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Nov. 6: Mindfulness session
by Jean Kelly 27 Oct '12

27 Oct '12

Join us on November 6 for our third session on mindfulness practices for teaching. The session will take place from 11 am to 12 noon, in Razran 360. We will continue the discussion on mindful emailing. Light refreshments will be served, so please RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/mindfulness-6Nov2012 For more information, please contact Rikki Asher (rikki.asher(a)qc.cuny.edu) Mark your calendar for the fourth mindfulness session on December 4, at 11 am in Razran 360. ______________________________ Jean Kelly, Instructional Technologist Center for Teaching & Learning | Queens College, CUNY http://www.qc.cuny.edu/CTL jean.kelly(a)qc.cuny.edu | 718.997.4857

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Help us promote an information session for a Spanish Consulate sponsored program to work as an assistant teacher in Spain
by ozlem.cetin＠qc.cuny.edu 26 Oct '12

26 Oct '12

Dear ECP & EECE faculty, Attached is a flier for an upcoming information session coordinated by HLL Chair, Jose Martinez-Torrejon, and the Provost's office. The session will highlight a program, sponsored by the Spanish Consulate, on a 9 month paid opportunity for students (in their junior/senior years or recent graduates) to work as classroom assistants in a Spanish city of their choice. Please email the flier to your students or make copies for in class distribution. Thank you for helping us get the word out on this terrific program. - Denise Cetin The blurb for the event on the Provost's Office Experiential Education page: http://www.qc.cuny.edu/about/administration/Provost/Pages/Experiential.aspx reads as follows: Information Session to Teach, Learn, & Travel in Spain Date: November 5, 2012 Time: Free Hour, 12:15-1:30pm Location: Powdermaker 154 Work with classroom teachers in Spain as K-12 classroom assistants. Share your language and culture with Spanish students in Foreign Language Schools from October 2012 through June 2013. Conduct conversation lessons and participate in extracurricular activities such as work- shops, school trips, music and theater events, and sporting events. This program is sponsored by the Spanish Embassy's Education Office. Each grant winner will receive a monthly allowance plus full medical insurance. Open to students from all majors who have successfully completed at least four semesters of college coursework and have at least an intermediate level of Spanish. Recent graduates also are encouraged to apply. There is no fee to apply to this program. Come to the information session on November 5th during free hour in PH 154 to find out more.

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2013 Ford Foundation Fellowship Program for doctoral students including recent grads
by yasemin.jones＠qc.cuny.edu 24 Oct '12

24 Oct '12

Dear Chairs, Deans,and the Socrates listserv, Provost Stellar received a forwarded announcement today from an EO at the Graduate Center on fellowship opportunities for pre doctoral, dissertation , and post doctoral students from the Ford Foundation. The application deadlines are soon, either November 14 or November 19th ( depending on application category). Would you please share with those who may be eligible ( instructors, lecturers, adjuncts, GTFS,etc). Thank you very much, see detailed info below. yasemin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Applications are being accepted for the 2013 Ford Diversity Fellowships Program for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching. Full eligibility information and online applications are available on the website at: http://nationalacademies.org/ford Eligibility Requirements: U.S. Citizen or National Planning a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in a research-based filed of Science, social science or humanities Stipends and Allowances: Predoctoral--$20,000 to the fellow, institutional allowance of $2,000 for three years Dissertation--$21,000 for one year Postdoctoral--$40,000 for one year, $1,500 employing institution allowance, to be matched by employing institution Awardees have expenses paid to attend one Conference of Ford Fellows. Approximately 60 predoctoral, 35 dissertation, and 20 postdoctoral fellowships sponsored by the Ford Foundation and administered by the National Research Council of the National Academies. Application Deadline Dates: Predoctoral: November 14, 2012 Dissertation: November 19, 2012 Postdoctoral: November 19, 2012 For Further information please contact: Fellowships Office, Keck 576 National Research Council of The National Academies 500 Fifth Street NW Washington, DC 20001 Phone: 202.334.2872 Fax: 202.207.9464 Email: infofell(a)nas.edu Image removed by sender.Image removed by sender. If you would prefer not to receive further messages from this sender, please Click Here and confirm your request.Image removed by sender.

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upcoming concert - all are invited
by Emily John 21 Oct '12

21 Oct '12

Dear Colleagues, Please join us for this wonderful concert featuring Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, and The Queens College Choral Society performing the “Kyrie” and “Gloria” from the Mass in B Minor James John, Conductor Nov 3, 2012 8pm, LeFrak Concert Hall $15 ($5 with QC ID - in person only) link to purchase tickets: https://qcolbox.choicecrm.net/InternetTicketing/Templates/QCOL/home.html?pr… or you can go to the Kuperberg Center Box Office, Mon-Fri, 12-6pm The Queens College Choral Society features students, staff and faculty from Queens College as well as community members (many alums of QC) who join together to perform major choral works for the Queens College community. For more information about QCCS and all of this season's concerts: www.qcchoralsociety.org Best, Emily John QCCS Assistant

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test from willie
by Weili Chai 17 Oct '12

17 Oct '12

Weili Chai Office of Converging Technologies Queens College, CUNY 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY 11367 E-mail: Weili.chai(a)qc.cuny.edu Phone: (718) 997-4266 / Fax: (718) 997-3198 Need Assistance? Call The OCT HelpDesk at (718) 997-4444 OCT will never ask for your personal information or password. Never share this information with anyone.

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July 9-12: learning styles conference at Hostos CC
by Eva.Fernandez＠qc.cuny.edu 21 Jun '12

21 Jun '12

Greetings! Registration for the upcoming conference on learning styles, to be held July 9-12 at Hostos, is still open, and the program will be posted soon. See below for more information. Best wishes, Eva. Eva M. Fernández Associate Professor, Linguistics & Communication Disorders | http://people.qc.cuny.edu/faculty/efernandez Director, Center for Teaching & Learning | http://www.qc.cuny.edu/ctl Queens College, City University of New York ----- Forwarded by Eva Fernandez/LCD/Faculty/Queens College on 21-06-12 08:46 AM ----- Karrin Wilks <karrin.wilks(a)MAIL.CUNY.EDU> Sent by: Center for Teaching and Learning <CTL(a)LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> 19-06-12 09:55 AM Please respond to Center for Teaching and Learning <CTL(a)LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> To <CTL(a)LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>, cc Subject Great Opportunity: International Learning Styles Conference at Hostos CC Register Today!! Don?t Miss This Amazing Opportunity!! International Learning Styles Conference at Hostos Community College, CUNY July 9-12, 2012 Network with National and International Learning Style Experts: Colombia, Kenya, Qatar, Philippines, Texas, and more! Conference website http://www.hostos.cuny.edu/learningstylesconference *Conference program will be posted by Friday, June 22. Online Registration Sites http://hostos.eventbrite.com/ (credit card users) http://oit.hostos.cuny.edu/learningstylesconference/registration-and-hotel-… (cash/check/money order) Now until June 22, direct questions to Ms. Niya Muhammed, ctl(a)hostos.cuny.edu or by phone 718-518-6639/6609. After June 21, direct questions to Ms. Iddy Rosario, irosario(a)hostos.cuny.edu or by phone 718-518-6708.

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Apprenticeships for students at the Rubin Museum of Art
by yasemin.jones＠qc.cuny.edu 23 May '12

23 May '12

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Reminder: May 15, 4pm: Surviving the Grading Season
by Fei-Wen.Pirovolikos＠qc.cuny.edu 14 May '12

14 May '12

Greetings: Here is a reminder of the event tomorrow on Surviving the Grading Season. Please see below for details. Thank you, Fei-Wen Pirovolikos The Center for Teaching and Learning invites faculty to a session on Surviving the Grading Season. Please join us as we discuss various grading topics including: Blackboard Gradebook (Rob Garfield), Scantron machines and CUNYfirst Grade Center (Liza Torres), procedures for handling academic misconduct (Emanuel Avila), and grading strategies (Lisa Vaia). Light refreshments will be served. You are welcome to attend virtually; please see details in the RSVP form. Location: Adjunct Faculty Resource Space in CEP Hall 2 (also known as Temp 2, by Parking Lot 7) Date: May 15, 2012 Time: 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Sign-up at: http://tinyurl.com/2012May15SurviveGrading

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Blackboard Upgrade Information and Support
by QC CTL 14 May '12

14 May '12

Dear Colleagues, As Ken's announcement indicates, there will be a period from 5 pm on May 18th until sometime May 24th when Blackboard will not be available for Summer 1 course development. The Center for Teaching and Learning would like to offer our services to help ease this transition and put this time to use in preparing for your summer courses. Course content, for example, can be prepared beforehand for quick inclusion in Blackboard 9.1 when it becomes available and we can help you organize your efforts. If you are using any other web-based or digital technologies in your course -- such as ePortfolios, blogs, wikis, etc. -- we will be available to work with you on setting those up as well. You can download the announcement at http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/edtech/Bb9Upgrade/PreparingForBb9.pdf *Please note that Summer 1 courses will be available in Blackboard 8.0 until the May 18th cutoff; and, most importantly, these courses will be migrated over to Blackboard 9.1 by May 24th.* So, any work you do on them up until Friday will not be lost. Below we have listed open times when you should feel free to drop by our lab and get support. You are also welcome to set up an appointment with a technologist outside of these times, depending on our availability. See our contact information below. *Open Lab Availability*: *Location*: Razran 360 *Dates*: Monday 5/21 - Wednesday 5/23 (and Thursday, if necessary), *Times*: 11 am - 2 pm *Technologists*: Jean Kelly, jean.kelly(a)qc.cuny.edu Fei-Wen Pirovolikos, yokodirect(a)gmail.com Rob Garfield, james.garfield(a)qc.cuny.edu Best, The Center for Teaching and Learning Razran 316 Queens College 65-30 Kissena Boulevard Flushing, NY 11367-1597 718-997-4650 (voice) 718-997-4698 (fax)

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fall 2012 course: Collaborative workshop in theater and dance
by Eva.Fernandez＠qc.cuny.edu 14 May '12

14 May '12

Dear colleagues, Please let your students know about an exciting new course in fall 2012: Collaborative Workshop in Theatre and Dance, co-taught by Katherine Profeta and Edisa Weeks with the Dept. of Drama Theatre and Dance. Thursdays 1:40pm ? 4:30pm Performance Box - Rathaus Hall M11 Course # - DRAM 381 or DANC 381 (registering under either number will add students to the same course) Course Description: Collaborative Workshop in Theatre and Dance is a combined studio and seminar course that investigates the collaborative process and interdisciplinary work between theatre and dance. Through readings, videos, attending live performances, workshops, discussions, research and the creation of performance projects, participants will become familiar with artists at the forefront of merging theater and dance; experiment with a range of methods for creating interdisciplinary work; and develop analytical, writing, creative and collaborative skills. This course fulfills the new Synthesis requirement at Queens College, and is perfect for students of various majors interested in the collaborative process and interdisciplinary connections. Some prior acting or choreography experience is required. There are a list of pre-reqs on CUNYfirst, however if students can show a similar experience acquired in a different way, they can contact the instructors to request a waiver. If you have any questions, please contact Katherine (katherine.profeta(a)qc.cuny.edu) or Edisa (eweeks(a)qc.cuny.edu) Best wishes, Eva. Eva M. Fernández Associate Professor, Linguistics & Communication Disorders | http://people.qc.cuny.edu/faculty/efernandez Director, Center for Teaching & Learning | http://www.qc.cuny.edu/ctl Queens College, City University of New York

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