The Teaching Center has a number of events and opportunities this semester. Details are provided below. The Teaching Center will email invitations and reminders for individual events and opportunities. Lunch Discussions Tuesday, January 14 Faculty as Front-Line Truth Workers: Preparing Students to Evaluate the News 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Massey Boardroom, 4th Floor …
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First-Year Faculty Spotlight
Sara Wigal, M.A. Assistant Professor and Director of Publishing What is your position here at Belmont? I am an Assistant Professor in the newly formed Cinema, Television, and Media department (formerly MDS and MOT) at Curb College, and the Director of Publishing. Our BA/BS in literary Publishing here at Belmont make up a really …
An Introduction and Invitation
Welcome to The Art of Teaching, the weblog of Belmont University’s Teaching Center! My name is Nathan Webb, and in my role as the Teaching Center Assistant Director, I will be administering the blog during the 2017-2018 school year. Throughout the upcoming year, expect to hear from a variety of voices on a number of …
First Year Faculty Thoughts
Michelle Corvette, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Art – Painting BFA Painting & Drawing, University of Tennessee MFA Interdisciplinary Art, New York University PhD Educational Psychology, University of Tennessee PhD Visual Art Research, University of London, Goldsmiths On the first day of classes I promised students that I would help increase their creativity …
Sabbatical Leaves
In a continuing series on sabbaticals, the Teaching Center will be offering a mini-workshop session: Post-Sabbatical: Now What? Wednesday, March 1 from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Ayers (JAAC) 1045 We will hear from several Belmont faculty members who recently completed a semester-long sabbatical leave. In particular, Natalia Pelaz (Foreign Languages), Judy Skeen (Religion) and John Niedzwiecki (Biology) will talk informally about their experience transitioning …
MLK Week Lunch Discussion Reflections
Teaching Center Luncheon Dr. Marla Frederick, Professor of African and African American Studies and the Study of Religion, Harvard University “Between Racial Reconciliation and Social Justice: The Challenge of Contemporary Christianity” On Wednesday, January 18, as part of MLK Week at Belmont, Dr. Marla Frederick led a Teaching Center lunch discussion for an engaged …
New Faculty Mentor Breakfast
On Tuesday, August 23, new faculty gathered for breakfast and to meet their faculty mentor. The faculty mentoring program has existed for many years and pairs new faculty with a current faculty member outside of his/her discipline. This program allows for building community, seeking advice, networking, and friendship. This year’s new faculty and mentors are: …
Welcome!
Welcome to the Belmont University Teaching Center weblog, a new public face for the many activities, programs, and resources offered by the Teaching Center. We hope you will stop by often and look for announcements regarding upcoming events, notes about past events, reflections and articles by Belmont faculty, and a range of other materials connected …