The Advisory Council on Instructional Excellence (ACIE) advises the provost on the means to encourage instructional development and teaching excellence at the University of Pittsburgh. It realizes these goals through the sponsorship of special programming and the disposition of grants to faculty members seeking funding for curricular- and technology-driven proposals to advance instructional development and teaching excellence.
Provost James V. Maher established the Council in 1998 and chaired the Council during the 1998–99 academic year. The council is currently chaired by Michael Bridges, Executive Director, University Center for Teaching and Learning.
2024-2025 Meeting Dates
- Wednesday, Oct. 2
- Check back for additional meeting dates for this academic year.
Committee Information
- ACIE Membership
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2024-2025 ACIE Committee Members
Chair
- Michael Bridges, University Center for Teaching and Learning
Ex Officio
- Bonnie Falcione, Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, School of Pharmacy
- Also: Co-Chair, Senate Educational Policies Committee
- Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal, Learning Research and Development Center
Faculty
- Chris Bonneau, Department of Political Science, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
- Lori Delale-O’Connor, Department of Education Foundations, Organizations, and Policy, School of Education
- Laura A. Fennimore, Acute and Tertiary Care Department, School of Nursing
- Paul T. Harper, Business Administration, Katz School of Business
- Kayla Heffernan, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, Mathematics
- Zsuzsa Horvath, Department of Dental Public Health, School of Dental Medicine
- Bridget Keown, Gender Studies Women Studies, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
- Tuangtip Klinbubpa-Neff, English Literature, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
- Jeremy Martinson, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, School of Public Health
- Marie Norman, Center for Research on Health Care, School of Medicine
Staff Liaisons
- Amy Tuttle, Office of the Provost
- Joy Hart, University Center for Teaching and Learning.
- Michael Bridges, University Center for Teaching and Learning
- 2019 Recommendations Report
- ACIE Meeting Minutes
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Approved minutes of the ACIE meetings are available from 1998 through the current year. For earlier, archived ACIE meeting minutes, please contact ACIE staff liaisons Amy Tuttle or Joy Hart.
Approved Minutes from 2023-2024
Approved Minutes from 2022-2023
Approved Minutes from 2019-2020
Awards Program
The Innovation in Education Awards support faculty proposals which aim to reinvent traditional classroom instruction.