For three years the Center for Teaching Excellence has helped faculty improve their teaching by examining individual teaching methods and observing how students learn.
Teaching is the main focus at RU and that's why many of the faculty are here.
Emphasis on teaching is what makes the Center for Teaching Excellence so vital to professional growth of faculty members. The center encourages faculty to look at their strengths in teaching and exchange ideas with one another. All activities sponsored by the center are designed to provide faculty with opportunities for professional growth. Breakfast Talks, a series of discussions by faculty who attended a Writing Across the Curriculum retreat during the fall 1994 semester, give faculty a chance to share what they are doing and what they have learned. The center also sponsors a new-faculty group, a brown bag series and various workshops to train faculty to use software.