Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence
Programs & Events
Know of an upcoming event that falls under the CAFÉ's purview? Email us at CAFE@tntech.edu and let us know!
Spring 2025
- Awards
Nominations have closed for 2024-2025 Academic Affairs Awards. We hope you will join us for the award reception in Fall 2025.
- New Faculty
More events coming soon! See below for campus-wide events.
- Professional Development
Qualitative Community of Practice
The CAFÉ is excited to launch a new learning community for faculty this spring. The Qualitative Research Community of Practice (QCoP) is designed to be an interdisciplinary group of Tennessee Tech faculty who are interested researchers, scholars, and practitioners focused on qualitative research methods. The group will meet three times this semester (dates below) to share ideas, build networks, and develop qualitative research skills. Register below to join this new learning community and become a part of an active collaboration of qualitative research faculty.
Date Time Location February 13. 2025 11:00 AM Derryberry 200 | Teams March 13, 2025 11:00 AM Derryberry 200 | Teams April 10, 2025 11:00 AM Derryberry 200 | Teams - Teaching & Learning
Visit the CITL website for upcoming events.
- Tenure & Promotion
Tenure & Promotion Workshops
The schedule below outlines the workshop and support offerings for those involved in the Tenure & Promotion process for Fall 2025. To learn about information covered during previous workshops or for additional questions, please contact us at cafe@tntech.edu. View the Tenure Track Schedule here.
Spring 2025
Date Time Location Workshop Registration April 10 11 AM - 12 PM Teams Tenure & Promotion Register April 14 9-10 AM Teams Tenure & Promotion Register April 22 3:30-4:30 PM Teams Tenure & Promotion Register May 2 1-2 PM Teams Tenure & Promotion Register May 12 2-3 PM Teams Tenure & Promotion Register - Research
View previous session resources from our 2024-2025 Research series!
- NCFDD
April 17, 2025
Academic Leadership: Cultivating Your Mentorship Network
1:00-2:00 PM
VirtualIn this interactive webinar, we will introduce audience members to a new NCFDD tool that aims to help academic leaders identify their specific mentoring needs and get those needs fulfilled. In addition, we’ll share some practical approaches and tips on how academic leaders can expand their network of mentors and sponsors.
Facilitators:
Lisa Hanasono, PhD, Bowling Green State University;
Tasha Souza, PhD, Sacramento State University;
Jen Sandoval, PhD, University of Central Florida
- Watermark
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Watermark Drop-Ins
LIB112 
9 AM-12 PMDrop by anytime between 9 AM-12 PM for hands-on assistance with uploading Spring 2025 IDEAs and activities into Watermark. Email watermark@tntech.edu with questions.