Upcoming CET Events

Course Design for Student Success: Supporting Diverse Student Populations

Friday, Oct 21, 2016 | Noon–1pm
ACB 238 - Lunch provided

Discover universal design for an inclusive classroom. In this active-learning workshop, participants will explore course design strategies that reduce educational barriers for USC’s diverse student populations. Feel free to bring your course syllabus. Instructional designers will be available for consultation after the workshop.

Presented by: CET Instructional Designers, Katie Guevara & Bob Sweeney

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Tips on How to Manage Distracted Behavior in the Classroom: Student Perspectives

Tuesday, Oct 25, 2016 | 12:30–1:30pm
DML 233 - Lunch provided

Hear from USC students and faculty on how to manage distracted behavior in the classroom.

Presented by: CET Faculty Fellow Ruth Chung, Rossier; CET Undergraduate Fellows Kshitij Kumar and Wilson Lin

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Becoming Residential Faculty at USC: Best Practices & How to Apply for a Position

Wednesday, Nov 2, 2016 | Noon–1:00pm
Kaufmann 240 - Lunch provided

Join a panel of experts as they discuss the new USC Village and its open residential faculty positions. Learn the duties and parameters of the job, how to apply, and best practices from current resident faculty as well as from the Director of the Office of Residential Education.

Emily Sandoval, Director, Office of Residential Education and Brett Sheehan, Faculty Master, Parkside Arts & Humanities, and John Pascarella, Resident Faculty at Marks Tower, South Area. Moderated by Oliver Mayer.

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Active Learning Meet-Up: Turning a Guest Speaker into an Active-Learning Opportunity

Tuesday, Nov 8, 2016 | 12:30pm–1:30pm
Herklotz Library DML G28 - Lunch provided

Monthly informal Active Learning Meet-Ups start with a demonstration of an active-learning strategy appropriate for classroom courses, followed by Q&A and an opportunity for faculty to share their own active-learning strategies. CET Instructional Designers will be available after the Meet-Up for impromptu consultations on course design and classroom practices. A different active-learning strategy will be featured each month.

Presented by: CET Instructional Designers, Katie Guevara & Bob Sweeney

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Academic Careers Week - Sept. 26-29

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Writing Your Cover Letter & CV - Monday, Sept. 26th, noon - 1:00 pm
Doheny Memorial Library (DML) 240
Putting together a cover letter and CV can be a daunting task. How will yours stand out among all the other applicants? Professor Rachel Walker from the Linguistics department and Professor Najm Meskati from the Civil and Environmental Engineering department will provide insight into what faculty look for when they review cover letters and CVs.
Lunch Provided
 
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Instant Contact: How to Shine in 1 or 2 Minutes on your Interview Day - Tuesday, Sept. 27th, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Doheny Memorial Library (DML) 240
On your interview day you will meet many people and only have a minute or two to explain to them your academic interests. This program will allow you to practice! An overview of a typical interviewing day will be presented. Following this, you will break into small groups, where you will have a chance to explain your research interests in a short one or two minute description. The members of your small group along with a USC faculty member will provide constructive comments on your short description.
Lunch Provided

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Negotiating the Academic Job Offer - Wednesday, Sept. 28th, noon - 1:00 pm
Doheny Memorial Library (DML) 240
You’ve been made an offer! Now what? How does one go about negotiating an academic job offer? A panel including Dani Byrd, Professor of Linguistics & Executive Vice Dean of USC's Dornsife College; Andrew Goodney, Lecturer, Computer Science, Viterbi School; and Bruce Zuckerman Professor of Religion, Dornsife College will share their experiences with negotiating academic job offers.
Lunch Provided

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Drafting Your Teaching Philosophy / Research Statement - Thursday, Sept. 29th, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Doheny Memorial Library (DML) 241
How does one go about articulating a teaching philosophy and a research statement? How are these documents used by search committees? Professor Armand Tanguay, Jr. from the Viterbi School of Engineering will share his insights on crafting these two documents. Presented by Professor Mark Schroeder, Donrsife College & Professor Sandy Sawchuk, Viterbi School
Lunch Provided

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Workshop for International TAs

USC Center for Excellence in Teaching Event

Wednesday, Sept 7, 2016 | 5:00-6:00pm
DML 240

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Tuesday, Sept 8, 2016 | 12:30-1:30pm
Ahamnson Center for Biological Studies, ACB 238

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2016 Mentoring Award Recipient | Dr. Remo Rohs

Each year the University of Southern California recognizes faculty members across the university who have demonstrated a commitment to mentoring. This year over 150 deserving faculty were nominated and 21 were selected.

Recipient List

2016 Teaching Award Recipient | Dr. Susan Forsburg

With notable pleasure the Center for Excellence in Teaching reports that at this year's Academic Honors Convocation on April 12, 2016 the Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching and the University Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards will be presented. Please join us in congratulating these dedicated professors and teaching assistants.

Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching - citations

Susan L. Forsburg, Professor of Biological Sciences
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

C.-C. Jay Kuo, Dean's Professor of Electrical Engineering-Systems, Computer Science, and Mathematics 

USC Viterbi School of Engineering

University Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award - citations

Tushar Bharati, Economics

Jose Raul Gonzalez Alonso, Physics and Astronomy

Christopher Muniz, Creative Writing

Course Design for Student Success: Reducing Anxiety with Transparent Grading

Friday, April 1st, 12:00 - 1:00pm
Ahmanson Center for Biological Studies, ACB 238

Grade student performance and provide feedback with easy-to-use, descriptive rubrics. In this active-learning workshop, participants will use best practices to design rubrics that improve fairness and guide students. Feel free to bring your course syllabus. Instructional designers will be available for consultation after the workshop.

Presented by: CET Instructional Designers, Katie Guevara & Bob Sweeney

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