Dear colleagues: Please see below, and spread the word about this upcoming conference --- where ELO stands for "Experiential Learning Opportunities". This could be a good forum to present the work that many of you are doing in experiential learning programs around QC. RFP and proposal submissions page: https://depot.guttman.cuny.edu/formname/Breaking%20Boundaries Registration: https://depot.guttman.cuny.edu/formname/Breaking%20Boundaries%20Symposium%20... Best wishes, Eva Eva M. Fernández Acting Assistant Provost Queens College, City University of New York http://efernandez.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu<http://efernandez.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/> From: Nicola Blake [mailto:Nicola.Blake@guttman.cuny.edu] Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 12:54 PM Subject: Call for Proposals: Breaking Boundaries Symposium: ELO in the 21st Century Classsroom Importance: High Dear Colleagues, Please share with your campus community: Breaking Boundaries Symposium: Experiential Learning Opportunities in the 21st Century Classroom CUNY's Experiential Learning Opportunities (ELO) initiative represents an opportunity for us to examine and reflect on the variety of pedagogies of engagement that we employ in experiential education across CUNY and to consider what supports are in place or needed to bring them to scale for quality teaching and learning for all students. On May 6, 2016 Guttman Community College will hold a CUNY-wide Experiential Learning Symposium, Breaking Boundaries: Experiential Learning Opportunities in the 21st Century Classroom. The Breaking Boundaries Symposium will bring together CUNY faculty, staff, administrators and community partners whose goals and roles intersect in designing, implementing, and assessing ELOs in New York City. Jilllian Kinzie, the Associate Director, Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research, National Survey of Student Engagement Institute and a research associate at the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment will be the featured speaker at this year's plenary. She will discuss the impact of experiential learning on student engagement and success. We hope you will consider attending, bringing a team from your campus, and perhaps presenting and sharing some of your experiential learning "best practices." Symposium Information Friday, May 6, 2016 Guttman Community College, 50 W 40th Street 8:30 - 3:00 pm (Breakfast and Lunch will be served) Call for Proposals We invite session proposals from across CUNY to share best practices and engage in discussion. Sessions are 50 minutes in length. We encourage individual presentations as well as panel discussions. We also encourage presentations that involve students. More detail is provided in the Call for Proposals<https://depot.guttman.cuny.edu/formname/Breaking%20Boundaries> which will remain open until February 29, 2016. Registration Symposium registration is also open and is limited to 80 participants. Please use the Breaking Boundaries Registration Form<https://depot.guttman.cuny.edu/formname/Breaking%20Boundaries%20Symposium%20Registration> to register for the Symposium. Tell your Colleagues Please distribute information about the Symposium to all interested parties on your campus. A Save the Date postcard is attached to this email for you to share. Questions or Additional Information If you have any questions about the conference, please email elo@guttman.cuny.edu<mailto:elo@guttman.cuny.edu>. You can also visit the Breaking Boundaries Symposium web page (http://guttman.cuny.edu/academics/meetings-and-symposia/). Thanks, Nicola (on behalf of the Breaking Boundaries Team) Nicola Blake, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Stella and Charles Guttman Community College LAS Program Coordinator and Faculty Advisor to the Provost Nicola.Blake@guttman.cuny.edu<mailto:Nicola.Blake@guttman.cuny.edu>; (646) 313 -8048