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The Diane Filion Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) leads a range of professional development efforts as a key initiative of UMKC's Provost. These efforts focus on supporting innovative teaching, research, and service, while fostering an inclusive and collaborative academic community...

We held our first faculty mixer in October with the fantabulous Conservatory and had so much fun we built a playbook so we could host more! Alexis shared a great report of our November faculty mixer with the splendid School of Humanities and Social Sciences and we have our next one scheduled for...

As a faculty-focused center, we’re proud of your commitment to lifelong learning and innovation as you contribute to student success. Faculty work often unfolds over long timelines, and wins (from completing mandatory training to publishing and presenting) can feel few and far between. Starting Fall...

We host an ever evolving resources hub in SharePoint called Tools, Resources, and Assistance - Faculty Information Center. We hope you'll visit and let us know what you would like to see there.

11 December 2025: We're looking forward to wrapping up 2025 with Faculty Learning Communities like Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Faculty Experience Project, as well as hosting our final OpenScholar workshop of the year!