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Scaffolding Success: How Small Steps Transformed Student Learning in COMS 232

When Anne Kretsinger-Harries joined the KU Center for Teaching Excellence’s Course Design Institute in May 2024, she brought with her a clear goal: to help students in her COMS 232: Introduction to Rhetoric course not only understand rhetorical theory, but to apply it meaningfully in their own academic and campus lives.
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CTE's Course Design Institute Empowers Instructors to Transform JMC 302

Redesigning a course can be daunting for any instructor. However, for Gerri Berendzen and Alyssa Appelman of KU's William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications, the Course Design Institute provided crucial guidance and support.
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CTE Ambassadors Explore Campuswide Initiatives for Student Wellbeing

The Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) Ambassadors recently met with Jennifer Wamelink, associate vice provost of Student Affairs, to discuss the University of Kansas’ partnership with the JED Foundation and to hear about updates to student mental and physical health services.
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