In 2009, Dr. Shannon Lawson and a handful of colleagues started Shawnee State University’s Festival of Faculty Achievement. In 2024, the name of the festival was changed to the “Faculty Research and Teaching Expo.” The conference is sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Center to showcase faculty research and teaching strategies.
It has grown into a yearly event to provide a platform for faculty to share scholarship interests and pedagogical approaches with colleagues, students and the public. During the expo, faculty members give oral presentations about their current research projects, some in progress and some complete and published, or their teaching strategies. As of 2024, faculty also have the opportunity to submit posters sharing their research projects or teaching strategies. Students, fellow faculty members, administrators, and the general public are invited to attend the Faculty Research and Teaching Expo.