The University of Texas at Austin - Continuing and Innovative Education

“Exploritas” is unveiled as the new name for Elderhostel programs

“Exploritas” is the new name for the programs offered by Elderhostel, the not-for-profit, lifelong learning group often described as “the nation’s first, and the world’s largest, educational… Read full story

CIE hosts FCC forum on the importance of broadband Internet for distance learning

On Monday, September 21, 2009, Continuing and Innovative Education (CIE) hosted a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) press conference on the importance of broadband Internet technology for distance learning. Commissioner… Read full story

Judy Ashcroft chosen president-elect of UCEA

CIE Dean Judy Ashcroft has been elected president-elect of the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA), a membership organization for public and private degree-granting colleges and universities and for nonprofits with a significant commitment to professional and continuing education. Ashcroft… Read full story

CIE hosts “Day in the Park” Summer Picnic and Award Recognition

On Friday, June 5, approximately 100 CIE staff members gathered in Austin’s Zilker Park to enjoy a BBQ lunch, applaud the winners of our staff awards, and enjoy a day in the park. The event was designed to let staff members get out of the office and into the summer sun. In addition to the picnic,… Read full story

DIIA to host Horizon Report Executive Briefing on May 20, 2009

The Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment (DIIA) at The University of Texas at Austin will host the 2009 Horizon Report Executive Briefing on the University campus on May 20, 2009. The briefing will explore the latest findings of the Read full story

CIE presents Service Awards to long-term University staff members (UPDATED WITH PHOTOS 5/28)

On May 7, 2009, Continuing and Innovative Education (CIE) honored 13 of its long-term team members with their name on a star, a walk down the red carpet, paparazzi snapping pictures, and colleagues cheering as they received their framed Service Awards from The University of Texas at Austin. Recipients… Read full story

Top Honors at 2009 IITAP Showcase Awarded to Quest Learning Assessment System

At the 12th annual IITAP Showcase on April 28, four awards were presented in recognition of innovative approaches to teaching using emerging instructional technology. K. Sata Sathasivan and his development team received the Gold Award for the Quest Learning and Assessment System that allows instructors… Read full story

Migrant Students of the Year named during annual recognition ceremony

High school students Deyanira Castillo of Weslaco, Texas, and Amanda Lira of Edinburg, Texas, were named Students of the Year on Monday, April 6, 2009, by the Migrant Student Graduation Enhancement… Read full story

University Extension instructor honored at McCombs reception

Dean Bredeson, senior lecturer in the McCombs School of Business and instructor with University Extension (UEX), has been named the top instructor on the McCombs… Read full story

CIE wins five national marketing awards

Continuing and Innovative Education (CIE) has won five 2009 Marketing and Publications Awards from the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA). The Marketing and Publications Award recognizes “the best marketing practices and promotional pieces in the field of continuing education”… Read full story

Continuing And Innovative Education invites Texans to Explore UT

On Saturday, March 7, 2009, The University of Texas at Austin hosted the 10th Annual Explore UT event —the “biggest open house in Texas.” This immensely popular event invites the citizens of Texas to come to our campus and discover the wealth of educational programs, research… Read full story

Leslie Jarmon and Second Life featured in Alcalde

Leslie Jarmon, Ph.D., a Faculty Development Specialist with DIIA, is featured in this month’s The Alcalde, a publication of the Texas Exes: The Ex-Students Association. The feature, entitled “Get a (Second Life),” explores the use of Second Life in our division and on our… Read full story

CIE holiday event featured in The Daily Texan (UPDATED WITH PHOTOS 2/03)

On Tuesday, December 9, 2008, approximately 150 staff members from Continuing and Innovative Education gathered in the Thompson Conference Center’s Under the Oaks dining facility for a holiday event to make 80 fleece blankets as gifts for students in the Pathfinders Camp Program, a program of… Read full story

Judy Ashcroft participates in recruitment study

Recently, Judy Ashcroft, dean of Continuing and Innovative Education (CIE) at The University of Texas at Austin, participated as an external evaluator at the University of California Riverside (UCR).  The study came… Read full story

Judy Ashcroft invited to participate in dean’s discussion consortium

On October 30 - 31, 2008, nineteen Continuing Education Deans from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Australia were invited to meet at the University of Minnesota to discuss topics pertinent to large research universities.  Dean Judy Ashcroft of Continuing and Innovative Education… Read full story

Jennifer Knott joins Continuing Education as new webmaster

Continuing Education (CE) is pleased to announce that Jennifer Knott has joined our team as the new webmaster. In this role, Jennifer manages the CE Web site and maintains architecture and design continuity among related Web sites across the division. As webmaster, she supports the six components… Read full story

Judy Ashcroft attends meeting of University Partners; group forms partnerships in higher education

Dean Judy Ashcroft recently participated in a meeting of Action, Solutions, Growth: University Partners at Northwestern University in Chicago. The meeting was initiated to form concrete partnerships among its membership. The meeting consisted of twelve influential persons in higher education,… Read full story

Judy Ashcroft helps establish faculty Professional Development Center at university in Saudi Arabia

Dean Judy Ashcroft was the team leader for designing the Professional Development Center (PDC) at the Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (PMU) in Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. On a consultancy basis, Dean Ashcroft was tasked with designing a teaching and learning facility capable of achieving… Read full story

CIE wins two prestigious awards, gives presentations at UCEA South Regional Conference

From October 25-28, 2008, Dean Judy Ashcroft led a delegation of Continuing and Innovative Education (CIE) professionals from The University of Texas at Austin to the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) South Regional Conference. The conference adopted the theme “Engaging Our… Read full story

UT Austin’s LUCHA program covered in Continuing Higher Education Review

The fall 2008 volume of the Continuing Higher Education Review includes “Launching LUCHA: Building a Binational Bridge to Biliteracy,” an article written by Dean Judy Ashcroft of Continuing & Innovative Education (CIE) at The University of Texas at Austin. 

LUCHA… Read full story

Dean Judy Ashcroft contributes to assembly discussing CE measurement and classification

Dean Judy Ashcroft recently presented comments at the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA)’s Executive Assembly entitled “Beyond Carnegie–Useful Criteria for Comparing and Classifying… Read full story

Halloween at CIE

On Friday, October 31, otherwise known as Halloween, staff members from across Continuing and Innovative Education (CIE) showed their holiday spirit by participating in costume and pumpkin carving contests. Staff members voted for their favorite costumes online while a group of judges, deemed the… Read full story

Patrick Watson is named interim assistant director for the Thompson Conference Center

Patrick Watson has been named interim assistant director of the Thompson Conference Center (TCC), a component of Continuing & Innovative Education (CIE) at The University of Texas at Austin. Watson will work closely… Read full story

Stacy McCracken named new assistant director for development in Continuing & Innovative Education

Stacy L. McCracken has been named assistant director for development in Continuing & Innovative Education (CIE) at The University of Texas at Austin.  In this position, McCracken will serve as chief development officer, working closely with all CIE teams to integrate development strategies,… Read full story

Jeff D. Treichel named new assistant dean for business affairs in Continuing & Innovative Education

Jeff D. Treichel, CPA, has been named the new assistant dean for business affairs in Continuing & Innovative Education (CIE) at The University of Texas at Austin. In this position, Treichel will serve as chief business officer and compliance officer, overseeing all financial and human resource… Read full story

UT Austin’s LUCHA Program Helps Immigrant Students Graduate from High School

The Language Learners at The University of Texas at Austin Center for Hispanic Achievement (LUCHA) program is being credited for helping immigrant… Read full story

Judy Ashcroft Attends National Security Forum

Dr. Judy C. Ashcroft, Dean of Continuing and Innovative Education at The University of Texas at Austin, accepted a personal invitation from the Secretary of the Air Force to attend the 55th Annual National Security Forum (NSF) at the Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The purpose of… Read full story

Judy Ashcroft Named Honorary Member of Senate of College Councils

Judy Ashcroft, dean of Continuing and Innovative Education (CIE) at The University of Texas at Austin has been named Honorary Member of the Senate… Read full story

ExxonMobil Increases Gift to UT Austin Migrant Student Program

The Exxon Mobil Corporation has increased its annual gift to the Migrant Student Graduation Enhancement Program at The University of Texas at Austin from $4,000 to $10,000 per year. The new increase was unveiled as part of the university’s annual Exemplary Migrant Student Recognition Ceremony… Read full story

Liberal Arts and University Extension Professor Receives Top Honor

Wayne Lesser, associate professor in the Department of English, College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin has been selected to receive the 2008 Outstanding Graduate Advisor… Read full story

Continuing & Innovative Education Welcomes Guests to Explore UT

On Saturday, March 1, 2008, The University of Texas at Austin welcomed an estimated 40,000 visitors to campus for Explore UT, “the biggest open house… Read full story

UEX Instructor Dean Bredeson Wins Teaching Award

Business professors made the grade Tuesday when they were honored by their students. The Undergraduate Business Council and Undergraduate Programs Office hosted the biannual faculty honor… Read full story

Exemplary Migrant Students Recognized

On March 31, 2008, the Migrant Student Graduation Enhancement Program will host the 21st annual Exemplary Migrant Student Recognition Ceremony in the Ballroom of the Texas Union located in the heart of The University of Texas at Austin campus. Migrant students, parents, and educators from high schools… Read full story

K-16 Wins UCEA Silver Award

We are pleased to announce that the K-16 Education Center recently won the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) Marketing & Publications Silver Award. The K-16 Education Center won this award in the Promotion/Publicity Public Relations Event category for their work on the 2007 Exemplary… Read full story

University Charter School Teacher Wins Excellence Award

Trisha Day, an elementary science teacher at the Depelchin-Richmond School in Austin, Texas, has been selected as the recipient of the Barbara ten Brink Award… Read full story

K-16 Education Center Produces Award-Winning Awareness Programs

The K-16 Education Center part of Continuing & Innovation Education at The University of Texas at Austin was recently honored by The University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) for their quality work on two programs. The K-16 Education Center won a Gold Award for their work on the Exemplary… Read full story

New Senior Associate Dean Joins CE

Linda Glessner, Ph.D., has been appointed senior associate dean of the Division of Continuing Education at The University of Texas at Austin.

Glessner previously was the director of the Continuing and Professional Studies Office and a visiting professor at Texas A&M University in College… Read full story

PETEX Offers New Book on Hot Topic in Energy

Liquefied Natural Gas is a form of energy that is once again making news—and for good reasons. Liquefied Natural Gas has been available since the 1940’s, but in the last 7 years has received considerably increased attention. Interest in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) has grown as natural… Read full story

New Faculty Teaching, Learning, and Orientation Seminar

The University invites all new faculty members to attend the New Faculty Teaching, Learning, and Orientation Seminar August 21-24 in Avaya Auditorium in the ACES building. This is an opportunity for new instructors to meet University administrators, learn about successful teaching practices from outstanding… Read full story

Announcing New Web Site for Best Practices in Teaching and More

The Research, Evaluation, and Assessment (REA) group within the Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment has developed a unique online resource to guide faculty, staff, and students in best practices in evaluating programs, and assessing student learning, teaching effectiveness, and instructional… Read full story