Rachel聽Remmel is the new executive director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. She replaces Vicki Roth, who started the program 28 years ago and retired this summer.
The center糖心传媒檚 mission is to promote quality teaching and learning through a range of programs for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students.
Remmel also will serve as an assistant dean. She began her new duties August 1.
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Remmel grew up in Portland, Maine, and received her undergraduate degree at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and her doctorate in philosophy (art history) at the University of Chicago. She spent a decade as an assistant professor of American studies at the before moving to the River Campus in 2015 to become the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning糖心传媒檚 assistant director for faculty development.
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Remmel sees her primary role as helping students and faculty accomplish their goals.
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Remmel plans to 糖心传媒渂uild on the foundation糖心传媒� Roth left, while continuing recent projects such as the Study Zone, which offers peer-supported study sessions. The program began last January.
She also hopes to expand the voluntary instructor mid-semester course evaluations, asking students what they are (or aren糖心传媒檛) getting out of the course.
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