Accessible and Engaging Class Meetings on Zoom

n this interactive workshop led by Matthew Lewis, Multimedia Manager, and Antonia Levy, Associate Director, both from the Office of Faculty Development and Instructional Technology at CUNY's School of Professional Studies, participants will learn about the accessibility features offered in Zoom, review best practices for leading accessible and inclusive online meetings, and discuss the implementation

WAC: Minimal Marking and Effective Grading

This workshop offers strategies for minimizing time spent on grading while maximizing the effectiveness of written comments. These strategies not only ease an instructor’s workload but also lead to more comprehensive student learning. We will cover a variety of minimal marking techniques that will allow faculty to focus on overall improvements in student writing.

Call for Fellows: What do you need to thrive?

As Fellows, 10 assistant or associate professors will receive a range of support from Mentors throughout the 2022-2023 academic year.  Activities may include workshops as well as one-on-one meetings on topics such as developing a plan for promotion, the PARSE, grant writing, goal setting, mid-career pivot (developing a new scholarly or creative agenda), publication guidance, advice on non-traditional scholarly activity to

Call for Mentors: Help build a mentoring network at City Tech

We are seeking senior faculty with different areas of expertise to help build a mentoring network program at City Tech throughout the 2022-2023 academic year.  Please consider participating as a mentor or a lead mentor. Lead Mentors will receive a $500 stipend. Activities will include serving on the Mentoring Network Steering Committee and, developing and delivering

RF CUNY Brown Bag Research Webinars: NIH Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE)

Targeted Audience: Biomedical faculty in CUNY collegesPresenters: John Tsapogas-Director RF-Office of Award Pre-Proposal Support & Louise Hainline, Special Associate to the Provost for Grants and Contracts and Professor of Psychology, Brooklyn College Overview of Webinar: The goal of the Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) program is to develop a diverse pool of

Quantum and the Future of Computing: Expert Talk from a Swiss Laboratory

Attached is a flyer for the upcoming expert talk on quantum computing by Luciano Bello of IBM, Zurich.  The flyer links to a registration landing page (https://bit.ly/QuantumComputingTTU).  The Zoom session can hold up to 300 attendees.  Where a group, such as a class, can participate on one connection that would be preferable but not necessary.

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.