alliance for teaching enrichment
faculty support
What is the Alliance?
The Alliance for Teaching Enrichment is an organization of faculty created to bring together those most interested in student success, quality instruction, and advancing the academic mission of the university.
We’re a community of educators committed to the celebration, development, and elevation of a diverse culture of teaching at Purdue Fort Wayne and in our region. We seek to enrich teaching and learning by fostering a collaborative community to serve faculty, staff, and students dedicated to the pursuit of authentic learning. The Alliance promotes creativity, boldness, enjoyment, and growth as pathways to excellence in teaching and learning.
The values are the following:
- Collaboration
- Boldness
- Diversity and inclusion
- Enjoyment
- Meaningful work
- Mutual service and support
- Creativity
- Organizational structure
2025 Alliance Teaching Showcase
See what we are all about.
Join us for our annual Alliance Teaching Showcase on Friday, November 14, in the International Ballroom in Walb Student Union.
Board of the Alliance
Our charge is to plan, continuously improve, budget, maintain liaison with faculty and administration, and manage the calendar.
We are composed of captains of other teams, appropriate assistant/associate vice chancellor from academic affairs, and two at-large members elected from the membership. The admiral of this committee must be a member of the Alliance and is elected by the board.
Team Captains
- Beth Christian (Outreach)
- Kim O'Connor (Membership)
- Adam Dircksen (At Large)
- Barry Dupen (Student)
- Julie Hill-Lauer and Paresh Mishra (Celebration)
- Jane Leatherman (Scholarly)
- Kim O’Connor (AVCTL)
The Celebration Team celebrates bold and creative teaching and enacts values of inclusion, diversity, and enjoyment. This team has at least three major campus units represented by their members.
The Membership Team has the following responsibilities:
- Recruit members
- Develop, enhance and manage benefits of membership
- Foster continuing involvement
The Outreach Team serves as a hub for sharing ideas. They collaborate with other campus bodies such as CELT, FACET, DCS, OACS, and University Research and Innovation. They also facilitate interest groups from campus and community for specific teaching related topics.
The Outreach Team generally has five to seven members that represent FACET, CELT, and can have three additional faculty or staff members, as well as two students.
This team’s focus is to Identify and disseminate teaching innovations, creativity, and high-impact activities for the purpose of helping students learn.
The Student Team shares students perspectives and experiences with faculty to improve teaching, learning and student success. This team is composed of five faculty and three students who coordinate with advisors and Purdue’s Institutional Review Board.