Variety of resources to support the teaching, research, and service goals of NC State faculty by providing insight and practical tips for engaging diverse student populations.
Each fall, the Graduate School invites master's and Ph.D. students to participate in a competition that challenges them to describe their research in just three minutes.
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The Graduate School
TH!NK cultivates students’ higher order skills in critical and creative thinking across disciplinary boundaries. In TH!NK courses, students explore content through a lens of critical and creative thinking, taking ownership of their own learning. Faculty implementing TH!NK strategies into courses received extensive training and provide students opportunities to develop and receive feedback on higher-order thinking skills.
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Academic and Student Affairs
The Office of Information Technology offers faculty a variety of technology workshops and educational opportunities, free of charge.
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Office of Information Technology
NC State provides resources and professional development opportunities to enable faculty to enhance the use of technology in teaching to enable effective learning for students. The Office of Faculty Development strengthens teaching with technology through information on teaching strategies, evidence-based practices and assessment and evaluation resources.
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Office of Faculty Development
This website contains information grounded in best practices and the experiences of staff who work with international students on a daily basis. It gives practical tips for addressing common issues faced by faculty including strategies for increasing student participation, assessing the writing of non-native speakers of English, and ensuring student comprehension of class lectures. Each section touches on the cultural issues behind each suggestion and a tip.
A tool to help create an NC State policy-compliant syllabus.
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Digital Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA)
The mission of the NC State Women’s Center is to build and create a community of authentic and engaged allies and leaders to pursue gender equity and social justice, enhancing the campus climate through education, advocacy, support and leadership development.
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Institutional Equity and Diversity
Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA) researches, designs and implements unique programs that promote the pursuit of academic success, retention and graduation of students, with an emphasis on African American, Native American and Hispanic/Latinx students.
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Institutional Equity and Diversity
The Graduate School offers extensive support to NC State faculty and staff who are responsible for graduate programs or who serve as graduate student advisors. Resources include an administrative handbook, information services on every aspect of graduate education, helpful forms, program development guidelines and more.
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The Graduate School
Faculty directors have a significant role in recruiting students to their study abroad programs.
Resources for program budgeting, budget-related topics, and on-site finances.
The Study Abroad Office requires all Faculty Directors leading NC State study abroad programs to be enrolled in the GeoBlue insurance policy for the duration of their program
The Faculty Director Handbook is a resource for faculty directors to review prior to departure as well as to use while abroad, as needed. It includes information on on-site program administration, finance, program management, emergency response, insurance and more.
The Study Abroad Office provides various training opportunities for current and prospective faculty directors each year. Topics are diverse and address the numerous roles associated with being a study abroad program faculty director.
