On behalf of Natanya Duncan, PhD, Director QC Africana Studies: Good Day Everyone, Hope this finds you enjoying the last days of break and gearing up for the new semester. We will resume our Sit N Write workshops officially starting Sept 6, 2024, at 10 AM. To help launch us, we will have a virtual morning workshop "Thriving in Times of Stress" with Dr. Roxanne Donovan of Kennesaw State University and founder of Well Academic<https://www.wellacademic.com/>. The workshop will focus on balancing the demands of the classroom while navigating a research and scholarship agenda. Dr. Donovan will explore hands-on techniques to manage competing demands, like those of teaching and scholarship, as well as work and family. Please plan to attend with writing utensils for long-hand exercises. Our time with Dr. Donovan will end and noon. We will break for lunch and then move to our annual "Every Semester Needs a Plan" working session. For those interested, we will view a step-by-step guide to planning out a balanced semester. For those interested in a head start on this, you may view : https://vimeo.com/133385186 . We will be using an updated version of this video. It is shared for practice purposes. You may also wish to view the template for semester planning here: [https://res.cdn.office.net/assets/mail/file-icon/png/docx_16x16.png] Updated Every Semester Needs a Plan Handout (1).doc<https://cuny907.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/sitnwritesp2024/EexMT3gkHI5HtTWBB45ZCX0BDZMpg-xp5xcvnPPQDb85TA> This term, to help streamline things, we are using one registration link for both Publish and Flourish and Sit N Write. Whether you attend via Zoom or in person, you are asked to register for the Zoom link. Once registered, you will receive our Sit n Write Intake form that will ask you to state your preference for in-person or virtual participation. We strongly encourage in-person participation where possible. Our September 6, 2024 workshop (by request of the facilitator) will be exclusively virtual. Attached are fliers for Sit n Write and "Thriving in Times of Stress." Please register no later than Noon on September 5, 2024, so that Dr. Donovan may have a head count for the Friday, September 6 workshop. Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me at nduncan@qc.cuny.edu . Sincerely, Nat Natanya Duncan, PhD Director QC Africana Studies Associate Professor of History