Faculty Champions Program

Faculty Champions

Success Stories-Testimonials

• Departmental Hub for Canvas Support https://profandria.wixsite.com/canvas-for-history-t (Andria Crosson, History)

Music

• I participated in the Innovation Academy this summer, and I found it very helpful in terms of pragmatic ways to understand how to improve accessibility for classes. I came away with a lot of resources, examples, helpful tips, etc. I know where to go for help, which is most important (Tracy Cowden)
• After a 30-year teaching career ACUE ETP enlightened me to the modern student experience. The skills I acquired helped build better connections that lead to motivated students and higher course evaluations! (Sherri Baker)
• I participated in the Innovation Academy this summer.  I teach musicians how to teach so I didn’t expect to learn anything new about the application of learning theories, but it was interesting to experience another approach to teaching growth mindset. There is something for everyone in this program.  One time one of my students told me, “Why don’t you set up your syllabus and Blackboard like Dr. Stephen? This academy taught me that some of the problems my students were having assessing course materials and getting assignments in on time was because of the way I had my course organized on Canvas.  The academy inspired me to completely reconceptualize my course layout and the benefits were immediately apparent.  (Susan Dill)
• Participating in the Academic Innovation cohort this past summer was a very positive and motivating experience. The leaders and all members were extremely helpful, encouraging, and knowledgeable. (Sherry Rubins)
• The faculty peer perspectives and student feedback provided during the course of SEP introduced me to teaching methods and approaches that promote community, belonging, and self-efficacy in the classroom. Thanks to what I have learned as a participant, I now incorporate more space for content reinforcement and exploration and more groupwork for building and strengthening social bonds. (Amy Frishkey)   

English

• Digital Initiatives is an invaluable resource in my courses.  The support and opportunities ensure students have access, knowledge, and real- world skills including data analysis and visualization, as well as digital storytelling (Maia Adamina)
• There could be no better description of our Digital Champion, Sue Hum, than as a true champion. In 2020, we were all plunged into the depths of uncertainty, suddenly needing to switch our courses to online delivery with very little training or knowledge about how to do this.  With unwavering patience, Sue guided each of us through the process of setting up Blackboard and getting us to feel comfortable with Zoom and Panopto.  Nothing was ever beyond her ability—or if it was, she knew how to find the answers. She was tireless in making things work as they should, through thick and thin, with tips, work-arounds, and sage advice. Sue was the light not at the end of the tunnel but inside the tunnel—she was personally responsible for any success we could pull off that semester, and beyond. She rescued us, and I will never forget her selfless generosity (Bridget Drinka)
• Professor Sue Hum has been heroic in her efforts to keep me, as a teacher and a scholar, functioning within the digital 21st century (Steven Kellman).
• Suggestions
• Communication (Student Experience Project): Add relevant quotes to each module, more explanations and clarification on each assignment (Ryan McPherson)
• Communication (Faculty): Exam publication, Canvas discussion tool