As we continue to create environments in which our students can thrive as they live and learn, we want to encourage you to think about how your engagement with students can support their well-being. At Pitt, we define well-being as…
The Year of Emotional Well-Being
Provost Ann E. Cudd announced the Year of Emotional Well-Being in April 2022, expressing that “this theme offers an opportunity to engage collectively with a focus on restoring and enhancing our emotional well-being. The pandemic underscored the importance of fully supporting the emotional welfare of students, faculty, and staff as everyone navigates the new terrain. This is a time of burgeoning research and collective reflection on our emotional needs and the qualities that make for a good life."
Faculty who received laptop loans from Classroom Services must return their equipment on, or before, Dec. 16. Classroom Services will perform significant upgrades to its fleet of computers over the winter break. New loans will be re-issued to faculty upon…
The University Center for Teaching and Learning's Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Curriculum is looking to hire a graduate student assistant (GSA) for Equity and Inclusion in Pedagogy for spring and summer 2023 terms, with the possibility…
Canvas spring courses are almost ready and will start appearing on your dashboard next week. There are some important changes happening with many of the available Canvas integrations to be aware of as you build or import your spring courses.…
New Faculty Orientation Fall 2022
More than 200 people attended the reception for an evening of interdisciplinary networking with colleagues, deans, department chairs, and university administrators. You can view a gallery of the event. On-demand New Faculty Orientation: ICYMI - Our research, teaching, and library workshops (and the accompanying slides) are available for viewing on the New Faculty Orientation events page.
New faculty orientation culminated on Sept. 20, with a welcome reception co-hosted by the Office of the Provost and the Teaching Center in Alumni Hall. More than 200 new faculty attended for an evening of interdisciplinary networking with colleagues, deans,…
Welcome New Faculty
Provost Ann E. Cudd and Chancellor Patrick Gallagher welcomed new faculty to the University at an in-person, informal new faculty reception on Sept. 20, from 4-6 p.m. in Alumni Hall. This event allowed faculty to meet a network of colleagues with whom they will interact throughout their careers at the University. They were joined by deans, department chairs, and other University leaders.
Welcome to your fall semester at Pitt! We look forward to welcoming you to two sets of programming this term that will enliven your large enrollment courses by highlighting strategies for engagement, inclusion, and belonging. Top Hat as an Engagement-Building…
Mozilla Firefox recently released an update that increased its default security and privacy settings. While they can help protect your privacy, the new default restrictions can impede how systems interact with one another, such as Canvas and Zoom. If you…