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Welcome to the Texas Faculty Development Network website. The Texas Faculty Development Network (TFDN), founded in 2006, encourages and facilitates the exchange of ideas and mutual learning between the states’s many higher education teaching excellence centers. As an organization, TFDN seeks to be a community of knowledge, communication, and collaboration; a means of learning to all faculty developers outside their respective institutions. You are invited to explore this site to find information about the organization, a calendar of upcoming faculty development events in Texas, job postings, and more.

TFDN News and Announcements

TFDN Regional Meetings are being scheduled now!

Each fall, TFDN regional meetings are held so that Texas faculty developers have an opportunity to gather in smaller groups and hear updates from nearby colleagues. Look for regional meeting announcements coming soon in emails and on the TFDN listserv. Click on the areas listed below for more information about the meetings.

For more information, please contact your regional representative:
Coordinator needed (Gulf Coast Region)
Jean Layne j-layne@tamu.edu(Central Region)
Rhonda Blackburn rblackburn@utdallas.edu (Metroplex/Upper East Region)
Terri Kadala terri.kadala@utsa.edu (South Region)
Allison Boye allison.p.boye@ttu.edu (West/Upper Rio Grande/High Plains/Northwest Region)

What’s new with TFDN

2012 Wakonse South - College Teaching Conference - March 30 - April 1, 2012

The 15th annual Wakonse South Conference on College Teaching will take place March 30 - April 1, 2012. We will have engaging conversations about learning and teaching among college faculty, many stimulating presentations by conference participants, and beautiful surroundings all combined to create a renewing, refreshing, and wonderful conference. Past participants have reported that they were reenergized and enjoyed learning, teaching, socializing, and relaxing..