2025-2026 Calendar of Events
We will continue to schedule faculty development events for the 2025-2026 academic year. Please bookmark this page and check back regularly for updates. Events and details listed are subject to change.
Events marked with a asterisk star symbol (*) are designated as part of the New Faculty Enrichment Series, but all faculty are welcome to attend any of the opportunities advertised below.
For anyone interested in getting to work on course development for the fall semester, Shelly Furuness (faculty member in the College of Education) is offering a workshop aimed at helping faculty think about and develop their course syllabi and calendars. The format of the workshop will include 75 minutes of interactive, guided instruction on curriculum mapping and results-driven instructional planning with Butler syllabus templates. The remaining 45 minutes will be used for individual planning time and 1-on-1 support.
To best accommodate summer schedules, the same workshop will be offered at 2 different dates and times in Jordan Hall 242:
- Monday, July 28, 9:00-11:00 a.m.
- Tuesday, July 29, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
RSVP to facultyexcellence@butler.edu with the date of the workshop you would like to attend and any questions you may like assistance with during the workshop.
A series of workshops on the fundamentals of effective university teaching will be available for all faculty during fall 2025. Participants will meet in-person in LevinsonFamily Hall room 127 every Tuesday from 3:00-4:30 beginning August 26th and will utilize Canvas for additional resources and support. Each session will provide approximately 60-minutes of content and 30-minutes of individual instruction and course development covering a stand-alone topic within the larger context of the interconnected framework of the planning, instruction, and assessment cycle.
All faculty are invited to participate, and the series will be paced to meet the needs of the primary audience. Participation across the entire series is encouraged, though perfect attendance isn’t mandatory. Upon completion of the fundamentals of effective teaching workshop series, faculty will be able to:
- Apply results-driven instructional planning techniques to design an effective course at Butler University
- Implement appropriate active learning strategies that align with stated learning objectives.
- Design formative and summative assessments that effectively measure student achievement of learning outcomes and inform instruction.
If you would like to participate in the workshops, please RSVP to facultyexcellence@butler.edu so you can be added to the course in Canvas. RSVPs for participation in the full series is encouraged, but drop-in attendance by topic for is also welcome without RSVP. For drop-in attendance, session topic for the series will soon be posted on the Center for Faculty Excellence calendar of events page.
If you have any questions about faculty development opportunities, please contact facultyexccellence@butler.edu.
To request disability-related accommodations or inquire about accessibility at faculty development events, please contact facultydevelopment@butler.edu. Please allow two weeks’ advance notice in order to allow adequate time to make arrangements. Although attempts will be made to honor accommodation requests with less notice, it cannot be guaranteed that without two weeks notice a reasonable accommodation can be provided.