Phone
317-274-5647
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Address
FACET OfficeIndiana University Indianapolis
University Library (UL), Room 3106
755 W. Michigan Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
In 1989, the concept for FACET was set into motion by then–Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculties Anya Peterson Royce at IU Bloomington, Associate Academic Advisor to the President Eileen Bender at IU South Bend, and President Thomas Ehrlich. Dr. Bender was FACET’s first director.
As the result of a 1995 presidential initiative, FACET’s statewide activities expanded to include teaching colloquia, workshops, institutes, consultation, and communication—the first steps in establishing an IU network for teaching excellence. FACET liaisons (renamed "associate directors") were selected for each campus to coordinate teaching excellence activities and to oversee the nomination process for FACET members.
FACET is a faculty-run grassroots community with statewide and campus steering committees and a rigorous statewide and campus selection process. Following up on our 2020 diversity task force, we've taken many steps including updating our strategic plan to reinforce, nurture, and sustain FACET's commitment to justice in teaching and learning. As of July 1, 2024, the FACET central office has been reorganized to include an Executive Director (formerly Director of FACET), Director of Diversity and Historian, Membership and Selection Director, Operations Director (formerly Assistant Director of FACET), Programs and Services Director, and SoTL and Mack Center Director. The goal of the reorganization was to enhance the innovativeness and potential outreach to the FACET community. This is also part of our strategic plan's diversity and equity focus to reach as many people as we can.
FACET’s community of scholars crosses campus and disciplinary boundaries to support scholarly teaching and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. FACET recognizes distinguished service on behalf of teaching with the P.A. Mack Award and has ramped up its leadership in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning through the Mack Center for Inquiry on Teaching and Learning. FACET also publishes the Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, the Quick Hits book series, which shares techniques and strategies from award-winning college teachers, and the Journal of Teaching and Learning with Technology.
FACET remains committed to promoting, nurturing, and recognizing excellence in teaching and learning within and across campuses, schools, and disciplines. In achieving this vision, FACET has led efforts in collaboration with faculty, staff, University Information Technology Services (UITS), and campus teaching centers to develop Teaching.IU and Teaching for Student Success in the IU Expand course catalog, as well as celebrated the Innovate Awards.
FACET is a dynamic, collaborative community of inducted faculty dedicated to and recognized for excellence in teaching and learning. FACET asserts that excellence in teaching and learning requires dedication to an inclusive community that promotes justice in higher education. This commitment infuses FACET’s advocacy for pedagogical innovation and student success, cultivation of the scholarship of teaching and learning, and advancement of professional and personal growth.
IU and FACET-affiliated campuses promote, nurture, and recognize excellence in teaching within and across campuses, schools, and disciplines in pursuit of equitable learning and student success.
FACET members believe in learning, innovation, community, collegiality, reflection, collaboration, and justice in higher education.
- Be a collective faculty voice of teaching excellence, student learning, and inclusivity across FACET-affiliated campuses.
- Advance the quality of teaching and learning through dissemination of evidence-based practices and the incorporation of social justice.
- Nurture an equity-centered approach to research that transforms all teaching and learning.
FACET's 2023 Strategic Plan builds on the strong foundation established in the 2016 Strategic Plan while responding to evolving priorities across Indiana University. Many goals from the 2016 plan were successfully achieved and continue as ongoing initiatives. The 2023 update was informed by recommendations from the 2020 Diversity Task Force, which called for a more explicit commitment to social justice and inclusive excellence, as well as by the university's broader IU 2030 Strategic Plan. In March 2025, the Steering Committee approved minor revisions to the 2023 Strategic Plan to clarify priorities and align current initiatives.
Use the link below to view the current 2023 Strategic Plan, the March 2025 revisions, and the previous 2016 Strategic Plan.