The Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning announced its 2022-23 cohort of Faculty Fellows. In its fourth year, the program supports talented faculty whose commitment to advancing instruction contributes to Auburn’s goals of excellence in teaching and learning.
This year’s faculty fellows who represent diverse academic fields, include Kelley Noll from the College of Nursing, Kimberly Garza from the Harrison College of Pharmacy, Ana Grinberg from the College of Liberal Arts, and Erin Garcia from the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering. They will serve a three-year appointment to facilitate faculty learning communities (FLCs) designed to bring together faculty members from across campus for discussions and partnerships in teaching and research.
“Our newest fellows are an exciting addition to our existing program, and I am confident they will work to develop innovative practices and promote those approaches across our academic community,” said Lindsay Doukopoulos, associate director of educational development at Biggio Center. “Each demonstrates extraordinary dedication to faculty engagement, and I look forward to seeing the new approaches they introduce to connect our faculty with pedagogical best practices.”
To be considered, faculty must demonstrate a strong track record of engaging in teaching that promotes pedagogical innovations, have an interest in communicating the results of their research to broader audiences, and work to bring that knowledge back into the classroom and to their peers.
A registered nurse, Dr. Kelley Noll is an associate clinical professor in the College of Nursing. Her teaching interests include transitions to professional practice, effective teaching, higher education curriculum and evaluation, and student success.
“I am thrilled and honored to receive the appointment. I look forward to assisting faculty across a multitude of disciplines in their teaching endeavors. We will also provide support, mentorship, and leadership to faculty across campus and in our own college,” said Noll.
She currently teaches childbearing family and reproductive health and transition to professional nursing courses in the undergraduate program. In the graduate program, she teaches the transition from clinician to nurse educator and curriculum and evaluation courses.
Noll holds national certification as a Certified Nurse Educator and Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator. She is active in the community providing perinatal education with fellow faculty and students. She also serves as the membership advisor and faculty sponsor for her collegiate sorority chapter on the Auburn campus.
According to Noll, fellows will be involved in a variety of practices such as small group instructional feedback, course observations, teaching initiatives, developing and implementing programs through the Biggio Center.
Why is this fellowship important? "My passion for teaching and learning stems from my graduate course work at Auburn where I took several courses with Dr. James Groccia, the founding director of the Biggio Center. His joy and enthusiasm for teaching planted a seed in me that continues to grow. I hope to influence students in the same way while instilling a desire for lifelong learning."
The Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning was established in 2003 through funding from the estate of Alvin A. and Mila Biggio.
