August 2014 - Socrates - QC Mailman 3 Archives

Fulbright Committee Members Needed
by Moira E Egan 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

Dear all, I am very pleased to let you know that we have quite a few students working on very interesting Fulbright applications. I appreciate your help in encouraging them to apply. Part of the application is a campus committee evaluation, so I'm writing to ask for volunteers to serve on committees. The review of applications will happen between the campus deadline of September 12th and Fulbright's mid-October deadline. I estimate the time commitment to be about three hours, including reading a couple of student applications (consisting of personal information, two statements, letters of recommendation and transcripts) and a meeting of approximately one hour per student which consists of an interview and then a discussion to create the committee's evaluation of each student. Please feel free to let me know if you are willing to serve on a committee or if you have questions. Thanks very much for your help. Best, Moira ~ Moira E. Egan, Ph.D. National Fellowships Advisor Office of Honors and Scholarships Rm. 23 Honors Hall Queens College, CUNY (718) 997-2863

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Tech Tip: Top ten things you can do before the start of the semester
by Center for Teaching & Learning 22 Aug '14

22 Aug '14

Greetings everyone, Welcome back to another semester of Tech Tips from the Center for Teaching & Learning. You can read the prior posts at http://ctl.qc.cuny.edu/tech-tips/. We hope you find them useful and feel inspired to comment and contribute your own tips. This month's tip: Top ten things you can do before the start of the semester Are you ready for fall 2014? Here’s a checklist to prepare you for the new semester: learn (or remember!) how to check your course information, determine Instruction Mode, find your class rosters, and more. To learn more, point your browser to: http://ctl.qc.cuny.edu/top-ten-things/ Best regards from the Center for Teaching & Learning

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Readers Needed for APIASF Scholarship
by Moira E Egan 13 Aug '14

13 Aug '14

Dear all, First, I'd like to thank you for your help in publicizing scholarships available to QC students for the first time through the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF). Approximately ten students from Queens College will be awarded an APIASF Scholarship and will receive a one-time scholarship award of $2,500 to cover the cost of attending Queens College. There is the possibility that the award amount may be increased depending on the student's financial need, and scholars have opportunities for academic and professional mentoring through the APIASF. The application has been open three weeks and over 60 Queens College students have already begun applying. I have also received quite a number of inquiries, so I expect more students will apply by the October 15th deadline. As part of our partnership with the APIASF, Queens College needs reviewers to help score the applications from all fifteen of the eligible institutions. Applications can be reviewed completely online and at your own pace. How can you help? We are seeking volunteers to review applications for the 2014-2015 APIASF AANAPISI Scholarship Program between October 16, 2014 and November 14, 2014. Readers will have access to a secure website to review scholarship applications. To ensure that there are enough readers to evaluate all applications, readers are asked to commit to reading a minimum of 40 applications. Each application takes approximately 10-15 minutes to review. All volunteers, new & returning, are required to review a training document (PDF). The training covers basic information related to education in the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities and provides an overview of the review and scoring process. All readers must have an undergraduate college diploma and/or 7-10 years of work experience. Readers do not need to be of AAPI ethnicity. If you are interested in volunteering as a reader, please complete the new reader registration form online at https://aanapisischolarship.apiasf.org/reader/. One question on the registration form asks for your resume but you can simply paste your LinkedIn profile weblink or include your degree and the institution from which it was attained in the text box. For more information please contact me at Moira.Egan(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:Moira.Egan@qc.cuny.edu> or by phone at extension 72863. You can also reach Cecilia Marshall, Director of the APIASF Scholarship Program, at cmarshall(a)apiasf.org<mailto:cmarshall@apiasf.org> or by calling (202) 747-7235. Thank you in advance for your assistance with this, and of course for all you do to insure that students have the tools to reach their full potential. Best, Moira ~ Moira E. Egan, Ph.D. National Fellowships Advisor Office of Honors and Scholarships Rm. 23 Honors Hall Queens College, CUNY (718) 997-2863

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2nd Annual CUNY Games Festival: Jan 16, 2015
by Eva Fernandez 06 Aug '14

06 Aug '14

Greetings, colleagues, Those of you interested in game-based pedagogies will want to make a note of the announcement below, regarding the annual CUNY Games Festival, scheduled for January 16 (at the CUNY Grad Center), and with a call for proposals deadline of October 15. The conference website: http://gamesfest2015.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ Keep enjoying summer! Best wishes, Eva Eva M. Fernández Assistant Vice Provost Queens College, City University of New York http://efernandez.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu -----Original Message----- From: CUNY Games Network [mailto:commons@gc.cuny.edu] Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 9:40 AM To: Eva Fernandez Subject: Maura A. Smale wrote a new blog post Announcing CUNY Games Festival 2015! in the group CUNY Games Network [CUNY Academic Commons] Maura A. Smale wrote a new blog post Announcing CUNY Games Festival 2015! in the group CUNY Games Network "The CUNY Games Network of the City University of New York is excited to announce the second annual CUNY Games Festival to be held on January 16, 2015 at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City. The CUNY Games Festival 2.0 is a one day conference to promote and discuss game-based pedagogies in higher education. We aim to bring together all stakeholders in the field: faculty, researchers, graduate and undergraduate students, and game designers. Both CUNY and non-CUNY participation is welcome. Our Call for Proposals is now open! Visit the conference website for more info and to submit a proposal. Proposals are due on October 15, 2014. Please forward far and wide!" To view or reply, log in and go to: http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/08/05/announcing-cuny-games-festival-… --------------------- Your email setting for this group is: All Email To change your email setting for this group, please log in and go to: http://games.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-login.php?action=bpnoaccess&auth=1&redi… To disable all notifications for this group, click: http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/efernandez/?bpass-action=unsubscribe&gro…

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