essentials in Teaching and Learning Badge, which can be earned by graduate students, postdocs, professional students, and postgraduate fellows or trainees.

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CELT and College of Medicine Launch ASPIRE Program

Trey Conatser

Sep 10, 2024

Community & Belonging

Today, CELT and the College of Medicine's Office of Community Advancement held the first meeting of ASPIRE: Adopting Supportive Practices for Interconnectedness in Research Environments. This inaugural cohort of principal investigators began a semester-long program focused on fostering effective teamwork and community in the research environment.

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CELT Launches 5th Cohort of Teaching Innovation Institute, Focusing on Generative AI

Trey Conatser

Sep 6, 2024

Artificial Intelligence

Yesterday, CELT launched the fifth (and largest) cohort of our Teaching Innovation Institute with faculty from 12 colleges and 24 departments or schools. This year-long, transdiciplinary program brings together faculty teacher-scholars and leaders in the spirit of collaboration and community to enhance the educational mission of the University of Kentucky.

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Updated Syllabus Guidance and Checklist

Brandi Frisby

Aug 9, 2024

We hope you have had both a restful and productive summer. We are looking forward to your return to campus soon as we kick off the 2024-25 academic year. To help with those efforts, the Fall 2024 Syllabus Guidance and Checklist details the essential elements for your class syllabi and what we hope is other helpful guidance as you make final preparations for your classes.

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UK Faculty Elevate Teaching at CELT UDL Boot Camp

Trey Conatser and Jennifer Pusateri

Jul 5, 2024

Universal Design for Learning

On May 14-16, faculty from nine colleges participated in the three-day CELT UDL Boot Camp, during which they explored and applied the ideas of UDL using design thinking approaches that asked participants to see their courses through a student-oriented lens.

Jessalyn Vallade, Denise O'Dell, and Brad Elliott at the 2022 TII showcase

2024-2025 CELT Teaching Innovation Institute Cohort to Focus on Generative AI

Trey Conatser

Apr 23, 2024

At CELT we are excited to announce the 2024-25 Teaching Innovation Institute faculty and look forward to learning alongside them. This cohort represents 11 colleges and 24 departments or schools across UK. This time, the Institute will focus on generative AI in teaching and learning.

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