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Week of December 2, 2025

We are almost at the end of the semester, with both personal and professional wrap-up to do for yourself and your students. As you have the capacity, you might consider:

Your students are not the only consideration at the end of the semester; you are important as well.  As you have have the capacity, consider:

We hope that are you are able to get some rest and downtime between semesters but also that you are able to work on preparation that will make your future life easier as you have the capacity. We will see you in January!

Please join us for the end of semester Biergarten social (light snacks, alcoholic, and non-alcoholic beverages will be available) on Thursday, December 4 from 4 to 5pm at the Weatherspoon Art Museum. This is a casual, drop-in event so feel free to attend for a long or as little as you are able. We hope to see you there!

The deadline to turn in final grades for 15 week courses is December 13 at 10pm. The deadline for POTB second half semester classes is December 10 at 5pm. Please see the November 18 newsletter for information about incomplete grades. Information about submitting grades is located online (scroll down to "Step-by-Step instructions Entering Grades in UNCGenie"). If you have any questions at all, please reach out to your department head or utlc@uncg.edu; if we don't know the answer, we will figure out who does!

The Alumni Teaching Excellence Awards offered by the University Teaching and Learning Commons at University of North Carolina at Greensboro recognize and celebrate faculty members who demonstrate outstanding teaching, mentorship, and instructional innovation. Nominations are open to everyone, alumni, students, staff, and faculty alike, making this an inclusive opportunity to acknowledge educators who have made a meaningful impact. The awards include several categories (matched to faculty rank and appointment type) and provide a way to shine a light on those who elevate the learning experience through both traditional and blended/online formats. For full details on eligibility, nomination procedures, and past recipients, you can visit the official site. Nominations are accepted until Tuesday December 3, 2025.

Open Office Hours with ITS: Learning Technology’s Instructional Design Team: Tuesdays 10am–12pm, starting 10/7 

Drop in for a conversation with an instructional designer! We can assist with course and assessment design, discuss teaching questions, and help with Canvas, Teams, and other learning technology.

No registration is needed; you can just join online.

GTA Network meetings have ended for the semester, but if you have questions about future plans, please contact Judy Fowler at JAFOWLE3@uncg.edu.

Magna Publications has a weekly newsletter with teaching tips, strategies, and the latest best practices of teaching offering approaches on a wide range of teaching topics, such as:

Visit go.UNCG.edu/TheTeachingProfessor and use your UNCG Email address to register.

Magna Publications offers a series of 20-minute and 40-minute workshops on teaching and learning topics from national experts in teaching and learning.

The UTLC has secured campus access to over 20 trainings on topics such as teaching effectiveness, generative AI, student engagement, course design, and much more.

The UTLC has additional new online resources available for you, including self-paced training options, resources for Generative AI, and teaching guides. We also have new syllabus resources up, including an updated syllabus template.

UNCG is pleased to be administering a pilot of a new teaching evaluation system, Anthology Evaluate.  Much of our feedback during the 2024/25 academic year was favorable, with users finding the system easy to use and the reporting to be accessible. 

Anthology uses research validated common questions; units can also add custom questions. The system mobile friendly and can be used in the classroom, which raised response rates for instructors who opted to do so this past year. Instructors and their heads have access to reporting one to two days after the close of the administration and can access their reports anytime they like online.

We are recruiting more pilot participants for this academic year! If you are interested in participating in the Spring 2026 Cohort, please click the button below to fill out the interest form.

If you have questions, please email the UTLC at utlc@uncg.edu.

Check out these upcoming opportunities from the UTLC and other partners on campus. Additionally, the university workshop calendar has opportunities.