Registration is now open for the Provost’s Diversity Institute for Faculty Development. The program offers faculty the opportunity to increase awareness about diversity and develop the skills needed to teach in a diverse, multicultural environment.
The Testing Center will have extended hours during finals week: Monday-Friday (April 23-27): 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Saturday (April 28): 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. The Testing Center will not be offering services for non-Pitt exams or make-up exams during this time.
CourseWeb/Blackboard will be unavailable during an extended maintenance period on Thursday, May 3. A schedule for archiving older courses has also been set. Be sure to check if your older courses will be impacted by this.
Interested in working for the University Center for Teaching and Learning? Look over the available positions at the PittSource site.
A new faculty community has blossomed here at the University of Pittsburgh: The Teaching Partners.
LMS Support and Consulting is featuring a series of “Creating Multimedia” workshops this spring and summer. Each workshop focuses on tips and tools to help instructors prepare course materials for their class.
Please look over the schedule of upcoming workshops being held by the Center for Diversity in the Curriculum and register early to guarantee your spot!
We’ll send one or two newsletters a month and promise not to bother you too much :-)
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