Category: Faculty Spotlight

Scholarly Publishing Resources

On March 9, the Faculty Center hosted a Panel Discussion on the Publication Process with Provost Adolfo Benavides as moderator and Drs. Augustine Arize, Salvatore Attardo, Venugopalan Cheriyath, and Jon Travis as panelists. A video recording of the discussion is now available at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGYnvQyMWbs&feature=youtu.be. Also, a guide to answer frequently asked questions was developed as …

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Press Release: Applications Open for Faculty Fellowships for Teaching & Learning

Learn more about the Faculty Fellowships for Teaching & Learning. Visit http://sites.tamuc.edu/news/applications-open-for-faculty-fellowships-for-teaching-and-learning/.

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Apply for 2015-2016 Faculty Fellowship-Special Project

Faculty Fellow - Special Project Application Now Available

Faculty, Dr. Adolfo Benavides, Provost and VP of Academic Affairs, and Dr. Julie McElhany, Director of the Center for Faculty Excellence & Innovation invite full-time faculty to submit applications for the “2015-2016 Faculty Fellowship – Special Project.”   In keeping with the CFEI mission and goals to support faculty with their teaching, scholarship, and engagement in …

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Don’t Be Fooled: Recognizing & Avoiding Predatory Publishers

Jeffrey Beall's Scholarly Open Access Blog, http://scholarlyoa.com

On March 2, as part of the 2015 Scholarship Symposium at Texas A&M University-Commerce, Jeffrey Beall presented Don’t Be Fooled: Recognizing & Avoiding Predatory Publishers. Mr. Beall alerted us to current scams with scholarly open-access publishing. Mr. Beall is the only monitoring entity (there are no known regulatory bodies to police predatory publishers) and uses his …

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2015-2016 Faculty Fellowships Apply Now!

2015-16 Faculty Fellowships for Teaching & Learning - Apply Now, Due March 27

2015-2016 Faculty Fellowships for Teaching & Learning Provost Adolfo Benavides and the Center for Faculty Excellence & Innovation invite full-time faculty to submit applications for the 2015-2016 Faculty Fellowships for Teaching & Learning.  Please visit the web link below to access the application and supporting documents. Completed applications are to be submitted by Friday, March …

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