Congratulations to our January You Rock! Winners

The You Rock! program encourages faculty and staff to recognize each other for accomplishments, large and small. Designed as a means to spotlight faculty and staff who have gone the extra mile, the award honors those who deserve to hear: “You Rock!”   To nominate...
Crafting Newsletters for Faculty

Crafting Newsletters for Faculty

By: Rashida Banerjee, Professor and Chair for the Department of Teaching and Learning Sciences   Key Steps When crafting a department or team-level newsletter, it is important to understand the goal of the communication. While many newsletters are content-rich or...
Announcing DATs Cohort 2

Announcing DATs Cohort 2

By: Leslie Cramblet Alvarez, Director of the Office of Teaching and Learning The VPFA and OTL are pleased to announce the second cohort of DATs@DU! Following a successful pilot project funded by R1 Our Way, three new departments/programs will be working with DAT...
The Cruelty of Faculty Churn

The Cruelty of Faculty Churn

By: Emily Brenner, Graduate Research Assistant The University of Denver was recently featured in an article discussing the faculty churn that is taking place in many universities across the country. The article discusses the limited time that many non-tenure track...
Taking Faculty Burnout and Faculty Thriving Seriously

Taking Faculty Burnout and Faculty Thriving Seriously

Dear colleagues, One of the themes of this year’s Provost Conference is faculty thriving and its Janus face: burnout. Burnout is endemic, heightened for many by the pandemic and its impact on morale and other structural and systemic forces. By extension, faculty job...