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

Faculty, please plan to attend All-Faculty Orientation, Wednesday, Aug. 6, Montview Alumni Ballroom, beginning at 8 a.m. This year’s event features a time of corporate worship, university administrative updates, and keynotes, centered around the 2025-26 theme “The Fruit of the Spirit”. In-person attendance is expected. However, for extenuating circumstances, please notify your dean, who can provide a link to stream the event. Continental breakfast, lunch, and fellowship included. No registration required. Tap in with Flames pass at event.

Part of AFO will be delivered through a Canvas shell, “All-Faculty Orientation: Fall 2025.” Faculty will be auto-enrolled and will have access by Wednesday, Aug. 6. The course is self-paced and contains training designed to support faculty with omnichannel instruction, navigating the course copy process, and using tools for creative communication with students. It also provides an overview of the services available through CTE and other campus offices. Faculty are asked to complete the Verification Quiz in the Canvas shell by Friday, Aug. 8.

New Faculty Orientation

Tuesday and Thursday, Aug. 5 and 7, each day from 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., have been set aside for New Faculty Orientation. NFO is reserved for new full-time residential faculty hires. 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 the university campus are also invited. The event will be held in the Terrace Conference Room of the Jerry Falwell Library. NFO will include: a group picture, an introduction to Liberty University, academic leadership, and support offices, an overview of faculty expectations and policies, professional development sessions, technology trainings, and Minimal Technical Competencies. Light breakfast and lunch will be provided both days. Please bring your laptop and charger. New faculty will receive details prior to the event.

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 and Summer 2025 Faculty Professional Development Guide (PDF).

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