The Teaching and Assessment Symposium is an annual event where we recognize and celebrate the work faculty and staff are doing to support student learning at UNC. The Symposium is sponsored by The Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning and the UNC Assessment Council. More information can be found at CETL Events: Teaching and Assessment Symposium.
Submissions from 2025
Beginner TL1: Beyond the Classroom: Unlocking the Power of High Impact Practices, Loree Crow and Krista Caufman
Beginner TL2: Fixed vs. Growth Mindset: Strategies for Student & Instructor Success, Mikay Elliott
Beginner TL3: Course Design 101: Aligning Teaching & Learning for Student Success, Abi Paytoe Gbayee
Beginner TL4: Beyond Tests and Papers: Alternative Classroom Assessment Strategies, Shawn Montano
Submissions from 2023
2023: Assessment Mini-Grant Lightning Talks 1, Christopher McMahan, Jun Park, Tina Farrell, Chia-Lin Tsai, Gabriel Owusu, Sidney Bonser, Jenni Harding, Michelle Holmes, Emily Holt, Jessica Duke, Melissa Hoffner, and Claire Landrieu
2023: Assessment Mini-Grant Lightning Talks 2, Amanda Rutter, Jean D. Kirshner Dr., janine weaver-douglas, Savana Griego, Kimberly Murza, Angela Vaughan, Hailey Sands, Brianne Dixon, Corina Brown, and Alex Graves
2023: Members of UNC Learning Communities Share, Amie Cieminski, Sharon Bywater-Reyes, Maurice Harris, and Jun Park
2023: Open Educational Resources (OER), Ryan Darling
2023: Rethinking Grading Practices Panel, Emily Holt, Mary Houston, and Marc Santos
2023: UNC Students Speak Out on Equitable Grading Practices, Ret North, Jenna Altomare, and Emily Romero
2023: Writing & Aligning Program Learning Outcomes, Chad Bebee
Submissions from 2022
Battling Fake News: Incorporating Media Literacy into Course Content, Stephanie Evers
Critical Race Theory: Teacher Beliefs on the Implementation within the Curriculum, Caterina Azzarello and Ashlee Kemp
Lightning Talk Session 2, Grace Turner, Rosie Glaser, Amaris Vasquez, Hale Daigle, Sue Hyeon Paek, and Anna Ursyn
Lightning Talk Session 3, Heng-Yu Ku, Caterina B. Azzarello, Denin Slage-Koch, Rebecca Saunders, and Kathy Zellers
Lightning Talks Session 1, Judy Leatherman, Stacy Bailey, Melissa Hoffner, Claire Landrieu, Alexis Hauk, Angela Vaughan, Julie A. Hanks, Tina Stoody, and Ginger Fisher
Research on Climate Change Instruction in Biology, Emily Holt
Student Panel: Experiences with Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Stephen Loveless and Janine Weaver-Douglas
Symposium Presentation Session 1, Kevin Pugh and Jun Park
Symposium Presentation Session 3, Emily Wakefield, Erin Moser, and Lyda McCartin
Submissions from 2021
2020 Assessment Mini-grant recipients Lightning Talks, Corina Brown, Emily Royse, Emily Holt, Alexandra Vita, Nicholas A. Pullen, Katrina Einhellig, Kristin Schams, Tara Wood, and Marc Santos
Symposium Panel: “The Class Average Went Up by a Full Letter Grade”: How Participation in a Learning Community Improved My Teaching and Students' Learning, Anne Toewe, Kathie Records, and Julie A. Hanks
Submissions from 2020
Adopting OER Across the University, Cassendra M. Bergstrom, Molly Desjardins, B. Bailie Peterson, and Angela Steele
Assessing Student Learning Outcomes in Physical Education K-12 Teaching: A Whole-Program Revision to Meet New Standards and Institutional Learning Outcomes, Jennifer Krause, Brian Dauenhauer, Jaimie McMullen, and Collin Brooks
Assessment & Planning for the Department of Geography, GIS, & Sustainability, Chelsie Romulo, Jieun Lee, Karen Barton, James Doerner, Jimmy Dunn, Kathy Johnson, Phil Klein, and Jessica Salo
Beliefs about Global Climate Change Among Faculty at the University of Northern Colorado, Cindy Shellito and Emily A. Holt
Call of the Wild: A Qualitative Analysis of Goal-Setting among Biology Undergraduates at a Regional Zoo, Ashley Barbara Heim and Emily A. Holt
Comprehensive assessment of a peer mentor program for first-year students, Michael Graham, Alexis Hauck, Jordan L. Martell, Emili N. Pickenpaugh, and Angela L. Vaughan
Design Thinking: A Pedagogy for Higher Education?, Amie Cieminski
Developing Assessment Strategies for a New Undergraduate Program and an Established Doctoral Program, Brent Oja, Yoon Tae Sung, and Alan Morse
English 122 College Composition Pilot Assessment Project, Tara Wood and Marc Santos
Implementation of a low-stakes daily assessment in a large introductory LAC course, Marian I. Hamilton
Incorporating Problem-based Learning in an Undergraduate Allied Health Prerequisite Anatomy and Physiology Course, Alexandra A. Vita, Emily A. Royse, and Nicholas A. Pullen
Proactive Academic Coaching: A Study on Why Students Leave College and How to Support Them, Samantha Black, Darren Ilett, and Jake Henderson