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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">RFP and proposal submissions page:
<a href="https://depot.guttman.cuny.edu/formname/Breaking%20Boundaries">https://depot.guttman.cuny.edu/formname/Breaking%20Boundaries</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Registration: <a href="https://depot.guttman.cuny.edu/formname/Breaking%20Boundaries%20Symposium%20Registration">
https://depot.guttman.cuny.edu/formname/Breaking%20Boundaries%20Symposium%20Registration</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Eva<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Eva M. Fernández<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Acting Assistant Provost<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Queens College, City University of New York<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://efernandez.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://efernandez.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Nicola Blake [mailto:Nicola.Blake@guttman.cuny.edu]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 29, 2016 12:54 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Call for Proposals: Breaking Boundaries Symposium: ELO in the 21st Century Classsroom<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Please share with your campus community:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Breaking Boundaries Symposium: Experiential Learning Opportunities in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century Classroom</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> On May 6, 2016 Guttman Community College will hold a CUNY-wide Experiential Learning Symposium,
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Breaking Boundaries: Experiential Learning Opportunities in the 21<sup>st</sup> Century Classroom</span></strong>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The <strong><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Breaking Boundaries
</span></i></strong>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.
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">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.
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We hope you will consider attending, bringing a team from your campus, and perhaps presenting and sharing some of your experiential learning “best practices.”</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Symposium Information</span></u></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Friday, May 6, 2016</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Guttman Community College, 50 W 40<sup>th</sup> Street</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">8:30 – 3:00 pm (Breakfast and Lunch will be served)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Call for Proposals</span></u></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">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
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://depot.guttman.cuny.edu/formname/Breaking%20Boundaries" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">Call for Proposals</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
which will remain open until February 2</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">9</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">, 2016.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Registration</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Symposium registration is also open and is limited to 80 participants. Please use the Breaking Boundaries
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://depot.guttman.cuny.edu/formname/Breaking%20Boundaries%20Symposium%20Registration" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">Registration Form</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
to register for the Symposium.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Tell your Colleagues</span></u></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">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.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Questions or Additional Information</span></u></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">If you have any questions about the conference, please email
<a href="mailto:elo@guttman.cuny.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">elo@guttman.cuny.edu</span></a>.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">You can also visit the Breaking Boundaries Symposium web page</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> (<a href="http://guttman.cuny.edu/academics/meetings-and-symposia/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://guttman.cuny.edu/academics/meetings-and-symposia/</span></a>).</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thanks, Nicola (on behalf of the Breaking Boundaries Team)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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