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Fw: Enhancing Student Engagement in STEM Workshop, Jan. 17 and 24
by Soniya Munshi 11 Jan '24

11 Jan '24

[https://files.constantcontact.com/72c72f1d001/eeb1fe04-69ee-4b73-9298-1bf5b…] From Nathalia Holtzman, Associate Provost for Innovation and Student Success: Join us during this winter break for two days of workshops to increase your impact on your class by increasing student engagement! We will leverage the power of your syllabi as a summary of your course. We will also discuss the importance of inclusion of our diverse students to drive student engagement. Faculty teaching STEM courses are invited to participate in a hands-on seminar taking place in person on January 17 and January 24. In the first session, we will use guided exercises and group discussions to identify areas in our syllabi that can promote student engagement. We will follow by building a draft of potential edits to our syllabi. In the second session, we will explore the updated syllabi through peer and expert feedback. We will also discuss how we expect the modified syllabi to make our students more connected to the material, class, and discipline. Know Before You Go: * Seminars will take place January 17 and 24 from 10 am to 2 pm on campus. * Lunch will be provided. * Faculty will receive $500 compensation for participating in the two sessions; faculty that can share their experience on the implementation of the updated syllabus through the spring semester will receive an additional $250. * The seminar will be guided by Dr. Lissette Delgado-Cruzata, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, John Jay College, CUNY. * Open to all STEM instructors (full time and adjuncts). * Registration is limited. We will confirm your participation during the week prior to the start of the program. * Deadline to register: Friday, January 12. Register here<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001RZYVYwKSs55UlM4vqHEGxKAp_XSo3jJaTkELfyPujKw…>. Please email nholtzman(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:nholtzman@qc.cuny.edu> with questions. About the presenter: Dr. Lissette Delgado-Cruzata (she/ella) earned a BS in Biochemistry at University Havana, Cuba, and a PhD from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. She is an associate professor of Molecular Biology at John Jay College in The City University of New York and a Fulbright Scholar. Her research focuses on identifying the epigenetic patterns specific to US Latinas and Latin-American women with breast cancer centering on their genetic admixture. She is passionate about increasing the number of underrepresented minority students that go on to graduate programs and mentors many undergraduates in her research lab. She also has a deep commitment to increasing diversity and inclusion in the teaching of STEM disciplines. She is the principal investigator of an NSF-funded project that proposes to create classroom materials using a culturally affirming lens in science courses. https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/faculty/lissette-delgado-cruzata<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001RZYVYwKSs55UlM4vqHEGxKAp_XSo3jJaTkELfyPujKw…> [https://files.constantcontact.com/72c72f1d001/4cf4a60b-f6b0-441c-ac17-21b19…] This mail was sent by an automated process. Do not reply to this mail, which cannot accept replies. At the bottom of this email, you will see Constant Contact language that offers the option of using "SafeUnsubscribe" to remove yourself from the email list. We strongly advise you not to unsubscribe because QCmailers may contain critical, timely information you need, such as CUNYfirst attendance and grading information for faculty; Human Resources announcements for faculty and staff; and announcements from the Registrar or Bursar for students. This information may not be communicated in any other way but through QCmailers. Queens College, CUNY | 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Queens, NY 11367 Unsubscribe smunshi(a)qc.cuny.edu<https://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&m=0017wQOe3ygv3Ag6mWSt6yjlQ%3D&…> Update Profile<https://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=oo&m=0017wQOe3ygv3Ag6mWSt6yjlQ%3D&…> | Constant Contact Data Notice<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001RZYVYwKSs55UlM4vqHEGxKAp_XSo3jJaTkELfyPujKw…> Sent by qcmailer(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:qcmailer@qc.cuny.edu> powered by [Trusted Email from Constant Contact - Try it FREE today.]<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001RZYVYwKSs55UlM4vqHEGxKAp_XSo3jJaTkELfyPujKw…> Try email marketing for free today!<https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001RZYVYwKSs55UlM4vqHEGxKAp_XSo3jJaTkELfyPujKw…>

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Save the date! Syllabus Review and Revision co-work session, Thursday, January 18
by Jean Kelly 18 Dec '23

18 Dec '23

Save the date! On Thursday, January 18 from 10:00-3:00 p.m, CETLL will be hosting an in-person Syllabus Review and Revision co-work session. Bring your laptop and work on your syllabus in a friendly and supportive environment. We will have snacks, tea/coffee, handy checklists and other syllabus review tools for you to use as you finalize your syllabi for the Spring 2024 semester. CETLL staff will be available for 1:1 support throughout the day. Drop in anytime and/or join us all day! More details will follow in January. Warm regards, The Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, & Leadership<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/cetll/> (CETLL)

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C-IDEA 2024, Call for Proposals & Timeline
by Jean Kelly 18 Dec '23

18 Dec '23

On behalf of Doriane K. Gloria, Senior Vice Chancellor, University Human Resources Dear Colleagues, The University HR’s Office of Recruitment and Diversity (ORD) will be hosting its 2024 conference on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Access (C-IDEA) on Thursday March 14, 2024 at the CUNY Graduate Center. The 2024 theme is Educating for Health Equity & Social Justice. Access to sound healthcare impacts all of us and it’s doubly sobering when we consider that during the height of the pandemic, Black and Latino New Yorkers died at twice the rate of White New Yorkers. Let C-IDEA be an opportunity to look at improved strategies to keep our CUNY communities safe, both mentally and physically. Click here for proposal guidelines<https://www.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/media-assets/C-IDEA-2024.Ca…> – and submit your proposal today. Please note that the submission deadline is January 12, 2024. Conference registration will open at the beginning of the spring term. If you have questions regarding the conference, please contact the Conference Planning Committee via email at IDEA(a)cuny.edu<mailto:IDEA@cuny.edu>. We welcome your participation. Sincerely, Doriane K. Gloria Senior Vice Chancellor, University Human Resources

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Wrapping up the Fall 2023 Semester
by Jean Kelly 14 Dec '23

14 Dec '23

Dear Faculty, As the semester comes to a close, we encourage you to take some time to reflect on your teaching experiences over the last months. It may be helpful to document your thoughts and feelings before the break and then revisit your notes as you plan for the new semester. Below are a set of guiding questions you may find useful.* * What surprised you about your course this semester? * What about your teaching experiences this semester brought you pride or joy? Name your greatest successes or accomplishments (any size, big or small). * What were your biggest challenges (again, any size!) in your teaching this semester? * What did you notice about pace and timing? Where did you or your students need more time on concepts, readings/other materials, activities and/or assignments? Where did you or your students need less time? * What aspects of your course (e.g. topics, materials, assignments) do you intend to keep on your syllabus in the future? Why? * What aspects of your course (e.g. topics, materials, assignments) do you intend to change? Why? * What helped you to keep up your energy and engagement with your courses and your students this semester? What else would have been helpful? Are there resources you need to be better supported in your role as a teacher? If you would like to talk through any questions or other issues that your reflections raise, please contact CETLL at CTLOnline(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:CTLOnline@qc.cuny.edu>. *Guiding questions adapted from materials produced by Montclair State University Office for Faculty Excellence<https://www.montclair.edu/faculty-excellence/teaching-resources/reflective-…> Additional suggestions for end-of semester reflection<https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/16/learning/10-ideas-for-reflecting-at-the-…> For additional suggestions and reminders for wrapping up the semester, please visit CETLL's End of the Semester Checklist<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/cetll/end-of-semester-checklist/>. Save the date! We will be hosting a pre-semester Syllabus Review and Revision co-working session on January 18 from 10:00 am-2:00pm. More details to come. Warm regards, The Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, & Leadership (CETLL)

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2024 C-IDEA Conference, Call for Proposals
by Jean Kelly 13 Dec '23

13 Dec '23

Dear Colleagues, The University HR’s Office of Recruitment and Diversity (ORD) will be hosting its 2024 conference on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Access (C-IDEA) on Thursday March 14, 2024 at the CUNY Graduate Center. The 2024 theme is Educating for Health Equity & Social Justice. As renowned writer and social justice advocate Arundhati Roy noted in April 2020, “The pandemic is a portal” and C-IDEA hopes to explore this.Though the pandemic has since faded, NYC was at its epicenter and ripple effects continue in our communities. There is so much to learn from our experiences. C-IDEA offers you the opportunity to share your stories, your faculty research and administrative practices as authentic examples of what takes place on our campuses – click here for proposal guidelines<https://www.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/media-assets/C-IDEA-2024.Ca…> – and submit your proposal today. Please note that the submission deadline is January 12, 2024. Conference registration will open at the beginning of the spring term. If you have questions regarding the conference, please contact the Conference Planning Committee via email at IDEA(a)cuny.edu. We welcome your participation. Sincerely, Doriane K. Gloria Senior Vice Chancellor, University Human Resources

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Brightspace Demo for Faculty, January 2024 sessions
by Jean Kelly 10 Dec '23

10 Dec '23

Dear Faculty, More Brightspace Demo for Faculty sessions will take place in January 2024. Register at Brightspace Demo for Faculty<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvcu2qpj0qGNV-Bc4bCJoC9mbeEqizDU…> This 1-hour webinar will demo the new CUNY Learning Management System - Brightspace. It will go over basic navigation, course navigation, student experience, look at a sample course, and learn about accessibility in Brightspace. Warm regards, CETLL

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Sit ‘N’ Write Biweekly Fridays, Spring 2024
by QNS qcctlonline 07 Dec '23

07 Dec '23

>From Natanya Duncan, Director, Africana Studies Program: Hope this semester is winding down well for you. On behalf of the Dean of Social Sciences, Kate Pechenkina, AFST<https://qcafricana.org/> and CETLL<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/cetll/> wish to invite you and your colleagues to join us for our Spring 2024 Sit 'N' Write Biweekly Fridays. View and download the Sit 'N' Write flier<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/cetll/wp-content/uploads/sites/99/2023/12/SitNWrite…>. While still a new initiative at Queens College, Sit ‘n’ Write Fridays has managed to support our peers across campus as they increase their writing productivity; balance research and teaching obligations; overcome/navigate imposter syndrome; secure grants and publication contracts; and develop strategies that serve to expand their research portfolio. These successes are due in part to the cross section of participants that include administrators and full professors; mid-career tenured faculty; early career and adjunct faculty as we as lecturers and staff. In addition to Sit 'N' Write, which is a writing community for faculty, staff, and advanced graduate students, we have also developed a workshop series called Publish and Flourish. The series offers writing workshops from academic, and vanity press editors; writing coaches; university administrators; and full professors as well as public intellectuals. While these events are open to the campus community at large, each workshop offers one on one and group coaching to Sit N Write participants exclusively after the workshop. For Spring 2024 we will have Publish and Flourish workshops on writing for public consumption and developing a publishing pipeline. We strongly encourage everyone, advanced graduate students; lecturers; new tenure track faculty; mid-career tenured faculty; full professors; grant writers; and campus administrators, to join our safe space community. To do so, we ask that you complete the intake form found here: S ‘n’ W 24<https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=s_BgbwZfCU6XFZiduozH2OE…> . For Spring 2024, we will host our introductory session on January 12, 2024. The session will focus on a concept developed by Kerry Ann Rockquemore, founder of the National Center for Faculty Diversity and Development (NCFDD)<https://www.ncfdd.org/>, “Every Semester Needs a Plan.” We hope to have you join us in Spring 2024. Should you have any questions, please feel free to email me at nduncan(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:nduncan@qc.cuny.edu> or you may contact CETLL Director Soniya Munshi at soniya.munshi(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:soniya.munshi@qc.cuny.edu> We wish you a successful end of term and look forward to witnessing all the good you continually do for our campus community.

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Mentimeter Course Engagement Pilot
by Jean Kelly 29 Nov '23

29 Nov '23

The Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, & Leadership (CETLL) has secured a limited number of Mentimeter Pro licenses for faculty. These licenses are part of a pilot project aimed at enhancing engagement in virtual courses. Engaging your class as a whole has always been a challenge, even before instruction was moved online. It is especially difficult during Zoom classes as the process of students raising their hands, unmuting themselves, as well as handling background noise, and potentially unstable connections, means that whole-course interaction is limited at best. Mentimeter is a synchronous engagement tool that allows you to collect live responses from your entire class. Faculty can have all students (instead of just a few) engage in the course through interactive features such as word clouds, polling, quizzes, and surveys. While everyone is eligible for a free account, the paid version allows you to create unlimited questions; edit presentations with colleagues or team members; and export results to Excel. If you are interested in being one of the faculty collaborators in this pilot, please fill out the form Mentimeter Course Engagement Pilot<https://forms.office.com/r/wjUrArC5ek>. The pilot program will include ongoing continuous support from CETLL as you implement Mentimeter into your course. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact CETLL at CTLOnline(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:CTLOnline@qc.cuny.edu>. https://www.qc.cuny.edu/cetll/mentimeter-pilot<https://www.qc.cuny.edu/cetll/mentimeter-pilot/>

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Brightspace Demo for Faculty, November 29 / transition timeline
by Jean Kelly 27 Nov '23

27 Nov '23

Dear Faculty, There's one more Brightspace Demo for Faculty scheduled for 11 am on Wednesday, November 29. You can register at Brightspace Demo for Faculty<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvcu2qpj0qGNV-Bc4bCJoC9mbeEqizDU…>. This 1-hour webinar will demo the new CUNY Learning Management System - Brightspace. It will go over basic navigation, course navigation, student experience, look at a sample course and learn about accessibility in Brightspace. Trainings will continue through Spring 2024. All courses will be taught in Blackboard during Spring 2024. Brightspace will not be the LMS until Summer/Fall 2024. We encourage faculty to begin to attend the training sessions and prepare for the transition. Please direct questions to the Queens College Brightspace Team at brightspace(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:brightspace@qc.cuny.edu> Warm regards, CETLL The Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, & Leadership

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Exclusive Invitation: NSF I-Corps Program Overview at Queens College – December 11
by Ying Zhou 27 Nov '23

27 Nov '23

Dear Innovators and Researchers, We are excited to announce an exclusive opportunity for university researchers and innovators keen on transforming technological innovations into market-ready solutions. Join us for an in-depth, in-person presentation on the NSF I-Corps regional and national program. This event is a unique platform to understand the intricacies and benefits of the program, which could be pivotal in advancing your innovative projects. Event Details: Date: Monday, December 11, 2023 Time: 12:15 PM to 1:30 PM Venue: Tech Incubator at Queens College, CEP Hall #2, 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Flushing, NY 11367 Hosts: Jointly organized by the New York I-Corp and the Tech Incubator at Queens College This is an in-person-only event, designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the NSF I-Corps program and to facilitate direct interactions with program leaders and fellow innovators. Whether you're at the early stages of your research or preparing to take your technology to the next level, this presentation will offer invaluable insights and guidance. Limited seats available! RSVP Now to secure your spot and be a part of this transformative session. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coffee-conversations-entrepreneurship-opportun… [https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F636913389%2F15…]<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coffee-conversations-entrepreneurship-opportun…> Coffee & Conversations: Entrepreneurship Opportunities at TIQC<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coffee-conversations-entrepreneurship-opportun…> Curious about the high-tech entrepreneurship ecosystem and how to get started? Join us for coffee & presentations on opportunities! www.eventbrite.com We look forward to welcoming you and supporting your journey in bringing groundbreaking innovations to life. Please help us spread the words. Thank you! Best Regards, Ying Zhou Executive Director Tech Incubator at Queens College

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