This is a full listing of opportunities on our registration site and includes TLPDC sessions and events facilitated by other departments on campus.
Please click on the session title for the description and option to register.
- Aug19Tue
AI Mini Conference: Back to School – (August 19, 2025 10:00 AM – 02:30 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 151
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 151
Available Seats: 0
The TLPDC is hosting the next AI mini conference on Tuesday, August 19th! This “back to school” event will help instructors prepare for the fall semester and provide tangible strategies for teaching in a world of AI overload. This opportunity is for those with any level of exposure to AI tools. Whether you have little experience or you’ve already integrated AI into your course, we hope to provide strategies, resources, and support to instructors on all points of the spectrum of AI learning.
*A virtual link for those working remotely can be provided upon request. Please reach out to tlpdc@ttu.edu. - Aug20Wed
TSI Meet & Greet – Fall 2025 Kickoff – (August 20, 2025 03:00 PM – 04:30 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 150
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 150
Available Seats: 39
Join the College Readiness Department for a welcoming Meet & Greet to kick off the Fall 2025 semester! This event is an opportunity for faculty and staff to come together, connect, and strengthen our shared commitment to student success. We’ll highlight the ongoing TSI partnership with math and English instructors of entry-level courses, focusing on how collaboration can better support students in their academic journey. Come meet colleagues, exchange ideas, and build meaningful relationships that will enhance support for students in developmental and corequisite math and English coursework. Let’s start the semester united and inspired!
- Sep2Tue
Title IX and Your Role as a Faculty Member: Q&A Panel and updates about Pregnancy & Parenting, Minors on Campus, and the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act – (September 2, 2025 10:00 AM – 11:20 AM)
Location:TLPDC Room 151
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 151
Available Seats: 73
Staff from the Office of Student Civil Rights & Sexual Misconduct will host a Q&A session to help faculty navigate compliance with Title IX and give information about updates to the policies about pregnancy and parenting, minors on campus, and the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act. This workshop session is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format; however, we understand that you might need to attend remotely for a variety of reasons. Please use this link to join the conversation remotely:
Teams Link Meeting ID: 250 206 302 565 0 Passcode: bG9Q3Qw3 - Sep3Wed
STEP Partnership Power Hour – (September 3, 2025 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 150
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 150
Available Seats: 38
The STEP Program Faculty Power Hour, held in the Teaching, Learning & Professional Development Center (TLPDC), is an open-format, bi-weekly conversation designed by faculty, for faculty. Twice per month, a STEP Program Scholar will share a specific, actionable tip to enhance the classroom experience for both instructors and students. You'll hear directly how the implementation of these tips has transformed classroom dynamics. Half of our time will be dedicated to collaborative discussion on adapting these suggestions to fit your unique classroom environment. You will leave with a clear implementation strategy, ready for use in your very next class period. All Instructors of all ranks are invited and lunch is provided.
- Sep3Wed
Transparent Assignment Design: How to Write Assignments that Help Students Understand What You Expect – (September 3, 2025 02:00 PM – 02:50 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 32
Perhaps the smallest and most important change teachers can make is to offer students an honest look at their rationale for what they require students to do. Transparent assignment design focuses on how and why students are learning course content in particular ways, and how this learning is relevant for all students. The goal is simple: to make learning processes explicit and equitably accessible for all students. In this workshop, we will consider a simple purpose-task-criteria framework that helps us engage with students before they undertake their work in our classes so that we come closer together in understanding the knowledge they will gain from completing the work and how they might use skills and knowledge in their lives during and beyond college, the tasks involved, and the expected criteria with which we will assess their work. This workshop session is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format; however, we understand that you might need to attend remotely for a variety of reasons. Please use this link to join the conversation remotely:
Meeting ID: 216 712 539 974 6Passcode: E9Y7En3c - Sep9Tue
Artificial Intelligence, Academic Misconduct, and TTU Procedures – (September 9, 2025 09:30 AM – 10:20 AM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 24
In this session, the Office of Student Conduct will discuss Academic integrity issues specific to Artificial Intelligence. Our facilitators will discuss the process of determining how academic dishonesty can be identified and discuss how outcomes may be determined. Participants will learn about why Texas Tech does not advocate for the sole use of Artificial Intelligence detectors to determine whether a student has engaged in Academic Misconduct. By the end of the session, participants will have a better understanding of how to address instances of alleged academic dishonesty involving the unauthorized use of Artificial Intelligence software to complete course assignments.This workshop session is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format; however, we understand that you might need to attend remotely for a variety of reasons. Please use this link to join the conversation remotely: - Sep9Tue
New Faculty Training for IRB Process – (September 9, 2025 02:00 PM – 02:50 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 26
Meet the IRB Chair, Director, and HRPP Staff and hear our tips and tricks for submitting an IRB. The session will provide information on submitting IRBs to TTU, required human subject training, external collaborations, transferring IRBs, and international research. This workshop session is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format; however, we understand that you might need to attend remotely for a variety of reasons. Please use this link to join the conversation remotely:
Meeting ID: 289 861 695 604 6Passcode: f4AJ3hh9 - Sep10Wed
Using Bloom’s Framework: Active Learning Strategies – (September 10, 2025 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC Room 153
Available Seats: 34
When course enrollments soar beyond 100, 200, even 300 students, it’s easy to assume that we should change our teaching to accommodate so many students. Unfortunately, this assumption often manifests into the so-called “Death by PowerPoint” model. So….is it possible to teach 300 students the same way that we teach 30 students? Practically speaking, large enrollments do present some logistical challenges, but in terms of actual instruction, the answer is YES! Join Dr. Ken Griffith, Director of the STEP Faculty & Student Partnerships to learn ways to manage logistical challenges yet make connections with students in large lecture courses to improve learning. Joining us, will be a panel of undergraduate Learning Assistants, who will offer a perspective on so-called “Active Learning” and explain how they both benefit and contribute to a student-centered learning model. This workshop session is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format; however, we understand that you might need to attend remotely for a variety of reasons. Please use this link to join the conversation remotely:
Meeting ID: 298 972 924 226 9
Passcode: NB6Z2W6Q
- Sep10Wed
Book/Monograph Proposal Workshop – Arts & Sciences – (September 10, 2025 01:00 PM – 04:00 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 19
Dr. Bernd Reiter will lead a 90-minute workshop on book/monograph proposal development for faculty and other aspiring authors. Dr. Reiter is a professor in the Department of Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures with history of successful publishing. This workshop is intended for those who have already started a draft of a book proposal and would like to receive feedback.
- Sep16Tue
Raider Success Hub Fundamentals for Faculty – (September 16, 2025 09:30 AM – 10:20 AM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 35
Raider Success Hub (RSH) is Texas Tech’s centralized platform for supporting student success. In this training, faculty will learn basic navigation of the system, how to view student information, submit alerts, complete progress surveys, and more. Faculty play a critical role in student success, and this session will demonstrate how RSH makes it easier to offer timely support and connect students to the right resources at the right time. This workshop session is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format; however, we understand that you might need to attend remotely for a variety of reasons. Please use this link to join the conversation remotely:
Meeting ID: 247 118 465 547 5Passcode: mM6jw75m - Sep17Wed
Resources for Teaching with the Texas Tech University Libraries – (September 17, 2025 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 149
Need resources for teaching but not sure what to do after choosing a textbook or assigning readings? Let the Texas Tech University Libraries help you find those next steps! Build reading lists that combine library resources, OER, and non-traditional sources with Course Reserves; look for ways to save you time and your students money with Open Educational Resources; and learn how both OER and course reserves can work together to prevent academic gatekeeping and increase classroom equity. This workshop session is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format; however, we understand that you might need to attend remotely for a variety of reasons. Please use this link to join the conversation remotely:
Meeting ID: 262 738 197 859 7Passcode: Gi2ca2PX - Sep17Wed
TTU Human Subject Training: Introduction to the IRB – (September 17, 2025 03:30 PM – 05:00 PM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/99624499672?pwd=bSLTLKW3bdhgd2v5obSWRFtzKaroAY.1
Available Seats: 300
The Human Research Protection Program is offering an Institutional Review Board training for graduate students and faculty members conducting human subject research. The training will take place over one week, and will be offered virtually through Zoom. Researchers who attend all five sessions will receive a Certificate of Completion for Texas Tech University Human Subject Training. This will count towards the training requirement for IRB submissions. Researchers do not have to complete all five trainings in one semester to receive the certificate. They can attend different trainings throughout multiple semesters. Researchers submitting to federal grants are still required to have human subject training through CITI. Join via Zoom: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/99624499672?pwd=bSLTLKW3bdhgd2v5obSWRFtzKaroAY.1
- Sep18Thu
STEP Partnership Power Hour – (September 18, 2025 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 150
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 150
Available Seats: 39
The STEP Program Faculty Power Hour, held in the Teaching, Learning & Professional Development Center (TLPDC), is an open-format, bi-weekly conversation designed by faculty, for faculty. Twice per month, a STEP Program Scholar will share a specific, actionable tip to enhance the classroom experience for both instructors and students. You'll hear directly how the implementation of these tips has transformed classroom dynamics. Half of our time will be dedicated to collaborative discussion on adapting these suggestions to fit your unique classroom environment. You will leave with a clear implementation strategy, ready for use in your very next class period. All Instructors of all ranks are invited and lunch is provided.
- Sep18Thu
Mentorship Series: Facilitating Group & Individual Dynamics – (September 18, 2025 03:00 PM – 04:00 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 36
Effective mentorship begins with establishing a relationship and trust between individuals and within groups. Mentors who facilitate these dynamics must be intentional, clear, and flexible while fostering open dialogue. This workshop will explore how mentors can encourage individual ownership, self-reflection, and shared discoveries with their mentees.
- Sep22Mon
Managing Student Communication Effectively – (September 22, 2025 02:00 PM – 02:50 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 34
Is managing your email making your life more difficult? Do you feel pressure to respond to student messages 24/7? Are you unsure how to handle some messages from students? In this workshop, we will discuss strategies for how to manage communications with students and how to make your inbox more friend than foe. We will discuss how better to streamline the task of responding to emails, how to make your inbox less distracting while ensuring you don’t miss important messages, and how to set and share boundaries to make sure you’re not constantly responding to emails instead of getting things done. We also will discuss how to manage emails so you can enjoy your time away from work. This workshop session is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format; however, we understand that you might need to attend remotely for a variety of reasons. Please use this link to join the conversation remotely:
Meeting ID: 264 573 670 637 1Passcode: i7F2KS3k - Sep23Tue
What can I expect during my first years as a new faculty member? A Panel Discussion – (September 23, 2025 09:30 AM – 10:30 AM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 33
Join us for an interactive panel discussion about surviving your first years as a faculty member. The panelists have all joined Texas Tech faculty within the last few years and will share their experience from a variety of disciplines. They plan to discuss effective methods they’ve found for balancing research with teaching and service demands as well as offering tips for work life balance and suggestions for finding helpful resources. This is for instructors of all disciplines. This workshop session is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format; however, we understand that you might need to attend remotely for a variety of reasons. Please use this link to join the conversation remotely:
Meeting ID: 295 068 559 971 3Passcode: 9Tg9An6N - Sep23Tue
Now What? Writing Your Way Back to What Matters – (September 23, 2025 12:30 PM – 01:50 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 40
Facilitator: Dr. Jessica Smith Join this reflective workshop for a transformative writing session that reconnects you to academic passion. With a background in contemporary American poetry, memoir, and literary trauma theory, Dr. Smith cultivates an atmosphere of honesty, exploration, and healing through writing. Participants are invited to pause, reflect, and move beyond deadlines and goals to rediscover what truly matters in their academic lives. Through guided prompts and supportive peer sharing, participants will uncover personal narratives that illuminate purpose. Come and enjoy the space to explore your values, renew your connection to your work, and emerge with renewed focus and creative presence. IFE Path II
- Sep24Wed
TTU Human Subject Training: Navigating Cayuse IRB – (September 24, 2025 03:30 PM – 05:00 PM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/99624499672?pwd=bSLTLKW3bdhgd2v5obSWRFtzKaroAY.1
Available Seats: 300
The Human Research Protection Program is offering an Institutional Review Board training for graduate students and faculty members conducting human subject research. The training will take place over one week, and will be offered virtually through Zoom. Researchers who attend all five sessions will receive a Certificate of Completion for Texas Tech University Human Subject Training. This will count towards the training requirement for IRB submissions. Researchers do not have to complete all five trainings in one semester to receive the certificate. They can attend different trainings throughout multiple semesters. Researchers submitting to federal grants are still required to have human subject training through CITI. Join via Zoom: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/99624499672?pwd=bSLTLKW3bdhgd2v5obSWRFtzKaroAY.1
- Sep25Thu
Supporting Our Students: Strategies for Responding with Empathy and Compassion While Maintaining Boundaries and High Expectations – (September 25, 2025 12:30 PM – 01:50 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 143
Join Dr. Nichole Morelock, Professor of Practice in the Department of Community, Family, & Addiction Sciences and Mitzi Ziegner, Instructor for the College of Human Sciences and the Honors College and Associate Director at the TLPDC, as they discuss strategies for holding space and responding to students with grace while also maintaining high expectations, healthy boundaries and a nurturing a rich learning environment. Lunch will be provided and there will be time at the end for an “ask me anything” style conversation. This workshop session is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format; however, we understand that you might need to attend remotely for a variety of reasons. Please use this link to join the conversation remotely:
Meeting ID: 281 826 829 456 8Passcode: Vq3Hj9SC - Oct1Wed
STEP Partnership Power Hour – (October 1, 2025 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 150
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 150
Available Seats: 39
The STEP Program Faculty Power Hour, held in the Teaching, Learning & Professional Development Center (TLPDC), is an open-format, bi-weekly conversation designed by faculty, for faculty. Twice per month, a STEP Program Scholar will share a specific, actionable tip to enhance the classroom experience for both instructors and students. You'll hear directly how the implementation of these tips has transformed classroom dynamics. Half of our time will be dedicated to collaborative discussion on adapting these suggestions to fit your unique classroom environment. You will leave with a clear implementation strategy, ready for use in your very next class period. All Instructors of all ranks are invited and lunch is provided.
- Oct1Wed
TTU Human Subject Training: Data Collection and Privacy, Confidentiality & Security – (October 1, 2025 03:30 PM – 05:00 PM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/99624499672?pwd=bSLTLKW3bdhgd2v5obSWRFtzKaroAY.1
Available Seats: 300
The Human Research Protection Program is offering an Institutional Review Board training for graduate students and faculty members conducting human subject research. The training will take place over one week, and will be offered virtually through Zoom. Researchers who attend all five sessions will receive a Certificate of Completion for Texas Tech University Human Subject Training. This will count towards the training requirement for IRB submissions. Researchers do not have to complete all five trainings in one semester to receive the certificate. They can attend different trainings throughout multiple semesters. Researchers submitting to federal grants are still required to have human subject training through CITI. Join via Zoom: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/99624499672?pwd=bSLTLKW3bdhgd2v5obSWRFtzKaroAY.1
- Oct2Thu
Work Life Integration and Other Faculty Constructs – (October 2, 2025 02:00 PM – 02:50 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 32
Finding it more and more of a challenge to seek balance in your professional and personal roles? More often than not, do you feel that achieving success in one area leads to feeling that you must neglect the other? You are not alone! In this facilitated discussion, TTU faculty will share their struggles, strategies, ideas and insights. Please join us! This workshop session is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format; however, we understand that you might need to attend remotely for a variety of reasons. Please use this link to join the conversation remotely:
Meeting ID: 283 170 957 689 7Passcode: 6qv2HR28 - Oct7Tue
Academic Analytics External Discovery Site and Faculty Insight Training – (October 7, 2025 09:00 AM – 04:00 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 151
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC Room 151
Available Seats: 40
Please join us as Academic Analytics provides training for TTU's new External Discover Site and Faculty Insight modules. All full-time teaching and research faculty are provided a pre-populated website that showcases scholarly activity at the faculty, program, department, and center level. Use the Faculty Insight module to identify external grant opportunities, honorific award nominations, and faculty expertise for collaboration opportunities.
- Oct7Tue
Teaching for Intercultural Competence Across the Disciplines: Supporting Student Growth in Empathy, Confidence, and Cultural Understanding – (October 7, 2025 02:00 PM – 02:50 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 30
Faculty across the disciplines play a critical role in helping students develop the intercultural competence needed to succeed in academic, professional, and global contexts. This competence involves not only acquiring cultural knowledge but also cultivating empathy, building confidence, and learning to communicate across cultural boundaries. In this workshop, we will explore adaptable strategies for integrating intercultural learning into course design and classroom practice. Faculty will leave with practical tools to support students in becoming more self-aware, flexible thinkers who can navigate cultural complexity with insight and respect. This workshop session is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format; however, we understand that you might need to attend remotely for a variety of reasons. Please use this link to join the conversation remotely:
Meeting ID: 276 615 870 861 8Passcode: 2Ww3i8GV - Oct8Wed
Academic Analytics External Discovery Site and Faculty Insight Training – (October 8, 2025 09:00 AM – 04:00 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 151
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC Room 151
Available Seats: 40
Please join us as Academic Analytics provides training for TTU's new External Discover Site and Faculty Insight modules. All full-time teaching and research faculty are provided a pre-populated website that showcases scholarly activity at the faculty, program, department, and center level. Use the Faculty Insight module to identify external grant opportunities, honorific award nominations, and faculty expertise for collaboration opportunities.
- Oct8Wed
TTU Human Subject Training: Recruitment and Consent Procedures – (October 8, 2025 03:30 PM – 05:00 PM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/99624499672?pwd=bSLTLKW3bdhgd2v5obSWRFtzKaroAY.1
Available Seats: 300
The Human Research Protection Program is offering an Institutional Review Board training for graduate students and faculty members conducting human subject research. The training will take place over one week, and will be offered virtually through Zoom. Researchers who attend all five sessions will receive a Certificate of Completion for Texas Tech University Human Subject Training. This will count towards the training requirement for IRB submissions. Researchers do not have to complete all five trainings in one semester to receive the certificate. They can attend different trainings throughout multiple semesters. Researchers submitting to federal grants are still required to have human subject training through CITI. Join via Zoom: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/99624499672?pwd=bSLTLKW3bdhgd2v5obSWRFtzKaroAY.1
- Oct9Thu
Raider Success Hub Fundamentals for Faculty – (October 9, 2025 02:00 PM – 02:50 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 35
Raider Success Hub (RSH) is Texas Tech’s centralized platform for supporting student success. In this training, faculty will learn basic navigation of the system, how to view student information, submit alerts, complete progress surveys, and more. Faculty play a critical role in student success, and this session will demonstrate how RSH makes it easier to offer timely support and connect students to the right resources at the right time. This workshop session is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format; however, we understand that you might need to attend remotely for a variety of reasons. Please use this link to join the conversation remotely:
Meeting ID: 229 351 603 134 8Passcode: ZS9oc3o8 - Oct10Fri
Mentorship Series: Aligning Expectations – (October 10, 2025 01:00 PM – 01:50 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 36
One critical element of an effective mentoring relationship is a shared understanding of what each person expects from that relationship. Problems between mentors and mentees often arise from misunderstandings about expectations. Expectations change over time, so frequent reflection & clear communication are necessary to maintain a collaborative relationship.
- Oct14Tue
How to Get Research Funding from Industry by Dr. Dave Giltner – (October 14, 2025 11:00 AM – 01:00 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 151
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 151
Available Seats: 73
Your research needs funding. Federal grants are becoming scarcer and more competitive every year. Meanwhile, industry holds billions in R&D budgets—money that could potentially fund your research while creating real-world impact—but industry partners speak a language your academic training never taught you. In this workshop, Dr. Dave Giltner shares the frameworks he has learned over 25 years in industry—to help you secure industry partnerships, increase funding, and grow your lab. What you'll walk away with: 1. Identifying which companies would actually value your research 2. The exact approach to navigate complex IP negotiations without compromising academic integrity 3. How to articulate your lab's value in ROI terms industry leaders instantly understand—so they actually listen to what you have to offer 4. A customized industry collab plan tailored to your specific research strengths Dr. Giltner bridges the academic-industry divide from both sides. Having spent 25years developing cutting-edge technologies into commercial products, he understands exactly what companies seek in research partnerships—and what makes them invest. Through his workshops, he's taught thousands of researchers to translate their scientific value into industry & business terms. Dr. Giltner holds 7patents and is a published author of 3 books on academia-industry collaboration.
- Oct14Tue
How to Land Your Dream Job Right Out of Grad School by Dr. Dave Giltner – (October 14, 2025 02:00 PM – 03:30 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 150
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 150
Available Seats: 74
You spent years mastering your research field. But you were never told how to use it in industry. "If you want to work in industry, I can’t help you," they say—leaving you stranded and confused with how to get a job outside academia. In this workshop, Dr. Dave Giltner will share the framework he has developed over 25 years in industry—the same system that he's taught thousands of PhDs to design careers that leverage their unique strengths—while standing out to industry hiring managers! What you'll walk away with: 1. A 5-step process for designing a career path aligned with your specific strengths (not generic “job search” advice) 2. The method to identify which of your transferable skills have the highest value in industry 3. Why the online application lottery fails 90%+ of the time for PhDs (and what actually works instead) After 25 years in industry, David brings both sides of the hiring table to each session. As a hiring manager, he's interviewed hundreds of PhDs for industry positions, seeing firsthand what separates successful candidates from the rest.He's taught thousands of scientists about successful transitions, drawing from real hiring decisions. As a published author of 3 books and holder of 7 patents,David delivers industry hiring tips others never taught you.
- Oct15Wed
Supporting and Advancing Graduate Education – (October 15, 2025 02:00 PM – 02:50 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 32
This session will be a discussion of services and resources to support graduate teaching and research as well as graduate student and postdoc mentoring. This workshop session is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format; however, we understand that you might need to attend remotely for a variety of reasons. Please use this link to join the conversation remotely:
Meeting ID: 234 471 783 639 4Passcode: nR2zU3q8 - Oct15Wed
TTU Human Subject Training: After IRB Approval & Q&A – (October 15, 2025 03:30 PM – 05:00 PM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/99624499672?pwd=bSLTLKW3bdhgd2v5obSWRFtzKaroAY.1
Available Seats: 300
The Human Research Protection Program is offering an Institutional Review Board training for graduate students and faculty members conducting human subject research. The training will take place over one week, and will be offered virtually through Zoom. Researchers who attend all five sessions will receive a Certificate of Completion for Texas Tech University Human Subject Training. This will count towards the training requirement for IRB submissions. Researchers do not have to complete all five trainings in one semester to receive the certificate. They can attend different trainings throughout multiple semesters. Researchers submitting to federal grants are still required to have human subject training through CITI. Join via Zoom: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/99624499672?pwd=bSLTLKW3bdhgd2v5obSWRFtzKaroAY.1
- Oct16Thu
STEP Partnership Power Hour – (October 16, 2025 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 150
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 150
Available Seats: 36
The STEP Program Faculty Power Hour, held in the Teaching, Learning & Professional Development Center (TLPDC), is an open-format, bi-weekly conversation designed by faculty, for faculty. Twice per month, a STEP Program Scholar will share a specific, actionable tip to enhance the classroom experience for both instructors and students. You'll hear directly how the implementation of these tips has transformed classroom dynamics. Half of our time will be dedicated to collaborative discussion on adapting these suggestions to fit your unique classroom environment. You will leave with a clear implementation strategy, ready for use in your very next class period. All Instructors of all ranks are invited and lunch is provided.
- Oct17Fri
John M. Burns Conference Keynote: New Approaches to Teaching Evaluation: Evaluation Strategies that Enhance Teaching Quality – (October 17, 2025 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 151
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 151
Available Seats: 61
Keynote speaker: Dr. Ann Austin (Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University) Teaching evaluation can be a pathway to more effective teaching and learning, better student learning outcomes, fairer recognition of faculty work, deeper conversations among colleagues about professional values and commitments, and stronger institutional cultures that foster teaching and learning excellence. However, typical approaches to teaching evaluation often fall far short of achieving these outcomes. Acknowledging critiques of usual strategies for teaching evaluation, this workshop will focus on important principles to guide more effective approaches to teaching evaluation. The workshop will also explain new and effective approaches based on these principles—and tested and implemented in more than 70 departments through a funded project called TEval. The workshop will provide opportunity for participants to discuss how to apply the ideas and strategies in their own departments to create more comprehensive, holistic, and valid teaching evaluation.
- Oct17Fri
John M. Burns Conference Afternoon Workshop: Improving Teaching as a Systemic Change Process: Strategies for Institutional Leaders – (October 17, 2025 01:30 PM – 03:30 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 151
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 151
Available Seats: 64
This session is designed for designed for deans, chairs, directors, and area coordinators. Keynote speaker: Dr. Ann Austin (Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University) Advancing transformative change toward an important institutional goal—such as improving teaching and learning through new approaches to teaching evaluation—requires a strategic and systemic approach. This workshop is designed especially to guide institutional leaders—including deans, department chairs, and leaders of units focused on teaching excellence and student success—to consider their roles in encouraging and supporting significant institutional change. We will discuss important levers and processes for fostering change in higher education, and why taking a systemic perspective is essential. The workshop will focus on changing teaching evaluation as an example of a major change goal; however, the change strategies discussed can be used to nurture many kinds of institutional change goals. This interactive workshop will include opportunities for small group discussion organized to enable leaders in similar leadership roles (e.g., senior-level leaders; department chairs; and other unit leaders) to discuss practical application of the ideas shared in their specific contexts.
- Oct20Mon
Internationalizing your Research and Teaching Portfolio – (October 20, 2025 02:00 PM – 02:50 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 30
Join the Office of International Affairs for an informational workshop that will highlight:
- International research opportunities
- Global collaborations and partnerships
- Study Abroad- TTU Center Sevilla / TTU-Costa Rica
- Curriculum internationalization
- Outreach and engagement resources
Meeting ID: 269 905 690 166 7Passcode: 63kN2Gy2 - Oct21Tue
Chapter 2: The Faculty Reset – Vision, Purpose, Action – (October 21, 2025 12:30 PM – 01:50 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 40
Facilitator: Dr. Angela Walla In this session, you’ll reflect on your academic journey and re-envision your future with renewed clarity and purpose. Guided by the moderator, participants will engage in a series of reflective activities designed to help assess their career path, explore current goals, and consider new possibilities. This session aims to reignite enthusiasm and offer fresh perspective as you plan the next chapter of your academic career. You’ll leave with concrete action steps and the foundation of a personalized plan to guide your way forward. The session will be broken down into four sections. Each session has a mini-lecture followed by an activity Reflection on past career Exploring the possibility: Identification of passion projects and new areas Identification of Barriers Action Plan IFE Path II
- Oct22Wed
Using Pressbooks to Create and Customize OER – (October 22, 2025 02:00 PM – 02:50 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC Room 153
Available Seats: 36
Pressbooks is a service offered by Raider Digital Publishing that is extremely useful for creating and using open textbooks, but getting into it for the first time can seem challenging! Join this workshop led by our Texas Tech Libraries’ Open Educational Resources Office to learn how to create an open textbook, clone an existing one, and some tips for how to customize open materials to become more engaging for your students! This workshop session is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format; however, we understand that you might need to attend remotely for a variety of reasons. Please use this link to join the conversation remotely:
Meeting ID: 212 356 728 592 7
Passcode: 6XS2qz6p
- Oct28Tue
The Hidden Motivators: What Drives Us (and Drains Us) – (October 28, 2025 12:30 PM – 01:50 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 38
Facilitator: Dr. Lisa Garner Santa The rhythms of academic life are relentless. Over time, we begin to move through the motions—responding to requests, meeting expectations, saying yes before we even pause to ask why. In this session, we’ll explore the six life-alienating motivators named in Nonviolent Communication: reward, punishment, guilt, shame, duty, and approval. What happens when these motivators go unchecked? And what becomes possible when we bring awareness and choice into the picture? Using Rosenberg’s framework, we’ll identify internalized pressures that may be shaping our academic decisions—and begin to shift from obligation to alignment. “The most dangerous of all behaviors may consist of doing things 'because we're supposed to.’” – Marshall Rosenberg IFE Path I and II
- Oct29Wed
Are You Interested in Integrating Community Outreach and Engagement into Your Teaching, Research, or Creative Activities? – (October 29, 2025 02:00 PM – 02:50 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 30
Join us at this session to learn more about Outreach and Engagement, the difference between these two forms of high-impact practice, and their value to scholarship, student achievement, grant success, and more. You will also discover ways of incorporating outreach and engagement into your curriculum, research/creative activities, and scholarship; as well as learn about our faculty support services and resources to assist you in this process. This workshop session is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format; however, we understand that you might need to attend remotely for a variety of reasons. Please use this link to join the conversation remotely:
Meeting ID: 251 618 550 923 8Passcode: Uk2iY2Xs - Nov4Tue
Reignite the Spark: Teaching with Learning in Mind – (November 4, 2025 12:30 PM – 01:50 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 40
Facilitator: Dr. Angela Lumpkin Join us for an inspiring session designed to reignite your passion for scholarship and pedagogy. This interactive workshop provides faculty with an opportunity to reflect on what makes teaching meaningful and effective. Through guided dialogue and reflective exercises, participants will explore how to align their instructional choices and actions with how students learn best, reigniting purpose and presence in the classroom. Find new inspiration and time to reconnect with your teaching values. IFE Path II
- Nov5Wed
STEP Partnership Power Hour – (November 5, 2025 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 150
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 150
Available Seats: 40
The STEP Program Faculty Power Hour, held in the Teaching, Learning & Professional Development Center (TLPDC), is an open-format, bi-weekly conversation designed by faculty, for faculty. Twice per month, a STEP Program Scholar will share a specific, actionable tip to enhance the classroom experience for both instructors and students. You'll hear directly how the implementation of these tips has transformed classroom dynamics. Half of our time will be dedicated to collaborative discussion on adapting these suggestions to fit your unique classroom environment. You will leave with a clear implementation strategy, ready for use in your very next class period. All Instructors of all ranks are invited and lunch is provided.
- Nov5Wed
Know Thyself, Know Thy Colleagues: Unlocking Career Success Through Personality Intelligence – (November 5, 2025 03:00 PM – 05:00 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 150
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 150
Available Seats: 39
Discover how understanding personality differences can accelerate your academic career in this interactive workshop designed for university employees. Using the Myers-Briggs® framework, you'll gain deep insights into your own personality type while learning to recognize and appreciate how colleagues operate differently. Through practical strategies and real-world academic scenarios, you'll discover how to leverage personality differences constructively—whether collaborating on research, navigating department dynamics, or leading teams. You'll leave with a powerful toolkit for building stronger professional relationships and positioning yourself for greater career success in academia. After registering, participants will receive information on completing the free MBTI assessment before the workshop.
- Nov6Thu
Bridging the Gaps for Today’s Students – (November 6, 2025 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 30
COVID and other factors have impacted the ways students learn and manage their mental wellbeing, and one of the biggest ripple effects of the pandemic was learning loss and its ongoing effects. Some studies have predicted that student learning in subject areas, including math, science, reading, and writing will be impacted for years, if not decades. This session will discuss strategies for bridging those gaps, ongoing challenges for both academic achievement and mental health and what it means to be effective university educators teaching a generation of students who entered colleges with COVID learning loss and an increased mental load. Lunch will be provided. This workshop session is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format; however, we understand that you might need to attend remotely for a variety of reasons. Please use this link to join the conversation remotely:
Meeting ID: 223 613 900 736 8Passcode: nH7hz9aP - Nov11Tue
TAI: AI as Virtual Teaching Assistant – (November 11, 2025 02:00 PM – 02:50 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 36
Generative AI (AI) presents many challenges for educators, but this emerging technology also presents opportunities to improve student learning and lessen the burden on faculty. In a sense, AI can be use as a virtual “TA” to assist with reviewing, creating, and even assessing class materials. The workshop will also address the potential pitfalls of using AI, including inaccurate information and balancing faculties’ own use of AI with restrictions placed on student use. This workshop session is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format; however, we understand that you might need to attend remotely for a variety of reasons. Please use this link to join the conversation remotely:
Meeting ID: 215 555 920 182 3
Passcode: HN9Y97Xv
- Nov13Thu
Building Bridges, Not Walls: A Fresh Approach to Academic Integrity – (November 13, 2025 03:00 PM – 04:20 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 35
Why do some students see academic integrity as an outdated formality while faculty view it as fundamental to education? This interactive workshop facilitated by Barbie Chambers and Mitzi Ziegner from the TLPDC explores the gaps that shape how we and our students approach academic honesty. You'll discover practical strategies for moving beyond rule enforcement to meaningful conversations about character and professional preparation. Through real scenarios and discussion, we'll explore innovative ways to help students embrace integrity as a cornerstone of their Red Raider identity. Join us to transform how you think about and teach academic honor! This workshop session is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format; however, we understand that you might need to attend remotely for a variety of reasons. Please use this link to join the conversation remotely:
Meeting ID: 218 322 364 287 6Passcode: Pz3xT3uU - Nov14Fri
Mind Your Mind – Nurturing Mental Wellness – (November 14, 2025 12:00 PM – 03:00 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 34
An introduction to evidence-based strategies for maintaining mental well-being in academia. Learn practical tools for managing stress, promoting resilience, and fostering a healthy work-life balance as you begin your faculty journey. This workshop session is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format; however, we understand that you might need to attend remotely for a variety of reasons. Please use this link to join the conversation remotely:
Meeting ID: 242 984 966 110 8Passcode: ob2pY6rh - Nov14Fri
Raider Success Hub Fundamentals for Faculty – (November 14, 2025 01:00 PM – 01:50 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 151
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 151
Available Seats: 74
Raider Success Hub (RSH) is Texas Tech’s centralized platform for supporting student success. In this training, faculty will learn basic navigation of the system, how to view student information, submit alerts, complete progress surveys, and more. Faculty play a critical role in student success, and this session will demonstrate how RSH makes it easier to offer timely support and connect students to the right resources at the right time. This workshop session is designed to be delivered in a face-to-face format; however, we understand that you might need to attend remotely for a variety of reasons. Please use this link to join the conversation remotely:
Meeting ID: 276 964 546 675 0Passcode: f2Dr6Tc7 - Nov17Mon
Mentorship Series: Maintaining Effective Communication – (November 17, 2025 03:00 PM – 04:00 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 36
Effective communication is foundational to successful mentoring relationships. While many recognize good communication when they experience it, mentors must deliberately cultivate and practice these skills. In this interactive session, participants will identify key characteristics of effective communication and engage in practical exercises to strengthen their mentoring dialogue.
- Nov18Tue
Collaborative Feedback in Academia – (November 18, 2025 12:30 PM – 01:50 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 40
Facilitator: Dr. Lisa Garner Santa What if giving feedback could be energizing, even enjoyable? In this session, we’ll explore how feedback, when grounded in connection and mutual respect, can become a two-way exchange that strengthens both mentoring relationships and institutional culture. Through the lens of Nonviolent Communication (NVC), we’ll examine how to move from “power over” or “power under” toward “power with,” where everyone’s needs matter. Participants will practice using observations, feelings, needs, and requests to engage in feedback conversations that are clear, kind, and co-created. When mentoring becomes a collaborative process, feedback becomes not only possible but meaningful and rewarding. IFE Path I and II
- Nov20Thu
STEP Partnership Power Hour – (November 20, 2025 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 150
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 150
Available Seats: 39
The STEP Program Faculty Power Hour, held in the Teaching, Learning & Professional Development Center (TLPDC), is an open-format, bi-weekly conversation designed by faculty, for faculty. Twice per month, a STEP Program Scholar will share a specific, actionable tip to enhance the classroom experience for both instructors and students. You'll hear directly how the implementation of these tips has transformed classroom dynamics. Half of our time will be dedicated to collaborative discussion on adapting these suggestions to fit your unique classroom environment. You will leave with a clear implementation strategy, ready for use in your very next class period. All Instructors of all ranks are invited and lunch is provided.