Provost's Teaching Summit

2026 Provost’s Teaching Summit

Thursday, April 9, 2026 | 1:00–4:00 PM
Student Center Ball Room 

The 2026 Provost’s Teaching Summit, a campus‑wide celebration of the creativity, dedication, and innovation that defines teaching at CSU. Faculty from across the university connect, share ideas, and explore impactful teaching practices.

Gallery Walk and Lightning Round

Gallery Walk 

Faculty are encouraged to participate by sharing a poster. Posters may focus on any aspect of teaching that could inform or inspire colleagues.

This years posters:

Poster	Title	Presenter
	Simple Syllabus is Here	John Holcomb, Vice Provost for Academic Programs
	Collaboration in Media Arts: FMA 401: Documentary Production & Ideastream Public Media	Cigdem Slankard, School of Film & Media Arts
	Innovative and Creative Teaching Methods for Biomaterials Class	Metin Uz, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
	What We Can Learn from Professional Conference Experiences: The Importance of meeting with Colleagues at this critical juncture for the humanities	Melanie Gagich -- English: Director of First-Year Writing, Amanda Llyod — English: First-Year Writing Lecturer, Rachel Rickel -- English: First-Year Writing Visiting Assistant Lecturer, Joseph Kane -- English: First-Year Writing Visiting Assistant Lecturer, Yvonne Bruce -- English: First-Year Writing, Kyle Barron -- English: First-Year Writing and Writing Center Director
	From Lyrics to Learning: Teaching Intimate Partner Violence Through Music Analysis	Rachel Lovell, Levin College of Public Affairs and Education
	Experiential, Place-Based & Interdisciplinary Learning in Public Administration & Planning Courses	Clayton Wukich, Levin College of Public Affairs and Education
	Help, My Students Won't Read	Reinhild Boehme, School of Social Work

Lightning Round 

Faculty may also volunteer to present in a Lightning Round. Lightning rounds permit a maximum amount of sharing in a limited amount of time. The Teaching Summit lightning round will feature innovative instructional practices or other pedagogy you want to share in a “three slides in three minutes” format. 

Event Highlights

• Gallery Walk
  • Posters — A showcase of research, innovations, and ongoing faculty projects.
    • Teaching and Learning Resources — a collection of resources, materials, and tools available from offices, departments and centers across campus.
  • Course Catalog — a display of select courses, majors and programs at CSU.
• Program
  • CFE/CTC Welcome & Reflections
  • Provost Remarks and Vice Provost Remarks
  • SOTL Panel
  • Lightning Round Presentations
    Focused on collaborative teaching and instructional strategies.
  • Textbook Hero/OER Recognition

 PROVOST’S TEACHING SUMMIT.pptx

2025 PTS

Infographics and Lightning round presentations featured many aspects of teaching. The Lightning round presentations are featured in the PowerPoint above. See the featured infographics here: PTS infographics.pdf

 See photos from the Summit click here

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See posters from past years