News & Announcements

College of Veterinary Medicine Receives AVMA Approval

Oct. 17, 2019

The University of Arizona received approval from the American Veterinary Medical Association today to open the state's first public College of Veterinary Medicine.

UA News

ISLE Funded CLS is Ready for Students

Oct. 14, 2019

Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences has a new innovative learning space that will open its doors to students on October 14, 2019. The classroom was made possible through the Provost's Initiative Fund, ISLE Program Grant, the HAS department, and gifts from the department's students, staff, faculty, administrators, and friends.

Learn more about the project by Hydrology & Atmospheric Sciences

Teaching Workshop and Demonstration, Friday Sept. 20, 3:00-4:00 p.m.

Sept. 20, 2019

Are you curious about what it's like to teach in a large Collaborative Classroom? Do you wonder what it's like to learn in these spaces?

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College of Applied Science and Technology, New Economy Initiative on ABOR Agenda

Sept. 16, 2019

The University of Arizona is seeking approval to rename UA South to the College of Applied Science and Technology at this week's Arizona Board of Regents meeting at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.

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Building Community and Keeping Students' Attention

Sept. 10, 2019

James Lang, a professor of English and director of the D'Amour Center for Teaching Excellence at Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts, was brought to campus by the Center for University Education Scholarship. His presentations, given Thursday and Friday, were designed to help faculty start the semester off right and gain skills to be more effective teachers, especially with distracted students.

Read the full article at UA@Work

Building Communities in Online Courses

Sept. 9, 2019

Participants in this fully online five-day mini-course (Sept 23-27) will conceptualize community in online environments while exploring tools, techniques, and activities that support student-to-student and student-to-instructor relations.

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NEWEST CLS | Steward Observatory Room 204 Awaits Students!

Sept. 2, 2019

Completed shortly after fall semester began, this 51-seat, multi-tiered CLS was combined out of two smaller rooms located in the Steward Observatory; now, white boards and monitors circumference the room, and students can turn their chairs to comfortably collaborate with other students.

See Before and After Pictures

Workshops, Classes, & Webinars

Sept. 1, 2019

As part of OIA’s mission to build capacity for excellent teaching on our campus, we offer a wide variety of workshops, webinars and facilitated online mini-courses to individuals who teach for the UA.

View a list of OIA's 2019-20 Workshops & Classes

CUES Presents | Teaching Distracted Minds with Dr. James Lang

Sept. 1, 2019

Learn about creative solutions for distracted students in class and discuss new ideas to improve the education we provide.

Day of Event Sept 6 | North Ballroom > More Information

Burd Tweets

Aug. 30, 2019

Gail Burd and Sarah Grace kick off the fifth consecutive year of Faculty Learning Communities. This group of talented and committed instructors are advancing the quality of teaching at UA.

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