Kognito – certification to support student mental health wellness

CUNY is offering a free simulated workshop providing best communication practices and interventions for student mental health wellness. Won’t you join us during spring break?* Participants will complete the simulated best practices workshop, join colleagues for a lively post-Kognito discussion, and obtain a Kognito completion certificate. Presented by Professor Justine Pawlukewicz, Human Services Department. Open

2022-2023 OUSAP Leadership Development Fellowship Program

The CUNY Office of Undergraduate Studies, Academic Programs & Policy (OUSAP) is now accepting applications for the 2022-2023 OUSAP Leadership Development Fellowship Program.OUSAP initiated this program to increase CUNY’s pipeline of faculty who are well prepared to thrive and serve in an academic executive leadership role at CUNY. The program is designed to provide faculty

Retaining Diverse Groups in STEM

Speaker: Melanie Villatoro, Ph.D.Chair of Construction Management and Civil Engineering Technology Department Abstract:Colleges across the United States must produce more engineering graduates to keep up with demands of the engineering workforce. Population trends indicate that women and minorities are highly underrepresented in the STEM fields. Therefore, recruitment and retention of these populations is critical to

Adventures in Ungrading: The Community College Experience

What are your students actually learning from your course? Are your students intrinsically motivated to deepen their learning and content knowledge, or extrinsically motivated to play the game of getting a good score and grade? “Ungrading” is a growing movement in higher education that critically questions the conventional grading system and traditional forms of assessment.

Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work’s Critical Feminist Social Work Roundtable: “Social Work and Reproductive Justice”

We will hear Dr. Zakiya Luna, Dr. Stephanie Begun, and Dr.Erica Goldblatt Hyatt discuss their use of critical feminisms in social work research. Dr.Mery Diaz, faculty in City Tech's Human Services department and Editorial Board member at Affilia, will moderate. This webinar is hosted and co-sponsored by the New York College of Technology's Human Services Department, Gender

City Tech’s Second Annual Experiential Learning Virtual Conference

The conference will take place on Thursday, April 28, 2022. However, the deadline for applying is next week Thursday, April 14, 2022. Would you please make your students aware of this grand opportunity by promoting it among them ? Your assistance in helping them prepare for this unique event would also be greatly appreciated, and we thank

Pedagogy of Kindness Discussion Series: Call for Presenters

My name is Josh and I work in the Center for Teaching and Learning at Queens College. One of the many exciting projects that we put out during the pandemic is the Pedagogy of Kindness (PoK) discussion series. For the third iteration of PoK, I am thrilled to announce that we are expanding beyond our home campus and inviting

The Russia-Ukraine War and Food Security: Local and Global Perspectives

Speaker: Diana Mincyte, Ph.D., Social Science Department Abstract: Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, regional food infrastructures were destroyed leaving millions of people at severe risk of hunger both in and outside of Ukraine. What is happening in the major food producing region will also have a ripple effect on the global food

Playful Pedagogy in Higher Education Spring 2022 Series

Co-sponsored by CUNY/Hunter College and Professors at Play! All on Zoom! What does it mean to be a "playful professor"? Can gamelike aspects be woven into projects that address serious topics?  What role does play have in the learning of adult students?  We will explore these questions, be inspired, gain loads of new teaching ideas, and

Scholar on Campus Presentations

You are cordially invited to a special event honoring both the 2022-2023 Scholar on Campus, Professor Diana Samaroo and the 2020-2021 Scholar on Campus, Professor Hamid Norouzi. Join us for a celebratory hors d’oeuvre reception at 5:00 pm in the lobby of the New Academic Building (285 Jay Street). The reception will be followed by the Scholar on Campus presentations at 6:00 pm