What is the Center for Academic & Faculty Excellence (CAFE)?
The Center for Academic & Faculty Excellence (CAFE) is a space, a time, and an intention and purpose to nurture and develop inclusive excellence. At the CAFE the members of the academic community:
- learn best practices on how to develop our inclusive excellence further
- develop a mindset of academic and faculty excellence
- connect with similar-minded people to experience belonging
- practice inclusion and equity-oriented approaches to spread community belonging
Inclusive excellence is recognizing that an institution’s success depends on how well it values, engages, and includes the rich diversity of its community: students, staff, faculty, administrators, and alumni.
Services & Resources
Appointments
Make an appointment to review your Teaching Philosophy Statement, Diversity Statement, design a course, or any other teaching topic.
Make an appointment to review your Teaching Philosophy Statement, Diversity Statement, design a course, or any other teaching topic.
Webinars
Register for our webinars and view past webinar recordings. We cover a wide variety of topics on teaching, skills, course design, and more.
Register for our webinars and view past webinar recordings. We cover a wide variety of topics on teaching, skills, course design, and more.
Resources
Resources for established and emerging faculty on course design, Artificial Intelligence, assessing learning, student engagement, and more.
Resources for established and emerging faculty on course design, Artificial Intelligence, assessing learning, student engagement, and more.
Teaching Certificate
This course invites you on a transformative journey to develop the mindsets to become an ethical, agile leader of learning. We present teaching as a transdisciplinary and inclusive future-focused endeavor for positive learning and development in diverse settings, within and beyond the classroom. Students aspiring to teach in formal academic contexts, or whose leadership work will engage and leads minds will benefit from the certificate.
This course invites you on a transformative journey to develop the mindsets to become an ethical, agile leader of learning. We present teaching as a transdisciplinary and inclusive future-focused endeavor for positive learning and development in diverse settings, within and beyond the classroom. Students aspiring to teach in formal academic contexts, or whose leadership work will engage and leads minds will benefit from the certificate.
Professional Certificate
This non-degree certificate program aims to equip students and alumni with the frameworks, theories, systems, and competencies needed for a deep understanding and application of equity and justice-centered practices in their professional careers. The certificate is for CGU scholars who seek recognition for their focus on inclusive professional practice.
This non-degree certificate program aims to equip students and alumni with the frameworks, theories, systems, and competencies needed for a deep understanding and application of equity and justice-centered practices in their professional careers. The certificate is for CGU scholars who seek recognition for their focus on inclusive professional practice.
CGU Faculty
Resources CGU faculty including the summer Course Redesign Institute, writing groups, writing retreats, resources, and more.
Resources CGU faculty including the summer Course Redesign Institute, writing groups, writing retreats, resources, and more.