Learning & Professional Development

At the University of Denver, we believe in lifelong learning and professional growth for every member of our community. Our Human Resources & Inclusive Community team is dedicated to attracting and retaining exceptional talent — offering meaningful learning and development opportunities, clear career pathways, and a supportive work environment that emphasizes well-being and belonging. Through ongoing training, career development, and inclusive HR practices, DU invests in its people so they can thrive, contribute, and grow.

Learning Opportunities

DULearn

DULearn features include professional development classes, and HRIC required training all available to faculty, staff members and student employees. enrollment email from DU Learn, but you can also access the trainings directly. To begin your new employee trainings, click on the appropriate category—Staff trainings, faculty trainings, adjunct trainings and student employee trainings. For questions about learning opportunities at DULearn please contact learning@du.edu.

Instructor-Led Training

Motivating and Engaging Your Team
Feedback Fusion: Crafting Constructive Conversations
Managing Conflict
Leadership Circle workshops
and others

Customized Training

The Talent Acquisition & Development team offers customized training for small groups, divisions and departments. If you have at topic for training we can help you create a customized training and content that we can facilitate at an in-person meeting or create a virtual training. Contact learning@du.edu for any questions about customized trainings.

Career Development

Tuition Waiver

Eligible, appointed DU employees may use the tuition waiver benefit Tuition Waiver to cover all or part of the cost for credit-bearing single courses, certificates, or full degree programs at the University of Denver. Eligibility criteria can be found on the Tuition Waiver webpage.

Please note that certain courses — especially graduate-level or non–job-related programs — may be subject to taxation. Additional information about tax rules is available on the Tuition Waiver Taxation page. For questions, contact benefits@du.edu.

Click the link below to view our robust bulletin of academic programs at DU:

DU Academic Programs Bulletin

Webinars & Training

LinkedIn Learning is a leading online learning platform that helps anyone learn business, software, technology, and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. DU offers employees access to LinkedIn Learning for free!

LinkedIn Learning Mobile Device Login Instructions

Download the LinkedIn Learning app from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store. When you open the app:

Choose "Sign In with Your Organization Portal"
Enter "du.edu" as your organization's domain
Choose "Sign In with Your Organization Portal"
Use your DU email address and PioneerWeb password to log in

Career Service Centers Within Colleges at DU

DU Employees Who Are also Students

For information about how DU serves employees who are also students, see the Career & Professional Development site.

DU Faculty and Staff Who Are also Alumni

For information about how DU serves faculty and staff who are also alumni, see the Alumni Professional Development site.

Assessment & Consulting Services

Consulting Services

Talent Acquisition and Development offers consulting services and trainings, please contact learning@du.edu for more information. Topics include:

Professional development
Manager-360
Facilitated conversations
Team building

Assessments

The following self-discovery tools are some of the more popular assessments being used across campus for greater understanding of self and others.

Manager-360 Assessment

Manager-360 is a powerful free assessment tool with an important purpose — to harness the power of multi-faceted perspectives in identifying strengths and weaknesses and developing performance among managers.

Managers have a unique and often limited perspective when it comes to their employees. Manager-360 assessments give managers the ability to gain insight into their strengths and potential growth areas from the people who work most closely with them (including their own managers, peers, and subordinates).

Guided by one-on-one coaching sessions throughout the assessment process, managers use the insight they gain through feedback to develop an action plan for enhancing their managerial performance.

Program Guide.pdf (464.75 KB)

Team Climate Survey

We provide team assessment for units, departments, and even divisions. We will work hand-in-hand with your group to assess whether this was the best course of action, and then administer the survey and consult with your team regarding the results.

CliftonStrengths

Learn your top five signature strengths, what they mean, and how to leverage them for professional and personal success with a workshop or one-on-one debrief from CliftonStrengths. Participants will first be asked to complete an online assessment and review an action planning guide. Assessments start at $24.99 per person and will need to be covered by the individual or the division requesting the assessment.

For more information on consulting and assessments, contact learning@du.edu.

Via Character Strengths

Discover your core character strengths and how to apply them in your work, relationships, and daily life. Participants begin by completing a short online self-assessment that identifies their top character strengths across areas such as wisdom, courage, humanity, and transcendence. The assessment is completely free, and results can be explored through a workshop or a one-on-one debrief to deepen insight and support personal and professional growth.