Center for Faculty Excellence

March 19,2010

CFE Mission Statement

The Center for Faculty Excellence is the campus-wide professional development center at UNC-Chapel Hill, providing faculty the support they need to achieve excellence as teachers, scholars, leaders, and mentors. The CFE also provides support to graduate students to help them create effective learning opportunities for their students.

Major Areas - Coordinators

• Teaching and Learning

• Research

• Leadership/Mentorship

• E-Learning

Teaching and Learning

• One-on-one Consultations• Workshops• “Commissioned” Seminars• Resource Materials• Classroom Visits• Future Faculty Fellowship Program• Faculty Newer to Carolina• Graduate Teaching Assistant Orientation

Research

Sohini Sengupta, Coordinator

• Individual consultations with faculty

• Principle Investigator Training

– April 29 – Collaboration with HR, OSR, Finance

• Exploring ways to assist faculty in applying for recognition awards

Leadership & Mentorship

David Kiel, Coordinator• Mentoring Workshop– April 9 – Deb DeZure

• Developing language to incorporate mentoring into the program review standards

• Meeting of individuals across campus involved in teaching and mentoring programs

e-Learning

• Laurie Cochenour, Coordinator• On-Line Teaching• Blended Learning• Revision of COLT Courses – Collaboration with

IT-Teaching Learning Initiative• Lenovo Grants

Example of Lenovo Grants

Example of Lenovo GrantsStudents Writing beyond the Classroom Daniel Anderson, Department of English

Lumbee Indian History: Using Technology to Tell Our Own StoriesMalinda Maynor-Lowery, Department of History Enhancing Collaborative Music Education Evan Feldman, Department of Music Preparing Pharmacy Students for Complex Clinical Environments Through Online Simulation Peter Gal, School of Pharmacy Using Virtual Worlds to Make Poster Presentation an Iterative ProcessPeter Koval, School of Pharmacy Improving Dental Competency Evaluations Carlos Barrero, School of Dentistry

Prof. Malinda Maynor Lowery

Lumbee Indian History: Using Technology to Tell Our Own Stories