Announcing the new Torrington Campus Faculty Development Web Page & Faculty Blog
The University of Connecticut Torrington Campus Faculty Development Committee has been working to cultivate a sense of community among our faculty and establish a Torrington faculty culture. This task can be challenging given that so many of us have very different schedules so that we never see many of our colleagues face to face. Therefore, we have tried to find ways that faculty can connect with each other and gain support from each other through non-traditional means.
To that end, we are launching our new Faculty Development Web Page, which can be found at: www.torringtonfaculty.uconn.edu. Featured on this page is a Philosophy of Instruction that was written in response to our Faculty Forum in the fall where we discussed the qualities of teaching that we, the Torrington faculty, value. Also included on the site is a link to our new Faculty Blog, www.uconntorringtonfaculty.wordpress.com and other useful links and information.
The blog will provide a place for faculty to talk about teaching and other issues pertaining to faculty on this campus, and faculty are invited to share teaching strategies, or any other information that would be of interest to their colleagues. We hope to create an environment of collegiality among our faculty. Finally, for those less inclined to visit a web page or blog, we also plan to print out the blog once a semester and distribute it as a faculty newsletter.
Andy M and Sheila
