2025 Celebration of Teaching

The Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) at Xavier University invites faculty and staff to the Celebration of Teaching on April 9, 2025.  The celebration aims to highlight teaching excellence at Xavier by providing a venue for faculty to share how they promote learning to enhance students’ intellectual, moral, and spiritual development in and outside the classroom.

Celebration of Teaching: Call for Abstracts

The CTE welcomes abstract submissions for presentation at the Celebration of Teaching on Wednesday, March 9, 2025. Abstract submissions can be on any topic related to teaching and learning, but should focus on issues facing today’s learners and educators.  The following are examples of topics worthy of presentation consideration (the list is not exhaustive):

• Recent pedagogical research
• Innovative classroom techniques
• Handling challenges in the classroom
• Course creation and design
• Student engagement
• Improving student preparedness
• Classroom technology
• Assessment and feedback

Information and Guidelines

Please submit this form by Friday, March 21, 2025. Notifications of acceptance will be sent on or before Monday, March 24, 2025.