Faculty & Staff
As faculty and staff at the University of Denver, you are critical to advancing and elevating the 4D model of holistic student learning and development through your teaching, advising, programming and service. The University of Denver invites you as a faculty and staff member to help shape the 4D Experience.
Through the links below, we invite you to explore how you may engage and collaborate to advance the 4D Experience, access 4D-related resources, enhance your pedagogy and practice through professional development opportunities and meet with the 4D team. Check out our monthly 4D newsletter – sent to all faculty and staff – for more information about ongoing initiatives and opportunities to get plugged in.
Opportunities to Engage
4D Design Series
The 4D Design Series provides practical strategies and tools for faculty and staff to design rich teaching and learning environments that further elevate the Four Dimensions. While the focus is on supporting students' learning and growth, the series also provides faculty and staff with the opportunity to engage with their own 4D Experience and to connect with colleagues from across campus.
4D Innovations Cohort
The 4D Innovations Cohort is a design incubator for staff and faculty from across DU. Through a structured and dynamic design thinking process, cohort members reimagine, design and integrate models and practices that further embed the 4D Experience across the co-curriculum.
4D Infusion Grants
4D Infusion Grants help faculty and staff implement projects that enhance growth and development in line with the 4D. Projects are evaluated based on integrative or collaborative design, potential impact and scalability. Grantees may receive up to $1,000 to support project activities. Grants are awarded annually.
Please note: the 4D Infusion Grants cycle has closed for AY25-26. Please look for information regarding the AY26-27 cycle in summer 2026.
4D Constellation of Support Program
This program is an opportunity for faculty, staff, and graduate students to gain frameworks and strategies for caring for themselves, their colleagues and their students and thereby creating a stronger, more resilient community in line with the 4D model and constellation. This program runs every winter quarter.
4D Faculty Teaching Fellows
The 4D Faculty Teaching Fellows serve as activators and ambassadors who work to advance transformative, inclusive, and impactful teaching practices that support faculty across lines in their respective colleges/schools/units but also holistic student development in line with the 4D Experience.
4D Symposium
The 4D Symposium brings together faculty, staff, and students every May to share and engage in dialogue around research, progress and models that elevate the 4D Experience. The Symposium features keynotes, presentations and panels, interactive workshops and more.
Resource Toolkit
Activities and Practices
We have compiled a range of activities, exercises and templates that may help your students reflect on and articulate their experiences and pathways, connect with peers and explore issues related to well-being, character and purpose
Assessment
We provide tools to help you map your course, program, or service to the 4D framework, build an effective assessment plan, and share results that foster evidence-based storytelling for impact. Our assessment tools are aligned with industry standards and designed to measure key skills across all dimensions.
Research
We share research and scholarly activities that relate to the four dimensions and highlight the work of our DU scholars and practitioners in advancing holistic learning and development in line with 4D.