[Socrates] CUNY Service Corps - Faculty Opportunities

[Cesar Oyervides-Cisneros]

Announcement
Opportunity for Faculty to Work with Students on Service-Oriented Projects
 
The CUNY Service Corps is excited to expand its service placement
portfolio in 2014-2015 by inviting faculty to lead service projects.  The
faculty-led project application is now available online via our program
website (www.cuny.edu/servicecorps <http://www.cuny.edu/servicecorps>),
and the application deadline is Friday, April 4, 2014.

Background
In the program¹s 2013-2014 pilot year, approximately 700 Service Corps
members (100 from Queens College) have been placed with 96 nonprofit
organizations and government agencies across the five boroughs of New York
City.  Community partners include schools (K-12) and after-school
programs, arts organizations and museums, criminal justice/prisoner
re-entry organizations, CUNY research centers and specialized programs,
economic empowerment organizations, environmental organizations, and
public health organizations.

Opportunity for Faculty
Faculty from all CUNY colleges are invited to apply to lead projects that
involve Service Corps members (students in the Service Corps program).  We
are particularly interested in service-oriented projects that fall within
our program¹s four thematic areas:
·       Education
·       Health
·       Sustainability
·       Economic Development
 

Benefits to Faculty and other Highlights
·       Faculty-Directed Service-Oriented Projects will consist of a
minimum of three students.
·       The hiring, training, payroll processing, and on-going support of
students will be administered and coordinated by CUNY Service Corps staff,
the Research Foundation CUNY, and campus offices.
·       Students are paid $12.00 per hour for their work through the
program (no cost to faculty!)
·       Students work for 12 hours per week for a total of 24 weeks in the
fall and spring semesters (2014-2015).
·       Students are selected through a rigorous application and interview
process by CUNY faculty and staff.
·       Priority will be given to projects that will enable students in
the Service Corps to obtain academic credit for their work, either through
connection to an existing course, an independent study, or some other
arrangement. 
 

Service Corps members are students enrolled at one of eight participating
colleges (BMCC, CSI, John Jay, KBCC, Lehman, Medgar Evers, City Tech, and
Queens), but students are expected to commute to the faculty member¹s home
college for project-related work.  Additional information and the faculty
application can be found in the ³Faculty² section of our website here:
http://www.cuny.edu/site/servicecorps/faculty.html
 
***Information Sessions
<http://preview.tinyurl.com/CSC-FacultyInfo-2014-2015> regarding the
faculty application for the CUNY Service Corps:
·       Monday, March 10, 2014, 3pm ­ 4pm, Queens Hall 325
·       Tuesday, March 11, 2014, 12pm ­ 1pm, Queens Hall 325
Refreshments will be provided.


RSVP: To RSVP to attend one of the faculty sessions, please use the
following link: http://preview.tinyurl.com/CSC-FacultyInfo-2014-2015

 

Contact Information
Please feel free to contact Valerie Chow, Associate Director for the CUNY
Service Corps, at valerie.chow at cuny.edu, via phone at 646-664-8066; or
César Oyervides-Cisneros, CUNY Service Corps Manager for Queens College,
at coyervides at qc.cuny.edu, via phone at 718-570-0548, with any questions
about this initiative.


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César E. Oyervides-Cisneros
CUNY Service Corps Manager
Queens College - City University of New York
65-30 Kissena Boulevard
Kiely Hall 111 ­ M
Queens, NY 11367-1597

Tel.: (718) 570-0548
Email: coyervides at qc.cuny.edu