The sessions listed on this page are specifically for members of the 2024-25 Institute for Faculty Excellence Cohort. If you are not a member of the 2024-25 Cohort, please do not register for any events on this page.
- 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: 16
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
- Feb9Mon
Narrative & Impact: Crafting Your Story for Promotion – (February 9, 2026 01:30 PM – 02:50 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 32
Facilitator Dr. Rob Peaslee
In this session, we will integrate creative storytelling concepts to explore strategies for writing compelling research, teaching, service, and outreach/engagement narratives in pursuit of professional advancement. Goals for the session include providing general guidance for storytelling with an audience in mind, effectively integrating characters (including yourself and your colleagues), leveraging conflict in service of a good story, and demonstrating that your story has “legs” (that is, that it will continue in an exciting direction).
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