Victoria “Tori” Mondelli, founding director of the University of Missouri’s Teaching for Learning Center, has been appointed as assistant provost and executive director of the WashU Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), effective Aug. 3. Last year, she presented to WashU faculty a well-received workshop that drew on her co-authored book, “The Educator’s Guide to Designing Games and Creative Active-Learning Exercises.” “A strong Center for Teaching and Learning is critical to advancing excellence in teaching and learning across the university,” West said. The center advances the university’s educational mission through evidence-based pedagogical support for faculty, assistance for learners and classroom learning technology. Mondelli will work closely with the center’s faculty advisory board, which will continue its role advising the executive director and connecting the center to faculty and schools.