Mission Statement

Our mission is to support an ever-expanding community of faculty, staff and administrators dedicated to learning about learning. The Center for Teaching Excellence offers a variety of opportunities in the instructional and professional development areas, including one-time workshops, individual clinics, customized department workshops, semester-long seminars, a special week of events, and a summer research institute. In the area of technology, our goal is to assist faculty in structuring their course content in a technology rich mode.

A few of our exciting new initiatives include the Hall of Fame for Great Americans seminars sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Freshman Learning Communities, and enhancement of vocational instruction through case-based and problem-based learning. The CTE Advisory Board, with members drawn from every discipline and area of the college, determines the needs of our learning community and supports a diversity of collaborative efforts, including working with neighboring colleges.