Summer Hours

CELT offices will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., May 7 through August 10.
CELT staff will be available to answer phone calls from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
For support for technologies for teaching and learning, please call 515-294-5357.
For all other calls regarding CELT, please call 515-294-2906.

2012 ISU University Teaching Seminar

The Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching offers programming every August for new ISU teachers. This year’s University Teaching Seminar on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 will invite new faculty and new teaching assistants to attend separate morning programming and joint afternoon programming.

Registration links and detailed schedule information will appear here—please check the UTS website for additional details as August approaches. Thank you for your interest in CELT teacher training.

If you have any questions or problems, or if you anticipate requiring any physical accommodations, please contact Jane Henning. 515-294-2906 or njhenni@iastate.edu.

Announcement of Miller Faculty Fellowships for 2012-2013

The Miller Faculty Development Fund was made possible by the generosity of F. Wendell Miller, who left his estate jointly to Iowa State University and the University of Iowa. Mr. Miller, who died in 1995 at age 97, was born in Altoona, Illinois, grew up in Rockwell City, Iowa, graduated from Grinnell College and Harvard Law School, and practiced law in Des Moines and Chicago before returning to Rockwell City to manage his family's farm holdings and to practice law. His bequest helped to establish the F. Wendell Miller Trust, the annual earnings of which, in part, help support faculty development to advance the university's strategic plan. The program is administered by the President’s Office and the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching.

For 2012-2013, the Miller Fellowships will provide the following faculty with opportunities to enhance their scholarly work in the undergraduate academic programs of the university and to develop innovative approaches to enhance student learning:

“Expanding the Digital Matrix: From Virtual Monitor to the Material Realm of the Studio Arts”
Proposer: April Katz, Associate Professor
Department: Integrated Studio Arts
College of Design
(with Ingrid Lilligren, Brenda Jones, Barbara Caldwell, Cindy Gould, Christopher Martin, Joseph Muench, Barbara Walton, Emma Powell, and Teresa Paschke)

“The Iowa Policy Network”
Proposer: David Peterson, Associate Professor
Department: Political Science
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

“Development of an Online Offering of Hort 380, Principles of Garden Composition”
Proposer: Lisa Orgler, Lecturer
Department: Horticulture
College of Agriculture

“Enhancing Student Learning in Knowledge-Based Courses: Integrating Team-Based Learning Approach into Mass Communication Theory Class”
Proposer: Gang Han, Assistant Professor
Department: Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

The Fulbright Scholar Program for 2013–2014 Is Open

The Fulbright Scholar Program is offering teaching, research or combination teaching/research awards in over 125 countries for the 2013–2014 academic year. Opportunities are available for college and university faculty and administrators as well as for professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others. There are awards in 45 specific academic disciplines as well as 167 awards open to all disciplines.

Interested faculty and professionals are encouraged to participate in one of our weekly webinars. Each deals with a topic germane to the 2013–2014 competition, from regional and discipline information to how to fill out an application.
More information can be found at the Fulbright Scholar Program website.

The application deadline for most awards is August 1, 2012. U.S. citizenship is required.
For more information, visit Fulbright Scholar Program eligibility requirements and detailed award descriptions. or email scholars@iie.org

TEACH Grant Recipients

TEACH Grants of up to $2,000 for faculty development related to learning and teaching issues at the departmental level have been awarded to five faculty for 2011–2012.

Spring 2012 Workshops and Events

CELT Events Registration Details