Two BVA projects, TRESTLE (RAC1) and TEval (RAC4), are featured in the 2019 STEM for All Video Showcase funded by the National Science Foundation.  This virtual event was held online May 13th -20th at https://stemforall2019.videohall.com.  Now in its fifth year, the showcase features over 240 federally-funded STEM education projects. Last year’s showcase has had over 81,000 unique visitors from 186 countries. The participants include researchers, practitioners, policy makers and members of the … [Read more...]

By Doug Ward CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Faculty members seem ready for a more substantive approach to evaluating teaching, but… It’s that “but” that about 30 faculty members from three Bay View Alliance universities focused on at a mini-conference here in late February. All are part of a project called TEval, which is working to develop a richer model of teaching evaluation by helping departments change their teaching culture. The project, funded by a $2.8 million National Science Foundation grant, … [Read more...]

The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, in recognition of its 125th anniversary, developed the Dean Nathan F. Dupuis Engineering Leadership in Engineering Education Award to recognize a faculty member for sustained excellence. Prof. Robert Knobel, a member of the TRESTLE network, received the award for his contributions to the faculty that specifically include his leadership in the transformation initiative in the Department of Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy as part of … [Read more...]