Welcome to 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.
Events
Alliance Showcase - November 3, 2022 | 4:30 to 7:30 (Alumni Center)
2022 Alliance Teaching Showcase Program [PDF]
Showcase Examples
2021 Example Posters [PDF]
2021 Example Presentation 1 [PDF]
2021 Example Presentation 2 [PDF]
Previous Events
- 2021 Showcase
Alliance 2021 Teaching Showcase | October 28th 4:30 - 7:30 @ International Ballroom
- 2019 Showcase
Our Mission
The Alliance is 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 of our alliance are the following:
- Collaboration
- Boldness
- Diversity and inclusion
- Enjoyment
- Meaningful work
- Mutual service and support
- Creativity
- Organizational Structure
Current Alliance Members [PDF]
Board of the Alliance for Teaching Enrichment (BOATE)
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.
Celebration Team
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.
Outreach Team
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.
Membership Team
The Membership Team has the following responsibilities:
- Recruit and select members
- Develop and revise criteria for membership
- Foster continuing involvement
Scholarly Teaching Team
Identify and disseminate teaching innovations, creativity, and high-impact activities for the purpose of helping students learn.
Mixed Modality in Interesting Times
Mixed modality panel four - Takeaways [PPTX]
Mixed modality in interesting times - brief bibliography [PDF]
Student Team
The Student Team identifies meaningful resources about who Purdue Fort Wayne students are and makes them accessible to faculty, staff, and students. They also promote active student leadership and participation to include the student perspective in our collaborative community.
This team is composed of five faculty and three students who coordinate with advisors and Purdue's Institutional Review Board.
Team Members
Celebration Team
- Betsy Berry
- Jeff Casazza
- Melissa Curry
- Julie Hill-Lauer
- Isabel Nunez
- Sharon Parnin
- Terri Swim
- Heather Tierney
Membership Team
- Steven Cody
- Marcia Dixson
- John Egger
- Deb Huffman (Team Captain)
- Chris Kuznar
- Michele Shawver
- Gary Steffen
Outreach Team
- Karol Dehr
- Beth Christian
- Katie Jia
- John LaMaster (Team Captain)
- Michele Shawver
- Kevin Stoller
- Stephanie VanDellen
- Yvonne Zubovic
Scholarly Teaching Team
- Laurel Campbell
- Farah Combs
- Shannon Johnson
- Jane Leatherman (Team Captain)
- Rachel Ramsey
- Guieswende Rouamba
- Tanya Soule
- Worth Weller
Student Team
- Kristin Barker
- Stacy Betz (Team Captain)
- Jeong-il Cho
- Becca Essig
- Joe Ohlinger
- Carla Overdahl
- Mic Parker
BOATE (Team Captains)
- Stacy Betz (Student)
- Adam Dircksen (At large)
- Marcia Dixson (AVCAA)
- Deb Huffman (Membership)
- John LaMaster (Outreach)
- Jane Leatherman (Scholarly)
Other Teaching Support
Check out other teaching support on our campus!