ELI Faculty Ambassador Program

The ELI Faculty Ambassador Program consists of faculty from all schools with undergraduate programs. The ELI Faculty Ambassadors each receive $3000/year for two years to publicize experiential learning and mentor faculty who receive ELI Course Developer stipends. Faculty Ambassadors are the lynchpin of ELI and act as the connective tissue between ELI, faculty, and the UT community.

ELI awarded 16 Ambassadorships in 2019 and needs 18 more in 2020. The awards are spread across all the undergraduate colleges/schools in proportion to size of graduating classes in departments. The 25 largest undergraduate departments (spread over 11 colleges/schools) are each eligible for one Ambassador. The remaining colleges/schools are each eligible for two Ambassadors.

A selection committee consisting of faculty and staff associated with the Experiential Learning Faculty Working Group, the Provost’s Teaching Fellows, and ELI, is currently reviewing applications from faculty for the 2020-2021 cohort. These applicants were nominated by their departments and on-campus faculty and staff well-versed in experiential learning and undergraduate research. Faculty Ambassadors will be announced in early November 2019.

Faculty Ambassadors are being selected according to the following criteria:

• Demonstrated experience with experiential learning or other innovative teaching methods
• Enthusiasm for implementing experiential learning or other innovative teaching methods in courses or curricula at the undergraduate level
• Previous participation or interest in mentoring or collaborating with colleagues in research or in teaching
• Previous participation or interest in collaborating with on-campus staff
• Can be faculty of any rank, but for non-tenure-track, at least a half-time appointment for 3 consecutive years

Cohorts

2020-2021

The 2020-2021 cohort will include 18 faculty representing the following departments and schools:

Commitment