• Exploring Educational Excellence: Emerson Excellence in Teaching Awardee Roundtable Series

    • - Special Event
    Seigle Hall 208
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Join the Center for Teaching and Learning for an illuminating exploration into the art and science of teaching excellence as we bring together a distinguished panel of professors honored with the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award. Delve into teaching insights, methodologies, and experiences that have propelled our panelists to the […]

  • Exploring Educational Excellence: Emerson Excellence in Teaching Awardee Roundtable Series

    • - Special Event
    Seigle Hall 208
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Join the Center for Teaching and Learning for an illuminating exploration into the art and science of teaching excellence as we bring together a distinguished panel of professors honored with the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award. Delve into teaching insights, methodologies, and experiences that have propelled our panelists to the […]

    Language Teaching Spring Showcase Show & Tell 2024

    • - Special Event
    Eads Hall 016
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    The CTL and Coalition for Language Teaching & Learning invite language instructors from across departments to participate in our Spring Showcase Show & Tell Event on Friday, April 12th from 3:30-4:30pm, with happy hour to follow from 4:30-5:30pm. This event is meant to be a fun, low-stress (post-Spring Break) opportunity […]

    Graduate Student and Postdoc Programs Recognition Reception

    • - Special Event
    • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN TEACHING (PDT)
    Danforth Campus
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    A celebration of the graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who have participated in professional development in teaching throughout the 2023-2024 academic year. We welcome those who mentor and support this community as we recognize their achievements over the past year. For more information: 2024 Graduate Student and Postdoc Recognition

  • Alternative Grading Bootcamp

    • - Special Event
    January Hall Rm 110
    Event For:
    • Faculty

    Have you always wanted to try alternative grading in one of your courses, but just needed the time to sit down and figure everything out? Are you looking to discuss alternative grading ideas with colleagues in a supportive environment? Then join us at the Alternative Grading Bootcamp! WHAT: The bootcamp […]

    How Postdocs Can Promote Student Wellness and Support Students in Distress

    • - Co-Sponsored Event
    • - Special Event
    FLTC 303 20 S Euclid Ave, St Louis
    Event For:
    • Postdocs

    We can help students and mentees meet our high standards and engage in complex learning by creating classroom and mentorship environments that promote student well-being. As part of WashU’s efforts in this area, the Center for Teaching & Learning and Habif Health & Wellness have developed a guidebook for those […]

  • Alternative Grading Bootcamp

    • - Special Event
    January Hall Rm 110
    Event For:
    • Faculty

    Have you always wanted to try alternative grading in one of your courses, but just needed the time to sit down and figure everything out? Are you looking to discuss alternative grading ideas with colleagues in a supportive environment? Then join us at the Alternative Grading Bootcamp! WHAT: The bootcamp […]

    6th Annual Language Teaching Fair

    • - Co-Sponsored Event
    • - Special Event
    Danforth Campus
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    The Center for Teaching & Learning and Coalition for Language Teaching and Learning invite you to participate in the 6th Annual WashU Language Teaching Fair. Kindly use the registration form below to let us know you're coming - it'll help us with planning! Program at a glance 2:15-2:35pm Welcome from the […]

  • Teaching & Learning in the Age of Generative AI

    • - Special Event
    Umrath Lounge Umrath Hall, St. Louis
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    With the advent of easy-to-use artificial intelligence (AI) text generation tools like ChatGPT, educators must grapple with what these technologies mean for their course and assignment designs. In this practical session with noted author and faculty developer Derek Bruff, we will briefly survey the landscape of AI tools for generating […]

    CTL @ The Grad Center: Reorientation

    • - Co-Sponsored Event
    • - Special Event
    Danforth Campus
    Event For:
    • Grad Students

    As part of their fall programming, The Grad Center is hosting reorientation sessions every month. On Monday, September 30, Lisa Kuehne from the Educational Development team at the CTL will be joining Kate Harnish from The Writing Center to answer your questions about how graduate students can take advantage of […]

  • Polished: College, Class, and the Burdens of Social Mobility

    • - Co-Sponsored Event
    • - Special Event
    Holmes Lounge
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Dr. Melissa Osborne WashU is pleased to welcome Dr. Melissa Osborne, Associate Professor of Sociology at Western Washington University, to our campus to speak about first-generation and low-income students. A reception will follow Dr. Osborne's presentation. Polished: College, Class, and the Burdens of Social Mobility For low-income and first-generation students […]

    Navigating Charged Topics in the Classroom: A Panel of WashU Instructors

    • - Special Event
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty

    Higher education has been said to have three core missions: research, teaching, and a social-political mission. But is this social-political mission really just a "third mission" on the periphery of the other two? Or should those of us who teach at universities see it as central to providing rigorous, relevant, […]

  • Language Teaching Spring Showcase Show & Tell 2025

    • - Special Event
    Eads 016
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    The CTL and Coalition for Language Teaching & Learning invite language instructors from across departments to participate in our Spring Showcase Show & Tell Event on Friday, April 4th from 3:30-4:30pm, with happy hour to follow from 4:30-5:30pm. This event is meant to be a fun, low-stress (post-Spring Break) opportunity […]

    Pedagogy Picnic

    • - Special Event
    See event description
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Join your fellow instructors for Pedagogy Picnic! This is a fun, social opportunity to get to know your colleagues and connect over a shared interest in teaching. Come chat, ask questions, laugh, or vent – we're here for all of it! No registration needed – simply show up! The CTL […]

    Pedagogy Picnic

    • - Special Event
    See event description
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Join your fellow instructors for Pedagogy Picnic! This is a fun, social opportunity to get to know your colleagues and connect over a shared interest in teaching. Come chat, ask questions, laugh, or vent – we're here for all of it! No registration needed – simply show up! The CTL […]

    2025 Graduate Student and Postdoc Programs Recognition Reception

    • - Special Event
    • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN TEACHING (PDT)
    Danforth Campus
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    Looking for the registration link to the 2026 Graduate Student and Postdoc Programs Recognition Reception?   A celebration of the graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who have participated in professional development in teaching throughout the 2024-2025 academic year. We welcome those who mentor and support this community as we recognize […]

    Teaching and Learning in an Age of Precarious Student Visas

    • - Special Event
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Recently, there has been a dramatic increase in student visa cancellations and other challenges to students' ability to remain in the US. How can we as instructors respond to these changes? What are strategies we can use to support our students in the classroom during these difficult times, especially those […]