Welcome to the Faculty Development Center (FDC)
The Faculty Development Center provides a centralized place to support the teaching of all EMU faculty, lecturers, teaching GAs, and student success staff. The FDC promotes excellence in teaching, learning, and scholarly activities in accordance with the core values of respect, inclusiveness, care, and commitment. The Center grounds itself in awareness and support for cultural diversity and community-building.
Resources and Services
Happenings at the Faculty Development Center
Research Writers' Collaborative
- Tuesdays @ 11-1 PM on Zoom
- Open to Faculty & Lecturers
- Opportunity for EMU faculty to support each other while achieving realistic writing goals
Restorative Practices for Empowered Teaching Professionals
- March 14 & April 4 @ 11 AM - 2 PM
- Open to Faculty, Staff, Lecturers & Graduate Assistants
- Explore how to integrate healing-centered practices into your professional and personal life
Summer/Fall 2025 Program Proposals
- Application due March 24 @ 5 PM
- Open to Faculty, Lecturers & Staff
- Submit a program funding proposal to host a learning community, workshops, etc., at the FDC
Thriving in Academia: Supporting Faculty Excellence
- First Program: Wednesday, March 26 @ 2:30 - 3:45 PM
- Open to Faculty & Lecturers
- Series of programs about thriving in academia and supporting the faculty experience on our campus.
- First Program: Congratulations, You Got Tenure! Now What?
Autism Acceptance and Accommodations
- Monday, April 7th @ 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM
- Open to Faculty, Lecturers & Staff
- Learn more about autism spectrum disorder, and discuss the role that accommodations can play in supporting students with autism
Faculty Fellow for Inclusion and Belonging
- Applications due April 9 @ 5 PM
- Open to Faculty
- The Bruce K. Nelson Faculty Development Center and the Office of the Interim Associate Provost and Associate Vice President of Academic Programs and Initiatives are seeking applications for a quarter-time release Faculty Fellow to play a leading role in inclusion-focused programming for the FDC during the 2025-26 academic year
Fulbright Faculty Workshop 2025
- Wednesday, April 30 @ 12 PM - 1:30 PM
- Open to Full-Time Faculty and Academic Administrators
- Learn about the Fulbright program and interact with past applicants and awardees about how they prepared for and navigated the application/grant processes
Spotlights
Dr. Becca Louick, Assistant Professor of Special Education & Margot Moffa, Undergraduate Student
Dr. Becca Louick, Assistant Professor of Special Education & Margot Moffa, Undergraduate Student
Nominate a Spotlight
Partnership Spotlights highlight student-faculty partnerships on campus. If you are interested in being featured in a Partnership Spotlight or know of a student-faculty pairing worth highlighting, please complete the short form below. To view previous Partnership Spotlights, click here.
Teaching Spotlights highlight lecturers and faculty from a variety of departments. If you know of an instructor that is worth highlights, please complete the short form below. To view previous Teaching Spotlights, please click here.