UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Provost Endorsement Program at Penn State, launched by the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost and the Office for Faculty Affairs, has announced the Fall 2024 offerings.

The Provost Endorsement Program is a premier initiative to advance faculty professional development. This program, integrating three key domains — Teaching and Outreach, Research, Scholarship, and Creative Accomplishment, and Leadership and Service — offers a diverse range of endorsements tailored to enhance faculty capabilities and expertise. Each offering has distinct objectives and timelines and aims to foster a culture of continuous learning and adaptation among faculty members.

Below are the Fall 2024 offerings and sponsoring units. Faculty members are encouraged to explore these opportunities and apply for endorsements that align with their professional development goals.

Dates, registration and more detailed information can be found at the Penn State's Provost Endorsement Program webpage.

 Domain 1: Teaching and Outreach

• AI-Enhanced Pedagogy: Exploring Generative AI as a Collaborative Partner— Commonwealth Campus Instructional Designers, the Libraries, the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, and Teaching and Learning with Technology
• Blended Learning Transformation (Blend TLT) Program — University Libraries and Scholarly Communications, Teaching and Learning with Technology
• Cognitive Science Principles for More Effective College Teaching — College of Liberal Arts, Penn State University Park
• Education Abroad Program Leader Best Practices — Penn State Global, Global Learning
• Embracing Teaching and Learning with Technology for New Faculty — Teaching and Learning with Technology
• Experiential Learning and Sustainability: Curricular Engaged Scholarship for a Sustainable Future — Penn State Sustainability
• First Year Faculty Teaching Academy at Penn State Harrisburg — The Center for Teaching Excellence at Penn State Harrisburg, Capital College
• Foundations for Experimental Digital Global Engagement (EDGE) — Penn State Global, Global Learning
• Foundations for Online Learning — World Campus Faculty Development
• Global Learning Faculty Fellows Institute — Penn State Global, Global Learning
• Inclusive and Equitable Teaching — Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
• Making the Most of Program Assessment — Office of Planning, Assessment, and Institutional Research
• Penn State Academic Integrity Academy — Chancellor's Office, Pennsylvania State University at Erie, The Behrend College
• Provost Endorsement for Championing Teaching & Mentoring in Bellisario College — Bellisario College of Communications
• TOP: Teaching Online Program — Office of the Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses
• Top 5 Universal Design for Learning Strategy Series — Office of Commonwealth Campuses

Domain 2: Research, Scholarship, and Creative Accomplishment

• Advanced Training in Translational Research — Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute
• Enhancing Skills for Clinical and Translational Research through Pilot Funding Opportunities and Support Services — Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute
• Integrating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Belonging in Research — Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute
• Mentoring in Research — Office of Research and Protections

 Domain 3: Leadership and Service

• Penn State Emerging Academic Leaders (PSEAL) — Office of Faculty Affairs
• Inclusive Campus Environments: Leadership for Bias Response — Office of Educational Equity

If you have any questions about the Provost Endorsement program, contact Ann Clements, associate vice provost for Faculty Affairs, at acc13@pu.edu.