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Fall New Faculty Orientation, August 25, 10:30am to Noon
by Rowena Li 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

The Center for Teaching & Learning and the Office of the Provost are pleased to invite you to an orientation for new faculty Things You Need to Know to Teach at Queens. Thursday, August 25, 10:30am - 12:00noon, Q-side Patio Room. Representatives from around campus will discuss resources and services you need to know about in your new capacity as faculty: * Using library resources * Accessing instructional technologies * Teaching online * Reporting attendance and grades * Encouraging academic integrity * Union benefits * Seeking professional development opportunities * Resources for your students you should know about We have set up an orientation page and uploaded introduction video clips at http://ctl.qc.cuny.edu/new-faculty-orientation-fall-2016. You are encouraged to visit the page and get to know the key representatives before coming to the orientation. Please join us on August 25th for information, conversation, and some refreshments. We encourage you to bring along a colleague: a full-time faculty member, a not-new adjunct, or your departmental chair. Simply share this email, and ask your colleague to RSVP. To help us better plan the event, please RSVP at https://goo.gl/eeHzlb?<https://goo.gl/eeHzlb>. For questions, please contact Rowena Li at rowena.li(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:rowena.li@qc.cuny.edu> or Jean Kelly at jean.kelly(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:jean.kelly@qc.cuny.edu>.

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New Tap Dance course - Fall 2016!
by Edisa Weeks 11 Aug '16

11 Aug '16

There is a new Tap Dance course in Fall 2016!!! Sign-up for TAP I with Prof. Marshall Davis Jr. on Tues/Thur from 1:40-2:55pm Dept. of Drama, Theatre and Dance - Rathaus Hall Dance Studio 101B If you were ever curious about tap, want to learn the essentials of rhythm comprehension and begin to develop an innate ability to hear and play the dance as music, then this course is for you! ABOUT Marshall Davis Jr. (hoofer) was born in Miami Beach, Florida. He began tap dancing at the age of 10 at the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center. By the age of 11, he was a finalist in the Philip Michael Thomas Rising Star Competition and was the 1989 Florida winner for the Tri-Star Pictures Tap Day contest, a promotion for the movie Tap starring Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis, Jr. At age of 13, he accepted a check from Ed McMahon for winning the coveted 1991 Star Search Teen Dance Champion. Since winning, he has performed in Europe, Japan and throughout the United States. Marshall's dancing is most heavily influenced by his mentor, the late Steve Condos of the CONDOS BROTHERS. He has also received training from Buster Brown, Edwin Holland, Paul Kennedy, Ted Levy, Lavaughn Robinson and Sam Weber. He performed in the Tony award-winning Broadway and touring production of Bring in Da' Noise Bring in Da' Funk starring and choreographed by Savion Glover. Prior to that he performed at the Guthrie Theater as Pocket in Babes in Arms directed by Garland Wright. Named "Most Unusual Dance Soloist" by The Miami Herald for his rendition of the Morton Gould Tap Concerto, Marshall is also the recipient of Isaac Hayes' Breaking the Barrier Award for his achievements at such an early age. He was most recently honored by Savion Glover "for giving tirelessly to the Spirit and Legacy of Tap Dancing." He performed at the Joyce Theater and is touring with Savion Glover.

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Learn a new skill this summer with Lynda.com
by Michelle Fraboni 25 Jul '16

25 Jul '16

Midsummer greetings! QC just acquired a site license that provides students, faculty, and staff with access to the Lynda.com online education platform. You can use Lynda.com to learn a new skill or brush up on a skill you already know; to follow "learning paths" on a particular area or skillset; to make your own video playlists and share them with students and colleagues; and to track your own learning progress. Lynda.com content focuses on business, technology, productivity, and career development. Login to Lynda.com at http://lynda.qc.cuny.edu, using your QC credentials (username "jdoe" for faculty and staff, "jdoe101" for students). We are working on a webpage where you will soon find more information about what you can do with Lynda.com. We will send out an announcement when it's ready. In the meantime, login and explore Lynda.com, and let us know how it goes. Best - Michelle Michelle C. Fraboni, Director <ctl.qc.cuny.edu>Queens College Center for Teaching & Learning<http://ctl.qc.cuny.edu/>

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Undergraduate Research Opportunities Showcase
by John Dennehy 25 Jul '16

25 Jul '16

The Office of Undergraduate Research and the Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences are hosting an *Undergraduate Research Opportunities Showcase* on Wednesday September 28 from 10 am to 1:30 pm in the Science Building Atrium. Our objective is to provide an opportunity for undergraduate students to meet faculty and learn about research opportunities under their guidance. We invite faculty to present a poster or give a lightning talk (5 min) on your research and scholarship (or that of a group of QC investigators you collaborate with) to our undergraduate students and recruit students to assist with your research activities. To participate, please fill out the form located at the website: http://goo.gl/forms/3AvG1bVJe04DK0Jn1 The *deadline *for participation is *Friday August 19.* Participation is limited, and slots will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information, contact John Dennehy at john.dennehy(a)qc.cuny.edu. -- John J. Dennehy, PhD Associate Professor of Biology Director of Undergraduate Research Queens College and The Graduate Center of CUNY john.dennehy(a)qc.cuny.edu Office SB E104 (718) 997-3411 Lab SB E117 (718) 997-3419 or 3420 *dennehylab.org <http://dennehylab.org> * http://ougr.qc.cuny.edu/

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Call for Participants: QR Across the Curriculum (August 15 deadline to apply)
by Jean Kelly 19 Jul '16

19 Jul '16

Greetings, The Center for Teaching and Learning is accepting instructor applications for the development of assignments that will infuse quantitative reasoning skills throughout the curriculum during the 2016-2017 academic year. Faculty who participate will receive 1. $800 stipend 2. Support from Joanne Miller, Nathalia Holtzman and QR fellows during Fall 2016 for the development of teaching materials, assignments, and evaluation instruments. 3. Support during Spring 2017 for revisions, implementation, assessment and preparation of a final report. The program includes four hands-on workshops (September 16, October 21, January 26, and May 12) and some online work. Instructors from all departments and teaching a variety of courses are encouraged to apply for support. We encourage applicants teaching courses not traditionally associated with QR to apply, as well as teams interested in developing a series of lessons for a common course or identified program. For more information and to apply: http://ctl.qc.cuny.edu/qr-2016-2017/ (Application deadline: August 15, 2015) For further information, contact Professor Joanne Miller, Department of Sociology, Coordinator of the QR Fellows Program: joanne.miller(a)qc.cuny.edu

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Undergraduate Research Symposium
by Queens College Undergraduate Research 12 Jul '16

12 Jul '16

Undergraduates (and their mentors) are invited to attend a One-day Symposium at Mount Sinai this coming September 17th, 2016 to present their work as a poster, to interact with their peers and attending faculty. See accompanying flyer using link provided: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-EMUBLVBLylVHpUU1ZLNFVWYjg/view?usp=shari… For more information and (free) registration details can be found at the Symposium Website: www.icahn.mssm.edu/undergradsymposium Best, Office of Undergraduate Research Queens College Website: http://ougr.qc.cuny.edu/

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your invited
by Ted Brown 04 Jul '16

04 Jul '16

To all: The queens college incubator is holding an event that may be of interest this Thursday at 3pm. Prashant Joshi, the speaker, was the systems administrator the computer science department. Ted Brown

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Fulbright Opportunities for Faculty and Administrators
by Helen A Gaudette 29 Jun '16

29 Jun '16

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program<http://www.cies.org/program/core-fulbright-us-scholar-program> offers more than 500 awards<http://catalog.cies.org/> in teaching, research or combination teaching/research awards for the 2017-2018 academic year. Opportunities are available for college and university faculty and administrators as well as for professionals, artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others. Explore awards by professional profile. Opportunities are available for faculty and lecturers, full- and part-time, early career and senior scholars. Highlights include prestigious Distinguished Chair<https://catalog.cies.org/searchResults.aspx?ca=2> awards, which afford senior scholars opportunities to share their expertise at renowned institutions abroad, and a growing number of Postdoctoral and Early Career Opportunities<https://catalog.cies.org/searchResults.aspx?ca=7>, for scholars who have recently completed their doctoral degrees. Explore awards by discipline. Opportunities are available in 46 disciplines, in addition to many All Discipline awards<http://catalog.cies.org/searchResults.aspx?wa=&dc=&di=All+Disciplines> that welcome teaching and/or research proposals in any area of study, including interdisciplinary projects. Learn more about a few highlighted disciplines here<http://www.cies.org/highlighted-disciplines>. Explore awards by region. Opportunities are available in over 125 countries, in six world regions. Learn more about regional highlights here<http://www.cies.org/regional-highlights>. To view the full range of awards by discipline, region, country, or activity, visit the Catalog of Awards<http://catalog.cies.org/>. Interested faculty and professionals are encouraged to learn more about Fulbright U.S. Scholar opportunities by joining My Fulbright<http://www.cies2.org/s/1064/index.aspx>, reading recent blog posts<http://www.cies.org/blog-posts>, or participating in program webinars<http://www.cies.org/event-type/webinar-schedule>. The application deadline for most awards is August 1, 2016. U.S. citizenship is required. For other eligibility requirements and detailed award descriptions, please visit the program website<http://www.cies.org/program/core-fulbright-us-scholar-program> The Fulbright Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is the U.S. government's flagship international exchange program and is supported by the people of the United States and partner countries around the world. For more information, visit eca.state.gov/fulbright<http://eca.state.gov/fulbright>. 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 https://twitter.com/QCOGEI

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Explore Choreography in July at Queens College!
by Edisa Weeks 22 Jun '16

22 Jun '16

* Interested in learning more about choreography? * Curious about how the body and voice can inform movement? * Want to know more about the Star Crap Method? Then the Body-based Composition course with Larisa Velez-Jackson is perfect for you! Body-based Composition with Larissa Velez-Jackson Today's performing artists are expected to improvise, choreograph, sing, speak and more onstage and in the creative process. Improvisation-based choreographer and multimedia artist Larissa Velez-Jackson shares her compositional practice and improvisation technique, Star Crap Method, to prepare students for the full use of their movement, voice and creativity that is expected of today's body-based artists. Appropriate for performers and/or creators in dance, theater and performance art and students (or those) that are curious about these concepts. Dance 397: Special Topics, 3 credits July 5 - July 28, 2016 - Four Weeks Mon/Tue/Wed/Thur from 4pm - 6:40pm Rathaus Hall Dance Studio 101A Larissa Velez-Jackson is a choreographer and hybrid-artist who uses improvisation as a main tool for research and creation. She has presented work at numerous NYC venues such as: Roulette, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Art and Design, Danspace Project, American Realness Festival at Abrons Arts Center and Chocolate Factory Theater. In 2011, she launched a song-and-dance collaboration with her husband Jon Velez-Jackson called Yackez, "The Worlds Most Loveable Music Duo". Velez-Jackson was a Movement Research Artist in Residence '12-'13 and an El Museo Del Barrio Artist in Residence '14. She will premiere a full-length evening with Yackez in 2017 at New York Live Arts. Velez-Jackson was recently awarded the prestigious Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant to Artists for 2016, on her tenth year anniversary of professionally showing work. Be part of the Summer Fun!!! SUMMER SESSION at QUEENS COLLEGE The Dept. Drama, Theatre and Dance in collaboration with New York Live Arts [cid:009ac10e-1a6e-42b1-8f26-db0c91d4d1d1]

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Opportunity for Recent Graduates to work for German Parliament
by Moira E Egan 14 Jun '16

14 Jun '16

Dear all, I hope your summers are going well. I thought some of you might know students interested in the opportunity below. Please feel free to pass this to interested students, who can contact me for assistance with their essays. Best, Moira Are you interested in international politics? Would you like to live in another country and learn first-hand how its legislative system works? Read on for information about an opportunity to live and work for five months in Germany. Please visit http://www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/bundestag/international/exchange/ips/ips/2… for more information, keeping in mind that applicants must have very good German and must submit their applications by June 30th. For assistance with the application, please contact Dr. Moira Egan, our national fellowships advisor at moira.egan(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:moira.egan@qc.cuny.edu> or (718) 997-2863. The German Bundestag invites you, in cooperation with the with the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Technische Universität Berlin to apply for an International Parliamentary Scholarship (IPS) to spend five months in Berlin. The IPS program is aimed at highly qualified young men and women who are interested in politics and who wish to play an active and responsible role in shaping the democratic future of their country. The German Bundestag, the German Parliament, offers young people the opportunity to get to know the German parliamentary system and political decision-making processes and to gain practical experience of parliamentary work during a 13-week work placement with a Member of the Bundestag. The scholarship-winners are chosen by the German Bundestag's independent selection panel. Requirements: * Citizenship of participant country * University degree * Very good knowledge of German * Under the age of 30 at the start of the scholarship Scholarship: * 500 euros per month * Free accommodation * Insurance and travel expenses Further information * Internationales Parlaments-Stipendium (IPS)<http://www.bundestag.de/ips> ~ 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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