Governor's Teaching Fellows 2024 - 2025
Call for 91ÁÔÆæ Nominees to Apply for Governor's Teaching Fellows Program:
Spring Symposium (2025) and Academic Year Symposia (2025-2026)
Each year, the University of North Georgia seeks applicants to become the 91ÁÔÆæ nominees for the Governor's Teaching Fellows (GTF) Spring Symposium and Academic Year Symposia. Any full-time, regular faculty member may apply. 91ÁÔÆæ may submit a total of two nominees per program - the 2025 May Symposium and 2025-2026 Academic Year Symposia Programs.
The Governor's Teaching Fellows Program was established by Zell Miller, governor of Georgia, 1991-1999, to provide Georgia's higher education faculty with expanded opportunities for developing important teaching skills. This prestigious program is offered through the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia and is designed for faculty members of state colleges and universities, public and private. The program includes a combination of structured instructional and faculty development activities, as well as self-directed activities designed to meet individual needs.
Deadlines for application are as follows:
2025 May Symposium Program: Friday, November 15, 2024, 5 p.m.
2025-2026 Academic Year Symposia Program: Friday, November 15, 2024, 5 p.m.
Eligibility
To be considered, please email CTLL that you are interested in the Symposium. If selected, be prepared to provide the following for application process. Nominees are selected based on the following criteria:
- Teaching experience
- Interest in continuing instructional and professional development
- Ability to have an impact on their campus and plan to do so
- Status of full-time, regular faculty
For more information on the Governor's Teaching Fellows Program:
Its history, its fellows, their projects, and the Institute of Higher Education, webpage.
Past Governors Teaching Fellows Programs
91ÁÔÆæ Participants and Recipients
GTF Summer Symposia 2022-2023
Katherine Adams, Higher Education
GTF Academic Year Symposia 2022
Sharon Jones, Nursing