Students earn a Certificate in University Teaching based on their successful participation in the project. This project has helped to develop more of a teaching culture within the department. In the spring of 1997 there were three spin-off projects. One, graduate students decided to initiate a graduate student colloquium, and eight students read papers they had presented at conferences or written for a course. Two, they also organized the first undergraduate colloquium.
Seminars are open to all interested students and faculty in the department.
The primary liaison person for the project is Professor Himley. This project complements the ongoing work on professional development begun under the leadership of Professors Champagne, Edmunds, Schell, and Shires, who offer seminars in publishing papers, in preparing cover letters and cv s, and in preparing for the job market. The department's graduate programs are supervised by the Chair of the department, the Director of Graduate Studies, and a Graduate Committee consisting of five members of the faculty and one doctoral student appointed by the Chair. The Director of Graduate Studies is Professor Margaret Himley. Terri A.G. Zollo is the Graduate Studies Coordinator.