Mission

The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship supports faculty as continuously developing teacher-scholars and helps them explore the integration of scholarship and teaching that will enrich the education of Southwestern students. The TLS office fosters a campus culture that values a diversity of learning, teaching, and scholarly approaches, and it assists Southwestern faculty and staff in developing courses and curricula, scholarly projects, institutional initiatives, and collaborations across disciplines. It also supports the success of faculty across their career stages at Southwestern. To do so, it collaborates closely with other offices and leaders that support scholarly and pedagogical work, including the Smith Library, the Office of Community-Engaged Learning, the Paideia program, Foundation Relations, and the Office of the Dean of the Faculty.