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 Mike Pinter, Director or Nanci Alsup, Program Assistant