Hillary Steiner, associate director for Faculty Development and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Learning Communities, congratulated the first round of learning communities faculty scholars.

The Learning Communities Faculty Scholars program is an online faculty development course for learning communities faculty interested in delving deeper into research on teaching and learning, first-year students, and learning communities.

 

The first class of faculty scholars completing the program included eight faculty members: Vicki Armour-Hileman (English), John Long (First-Year and Transition Studies ), Linda Lyons (First-Year and Transition Studies), Carola Mattord (English), Mandy McGrew (Interdisciplinary Studies), Selena Patterson (Health Promotion and Physical Education), Tyler Pede (NEST), and John Sweigart (Mechanical Engineering Technology).

 

Steiner served as course designer and facilitator.  “I have been approached by several universities about offering this course at other institutions and am currently exploring this idea,” said Steiner.

 

The next class is scheduled for this summer.