As UCI looks towards its brilliant future, the campus community can rely on the core strategic pillars that have been established by Chancellor Howard Gillman. When events on campus reflect these pillars, it is worthwhile to learn more about them. Under strategic pillar one, Growth That Makes a Difference, the […]
Tony Robbins says that “Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” One of OVPTL’s goals is to discover and communicate evidence-based practices that faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and staff can use to improve student success and learning. The objectives of this goal are […]
Neil Armstrong once said “Research is creating new knowledge” but what about creating new disciplines? Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research has never been more alive at UCI, expanding our understanding of the world like never before. The Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning (OVPTL) promotes students’ academic and […]
Nervously chewing on your pen, tapping your foot, scratching your scalp. Maybe a bead of sweat drops on to your scantron. We all know the stress of being a student, and there’s no denying tests are a big part of that stress. And the higher in education students go, the […]
In the words of Jen Leaman: “The human race is like a puzzle: Everyone fits in somewhere; it just takes a while to figure it out.” College is a time of learning how to put all the pieces together. There are obviously many opportunities to learn in the classroom. […]
Vice Provost Dennin helped present the first UCOP Leadership Impact award at the 2017 UC People Management Conference The first “UC Leadership Impact Award” was awarded to Jennifer Aaron, Assistant Dean in the Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning (OVPTL), at the inaugural UC People Management Conference […]
“Maybe stories are just data with a soul,” says author Brene Brown. Data is an essential, though often invisible, part of the many stories made at the University of California, Irvine. And the unsung heroes of these stories are the data superstars at the Compass Project. Comprehensive Analytics for […]
Outside of family, education is the greatest determinant of social mobility. And for first-generation and low-income students, family is at the heart of what motivates their success in education. At UC Irvine we strive to build an Anteater family that scaffolds student success long after they graduate. That’s why UCI […]
“Let’s have a party. Let’s start strong. Let’s start by celebrating the first-gen identity!” said Professor Anita Casavantes Bradford. That is what #IAamFirst was all about — beginning the year by showing first-gen students that they were not alone. #IAmFirst day was an opportunity to show incoming freshman that a […]
“The greatest wealth is health” and UCI has just been given a historic amount of health indeed with a $200 million dollar donation towards the brand-new Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences. Through this donation, Susan and Henry Samueli will enable pioneering reforms in the pursuit of integrative […]