Investing in Us offers a professional development and personal growth program at no cost to East Texas A&M University faculty and staff through a series of credit-bearing, academic classes. The program promotes a supportive environment for employees seeking to learn, grow, and thrive in their careers. Investing in Us seeks to invest the university’s significant and relevant academic knowledge and experiences into its faculty and staff, which will best position them to build on their strengths, talents, and skills and invest them back into serving students at East Texas A&M University.
Faculty and staff: Receive an Investing in Us campus leader designation
Complete at least four different Investing in Us (US) classes at East Texas A&M University, serve as a model for continuous professional development and growth and receive an Investing in Us Campus Leader Designation with your name displayed on our website for all of our campus community to see!
Pilates: Core Curriculum & Us focuses on essential Pilates concepts that develop core strength, stability, and efficient movement. This class emphasizes controlled, low-impact exercises that support functional strength and long-term wellness. Appropriate for all levels, with options provided throughout.
In Improvisation & Us, we will explore how improvisational theatre techniques support creative thinking, clear communication, and flexible problem-solving. Through simple, engaging exercises, participants will practice staying present, responding thoughtfully, and building ideas collaboratively. The focus is on practical skills, not performance.
Designed for beginners, this course covers the essential techniques needed to create, manipulate, and enhance images. Learn how to navigate the Photoshop interface, use each tool, and work with layers and masks. Quickly and effectively explore and express your ideas visually. Equip yourself with the foundational knowledge and skills to use Photoshop for personal projects, professional tasks, or further advanced studies.
Discover active learning techniques to engage students. ACUE's Promoting Active Learning course provides instructors with evidence-based teaching practices to facilitate group work and actively involve students in quality discussions during lectures and class sessions. Completing this course is one step toward becoming certified in ACUE's Effective Teaching Practice Framework, endorsed by the American Council on Education (ACE). Or, the course can serve as a dynamic stand-alone experience!
This course will address strategies and methods of managing and leading during times of unexpected changes. Disruptive change can be complicated and result in alterations to policies, expectations, and practices.
The workshop is geared toward early and mid-career academics (pre- and post-tenure) who need to publish or writers who have "stalled" and need help on a major project (for example, finishing a book). This eight week workshop/seminar is a hands-on 75 minute session, comprising an accountability writing group and a discussion of effective strategies and techniques to facilitate the writing of academic books and articles. Participants will work on at least one piece of writing. Topics to be covered include overcoming procrastination and impostor syndrome; positive thinking and reinforcement; establishing and keeping momentum; the importance of planning (backward calendars) and tracking one's output; writing for thinking; and finding flow and joy in writing. The workshop's philosophy is based on the forthcoming book: Attardo et al. (2026) Academic Writing Demystified: Publish and Thrive. Cambridge University Press.
Register for your Spring 2026 second subterm class today and watch for upcoming classes!
Lisa Avrit, Kasey Britton, Chris Gage, Leah Kanaman, Brad Klypchak, Carrie Klypchak, Mo Reeves, Jaime Rodriguez, Belinda Rudinger, Joi Saville, Tracy Stewart, Catherine Giles, Ashlie Hight, Gavin Johnson, Ashanka Kumari, Virginia Monk, Denise Neill, Jamie Pfennig, Mark Rudin, Judy Sackfield, Kristen Segar, Rebecca Steward, Ancy Thomas, Renee Wallace, Pamela Webster, Michele Anderson, Kelin Loe, Adam Northam, Carol Revelle, Katelyn Severance, Karen Walker, Amanda Willows, Elvis Dang, Nicole Farris, Morgan Hargrove, Carla Jones, Cecilia Jubera, Dana Kruger, Lindsay Morgan, Justin Norman, Alice Norwood, Julia Persky, Laura Slay, Katrina Starr, Hannah Stotts, Andrea Williams, Lauren Devitt
Special recognition is offered to the first three alumni and community members who completed at least four classes during the first two years of the Investing in Us program. Congratulations!
Teresa Bussell, Linda King, Elizabeth Rudin
For more information or any questions, please contact InvestingInUs@etamu.edu
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