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The Teaching and Learning Center hosts workshops and talks for those who teach on all WVU campuses. Both in-person and virtual options are available.

The Center and many of its events are supported in part by a grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation. Funds are managed by the WVU Foundation. Chartered in 1954, the WVU Foundation is the nonprofit organization that receives and administers private donations on behalf of the University.

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Upcoming Fall Semester Events

GTA Workshop: Preparing for a Successful First Day of Class

In this hands-on workshop we will share evidence-based methods for a successful first day of class. Designed with Graduate Teaching Assistants in mind, we will discuss approaches for creating a welcoming learning environment, facilitating a first day of class activity, and setting your students up for success. This workshop aims to help you feel more confident in communicating your course expectations, course policies, and the expected learning outcomes to your students. Teaching assistants, faculty members, instructors, and instructional staff are welcome to attend. Please bring your laptop to this workshop session.



GTA Workshop: Developing Your Teaching Persona and Classroom Presence

Designed with Graduate Teaching Assistants in mind, this hands-on workshop will provide actionable strategies for public speaking, effective presentation of instructional content, and classroom management. We will also discuss how to set our students up for success by creating healthy boundaries for ourselves and our students, with the goal of fostering student self-regulation and organization. The session concludes with an opportunity to draft a “Mini Teaching Philosophy” which can be used as your teaching persona changes shape over time. Teaching assistants, faculty members, instructors, and instructional staff are welcome to attend. Please bring your laptop to this workshop session.


Below you will find a list of recommended teaching-related events. Please reach out to the event sponsor if you have any questions. Do you have a teaching-related event to include in this list of recommendations? Please email tlc@mail.wvu.edu

Wellness That Works: Evidence-Based Practices to Support Online Learners

Sponsor: Online Learning Consortium

The shift to online learning has intensified student wellness challenges, with research showing increased rates of anxiety, isolation, and burnout among remote learners. This interactive session will equip participants with immediately applicable wellness strategies and practices across all 8 dimensions of wellness: physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual, environmental, occupational, and financial. Each dimension will be paired with quick, evidence-based exercises specifically designed for online implementation. Participants will actively experience select wellness techniques during the session, modeling how these can be seamlessly integrated into both synchronous classes and asynchronous modules.

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 from 2:00 - 3:00