September 2015 - Socrates - QC Mailman 3 Archives

Announcing Google Apps for Education at QC!
by Jean Kelly 28 Sep '15

28 Sep '15

>From the Center for Teaching & Learning: Did you know we now have Google Apps for Education at Queens College? With Google Apps, you can create documents and websites, store and share files, create and share calendars, and much more. Using QC Google Apps for Education has some advantages over using the commercial version of Google Apps (including unlimited Google Drive storage space and compliance with FERPA regulations) and gives you access to some specialized software not available in the public Google Apps environment. The environment is maintained by the Center for Teaching & Learning in collaboration with the Office of Information Technology. For more information: http://ctl.qc.cuny.edu/google-apps-at-qc/. The Center for Teaching & Learning will be holding a series of workshops during the fall semester. Please join us if you're interested in learning how to use Google Apps for Education. The first workshop is scheduled for Friday, October 16, from 9am to noon. Register at: https://goo.gl/8Ml0dQ . For more information about the workshops: https://ctl.qc.cuny.edu/google-apps-fall2015-workshops/.

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Queens College-Ben Gurion University Fellowship Spring 2016, $5, 000 scholarship
by Helen A Gaudette 28 Sep '15

28 Sep '15

Dear all, I need your help to let QC students know about this great opportunity to apply for a $5,000 scholarship to study at Ben Gurion University in Israel. The application deadline for Spring 2016 is October 15. Attached is a Powerpoint with all the details. Please forward it to your students, thank you! Kind regards, Helen Dr. Helen Gaudette Director, Office of Global Education Initiatives Queens College International Programs King Hall 209, Queens College, CUNY 718-570-0551 Helen.Gaudette(a)qc.cuny.edu<https://mymail.qc.cuny.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=lSQGZRiL-0q3Snt7GfuZcFEgrT5BGdA…> http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/GlobalEd/OGEI http://facebook.com/QueensCollegeOGEI

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FW: TheDream.US -- 3rd National Scholarship Round, Now Open!
by Michelle Fraboni 27 Sep '15

27 Sep '15

Hello everyone - Please share this scholarship opportunity with your students: TheDream.US, the largest scholarship program for Dreamers, opened its Fall Scholarship round on September 14, 2015. The program offers scholarships of up to $25,000 to both first time college students and community college graduates to attend one of the Dream.US partner colleges. For more information, please see the attached flyer and TheDream.US website: http://www.thedream.us/scholars/ Best- Michelle Michelle C. Fraboni Queens College Center for Teaching & Learning From: Gaby Pacheco <gaby.pacheco(a)ghco.com> Date: Monday, September 14, 2015 at 12:32 PM Subject: [TheDream.US] 3rd National Round, Now Open! Please pass this along to your students Sample tweets/facebook messages: .@TheDream_us is providing up to $25k in scholarships for #Dreamers For more info: www.TheDream.US <http://www.thedream.us/> #education #HigherEd High School #Seniors Time to Start looking at College Options & Scholarships #TheDreamUS provides up to $25k for #DREAMers #Apply .@TheDream_us you can be part of #TheDreamUS #Scholar Dreamer community! Scholarships for 1st time & community college graduates. #Apply Scholarships for #Dreamers www.thedream.us <http://www.thedream.us/> #Education #College #DACA #TheDreamUS -- Maria Gabriela “Gaby” Pacheco Program Director O: 703-345-6516 | C: 202-445-7376 1300 17th street North, Arlington, VA 22209 TheDream.US | www.thedream.us <http://www.thedream.us/> A National Scholarship Fund for DREAMers Building the American Dream one student at a time Confidentiality Notice: This email and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and contain information that may be confidential and/or legally privileged. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete the message. Any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of this communication by someone other than the intended recipient is prohibited.

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Ruby on Rails Coursera course study group
by Aryan Jabbari 25 Sep '15

25 Sep '15

My name is Aryan Jabbari. I work at the Queens College Tech Incubator where we want to create a tech community at Queens College. In an effort to do so, students at the Queens College Tech Incubator take courses outside the scope of the Queens College curriculum, including online courses. Coursera has an online course on a very important web framework: Ruby on Rails. In an effort to learn this important framework, we will have a study group every Thursday starting Thursday, October 1, 2015 in CEP Hall 2 (near the Student Union) based on this class: https://www.coursera.org/learn/ruby-on-rails-intro/home/welcome. Additionally, we would like to run a parallel study group on Mondays or Wednesdays (probably during free hour). All computer science students at Queens College are invited to join our study group (undergraduate or graduate). Additionally, if enough students are interested in a study group on Monday or Wednesday, please ask them to email Aryan.Jabbari21(a)qmail.cuny.edu<mailto:Aryan.Jabbari21@qmail.cuny.edu>. Can you please forward this message to our computer science undergraduate and graduate students? Thank you so much! To reiterate: WHAT: Ruby on Rails<https://www.coursera.org/learn/ruby-on-rails-intro/> study group WHEN: Every Thursday at 2pm starting October 1, 2015 (students interested in Mondays / Wednesdays, please email Aryan.Jabbari21(a)qmail.cuny.edu<mailto:Aryan.Jabbari21@qmail.cuny.edu>) WHERE: CEP Hall 2 (near the Student Union) FOR WHO: Anyone interested! REQUIREMENTS: A laptop. Students must finish that week's course lectures before going to the study group Sincerely, Aryan Jabbari

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Great online course on STEM Teaching
by Nathalia G Holtzman 16 Sep '15

16 Sep '15

HI all, I wanted to bring to your attention a fantastic FREE online course called “An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate Teaching.” I took this course last year and it was the best professional development course about teaching methods I have ever taken. They have broken the course I took in half to reduce the workload but as with everything the more time you put in the more you get out of it. While the course is STEM focused most of the content is really about best teaching practices so I would encourage everyone to check it out. Here is the website reviewing the course and info about registration: http://stemteachingcourse.org/ Feel free to check in with me if you want some more info about the course. Nathalia Nathalia Holtzman Associate Professor of Biology Associate Director: Center for Teaching and Learning Science Building E102 Queens College, CUNY 65-30 Kissena Blvd Phone: 718-997-3678 nholtzman(a)qc.cuny.edu<http://qc.cuny.edu>

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Silk Roads: Fantasy or Reality? An Introduction to the Year of Silk Roads, October 14
by Jean Kelly 16 Sep '15

16 Sep '15

On behalf of Marleen Kassel: Silk Roads: Fantasy or Reality? An Introduction to the Year of Silk Roads Few historical events can rival The Silk Roads, a distinctly colorful contributor to pre-modern global history. This introductory presentation by Morris Rossabi, one of the country’s premier experts on the Silk Road, offers an insightful evaluation of its cultural, technological, artistic, scientific, and religious significance. October 14 @ 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Powdermaker Hall 113, Queens College Info: http://silkroads.qc.cuny.edu/eventsr/introduction-to-silk-roads/ Jean Kelly, Instructional Technologist Center for Teaching & Learning Queens College, CUNY Razran 316 jean.kelly(a)qc.cuny.edu 718 997 4857

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Mindfulness, Wednesday, September 16, 5:30 pm
by Jean Kelly 10 Sep '15

10 Sep '15

Greetings, Mindfulness practice can empower people personally and professionally as well as be a great stress reducer. This semester's program continues to focus on enabling participants to both practice mindfulness and to teach it to others. All sessions will take place from 5:30pm to 6:30pm in Queens Hall 325. Register for the Wednesday, September 16 session at: https://goo.gl/h3kBBW Future sessions?: Monday, October 5 Monday, November 16 Monday, December 7 More Information: https://ctl.qc.cuny.edu/mindfulness-fall-2015/ Watch Anderson Cooper's report on Mindfulness on CBS 60 Minutes:? http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/mindfulness ? Best regards, Jean Kelly, Instructional Technologist Center for Teaching & Learning<http://ctl.qc.cuny.edu> Queens College, CUNY Razran 316 jean.kelly(a)qc.cuny.edu 718 997 4857

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Announcing the Year of Silk Roads website
by Jean Kelly 08 Sep '15

08 Sep '15

Greetings, The Year of Silk Roads website is now live! ABOUT THE “YEAR OF PROGRAM” The Year of program was created to support Queens College’s mission to serve and educate our college community about today’s global world. The Year of Program promotes integration, participation, and tolerance among our students, faculty, and community members who come from more than a 150 countries across the globe and make Queens College one of the most diverse institutions in the world. Since 2010, The Year of program has offered cultural and academic programming focused on China, Turkey, India, Brazil and South Africa. ABOUT THE YEAR OF SILK ROADS The Year of Silk Roads will explore the rich and diverse cultures along the Silk Roads through programs on culture, history, politics, society, economy, ethnicity, art, literature, science, music, and film. Events will continue to be scheduled throughout the academic year. Visit the website: http://silkroads.qc.cuny.edu/ Best regards, Jean Kelly, Instructional Technologist Center for Teaching & Learning Queens College, CUNY Razran 316 jean.kelly(a)qc.cuny.edu 718 997 4857

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Service Learning opportunity
by Lori A Wallach 03 Sep '15

03 Sep '15

Hello all, and welcome back to the new semester! This fall, Queens Memory/Queens Library is collaborating with the college's Office of Service Learning to recruit student volunteers for our Hip Hop Initiative. The project seeks to celebrate and preserve evidence of the impact and rich history of Hip Hop music and culture in the borough of Queens. We still have some spots available for students to conduct oral history interviews, digitize photos and other documents, write blog posts, and organize public programming events on Hip Hop topics. Please encourage your students to apply! For more information, see the flyer attached. Thanks very much, Lori Lori Wallach Queens Memory Outreach Coordinator Center for Teaching and Learning, Razran 316 Queens College Lori.Wallach(a)qc.cuny.edu

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