From Anne Lopes, Senior University Dean of Graduate and Undergraduate Programming, CUNY

Dear colleagues, Many CUNY full-time faculty members across disciplines have been exploring important knowledge areas that resonate with today’s undergraduates, including AI, Civil Discourse/Civic Engagement, and Sustainability/Climate Change. To recognize and support your efforts in these areas, full-time faculty are invited to develop and integrate an assignment related to one of these three topics into one of your approved Pathways Common Core courses. We consulted the Common Core Course Review Committee (CCCRC), which was open and hospitable to the project. We seek brief proposals that identify the relevant course, outline the concept of the assignment, and explain how the assignment meets the learning outcomes of the CCCRC approved course. Both new assignments and revisions to existing ones will be considered. We are pleased to offer $500 stipends for all accepted proposals. Our goal is to support your teaching in both required and flexible core courses. Proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria. * Alignment with the course learning outcomes * Integration of foundational knowledge and concepts related to the selected area * Use of engaging and innovative pedagogical approaches The link to the brief proposal form can be found here<https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=s_BgbwZfCU6XFZiduozH2DTvVnP24dJOpfIGFJphRPlUNDNQTDVXOEtHSzRTOEZNQUJHSFdNR1JRUS4u&route=shorturl>. The deadline for submission of the online form is February 4, 2025; all applicants will be notified about the status of their proposals by February 28, 2025. As the form indicates, please consult with your provost for their approval of your submission. Thank you for your consideration. Should you have questions, please contact Michael Guy at Michael.Guy@cuny.edu<mailto:Michael.Guy@cuny.edu>. We hope to hear from you! Best regards, Anne Lopes