In This Issue
- Faculty Award Luncheon Highlights
- Special Feature: Focus on AI
- Here's What Happening in Your CITI
- Spotlight On: Ram Pitch Competition
- CITI Blog: Teaching Tips for Engaging Graduate Students (Dr. Jeremiah Shipp)
- We Missed You! CITI Workshops
- What Can We Do For You?
- Professional Conferences
- Enjoy Your Summer
- Meet Our Team
FACULTY AWARDS LUNCHEON
On Tuesday, April 29, the Office of the Provost sponsored the annual WSSU Faculty Awards Luncheon. The event celebrated and recognized the outstanding achievements of WSSU faculty in teaching, research, and service.
Enjoy highlights from the ceremony below:
Faculty Teaching Awards
- UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award: Dr. Dawn Tafari, Education
- Wells Fargo Excellence in Teaching Award: Dr. Radscheda Nobles, History, Politics and Social Justice
- Joseph Patterson Master Teacher Award: Dr. Mark Hunnell, Mathematics
- Wilveria Bass Atkinson Research Award: Dr. Tan Zhang, Health and Physical Education
- Cedric R. Rodney Service Award: Dr. Notis Pagiavlas, Management and Marketing MIS
- John Fountain Master Teacher Award: Dr. Edward Opoku-Dapaah, Behavioral Science
- Bill Sheppard Master Teacher Award: Dr. Richard G. Moye: Behavioral Science
Faculty Research Awards
WSSU Red Jacket Society
- Dr. Debzani Deb $1,861,427
- Dr. Kelly Murphy $1,477,252
- Dr. Daniel Rose $3,999,998
Emerging Researcher of the Year
- Dr. James Blackwell Jr.
- Dr. Katie Johnston
- Ms. Dominique Johnson
Provost Fellows
CITI WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR FACULTY AWARDEES AND ALL FACULTY FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO STUDENT SUCCESS!
FOCUS ON AI
Are you interested in participating in an AI Community of Practice in Fall 2025 or Spring 2026? If so, please complete this interest form or scan the QR code below. CITI will contact you when we begin enrolling faculty for the learning communities.
To learn more about other initiatives under the Generative AI Faculty Development Project, click the button below:
HERE'S WHAT HAPPENING......
IN YOUR CITI
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THE TIME IS HERE! GET READY TO GO "BACK TO THE FUTURE" WITH AI!
The Adobe Bash Faculty Festival 2025 will take place on Monday, May 12, 2025 in DJR 100 A and B. The time is 9:30am-3:00pm.
The theme for this year is "Back to the Future with AI," so we will spend the day engaging in innovative ways learning about generative AI technologies for instruction. There will be informational topics on transformational teaching topics, fun interactive AI tools for hands on training, a nationally known guest speaker, food, giveaways, swag, and a chance to fellowship with colleagues.
This is also the graduation day for our faculty who have completed the ACUE Excellence in Online Teaching Course. This ceremony will take place during the event.
Here is an informational guide that will share more about the entire event and how to register.
THERE IS STILL TIME TO REGISTER....YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS EVENT!
SPOTLIGHT ON: ADOBE ACADEMY ENTREPRENEURIAL ENLIGHTENMENT AND RAM PITCH COMPETITION
The 2025 Spring Adobe Academy RamPitch Competition and Brilliance Bazaar was held on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, from 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM in DJR 100. This event served as the culmination of several months of strategic preparation and student development activities that began in Fall 2024. The goal of the event was to empower WSSU students with entrepreneurial mindsets, showcase student innovation, and connect participants with external stakeholders and support networks.
For a quick digital journal of the event, check out the video below:
CITI BLOGS
The CITI Blog is a collaborative space to explore innovative instructional techniques, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), course design, and instructional technology.
This month, Dr. Jeremiah Shipp shares strategies for engaging graduate students. To unlock these pedagogical strategies, click the button below:
WE MISSED YOU!
Did you miss one of the CITI workshops last month? If so, we are happy to share resources to support the learning environment in your courses.
DON'T FEAR...WE'RE HERE!
The Center for Innovative and Transformative Instruction (CITI) is an inclusive, supportive, and collaborative common area for faculty, staff and administrators to pursue innovation and transformation in higher education teaching and learning, including the scholarship of teaching & learning (SoTL). CITI will keep you updated on the latest innovative and transformative instructional methods and technologies. CITI Team personnel are all experienced college faculty with a strong background in teaching and learning, course design, instructional technology, and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES AND AWARD OPPORTUNITIES
The Center for European Studies has a number of awards available for faculty not affiliated with UNC-CH to develop materials, courses, or conduct research on contemporary Europe. The awards are made possible by National Resource Center funding through the Title VI program of the US Department of Education.
These awards will be guided by CES’s theme of: “Europe’s Changing Climate.” Within this theme, we will support research and events looking at historical, cultural, and political issues, including: Europe’s role in the world; democracy; the rule of law; citizens’ rights; immigrant integration; diversity; social inequality & prosperity; digitalization; weather & ecosystem change; responses to climate change; sustainability; environmental justice; and, clean energy. Projects should highlight the diversity of Europe’s citizens, their languages, cultures, politics, and environments, which can allow for interdisciplinary collaboration and a broad reach among diverse audiences. All CES activities welcome, engage, and encourage diverse perspectives across a wide range of disciplines, topics, and stakeholders.
June 2-3, 2025, Chapel Hill, NC
THE TEACHING PROFESSOR CONFERENCE
Are you finding that the challenges of higher education teaching and learning have escalated? You’re not alone. Join us at the Teaching Professor Conference from June 6–8, 2025, in Washington, D.C. to gain practical tools, innovative strategies, inspiration and support tailored to the unique challenges faced by educators today.
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