Academics
Under a new program called Making Teaching and Learning Visible, faculty will have access to a trove of best teaching practices. 鈥淭here is so much hidden when it comes to teaching,鈥 Assistant Professor Peter Newton said. 鈥淭o the extent we can share experiences, successes, and failures in the classroom, we can develop ourselves as better teachers.鈥
Wednesday, Feb. 1, is the last day to drop a class without tuition/fee charges and without receiving a 鈥淲鈥 grade, the last day to contact a department to request a refund for student opportunities and the last day to withdraw from CU without tuition charges or 鈥淲鈥 grade.
More than two decades after she had almost single-handedly established the first degree program in dance at CU 海角社区, Charlotte York Irey attended the dedication of the new theater named in her honor. Irey recently passed away at 98.
Tenure-track faculty and full-time instructors at CU 海角社区 can support undergraduates in research, scholarly and creative activities through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). Recent changes have simplified the process by which faculty can apply for various grants.
Many of us struggle at some point during our academic career, whether it鈥檚 with balancing rigorous coursework and social distractions, adjusting to life on our own, personal or medical challenges or shifting our focus. Whatever the reason, the Bounce Back program is here to help students recover and get back on track.
At a time when 44 percent of hiring managers say recent college graduates lack leadership skills, CU 海角社区 is sharpening its focus on leadership with a thriving new minor and speaker series that kicks off next month.
CU 海角社区鈥檚 Media Archaeology Lab, founded by Lori Emerson in 2009, enables hands-on teaching, research and artistic practice using computers and other media from decades past.鈥
CU 海角社区 alumna Alexis Martin Woodall says film studies program empowered her to craft compelling stories and produce Emmy-winning content, such as "The People v. O.J.鈥 Simpson: American Crime Story."
CU's Learning Technology Consultants are hosting a series of Desire2Learn (D2L)聽workshops with advanced drop-in hours to help make preparing for spring courses a little bit easier.
CIRES/NOAA researcher Anne Perring studies air quality as well as atmospheric particles and climate.