This month, we are featuring two faculty members who are sharing experiences in Europe: Dr. Rodrigo Martinez Duarte and Anne Salces y Nedeo. Together, they represent two different faculty paths of success at Clemson. Rodrigo Martinez Duarte is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty member of the Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center (EPIC), and […]
Dr. David Knox earned his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia (2004), where he then served as Director of Technological Academic Initiatives for the University of Georgia Graduate School. Dr. Knox joined Clemson in 2004 where he is now the Director of the University Testing and Education Center (UTEC) and the Founding Director of the Clemson Thinks2 (CT2) […]
We invite you and/or members of your department’s TPR Committee to schedule a 1-on-1 meeting to discuss the new requirements for documenting and evaluating teaching effectiveness. Considering that these changes have been effective for almost one year now, we are reaching out to address any questions and to provide examples of different elements that can […]
Tom Kealy, Ph.D., has been named Clemson’s first director for faculty awards and honorifics. In this role, Kealy reports to Senior Associate Provost Amy Lawton-Rauh to direct and manage workflows and networks supporting internal and external awards recognizing faculty excellence in teaching, service, scholarly pursuits, and leadership across the University. How does your previous […]
This month, we are featuring Dr. Leslie Warlick, a lecturer in the Department of Performing Arts. She holds performance degrees from the North Carolina School of the Arts, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and Florida State University. Dr. Warlick has had the pleasure of studying violin with Elaine Richey, David Updegraff, Donald Weilerstein, and Gary Kosloski. […]
Our office hosted its inaugural Faculty Grow Workshop on April 9 th, 2024. With approximately 50 faculty participants, and through the lens of a “charette-style” workshop, we began to create a shared vision of the future of faculty success at Clemson. With speakers, a faculty panel, and active engagement and conversation, individual faculty members and […]
This month, we are featuring Dr. Thao Tran, assistant professor of chemistry. Tran holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Vietnam National University, earned her Ph.D. at the University of Houston, and completed a postdoctoral visit at the Johns Hopkins University Institute of Quantum Matter. Her current team applies chemical logic and unmatched tunability innate to extended solids […]
As you (faculty) matriculate through your career, you will need to continually increase your knowledge, evolve your skills, and perhaps even shift your focus areas. To help you, the Clemson Libraries now offers a guide that highlights faculty resources (click here). This makes it easier for you to locate books that provide productivity tips for […]
Although the idea of team-based learning (TBL) originated back in the 70s, many faculty members are now recognizing the educational importance of transforming small groups of students into formal teams. The difference between the two being the commitment of the members to advance the learning process beyond individual capabilities and the opportunity to fully take advantage of […]
It is widely documented that student surveys (or student evaluations of teaching, SET) are one of the simplest and most widely used tools to evaluate teaching performance in higher education. Among the reasons behind the wide use of these surveys are cost, the ability to easily obtain feedback from stakeholders, and the assumption that students […]
