Center for Teaching Excellence

Support and Training for Residential and Online Faculty

The Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) serves as the central location for new and veteran faculty development and training, mentoring, and the dissemination of information that promotes faculty excellence in the areas of pedagogy, technology, university initiatives, and professionalism.

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All-Faculty Orientation (AFO) – Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 12-13

Faculty, please plan to attend: ALL-Faculty Orientation, Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 12-13, Montview Alumni Ballroom
Breakfast served. Music and Worship begin at 9 a.m., followed by the Main Program. This will be followed by a complimentary lunch.
No advanced registration is needed. Tap in with your Flames Pass at the event. This year’s theme will be “The Way: Know it, walk it, teach it!”.

Note: Part of this year’s training will take place in a Canvas shell, “All-Faculty Orientation: Fall 2026”. Faculty will be enrolled by Aug. 11. Following the live, in-person event, faculty will be asked to view the course materials and complete the Verification Quiz no later than Friday, Aug. 14.

New Faculty Orientation (NFO)

Tuesday, Aug. 11; 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. – Location: Terrace Conference Room, Jerry Falwell Library (Business Dress)
Friday, Aug. 14; 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. – Location: DeMoss Hall, Room 3066 (Business Casual)

NFO is reserved for new, full-time residential faculty and academic administration. If you are unable to attend due to extenuating circumstances, please notify your Dean AND contact the Center for Teaching Excellence at cte@liberty.edu. New, full-time, online faculty and academic administration who work on campus should also attend. Please bring your laptop and charger.

Upcoming Faculty Workshops & Webinars

Engage in optional faculty professional development brought to you by the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE). Register via the Course Registration tool in myLU (Subject Code: PDCT). Email cte@liberty.edu with questions.

For workshops/webinars held via Microsoft Teams, links will be sent to registered participants in advance. To view all CTE workshops for the current semester, check out our Spring 2026 Faculty Professional Development Guide (PDF).

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