“I see my role as a faculty member as helping other people navigate within this structure,” Lingel says.
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The wayfinder: Jessa Lingel creates community and belonging on campus
As the new director of the Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies and the Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies, Jessa Lingel creates community and belonging on campus.
Introducing the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Innovation
The Center for Teaching and Learning and the Online Learning Initiative have merged to become one unit for the support of instructors, graduate students, and staff.
Originally from State College, Pennsylvania, Martin is an active-duty lieutenant commander in the Coast Guard. This fall, he’ll be teaching marketing to college students at the Coast Guard Academy.
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Wharton MBA graduate Nicholas Martin to teach at the Coast Guard Academy
Wharton MBA graduate and lieutenant commander Nicholas “Nick” Martin to teach marketing to “the next generation of officers.”
False alarm: How Wisconsin uses race and income to label students ‘high risk’
Ryan Baker of the Graduate School of Education says that current early warning systems for education use demographic factors as predictors, causing systematic errors in terms of students’ race.
Front, from left to right: Lucy Andersen, Vice Provost for Education Karen Detlefsen, Derek Yang, Ann Ho, and Arianna James. Back, from left to right: Ritesh Isuri, Adiwid (Boom) Devahastin Na Ayudhya, Oualid Merzouga, and Puneeth Guruprasad.
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Winners of 2023 Penn Prize for Excellence in Teaching by Graduate Students celebrated
The long-running Prize for graduate student instructors recognizes excellent graduate instructors; unlike many other awards, nominations are made by students.
Daeyeon Lee of the School of Engineering and Applied Science deliver the 2023 Thompson Chair Lecture on April 4, 2023. He spoke about reconnecting in the classroom and building community.
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Daeyeon Lee delivers lecture on reconnecting in and out of the classroom
Lee, the Evan C Thompson Term Chair for Excellence in Teaching, recently delivered the 2023 Evan C Thompson Lecture, focusing on how to improve students’ sense of community.
A grant from the HHMI will support collaborative work by Penn and other institutions to enhance the inclusivity of introductory STEM courses, starting with a rigorous examination of teaching in the School of Arts & Sciences and School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Penn awarded grant to promote inclusive excellence in STEM teaching and learning
With support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Penn is embarking on a six-year effort to enhance inclusivity and belonging in undergraduate STEM education.
Pa. waived the basic skills requirement for educators. Will it work to attract more teachers?
Dean Pam Grossman and Richard Ingersoll of the Graduate School of Education speak on the potential drawbacks of waiving basic skills tests for teacher preparation programs.
