KSU Nominees for the GTF Program

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) is opening the call to identify the KSU nominees for the Governor’s Teaching Fellows (GTF) Program, hosted by the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia. This program has two distinct pathways. One is an Academic Year Program where over the course of the academic year, Fellows attend six unique three-day workshops while also engaging in a course design/redesign project. The other is a May Symposium where Fellows attend an intense one-week seminar on the University of Georgia campus. The symposium includes a combination of structured faculty development, classroom activities, experimentation with new technologies, and some project-based learning. The May 2027 Symposium will focus on "Enhanced Pedagogies: Active Learning, Generative AI, and Gamified Learning.”  Faculty can apply for either or both pathways.

  • The Governor’s Teaching Fellows Program is designed for full-time faculty members who teach at accredited public or private colleges or universities in the state of Georgia. Any full-time faculty member regardless of rank or tenure-status may apply. Please note that preference is given to faculty who primarily teach undergraduate students. Fellows are selected based on:
    • Commitment to undergraduate teaching – e.g., how they have improved their teaching practices and how they would like to enhance their teaching and professional development.
    • Academic leadership – e.g., their experience in leading initiatives, mentoring faculty or students, developing programs, or contributing to institutional change.
    • A letter of support from their institution’s President or Vice President/ Provost of Academic Affairs (or equivalent) - this is part of the KSU internal application process below.

    Over the course of the academic year, Fellows attend six unique three-day workshops. The highly interactive workshops, which are held in Meigs Hall in the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education on the University of Georgia campus, focus on teaching tools and practices, emerging technologies in teaching, generative artificial intelligence, research on teaching and learning, as well as faculty development and leadership. The Fellows also focus on course design and work intensely on redesigning a course they frequently teach or designing a new course. The Fellows receive hotel accommodations for the Wednesday and Thursday nights of each workshop and meals (provided directly by the program or via a modest per diem stipend). The program does not cover transportation costs.

    The program dates for the Academic Year program are:

    • September 1-3, 2027
    • October 6-8, 2027
    • November 3-5, 2027
    • February 2-4, 2028
    • March 1-3, 2028
    • April 5-7, 2028

    Fellows attend an intense one-week symposium on the University of Georgia campus. Daily sessions are held in Meigs Hall in the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education on the University of Georgia campus. The topic for the 2027 Symposium is “Enhanced Pedagogies: Active Learning, Generative AI, and Gamified Learning.” The Symposium will give Fellows dedicated time to explore different pedagogies and discover which will best complement their personal teaching practice, their discipline, and their students’ learning.

    The Fellows receive hotel accommodations for five nights (Sunday-Thursday) and meals (provided directly by the program or via a modest per diem stipend). The program does not cover transportation costs.

    Program Dates: May 17-21, 2027

  • December 1, 2026, at 5:00 pm:  
    Deadline for KSU applicants to submit their nomination materials through the InfoReady system linked at the end of this page. KSU applicants can apply for both the Academic Year Symposium and the May Symposium through the same link. Applicants can apply for one or both opportunities. The following materials are needed for each: 

    Academic Year Symposium will require the following PDF materials:

    • A statement explaining your interest in attending the Academic-Year GTF Program (300-word maximum)
    • A teaching statement with concrete examples of how your teaching is innovative and how you hope to improve it (300-word maximum).
    • A description of your academic leadership, e.g., your experience leading initiatives, mentoring faculty or students, developing programs, or contributing to institutional change (300-word maximum).
    • Your Project Proposal: A concise description of the course you propose to design or redesign during the academic year. We believe Fellows will reap the greatest benefit from the program by designing or redesigning a course to use some of the strategies, tools, and ideas presented in the monthly workshops (300-word maximum).
    • Current CV (PDF)

    May Symposium will require the following PDF materials

    • A statement explaining your interest in the topic of the May Symposium (300-word maximum). Please note that the topic of the May program usually changes from year to year.
    • A teaching statement with concrete examples of how your teaching is innovative and how you hope to improve it (300-word maximum).
    • A description of your academic leadership, e.g., your experience leading initiatives, mentoring faculty or students, developing programs, or contributing to institutional change (300-word maximum).
    • Current CV (PDF)

    If you are applying for both opportunities, you will be asked to upload a teaching statement and description of academic laeadership twice. It is up to the applicant if they wish to upload the same document or if they want their documents to reflect the different foci of each opportunity in their statement.

    After you submit your materials, your chair will receive a notification to review your application. They will be required to indicate why the applicant would be a great Governor's Teaching Fellow. Please make sure your chair is aware that this notification will come from Christina Ujj/InfoReady. They have until December 3 to submit your recommendation.

    December 8, 2026
    Applicants will receive an update from CETL on the status of their application by this date.

    January 15, 2027:
    Applicants selected to serve as KSU's nominees will receive a letter of support from the Provost to submit with their final application. The final application is due January 20, 2027. 

  • Application Link