April 28, 2021
By Jeff Willadsen, WSU Academic Outreach and Innovation
Associate Professor of History Aaron Whelchel is the winner of the 2020-21 Excellence in Online Teaching Award. The student-nominated annual award is sponsored by Academic Outreach and Innovation.
The award, now in its fifth year, seeks to acknowledge and reward Washington State University faculty members teaching Global Campus courses who employ best practices to engage, inspire, support, and show care for students in an online environment. He will receive $3,000 in faculty development funds and a trophy in recognition of his win.
“Dr. Whelchel has an obvious enthusiasm for the material he presents,” said Robert Fisher, one of the students who nominated Whelchel. “He gathered wonderfully thought-provoking content, often primary sources, that encouraged me to challenge what I thought I knew about the world.”
January 12, 2021
LIFT, the faculty development component of the Transformational Change Initiative (TCI), is welcoming applicants for the fourth cohort of our system-wide program. All WSU faculty from all locations are encouraged to apply. The application deadline is Tuesday, January 12, 2021.
LIFT is a component of the Transformational Change Initiative, a five-year grant (2016-2021) with goals to support students’ academic success, increase life skills and resilience, and transform their experience at WSU. The LIFT Faculty Fellows Program is designed to support instructors in using teaching methods and modules that have been shown to improve students’ engagement, connection, and learning; decrease course withdrawal and fail rates; and increase retention.
January 6, 2021
LIFT, the faculty development component of the Transformational Change Initiative (TCI), is welcoming applicants for the fourth cohort of our system-wide program. All WSU faculty from all locations are encouraged to apply. The application deadline is Tuesday, January 12, 2021.
LIFT is a component of the Transformational Change Initiative, a five-year grant (2016-2021) with goals to support students’ academic success, increase life skills and resilience, and transform their experience at WSU. The LIFT Faculty Fellows Program is designed to support instructors in using teaching methods and modules that have been shown to improve students’ engagement, connection, and learning; decrease course withdrawal and fail rates; and increase retention.
December 22, 2020
LIFT, the faculty development component of the Transformational Change Initiative (TCI), is welcoming applicants for the fourth cohort of our system-wide program. All WSU faculty from all locations are encouraged to apply. The application deadline is Tuesday, January 12, 2021.
LIFT is a component of the Transformational Change Initiative, a five-year grant (2016-2021) with goals to support students’ academic success, increase life skills and resilience, and transform their experience at WSU. The LIFT Faculty Fellows Program is designed to support instructors in using teaching methods and modules that have been shown to improve students’ engagement, connection, and learning; decrease course withdrawal and fail rates; and increase retention.
LIFT Pullman Trainers ’18
Commitment to participate in the LIFT Faculty Fellows Program
As a faculty fellow with the LIFT program, you are committing to the following meeting schedule and training requirements:
Date-specific meetings and trainings
Attend the LIFT Cohort 4 Orientation on Wednesday, January 27, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Attend four behavior intervention workshops facilitated by LIFT Trainers and complete homework before and following the workshops.
LIFT Training 1 – Connection and Social Belonging: Wednesday, February 3, 2-4 p.m.
LIFT Training 2 – Values and Values-Based Decision-Making: Thursday, March 4, 2-4 p.m.
LIFT Training 3 – Mindfulness and Self-Compassion: Wednesday, March 31, 2-4 p.m.
LIFT Training 4 – Growth Mindset and Resiliency: Thursday, April 29, 2-4 p.m.