Resources Available for Energizing Your Classroom

Faculty and staff are invited to apply for funding via the University Committee for the Advancement in Teaching (UCAT)'s Student Engagement Project Initiative. This initiative provides up to $1000 for projects focused on student engagement. Teams of 2-5 faculty and staff members whose proposals are selected for funding will participate in an afternoon workshop during which they will work directly with Cavanagh to get feedback and guidance on their projects.

The due date to apply for the Student Engagement Project Initiative is Friday, Dec. 9. Please forward questions to Connie Schaffer, Director of the Center for Faculty Excellence.

Coming in the New Year

Join UCAT, Student Life and Wellbeing, and the Center for Faculty Excellence in welcoming Sarah Rose Cavanagh, author of the Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion to UNO. Learn strategies to improve student engagement, spur their curiosity to learn more, and enhance their long-term retention of the content you teach. Cavanagh draws from the fields of education, psychology, and neuroscience. She frequently writes for The Chronicle of Higher Education and Medium and also authored the book Hivemind.

Cavanagh will facilitate a broad conversation on Friday, Feb. 17 from 9 to 10:30 A.M. Campus members are invited to register today.