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UT Provost's Teaching Fellows Initiative (Changing Education: Redesigning the Undergraduate Experience)

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The 2017 Provost's Teaching Fellows Steering Committee prepared this poster as part of the Symposium Changing Education: Redesigning the Undergraduate Experience, hosted by Project 2021 and the Faculty Innovation Center at UT Austin on March 30, 2017. The format included keynote presentations punctuated by short talks and plenty of time for discussions in breakout sessions.

UT Provost’s Teaching Fellows Initiative (De Lange Conference, Rice University)

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More than a dozen of the country’s leading education experts met at Rice University October 13-14, 2014 for the biennial De Lange Conference, “Teaching in the University of Tomorrow.” This conference was presented in collaboration with Scientia, an institute for the history of science and culture, and the Center for Teaching Excellence at Rice University.

LaBrake Poster 2016

Active Learning at Scale: Lessons from General Chemistry (National Chemistry Education Meeting)

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In 2016 Cythia LaBrake presented about her PTF Initiative in a poster session of the National Chemistry Education Meeting. Her presentation was titled "Active Learning at Scale: Lessons from General Chemistry."

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Labrake Neuburger Reinvention Collab Poster

UT Provost's Teaching Fellows Initiative (Reinvention Collaborative, UERU)

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PTF Leaders Cynthia LaBrake and Mary Neuburger presented both a poster and a talk at the 2018 Reinvention Collaborative meeting (now the Association of Undergraduate Education at Research Universities, UERU) on November 8-10, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia. The 2018 Biennial National Conference featured more Undergraduate Vice Presidents/Provosts and more participants overall than any previous Reinvention Collaborative meeting.

Lydia Steinman

Former Members
Nutritional Sciences
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College of Natural Sciences
Initiative Focus
Active Learning
Skill-Building
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Penne Restad

PTF Emeritus
History
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College of Liberal Arts
Initiative Focus
Active Learning

Project Title: Transforming the Classroom: Engaging Faculty Step-by-Step 

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Christina Markert

Alumni
Physics
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College of Natural Sciences
Initiative Focus
Curriculum (Re)design
Active Learning
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Arturo De Lozanne

PTF Emeritus
Molecular Biosciences
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College of Natural Sciences
Initiative Focus
Active Learning
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Zhengrong Cui

Alumni
Pharmacy
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College of Pharmacy
Initiative Focus
Active Learning

View Rong's profile on his department's site >

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Cynthia LaBrake

Alumni
Molecular Biosciences
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College of Natural Sciences
Initiative Focus
Active Learning
Peer Education

Cynthia LaBrake is a former Chair of the Provost's Teaching Fellows. Cynthia was instrumental in the design and creation of the Provost's Teaching Fellows program, first as a faculty affiliate of the Center for Teaching and Learning, and then as a member of the 2015 cohort of Teaching Fellows. She served as 2017 Chair. Cynthia's current interest is in serving the CNS as the Badging Fellow. In this role, she is leading the college effort to create sustainable structures for the development and awarding of badged micro credentials.

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