Apply to be a Faculty Fellow for Presentation U!

LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 25, 2014) — Presentation U!, the University of Kentucky's Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), has just released the application for Cohorts 2 and 3 of its Faculty Fellows program.  This program is designed to help faculty implement multimodal communication instructional materials into their courses and curricula. 

"After several years of working with faculty, staff, and students across the UK campus, first, to select a QEP topic and then to develop a plan for implementing it, I am so excited to be launching the actual program," said Deanna Sellnow, interim director of the Presentation U! Initiative. "Presentation U! will provide important consulting services to help faculty integrate multimodal communication instruction and assignments into their courses, as well as tutoring support services to help students create and refine their assignments into products they can be proud of."

In April 2013, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) approved Presentation U! as the university's QEP, which is one of 12 core requirements the university takes on to reaffirm its accreditation through SACS. The overall goal of Presentation U! is to improve all students' presentation and communication skills across various platforms. The intention is to improve the student learning experience with a focus on developing integrated oral, written, visual, and multimedia communication skills, while also offering a unique service to faculty in developing opportunities in their courses for students to learn these skills.  

Presentation U! is now housed in the Division of Undergraduate Education and is reaching across the university to serve. 

The Faculty Fellows program is an important component of Presentation U!, as the fellows will get help from multimodal communication experts on developing necessary instructional modules, assignments and grading rubrics that they can integrate into their courses.  They will also get help preparing and using rubrics to evaluate and assess their students' work as they integrate these components into upper division courses for their majors.

To apply to be a Faculty Fellow, visit http://www.uky.edu/UGE/pres-u-apply.html.