As we reported earlier, the University Undergraduate Advising Center has a director and it is Dr. Daniel Bartlett. Many of you already know him from the Center for College Readiness. CT+LE has partnered with Dr. Bartlett on several occasions and we are looking forward to increasing that collaboration moving forward. You should also know that UUAC is in need of an Associate Director. Those interested should view the relevant information on the LU Human Resources website. Have you registered for the upcoming faculty development workshops set for March 8 and 9 yet? Dr. Christy Price will be visiting from Georgia to deliver two workshops packed with research-based information. Before you pack it in for Spring Break, we encourage you to come and add some new tools to your teaching toolbox and earn points for your Faculty Development Program account as well. We are putting the final touches on four very relevant workshop opportunities for you. The topics include mid-semester evaluation and assessment, classroom interventions to stem attrition, classroom conflict and decorum, and student internships. Follow us by email and you will be assured of not missing a thing. There is an interesting article on the Inside Higher Ed website today about the post-tenure review discussion at the University of Texas. To some, “post-tenure review” raises the issue of whether a professor’s tenure will continue. To others, it is a process of evaluating performance to provide valuable feedback. The latter is how Francisco G. Cigarroa, chancellor of the UT system, put it during a visit to the offices of Inside Higher Ed last week. Cigarroa stressed the importance of “performance differentiation” and how those professors getting unsatisfactory reviews will be helped with a remediation plan. He said one weakness of the previous post-tenure review system was that the best rating a professor could attain was “satisfactory.” And irrespective of what happened in between, a tenured professor would get a comprehensive review only once in six years. Did you know that students can be taught to develop resiliency and mental toughness? Did you also know that someone who has good resiliency skills is less likely to fail your class, drop out of college, or fall into a depressive state? Research by Martin Seligman, revealed in his book Flourish, provides a powerful argument for positive psychology. His methods have been tested in the lab and are now being implemented into all sorts of situations including the U.S. Armed Forces.