{"id":3877,"date":"2014-09-17T11:41:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T16:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=3877"},"modified":"2014-09-17T11:41:17","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T16:41:17","slug":"cat-news-september-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/cat-news-september-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"CAT News: September 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CAT<\/a><\/p>\n

This fall, the Center for the Advancement of Teaching (CAT) is marking its 20th anniversary. Since its inception in 1994, CAT has existed to fulfill its mission \u201cto advance the art and science of teaching and learning\u201d and has enjoyed broad faculty participation in its services and activities. In celebration of its 20th anniversary, CAT staff have planned a series of special events, beginning with a Kick-Off Social Hour which was held on Thursday, September 4th. and only slightly upstaged by the Dr. Francis' retirement announcement earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

CAT has been able to sustain its initiatives and offerings over two decades by evolving with the times to meet faculty needs. And this year, CAT staff have organized their offerings around the theme of Sustainability \u2014 exploring issues related to sustainability in the curriculum as well as sustaining the whole faculty member across all areas of responsibility.<\/p>\n

In celebration of its 20th year, CAT is exploring ways to expand its services (and ultimately its mission) in supporting the faculty member in all areas of responsibility \u2013 Teaching, Scholarship, and Service \u2013 utilizing a teacher-scholar model based on comprehensive faculty development. To this end, CAT is in the process of putting together a team from its faculty advisory board to explore an expansion of its mission\/values\/programs (already affectionately called the MVPs) that takes a holistic approach to developing the faculty member.<\/p>\n

In addition, at New Faculty Orientation we welcomed twelve new faculty members to Xavier University. We hosted a day and a half orientation to introduce faculty to Xavier resources. Throughout the academic year, we will host monthly brown bags for this group, discussing topics such as teaching at an HBCU, getting grants, and creating effective assignments. The New Faculty mentoring program is also underway.<\/p>\n

P.S. Our 2014 Annual Report<\/a> is now available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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