UTEP Inspire

🚀 Ready to transform your teaching practice?

The Teaching Transformation Institute (TTI) is a year-long, attend-as-you-can professional learning experience designed for faculty who want to rethink, refresh, and reimagine their courses.

🎓 One session gets you full access to the Blackboard space for everything you need.

👉 Sign up today
start now.
https://minetracker.utep.edu/events?query=TTI

Great teaching ideas don’t just live in classrooms, they grow when shared, tested, and refined with others.

🌟 Whether you are a faculty member, staff member, or graduate student, this is your opportunity to share your work, connect with peers, and contribute to advancing high-impact teaching.

📌 Submit your proposal and view full guidelines here:
https://www.utep.edu/inspire/events/conference1.html

📣 Call for Proposals Now Open

We’re excited to invite you to bring your ideas to the HIIT Conference 2026!

Connect across disciplines and share strategies, transforming learning from AI in education to student engagement, authentic assessment, and workforce readiness.

Bring interactive, hands-on sessions with real tools, actionable strategies, and takeaways you can use right away.

🔗 For more info, click here: https://www.utep.edu/inspire/events/conference1.html

Starting June 1, DUO Mobile authentication will be added to Blackboard to help strengthen account security and protect student and faculty information. Please help spread the word to students so they can complete setup early and avoid disruptions accessing Blackboard courses, assignments, and exams. View UTEP's DUO Mobile Guidance: https://www.utep.edu/information-resources/iso/resources/duo-two-factor-authentication.html

Ready to rethink your teaching without redesigning everything at once? The Teaching Transformation Institute (TTI) is a flexible, year-long program where faculty can explore active learning, AI in teaching, course innovation, and practical strategies that support student engagement and learning. Join live sessions, explore recordings at your own pace, or complete the full experience to earn a certificate in teaching transformation and implementation. Learn More: https://www.utep.edu/inspire/professional_development/tti.html

End-of-semester grading piling up?

Grouping similar assignments together reduces mental switching and helps you move faster through large volumes.

https://universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/strategies-to-help-with-the-hardest-part-of-our-job-grading/

Faculty do not have to carry every responsibility alone during finals week.

This week, focus on what is actually within your control:

- Priorities
- Boundaries
- Response times

👉 See what can help during finals season: https://www.colorado.edu/health/2025/04/03/6-tips-staff-and-faculty-experiencing-burnout

Finals hit harder for first-gen students navigating college without a roadmap. Small teaching moves matter.

See practical strategies to better support first-gen students here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-faculty-staff-can-support-first-generation-during-troy-ph-d--gnlwe

Finals season = peak stress for students.
Deadlines, pressure, and uncertainty can quickly overwhelm, even prepared students.

A quick course review can make a difference:

- Organize key concepts
- Offer a quick review session
- Use practice quizzes
- Help students spot learning gaps

Small steps now = more confident, prepared students.

👉 Explore more: https://www.umass.edu/ideas/digest/supporting-students-during-finals-faculty-action-checklist