The Transformational Change Initiative began as a five year internally funded grant program.
This one-day event will be feature presentations, workshops, and demonstrations designed to reinvigorate faculty and graduate students as they prepare for the 2022-23 academic year.
TCI is also launching a new internal grant opportunity focused on inclusion, equity, diversity and access, to address these topics in teaching at the undergraduate level.
In previous years, a select number of faculty have been chosen in the fall as LIFT Faculty Fellows, who were then eligible to participate in trainings focused on evidenced-based teaching interventions that are known to improve student engagement.
This year, LIFT will welcome a new cohort in May and a 2-day event on the Tri-Cities campus May 12-13 will be open to faculty systemwide.
TCI’s LAUNCH program has previously helped students become aware of experiential learning opportunities and provide mentoring and skills training opportunities.
In the years ahead, TCI will look to enhance offerings systemwide, embedding opportunities for students in more classes and campuses.
The idea is to provide guidance to the parents of young college students originally took form in 2013 with a collaboration by Senior Vice Provost Laura Griner Hill, Professor Brittany Cooper and Chair and Associate Professor Matt Bumpus and colleagues from the University of Washington.
Parents have provided overwhelmingly positive feedback regarding the handbook, and it has also garnered support from the National Institutes of Health as well as Washington’s Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery.