Our Services


To work toward our goals, the center sponsors a variety of activities throughout the academic year and during the summer. For example, the center sponsors or supports:

  • Luncheon discussion groups
  • Faculty Interest Groups, affectionately known as FIGs.
  • Book discussion groups
  • A newsletter called The Art of Teaching
  • A publication called The Acts of Teaching & Learning, highlighting student & faculty accomplishments
  • A year long orientation for new faculty
  • Individual teaching consultations
  • Mid-term formative course evaluations
  • Teaching time-out grants
  • Travel grants to attend conferences relevant to teaching
  • The use of instructional technology
  • A resource/conference room in the Teaching Center. The room contains books, videos, and journals on the scholarship of teaching in higher education.
  • A peer tutor program
  • The use of teaching portfolios
  • Service learning initiatives
  • Summer and winter teaching workshops or retreats
  • Special teaching institutes
  • A Teaching Center Web site with links to other teaching resources

To contact us, call (615)460-5423 or e-mail Merrie King or Nanci Alsup, Program Assistant.