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Teaching Portfolios Workshop, March 9
by Jean Kelly 14 Feb '18

14 Feb '18

Teaching Portfolios provide evidence of teaching from a variety of sources and allow for reflection on, and improvement of, one’s teaching over time. Creating a public, professional view of one’s teaching as a scholarly activity can be useful for job applications, promotions, and tenure review as well as one’s own pedagogical research. On Friday, March 9, the Queens College Center for Teaching & Learning will be conducting a workshop on creating an online Teaching Portfolio. In the morning, we will cover teaching statements/philosophy in depth and the general architecture of a portfolio, then transition into a hands-on technical workshop in the afternoon where participants will set up a portfolio website and begin populating it with content. At the end of the workshop you can expect to: - Understand what elements constitute a professional portfolio - Create a strong draft of your teaching statement - Walk away with the architecture for a website to house your portfolio and an understanding of how to get your content into it. Date: Friday, March 9, 2018 Time: 9:30 am- 3:30pm Location: Razran Hall, room TBA Map: https://goo.gl/maps/YKiSDAQshuM2 Lunch will be served. If you are interested, please use this RSVP: https://goo.gl/F2hGSB

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Reminder: Please Join Us for 2/15 Exhibition Opening
by Amanda E Nocera 13 Feb '18

13 Feb '18

Please join the Queens College Art Center for the opening reception of Art of Enlightenment: Tibetan Thangka Paintings by Gyaltsen Jampa, on view from January 29 - March 30, 2018. When: Thursday, February 15; 5:30 - 7:30pm Where: Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, Level 6 Art of Enlightenment celebrates the centuries-old Buddhist tradition of thangka painting with the work of contemporary Tibetan artist, Gyaltsen Jampa. As sacred objects and themselves the products of a highly-skilled and spiritual practice,thangka scrolls depict a deity, scene, or mandala, a representation of the cosmos, from Tibetan Buddhism. Their vividly-detailed surfaces not only function as visual tools, teaching about a deity, influential figure, historical event, or central Buddhist concept, but also serve as devotional images incorporated into ceremony, ritual, or prayer. The thangka's highest purpose, however, is as a vehicle of transcendence-a meditative tool to aid in a practitioner's journey toward spiritual Enlightenment. Curated by Charles Daniels.? Please contact Amanda Nocera (amanda.nocera(a)qc.cuny.edu) for more information or to schedule a class visit.

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CUNY Service Corps: Do you know a student who would benefit from a program like this?
by Cecilia B Britez 08 Feb '18

08 Feb '18

Dear Faculty and Staff! I would like to ask for your help in inviting students to apply for CUNY Service Corps at Queens College. We are a talent pipeline program that recruits, selects and hires students to serve as ambassadors to CUNY, while also serving their community. With 100 community partners, our students get to work 12 hours per week, for 24 weeks at $15 per hour. We have a highly competitive admission criteria, and our students also receive 13 hours of pre-service training, plus monthly professional and personal workshop series. Our application criteria is based on a 2.5 and above GPA, full time class load, undergraduate or graduate, and with two full semesters left in college before graduation. Here is link to apply | Deadeline is March 11th | Flyer is attached www.qc.cuny.edu/servicecorps Please let us know if you have any questions, or would like to us to stop by your class to present the program to your students. Thank you for spreading this opportunity to your students. Cecilia Cecilia Britez<https://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilia-vega-britez-55530394> Campus Manager CUNY Service Corps at Queens College<http://qc.cuny.edu/servicecorps> 718-570-0548 | 314 Razran Hall

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Complicated Conversations Workshop 2/28 @ 4:45 pm in PCR 2 - all are welcome
by Limarys Caraballo 08 Feb '18

08 Feb '18

STUDENTS AS TEACHERS: LEVERAGING YOUTH VOICE FOR ACADEMIC AND CIVIC LEARNING Wednesday, February, 28th 4:45-6:45 pm (Pizza served at 4:35 pm) President’s Conference Room 2, Rosenthal Library, Queens College This interactive session will encourage participants to think about Youth Participatory Action Research as a curricular and pedagogical model that centers youth voice as part of a humanizing pedagogy in schools. Presenters share their expertise in leveraging dialogue, inquiry, and performance as pedagogical strategies for engaging the academic and civic identities of students. As part of the Cyphers for Justice and QC College Now program, a team of high school youth, researchers, pre-service teachers, and university instructors came together to co-develop and direct research projects that featured exploration of social issues such as the impact of testing on students, the role of culturally relevant curriculum on student motivation, and violence in schools. This intergenerational approach leveraged Youth Participatory Action Research and culturally responsive methodologies to center youth as experts and advocates to enact change in their communities and their immediate educational contexts. Dr. Danielle Filipiak received her PhD in English Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and will be starting a tenure track position this fall as Assistant Professor of English Education at the University of Connecticut. Danielle’s publications and research interests span the fields of critical adolescent literacies, teacher education, and digital literacies. Dr. Limarys Caraballo is an assistant professor in the Secondary Education department at Queens College, and in the Urban Education program at The Graduate Center. Her research interests include the impact of youth research on teachers’ curriculum and pedagogy. Dr. Caraballo directs the Complicated Conversations Series to encourage conversation among students, faculty, and staff in a diverse campus context. FOR INFORMATION, OR REQUEST TO BRING A CLASS: LCARABALLO(a)QC.CUNY.edu Hosted by the Department of Secondary Education and Youth Services Sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Office of the Dean of Education *Dr. Limarys Caraballo* *Assistant Professor of English Education* Queens College Department of Secondary Education and Youth Services Graduate Center Doctoral Consortium Faculty City University of New York * *

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Workshop: Using Google Docs in W Courses
by Kevin Ferguson 08 Feb '18

08 Feb '18

Dear Colleagues, Please consider attending this workshop: > Using Google Docs as a tool of revision in Writing Intensive Courses > > A Workshop Presented by Writing at Queens > > > > Wednesday, February 14th, 10:00 AM-11:30AM > > Queens Hall 330A > > > > This workshop is specifically designed for teachers of Writing Intensives, where multiple drafts and peer editing are required of all formal writing. In it, we’ll suggest an organizational structure for the writing workshop that uses Google Docs, and explore the ways that peer revision and collaborative writing can be made more effective through this technology. > > > > We’ll cover > > · The basics of how to collaborate using Google Docs. > > · Ethical questions that arise when using Google products. > > · Moving peer revision outside the classroom with Google Docs. > > · Models of Collaborative Writing. > > · Free and open source alternatives to Google Docs. > > > Please contact erin.spampinato(a)gmail.com with questions or for more information. best, Kevin –––––––––––––– Kevin L. Ferguson Assistant Professor, English Director, Writing at Queens Queens College, CUNY department website <http://english.qc.cuny.edu/quick-links/kevin-ferguson/> Eighties People: New Lives in the American Imagination <http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137586384>

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Free Oral History Training Workshop
by Lori A Wallach 06 Feb '18

06 Feb '18

Hello all, and happy new semester! On Thursday, February 22 , Queens Memory will hold an oral history training workshop on campus at the Queens College Tech Incubator. The workshop will cover such topics as interviewing techniques, recording technology and the creation of timecode outlines, and will offer some time to practice your skills. We'll meet in the Tech Incubator classroom from 3 to 6 pm -- see flyer attached for more details. The workshop is free and open to the public; please email me (Lori.Wallach(a)qc.cuny.edu) to RSVP or for further information. We'd love to see you there! Thanks! Lori Lori Wallach Queens Memory Outreach Coordinator queensmemory.org Center for Teaching and Learning, Razran 346 Queens College Lori.Wallach(a)qc.cuny.edu (718) 990-8532

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Teaching Foreign Languages to Immigrant Students in Insecure Times, March 2
by Jean Kelly 06 Feb '18

06 Feb '18

Recent proposals to reverse immigration policies are creating a climate of insecurity among immigrant communities and negatively impacting segments of the students we teach. Heightened pedagogical awareness and the application of cultural sensibilities toward the learning needs of students experiencing increased vulnerability are needed now more than ever. This workshop aims to share recent pedagogical research on teaching immigrant communities, specifically as it applies to foreign language instruction, and deliver experiential strategies and a suite of exercises that are immediately applicable to the foreign language and intensive writing classroom. Workshop Moderators: Elena Mancini, European Languages & Literatures, Queens College Federica Franzé, Department of Italian, Columbia University Date: Friday, March 2, 2018 Time: 12:00 pm to 3:30 pm Location: President’s Conference Room 1, Rosenthal Library, Fifth Floor RSVP: https://goo.gl/tFnh6G For more information: http://ctl.qc.cuny.edu/teaching-foreign-languages-to-immigrant-students-in-…

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Professional Development Training
by Yael Rosenstock 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

The Center for Ethnic, Racial, and Religious Understanding is hosting a full day *Professional (and personal) Development Workshop: Crucial Conversations*. To purchase tickets, click here <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crucial-conversations-professional-development…> (space is limited) or email yrosenstock(a)cerru.org to avoid Eventbrite fees. *As an organization working towards social equity, interested attendees will not be turned away. If cost is prohibitive to your attendance, please contact yrosenstock(a)cerru.org <yrosenstock(a)cerru.org> to discuss options. * *Description* Join us for our single-day Crucial Conversations Signature Workshop. Crucial conversations are difficult and important discussions that people often shy away from or have in explosive and destructive ways. This workshop is designed for people of all levels to gain greater awareness and practice in tools that support honest and nonviolent communication on important topics with family, work cohorts, and significant others. Participants in this workshop will gain a deeper understanding of the nature of crucial conversations, how to prepare for these interactions, as well as a deeper understanding of violence enacted in these situations. Participants will have the chance to learn, practice, and role play techniques for transforming conflict. Come prepared to be in community while discussing difficult conversations you have had and want to have. We will be using our personal examples as a way to genuinely and powerfully engage our new techniques. This workshop provides participants with the following: • Understanding of components of difficult conversations • Tools to ethically engage in difficult conversations • Understanding of personal communication style • Understanding of components of conversational violence Click here for Eventbrite page <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crucial-conversations-professional-development…> . Yael Rosenstock Associate Director The Center for Ethnic, Racial, and Religious Understanding at Queens College (CERRU) Staff Advisor, grrrlz <https://www.facebook.com/QCGrrrlz/> Co-Founder, Facilitator, and Researcher, QC Sexploration and Information Group <https://www.facebook.com/QCSexplorationAndInformationGroup/> office: Delany Hall, room 215 phone: 718-570-0482 email: yrosenstock(a)cerru.org www.cerru.org *Donate Here <https://qccommunity.qc.cuny.edu/pages/funds/center-for-ethnic-racial-and-re…>* “If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” - Lilla Watson, Indigenous Australian or Murri visual artist, activist and academic

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New York Open Data Week Event at Queens College
by Ying Zhou 02 Feb '18

02 Feb '18

Hi - The Tech incubator at Queens College will be hosting the following event for the NYC Open Data Week, on March 4th, from 3 pm to 4:30 pm - "University Showcase of Fun and Useful Tools Built Using NYC Open Data?". Queens College Students will be showcasing tools they build with CrossCompute, an open source platform that can be used to create useful tools for data analysis. Data Science Professionals from CrossCompute will be present to provide guidance and tutorials on how to use the platform and navigate NYC Open Data. This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP vis this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nyc-open-data-week-event-at-queens-college-tic… "University Showcase of Fun and Useful Tools Built Using NYC Open Data - In this workshop, we will tackle the following question: "How might we use NYC open data and CrossCompute platform to create tools for decision-makers in business, agency or civil service non-for-profit organizations, NYC residents, and the general public." Students from Queens College will present tools they have created that use NYC Open Data. CrossCompute is a platform that enables developers and data analysts to build tools for decision makers. Many tools have been created on the CrossCompute platform that uses open source data. Data Science professionals will provide a tutorial on how to use CrossCompute to create tools that analyze NYC Open Data." Regards, Ying Program Director Tech Incubator at Queens College

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Teaching Foreign Languages to Immigrant Students in Insecure Times, March 2
by Jean Kelly 19 Jan '18

19 Jan '18

Recent proposals to reverse immigration policies are creating a climate of insecurity among immigrant communities and negatively impacting segments of the students we teach. Heightened pedagogical awareness and the application of cultural sensibilities toward the learning needs of students experiencing increased vulnerability are needed now more than ever. This workshop aims to share recent pedagogical research on teaching immigrant communities, specifically as it applies to foreign language instruction, and deliver experiential strategies and a suite of exercises that are immediately applicable to the foreign language and intensive writing classroom. Workshop Moderators: Elena Mancini, European Languages & Literatures, Queens College Federica Franzé, Department of Italian, Columbia University Date: Friday, March 2, 2018 Time: 12:00 pm to 3:30 pm Location: President’s Conference Room 1, Rosenthal Library, Fifth Floor RSVP: https://goo.gl/tFnh6G For more information: http://ctl.qc.cuny.edu/teaching-foreign-languages-to-immigrant-students-in-…

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