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University of Dallas Center for Teaching and Learning

Welcome to the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). Director: Jacob Moldenhauer (Physics), Committee members: Christi Ivers (Spanish), Mark Petersen (History), Rich Bulzacchelli (Theology), Jennifer Bannister (Accounting), Cheryl Hollingsworth (Library), Sarah Berry (English), Chris Bell (Psychology), Saadia Bhimidine (Biology), John Soriano (Economics), Estelle Voisin (Art), Prajay Patel (Chemistry).

The Center for Teaching and Learning is a cross-disciplinary, faculty-led initiative to support excellence in teaching, scholarship, professional development, and convivial collegiality.  

The Center is working to develop a new program for the upcoming academic year that will, of course, include weekly lunches at noon on Wednesday, Fruits of Sabbatical, the writing group and several new initiatives. 

 This is the CTL lunch schedule for Fall 2025 scheduled for Wednesdays from 12-1 PM in the Gorman Faculty Lounge unless otherwise noted.  We will be adding the rest of the semester lunch schedule as soon as we have confirmations.

 

CTL Lunches, Fall 2025

 

Date Topic Faculty Presenter(s) Faculty Moderator(s)
8/27 No Lunch Due to Start of Classes    
9/3 Academic Success Matt Spring Jacob Moldenhauer
9/10 First Impressions of Incoming Freshmen and Admissions Discussion Carey Christenberry  
9/17 UD Athletic Coaches Jarred Samples  
9/24 Alumni Family Weekend/ Alumni Relations Small group discussion All
10/1 State of the University President Sanford  
10/8 What's Happening at the Library Ron Scrogham (Dean of the Library) Cheryl Hollingsworth
10/15 Meet Campus Ministry

Deacon Ryan Sales, Yesi Castillo, Franya Blanton

 Christi Ivers
10/22 Helping students ask "good" questions Small group discussion Rich Bulzacchelli
10/29 IB credits compared to AP credits John Osoinach, Mark Petersen, David Andrews, Paula Brown Jacob Moldenhauer
11/5 AI Show and Tell Small group discussion All
11/12      
11/19      
11/26

No CTL (Thanksgiving)

    
12/3      
12/10 No CTL (Fall Classes End)    
12/17 No CTL (Winter Break)    

 

 

Faculty Writing Group

The Faculty Writing Group meets on average every other week. “Writing” is understood broadly here: In past semesters, though many participants have been working on articles or books, some faculty have used this group to help them work on grant applications, sustain a series of research meetings and gather equipment and staff for summer research projects. Anything that contributes to your research and requires long-range planning would qualify as “writing” here. To learn more, email Dr. Sarah E. Berry at sberry@udallas.edu.

Faculty Achievements

If you have received an award or achieved an accomplishment that you would like to share with your colleagues, please email Dr. Mark Petersen at mpetersen@udallas.edu.

Other Information

Information on the Writing Group, Writing Retreat and the Fruits of Sabbatical can be found on the pages linked in this section. If you have any suggestions for future or current programming, please email Dr. Jacob Moldenhauer at ctl@udallas.edu. 

Contact

Dr. Jacob Moldenhauer
ctl@udallas.edu

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