We invite University Teaching Award winners to embrace their roles as Distinguished Fellows, amplifying exemplary teaching practices through public engagements and enriching the Center’s work and the University’s culture of learning and teaching with their unique perspectives and inspiring approaches. Learn More
We are committed to contributing to a University teaching culture where instructors feel confident in making decisions around AI that align with their values, support their vitality, and ultimately deliver an outstanding educational experience to undergraduate and graduate students.
We design meaningful transitions for faculty new to Northwestern, followed by ongoing outreach to build community among the cohort and lay the foundation for career-spanning engagement with the Searle Center—events include New Faculty Welcome with the Office of the Provost and the Reflecting on Your First Year Teaching at Northwestern Luncheon with Distinguished Fellows.
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We collaborate with the new STEM Education Advisory Board to guide departmental-/program-based curricular change projects with a focus on gateway, large-enrollment, lab, and high attrition courses, empowering change agents to design for student success and transform STEM education at scale so all students can thrive.
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We launch events and curate resources that fortify teaching-line faculty’s shared purpose as educators and sense of belonging at Northwestern, heighten the visibility of their pedagogical expertise, and foster an open dialogue attuned to evolving needs around feeling seen and supported.
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We catalyze ongoing pedagogical development by building institutional infrastructure, convening the Advisory Board to review assessment data and select the annual topic, and leading the multi-disciplinary Content Design Team to create and deliver the flexible online series addressing “wicked problems” in higher education that has now engaged over 1,275 instructors.
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