10:07 a.m., March 11, 2010----University of Delaware doctoral candidates aiming for faculty careers have a unique professional development opportunity ahead at the 2010 Lilly-East Conference on learning, teaching and assessment in higher education, to be held June 2-5, in Washington, D.C.

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And now, thanks to the UD Center for Educational Effectiveness (CFEE) and the Office of Graduate and Professional Education, a special Teaching Conference Travel Fellowship for Doctoral Candidates is available. The travel fellowship is designed to support the participation of UD doctoral candidates at the Lilly-East Conference, which provides future faculty with the opportunity to refine their teaching skills, grow as teacher-scholars in the discipline, deepen their understanding of faculty roles in different institutional contexts, and network with faculty across East Coast institutions.

These are just a few of the testimonials provided by past Lilly-East doctoral participants from UD:

“Lilly-East provides students with innovative ideas and a network of support that they will need to confidently pursue the academic route in a time of limited funding and scary odds.”

“I am currently in a tenure-track academic appointment. I know that participating in the Lilly-East conference was an opportunity that better prepared me for the job market and my current faculty appointment. I believe that this opportunity made me more competitive on the job market and better prepared for my academic career. As a result, I think that it strengthened the value of a Ph.D. from the University of Delaware because I was viewed as a better candidate and junior faculty member.”

“Lilly-East is an eye-opening experience that allowed me to interact with faculty across disciplines as well as discover diverse teaching practices that I was able to apply immediately to my current teaching appointment.”

For the application guidelines and application form, please visit this Web page.

Proposals are due by Friday, April 9. For more information, contact Gabriele Bauer, associate director of the CFEE, at [gabriele@udel.edu].

“We look forward to supporting our UD doctoral candidates in their role as teacher-scholars,” Bauer says. “They are resident experts on innovative, active learning-based pedagogy. In collaboration with the Office of Graduate and Professional Education, we look forward to seeing the instructional impact that results from this professional experience.”