Hi all,

Thanks to those who could join for Friday’s Town Hall meeting for part time faculty. I failed to hit the record button—my apologies—so will summarize below.

1. The spring semester has been set. If you have not heard from me, this means that I don’t have a class to offer you next semester. Going forward, I will be clearer in my communications about scheduling processes.

2. The department will begin scheduling summer courses in the next few weeks. If you are interested in teaching in the summer sessions, please email me directly with your availability and course interests.

3. Queens College is facing significant budgetary challenges. This means a focus on course enrollments. All courses must meet an 85% threshold in order to run. The department will be keeping a close eye on those numbers. I’m sharing this as context as it may affect our ability to offer courses taught by part-time faculty.

Thank you again for your contributions to our students and to our program. If you would like to discuss anything, please reach out to me and we can find a time to talk.

Thank you,
Emily

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Emily Drabinski

Associate Professor and Chair

Graduate School of Library and Information Studies

Queens College, CUNY

65-30 Kissena Boulevard

Queens, NY 11367-1597

718-997-3629