Tags: Governor's Teaching Fellows

The Institute of Higher Education hosted a new cohort of the Governor’s Teaching Fellows (GTF) in Athens for a two-week intensive summer program in May. The Institute had decided to defer the summer 2020 cohort to 2021 but still offered a virtual meet and greet last year to get the fellows acquainted and excited about their fellowship. During the in-person session, the fellows participated in hands-on classroom…

Teaching and Learning with the Governor's Teaching Fellows While some faculty may have felt isolated as they implemented new teaching techniques this spring, participants and alumni of the Governor’s Teaching Fellows (GTF) program could lean on their GTF connections through the transition.  Leslie Gordon, in her first year as program director, conducted a multi-point examination of the program’s structure as she looks toward the future of…

Georgia College experimental physics professor and GTF program alumnus (2019-2020), Hasitha Mahabaduge, received prestigious life-time recognition as a 2020 Fellow of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSoTL). The Fellows are recognized for seeking “new ways of thinking, doing and learning” and striving for “holistic, meaningful, intentional approaches to higher education.” A recent…

Congratulations to Dr. Hasitha Mahabaduge, assistant professor of physics and 2019-20 Governor’s Teaching Fellow, who was recently named the 2020 recipient of the University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents Felton Jenkins Jr. Hall of Fame Faculty Award—bestowed for "a strong commitment to teaching and student success." The Felton Jenkins Jr. Hall of Fame Faculty Award is one of six annual Teaching in Excellence awards presented by the…

Dr. Aditi Pai (Governor's Teaching Fellow, 2018-19) is featured in an article on classroom tips for retaining STEM majors. Pai's approach to engaging students in science discussions is to make it about them. She notes, "Natural selection is not something that happens just to dogs and giraffes and whatever the textbook is talking about. It’s something we—as humans—are experiencing." Read the full article on Course Hero.

IHE faculty member Leslie Gordon will greet the 2019-2020 Governor's Teaching Fellows (GTF) in September as the program’s new director. "I am grateful for the opportunity to work with this wonderful faculty development program and its past and present fellows," said Gordon. "IHE has a strong commitment to education in Georgia, and I look forward to being a part of that tradition through this well-respected program." Gordon has wide-ranging…

Marguerite Koepke retired as the director of the Governor’s Teaching Fellows program (GTF) at the conclusion of the summer symposium this year. Koepke is professor emerita in the College of Environment and Design and had held a courtesy appointment at the Institute of Higher Education (IHE) to lead the program since 2000. Koepke brought her deep and abiding interest in the art and science of teaching and learning to GTF. She provided guiding…