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Gslisadjuncts FW: Religious Accommodations for Pope's Passing
by James Lowry 21 Apr '25

21 Apr '25

From: Kate Pechenkina <Kate.Pechenkina(a)qc.cuny.edu> Date: Monday, April 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM To: Stephen Grover <Stephen.Grover(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Larissa Swedell <Larissa.Swedell(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Melissa Checker <Melissa.Checker(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Amy Hsin <Amy.Hsin(a)qc.cuny.edu>, David Gabel <David.Gabel(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Qianyun (Ivy) Huang <Qianyun.Huang(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Francois Pierre-Louis <Francois.Pierrelouis(a)qc.cuny.edu>, James Lowry <James.Lowry(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Julia Sneeringer <juliasneeringer(a)gmail.com> Subject: Religious Accommodations for Pope's Passing Dear Chairs, Please remind our faculty members that observances related to the Pope's passing fall under our religious accommodation guidelines. A pope's death is followed by a nine-day mourning period. Students who request time off or extensions on assignments for this purpose should be accommodated in accordance with our institutional policies on religious observances. sincerely, k Kate Pechenkina, Ph.D. Dean of Faculty School of Social Sciences <https://www.qc.cuny.edu/academics/ss/> Queens College Powdermaker Hall 335 917-6707009 (mobile) [Image removed by sender.]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/222eb5594ca84e38b29f048884316fd9…> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/222eb5594ca84e38b29f048884316fd9…>

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Gslisadjuncts FW: Invitation to Comment - GSLIS Strategic Planning
by James Lowry 10 Apr '25

10 Apr '25

Colleagues, Please share the message below to any New York focused professional mailing lists, forums or networks that you may be subscribed to. With thanks, James From: James Lowry <James.Lowry(a)qc.cuny.edu> Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM To: glisann(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu <glisann(a)lists.qc.cuny.edu> Subject: Invitation to Comment - GSLIS Strategic Planning To students, alumni, employers, and all information professionals in the New York metropolitan area, In Fall 2025, the Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies<https://sites.google.com/view/qcgslis/home> (GSLIS) will be conducting a strategic planning exercise, to set a direction for the future of the school and its programs. Ahead of that planning process, we would like to understand the views of GSLIS students, alumni, employers and others in the field with an interest in seeing a thriving information studies program at Queens College. We are inviting you to share your perspectives on how GSLIS could or should develop in the areas of student learning outcomes; curriculum; facilities, resources, staffing, and faculty; student life, support and opportunities for development; and the broader mission and goals of the school. Please use this form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVR2aNeOOszySJRznhzOUbZPzUbmVjVrw…> to respond to the following questions. In the next five years, how would you like to see GSLIS change or grow in the areas of: Learning outcomes<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/sites.google.com/view/qcgslis/about-us/m…>? What are the essential knowledge and skills you would like to see in our graduates? Curriculum? How should our programs, advanced certificates, concentrations, courses and course content change to respond to today’s information challenges? See the Course Catalog<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/sites.google.com/view/qcgslis/current-st…> for the current state of the curriculum. Facilities, resources, staffing, and faculty? Student life, support, opportunities for development? The mission and goals of the school<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/sites.google.com/view/qcgslis/about-us/m…>? What is your vision for the school and its graduates? Please share this call for comment widely with your professional networks, and thank you in advance for taking the time to help inform the direction of New York’s only publicly supported, ALA accredited information studies program. Sincerely, James Lowry, on behalf of GSLIS Dr. James Lowry (he/him) Professor Chair and Director, Information Studies, Queens College<https://sites.google.com/view/qcgslis> City University of New York<https://www.cuny.edu/> Ellen Libretto and Adam Conrad Endowed Chair in Information Studies, Affiliate Faculty, MA in Digital Humanities and MS in Data Analysis and Visualization, CUNY Graduate Center

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Gslisadjuncts FW: Brightspace Email Tool Configuration – Change in Messaging Permissions
by James Lowry 08 Apr '25

08 Apr '25

From: Sangeeta Bishop <Sangeeta.Bishop(a)cuny.edu> Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM To: Sangeeta Bishop <Sangeeta.Bishop(a)cuny.edu> Subject: FW: Brightspace Email Tool Configuration – Change in Messaging Permissions Dear Chairs, Please see message below about a change in the email feature in Brightspace. Please share with your faculty. Best, Sangeeta _________ Sangeeta K Bishop, Ph.D. Interim University Dean for Faculty Affairs City University of New York (CUNY) 205 E. 42nd Street, 9th floor New York, NY 10017 646-664-8068 Sangeeta.Bishop(a)cuny.edu<mailto:Sangeeta.Bishop@cuny.edu> https://www.cuny.edu/academics/faculty-affairs/ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ From: Leizel Vergara <Leizel.Vergara(a)cuny.edu<mailto:Leizel.Vergara@cuny.edu>> Sent: Monday, April 7, 2025 4:49 PM To: LMS-Admin <LMS-ADMIN(a)LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU<mailto:LMS-ADMIN@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>> Cc: CO-LMStransition <LMStransition(a)cuny.edu<mailto:LMStransition@cuny.edu>> Subject: Brightspace Email Tool Configuration – Change in Messaging Permissions Dear LMS Admins, We are writing to inform you of a change in the Brightspace Email tool configuration. Background and Rationale The Office of Academic Affairs recently reviewed messaging permissions in our LMS following an incident where a student sent an unsolicited mass email to the broader university community. While the message was course-related, this ability to message users beyond course rosters raised concerns about platform misuse, data privacy, and operational consistency. Currently, Brightspace's default configuration allows all users to contact individuals outside their enrolled courses through the email tool feature. This functionality presents risks related to spam, miscommunication, and unintended exposure of email addresses. Approved Change CUNY leadership has approved a system-wide configuration change to restrict the email tool feature for all Brightspace roles, including students, faculty, staff, and teaching assistants. Users will retain messaging functionality within their course (via the Classlist), preserving necessary academic communication channels. This change supports our institutional goals of minimizing unsolicited messaging risks, enhancing privacy and FERPA compliance, and standardizing messaging protocols across all campuses. Implementation and Impact This change will be implemented centrally without requiring additional tools or integrations. Please note that colleges that have hidden the Classlist tool should be aware that this may inadvertently disable student messaging. To reverse this, instructors can customize their NavBar to make the Classlist visible again. The Office of Academic Affairs will coordinate with CIS to update all documentation and support materials accordingly. This change will be implemented on Friday, April 11th. Reference: [?docx icon] Background Document on this decision<https://cuny907.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/OfficeofAcademicTechnology/EdW6hCGUzV1…>. Sincerely, LMS Transition Project Team Best, Leizel -- Leizel Vergara-Spagnola, PMP Director of Academic Technology Operations, Office of Academic Affairs For Updates on the LMS Transition to Brightspace, visit: cuny.edu/lmstransition<http://cuny.edu/lmstransition>

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Gslisadjuncts FW: International travel advisement and resources from CUNY
by James Lowry 08 Apr '25

08 Apr '25

From: Patricia Price <patricia.price(a)qc.cuny.edu> Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM To: QC Chairs Spring 2025 <qcchairs(a)CUNY907.onmicrosoft.com> Cc: Bobbie Kabuto <Bobbie.Kabuto(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Daniel Weinstein <Daniel.Weinstein(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Kate Pechenkina <Kate.Pechenkina(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Simone Yearwood <Simone.Yearwood(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Aruna Mahadeo <Aruna.Mahadeo(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Maria DeLongoria <Maria.Delongoria(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Mary Ann Simeone-Watch <mary.simeonewatch(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Patrick O'Connell <Patrick.Oconnell(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Jay Hershenson <Jay.Hershenson(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Frank Wu <Frank.Wu(a)qc.cuny.edu>, Dennis Cohen <Dennis.Cohen(a)qc.cuny.edu> Subject: International travel advisement and resources from CUNY Dear colleagues: Please see the message below, from CUNY's Director of Global Education and Initiatives. Please distribute as appropriate to faculty and staff in your area. Thank you, Patricia -------------- Dear All, Based on guidance from Citizenship Now!, I'm reaching out to ask that you work with your respective Provost's office to ensure that faculty and staff planning travel abroad are informed about resources available to them. Although individuals with a connection to a country in the anticipated travel ban<https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/us/politics/trump-travel-ban.html?unlock…> (delay notwithstanding) are the immediate priority, information about export control, re-entry and secondary inspection, and securing electronic devices applies more broadly. Since being denied re-entry to the U.S. would impact an employee's ability to return to their duties, this guidance applies regardless of whether travel is personal or professional. 1. Legal resources for non-U.S. citizen faculty and staff planning travel abroad: a. J-1 visa: please refer to your campus RO/DSO. b. All other non-U.S. citizen faculty and staff (B visas, Legal Permanent Residents, etc.): Refer to Citizenship Now! To ensure a quick response, they should email citizenshipnowinfo(a)cuny.edu<https://citizenshipnowinfo/> and (important!) put "CUNY faculty/staff" in the subject line. Although phone numbers are listed on the Citizenship Now! website, we do not recommend using them at this time. 1. Recommendations for all CUNY faculty and staff planning international travel: *: broadly applicable to all CUNY faculty and staff **: specific to non-U.S. citizen employees a. Remind employees to allow sufficient time to ensure compliance with all applicable export control regulations. (CUNY export control site<https://www.cuny.edu/research/research-compliance/export-control/>)* b. Recommend that employees register their travel with CUNY-GO<https://forms.office.com/r/DCfaYkD08j>.* c. Remind employees about the possibility of enhanced secondary screening upon re-entry to the U.S.* d. Share this handout about electronic device searches at U.S. ports of entry<https://www1.cuny.edu/sites/global/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/media-assets…> and emphasize the importance of securing devices before departure.* e. Recommend employees designate a trusted U.S.-based contact who will monitor their flight's progress, confirm re-entry, and will notify your campus Public Safety office if re-entry cannot be confirmed.* [At your Provost Office's discretion, you may offer to monitor the re-entry of travelers at higher risk directly].** f. Re-entry delays of non-U.S. citizens should be immediately flagged to citizenshipnowinfo(a)cuny.edu<mailto:citizenshipnowinfo@cuny.edu> with "CUNY faculty/staff stuck at [airport code]" in the subject line; please cc monique.francis(a)cuny.edu<mailto:monique.francis@cuny.edu> and kimberly.holland(a)cuny.edu<mailto:kimberly.holland@cuny.edu>.** Patricia Price, PhD (she/her/hers) Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Queens College, City University of New York [Professional Staff Congress | Queens College] [cid:fdd87ab3-4702-449c-82eb-fafa7dea25ff]

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