University of New Hampshire

Teaching Excellence Program
University of New Hampshire, 11 Brook Way, Room 207, Durham, NH, 03820
Lee F. Seidel, Ph.D., Director email: lfs@christa.unh.edu
Telephone: 603-862-0233 Fax: 603-862-2356
WWW presence: http://www.unh.edu/teaching-excellence

The University of New Hampshire is a state, Carnegie class Doctoral II university, with approximately 783 full-time and 490 part-time faculty. It currently enrolls 10,700 undergrad students and 1600 graduate students.

The UNH Teaching Excellence Program was begun in 1992. The program serves the entire university teaching community, from tenured professors to graduate instructors. The director reports to the Vice-President for Academic Affairs. Current annual support budgets are approximately $25,000 from university endowments and $10,000 from outside sources. It is staffed by one 80% time senior faculty and one 50% time graduate assistant.

The Teaching Excellence Program is currently implementing a Future Faculty Program funded through a FIPSE grant. This program is designed to complement and enhance existing graduate degree programs by providing students the opportunity to develop formal competencies in college teaching. Two university- wide programs are offered through the Graduate School: the Cognate in College Teaching and the Master of Science in Teaching (MST) with major in College Teaching.

Program Activities also include:

PROVIDING DIRECT ASSISTANCE
1. Seminars andCourses on Teaching and Learning
2. Lilly New England (annual) Conference on Excellence in College Teaching
3. Peer Assistance and Consultation Mid-Course Assessment
4. Class Visitation and In-Class Video Taping

PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS
1. FacPak - FacPak is a resource guide for new part- and full-time faculty
2. Teaching Excellence - distributed bimonthly to all faculty Student
3. Reactions to Teaching at UNH - University, School and College and Departmental Profiles. published annually and distributed to all departments
4. Teaching at UNH - Internal reports for faculty concerning student reactions to teaching

SPECIAL PROJECTS
1. Support for Faculty Interest Groups and Research Related to College Teaching
2. Literature Searches Special Projects

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Last updated on June 15, 1997