2009-2010 Campus Highlights: CU Boulder

1. 2009-2010 Campus Highlights: CU Boulder • Ongoing TIGER Workshops (AY weekly workshops on pillars & teaching STEM (dissemination & awareness) • Ongoing TIGER DAD (Design & Development of Courses in College Teaching to integrate pillars; one completed • New TIGER Teaches (Summer meetings with interested STEM graduate students/faculty on IRB and TAR) • New TIGER TARP (AY semester-long grad student TAR projects in the discipline; currently 4 in-progress) • Institutionalization • Integrated with existing Graduate Training Program • 2009-2010 Future faculty participants • in CIRTL@ University of Colorado at Boulder: 100

2. 2009-2010 Campus Highlights: Howard University • Ongoing CIRTL Course: Effective Use of Technology in Teaching and Learning • Teaching-as-Research projects • Prof. Ayorinde (Chemistry) – 13 students • Now taught locally on Elluminate • CIRTL/CETLA workshop on Elluminate for faculty/students • New CIRTL Course: Developing a Community of Computational Thinkers • Prof. Patterson (Computer Science) • In catalog as SYCS 501 • ETTL co-taught (Howard, UW) as cross-Network graduate course • Institutionalization • Integrated with pre-existing PFF, AGEP and Bouchet Scholars programs • 2009-2010 Future faculty participants • in CIRTL@ Howard: 35

3. 2009-2010 Campus Highlights: Michigan State University • OngoingFAST (Future Academic Scholars in Teaching) Fellowship Program - 5th consecutive Year. 10 doctoral students participated • Initiation of the CIRTL Exchange Program by FAST Fellow Bob Montgomery • New Creating an Inclusive Learning Laboratory Environment – Diversity training institute for all students (~100) assisting with STEM courses in the Lyman Briggs Residential College (Prof. Fata-Hartley, Biology) • New Certification in College Teaching Institute – 1.5 day institute introducing graduate students to TAR principles, pedagogy, and learning through diversity as well as assist them in planning TAR projects. Approximately 100 attended • Institutionalization • Integrated with PREP Career and Professional Development Program • of MSU Graduate School • Approximately 2,000 graduate students participated in CIRTL-related programs through PREP

4. 2009-2010 Campus Highlights: Texas A&M University • Ongoing Graduate Teaching Academy • Assessment of the impact of program on student learning outcomes. • NewCollege Alignment for Collaboration learning community in Geoscience • Course to use inquiry in the classroom and to assess impact using TAR • Prof. Herbert (Geology and Geophysics) – 10 grad students and faculty • NewPost-Doctoral Professional Development workshop series • K-12 Initiative to study best practices for STEM education of K-12 teachers • 2009-2010 Future faculty participants • in CIRTL@ Texas A&M University: 50 grad students and 80+post-docs

5. 2009-2010 Campus Highlights: Vanderbilt University • Ongoing CIRTL Fellows • Teaching-as-Research projects, in collaboration with Center for Teaching • New Preparation for Teaching • Hybrid Local-Network course – 15 local and 7 Network students • Prof. Stacy Klein-Gardner (Biomedical Engineering/Associate Dean) • New Broad Dissemination of CIRTL Concepts • CIRTL embedded into the broader TA orientation program • Seminars and luncheons for prospective CIRTL graduate students • Increased interest in network offerings by VU future faculty. • Institutionalization • CIRTL and the Center for Teaching in close collaboration • Dean of Graduate School will support VU-CIRTL for the next several years. • 2009-2010 Future faculty participants • in CIRTL@ Vanderbilt: 106

6. 2009-2010 Campus Highlights: UW-Madison • Ongoing6 graduate courses, 5 semester-long discussion groups • Ongoing6 targeted workshops (broader impact, teaching portfolios) • Ongoing 6 Roundtable dinners for the Delta and campus community. • OngoingImplemented Mentor Training Program across STEM disciplines • 173 graduates-through-faculty mentors since Fall 2007 • Ongoing8 graduate interns; Teaching-As-Research projects with faculty partners. • OngoingAwarded 14 Delta Certificates in Research, Teaching and Learning • review committees involved over 40 faculty, staff and administrators • Offered 3 synchronous online graduate level courses to the CIRTL Network. • Enhanced collaborations with other UW-Madison campus units, e.g. grant writing • 2009-2010 Future faculty participants • in CIRTL@ UW-Madison: 678

7. 2009-2010 Campus Highlights • Established learning communities at all 6 campuses • Varying positions on the [new organization  previous organization] spectrum • Varying degrees of development stage, but all advancing • Common features • CIRTL Pillars, and especially Teaching-as-Research • Teaching-as-Research “capstone” experiences • Network impact • Every local learning community shows evidence of influence of other universities • Most have integrated cross-Network opportunities into local portfolio • Cross-institutional evaluation of capstone TAR programs– manuscript in draft • Institutionalization • All moving toward institutionalization by January 2012 • 2009-2010 Future faculty participants • in CIRTL local learning communities: ≈ 3000