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Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching (FaCET) Miller Nichols Library, Room 122 5100 Rockhill Road Kansas City, Missouri, 64110 Phone: (816) 235-2556 Fax: Email: DilksS@umkc.edu Website: http://www.umkc.edu/provost/initiatives/FaCET/index.asp The Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching (FaCET) is faculty defined and operated with a focus on promoting academic excellence by facilitating student-centered pedagogies and practices. The Center sponsors forums for the discussion, assessment, development, and documentation of teaching practices with demonstrated verifiable benefits for students. The Center is a hub for existing UMKC programs that emphasize student learning and it is a gathering-place for faculty who are committed to the improvement of their own teaching as well as for faculty who are committed to the scholarship of teaching and learning.