Teaching Week
A Campus-Wide Celebration of Teaching
Teaching Week is a campus-wide celebration of innovative and equity-minded teaching at UC Santa Cruz. Through a series of events—including the Teaching Symposium, the Distinguished Teaching Award address, and interactive sessions on timely topics—we highlight the practices that deepen learning, foster student success, and inspire meaningful teaching.
The week brings together educators, students, and campus partners to share ideas, recognize excellence, and engage in thoughtful conversations about teaching and learning in higher education.
Upcoming Teaching Week
February 23 – 27, 2026
Events include:
- Teaching Symposium: Showcases the work of instructors on a variety of topics, including teaching innovations, activities, programs, or scholarly works.
- Tuesday, February 24, 2:45 – 5:30 PM, Merrill Cultural Center
- RSVP to attend the Symposium.
- Applications to present at the symposium encouraged from any instructor, including graduate students, postdocs, lecturers, and senate faculty.
- Submit an application to showcase your work by 5pm, Tuesday, January 20.
- Online event on a timely teaching topic
- Wednesday, February 25
- Distinguished Teaching Award Address by Laurie Palmer, Professor Emeritus of Art
- Thursday, February 26, 4:30 – 6:30 PM, Merrill Cultural Center
Check back soon for full event details and registration links—or look for it in the TLC Teaching Newsletter when details are announced.
Past Teaching Weeks
Browse our archive of previous Teaching Weeks.
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Teaching Week 2025
Teaching Week 2025 featured the Teaching Symposium, a topical event on Experiments with AI in Teaching and Learning, and the Distinguished Teaching Award Lecture delivered by Nathan Altice, “Teaching is Like a Third Birthday.”
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Teaching Week 2024
Teaching Week 2024 included the Teaching Symposium, a topical event on Teaching in the Age of Generative AI, and the Distinguished Teaching Award Lecture delivered by Alegra Eroy-Reveles, “The Paradox of Authenticity in Teaching and Mentoring.”