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Browse the Archive
Our archive features past editions of the Teaching Newsletter, filled with teaching tips, event info, and stories from across campus.
Issue 45 • November 13, 2025: Designing for a Culture of Integrity
Issue 44 • September 18, 2025: Explore first-day teaching tips, essential resources, and the new TLC website
Issue 43 • May 22, 2025: End-of-Quarter Support, New Resources, and Looking Ahead
Issue 42 • April 3, 2025: Coming Together for the Annual TLC Convocation
Issue 41 • February 20, 2025: Holding Space for Impactful Teaching During Uncertain Times
Issue 40 • January 16, 2025: Teaching with Compassion and Purpose Amidst Change and Challenge
Issue 39 • November 14, 2024: Winding Down Fall and Looking Ahead to Winter
Issue 38 • September 23, 2024: Welcome back!
Issue 37 • May 30, 2024: Supporting You Through Current Challenges, the End of the Quarter, and Summer Instruction
Issue 36 • April 18, 2024: Coming Together for the Annual TLC Convocation
Issue 35 • March 21, 2024: Just the Basics and Taking Time to Pause
Issue 34 • February 22, 2024: Join us for Teaching Week next week!
Issue 33 • January 25, 2024: Finding or Renewing Your “Why” for Teaching
Issue 32 • November 30, 2023: Closing Fall Quarter, Timely Resources, & More
Issue 31 • October 19, 2023: New Teaching Innovations & Opportunities
Issue 30 • September 21, 2023: Welcome Back and New Resources & Opportunities
Issue 29 • May 25, 2023: Wrapping Up the Quarter and Timely Resources
Issue 28 • April 20, 2023: The Teaching & Learning Center, New Leadership, & More
Issue 27 • March 17, 2023: Teaching Week, ChatGPT, & More
Issue 26 • February 16, 2023: ChatGPT, Things to Know and Do, & Support
Issue 25 • January 20, 2023: January Just in Time Resources, Highlights, and More
Issue 24 • December 2, 2022: Timely Resources for the End of Fall Quarter
Issue 23 • October 20, 2022: A New Resource to Make Data Actionable
Issue 22 • September 15, 2022: Welcome Back, Important Fall Updates, & Noteworthy Highlights
Issue 21 • May 19, 2022: Walking the Equity Walk, Teaching Awards, and Getting Ready for SETS Season
Issue 20 • April 22, 2022: Coming Together for Convocation and Change is Afoot
Issue 19 • March 24, 2022: Just the Basics and Taking Time to Pause
Issue 18 • February 17, 2022: Things to Celebrate, New Tools, Spring Prep, & More
Issue 17 • January 27, 2022: Winter Instruction, Applications to Project REAL, CITL Steering Committee
Issue 16 • December 9, 2021: A Safe Reopening and a New Way to Get to Know Your Students
Issue 15 • November 18, 2021: New, Not Normal
Issue 14 • October 25, 2021: A New CITL Website, STEM Equity Symposium, a Reminder About Doctor’s Notes, & More
Issue 13 • September 16, 2021: A New Year and a New Home for the Teaching Center
Issue 12 • August 30, 2021: Initial Fall Preparations, Workshops, and Resources
Issue 11 • June 30, 2021: Summer Instructional Support, Share Your Teaching Successes, & More
Issue 10 • May 20, 2021: The Home Stretch, Faculty Fellows 2021-22, Gendered Impacts of COVID Event
Issue 9 • April 15, 2021: Summer Salary for Course Redesign; Workshops on Documenting Pandemic-Era Teaching Activities; May 14 Conference on Uses and Abuses of Data
Issue 8 • March 15, 2021: Looking Beyond the End of the World: Spring Cleaning, Convocation Celebration, and Fall Planning
Issue 7 • February 18, 2021: Good News on SET Response Rates, Some Thoughts on Discord and Chegg, & More
Issue 6 • January 21, 2021: Reflections & Resources in the Aftermath of January 6th
Issue 5 • December 17, 2020: We made it! Expressing Gratitude, Grad Programming, & Looking Ahead
Issue 4 • November 19, 2020: Remote Learning Research Results and Timely Tips & Resources
Issue 3 • October 22, 2020: Divisional Teaching Support, New SET Platform, Captioning, and More
Issue 2 • September 24, 2020: Fall quarter is days away! Are you ready?
Issue 1 • August 20, 2020: Welcome to the First Issue of the Teaching Newsletter
