We are proud to recognize graduate students from the Certificate in University Teaching (CUT) program whose educational projects were showcased at the inaugural Graduate/Postdoc Students Teaching in Higher Education Conference (online, August 8, 2025).
Representing the CUT program among 50 early-career educators, these participants shared innovative teaching practices for enhancing student learning:
- Minzee Kim (Statistics and Actuarial Science), “A Review of Implementation and Effectiveness of Flipped Classroom through Literature and Personal Experience”
- Victoria Babysheva (School of Public Health Sciences),”Let the Games Begin: Boosting Public Health Students’ Communication Skills Through Experiential Learning”
- Rodrigo Curty Pereira (Geography and Environmental Management), “Practicing Critical Allyship in the Classroom: Identifying and Addressing Contextual Inequities Affecting Undergraduate Students”
- Gina Villafane (Management Science and Engineering), “Welcoming Failure in the Classroom” and “Leveraging GenAI Models in Course Design”
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Celeste Morínigo Báez (Sustainability Management), “From Language to Sustainability: Culturally Responsive Teaching – Socially Situated Practices for Inclusive and Intercultural Higher Education”
Kudos to all our CUT presenters for representing the CUT program with excellence! And a special congratulations to Rodrigo, whose presentation received the Best Interactive Presentation Award.