Works in the Works: The Process of Finding Your Niche

Speaker: Prof. George Garrastegui, Communication Design Department There is much to be said about why creatives create. Is it self-expression, is it serving clients’ objectives, or is it influencing others? It’s all of it, but when we build campaigns, media plans, or convey brand messages, too much relies on the external audience, and we tend

WAC: Effective Assignment Design

This workshop will cover a number of assignment design strategies that emphasize active learning through student writing. Developing effective writing assignments helps students retain and critically think about course content. In this workshop, faculty will have the chance to discuss and enhance their own writing assignments.

City Tech Community Roundtable

An opportunity to share & learn about research, scholarship & creative activity at the college! We are excited to announce a new informal seminar series, the City Tech Community Roundtable. The goal of the new series is to bring together faculty and students from all disciplines at the college and contribute to building, or re-building,

PARSE Workshop: What to Include & Where

Overview of the reappointment, tenure, and promotion process, and detailed guidance on creating a clear, organized, and effective PARSE.

Experiential Learning Symposium

Purpose: To provide undergraduate students at New York City College of Technology an opportunity to present their research interests/projects/assignments at a professional forum.

A Pedagogy of Civic Engagement

Please join us for an exciting series of workshops from City Tech’s 2022-2023 PDAC Teacher Recognition Award Recipient, Rebecca Mazumdar! Three special Faculty Friday workshops will introduce faculty to a pedagogy informed by civic engagement and action, including discussion of shared readings, workshopping of course materials, and discussion of assessment strategies. Friday, March 31, 12pm-1pm

Get Evidence! Scholarly Metrics for your PARSE and CV

Covers Google Scholar Profile for citations and Google Scholar for journal rankings, Scimago for journal rankings, Altmetric Attention Scores for social media, and download reports from Academic Works (and other repositories). The workshop will touch on finding individual journal acceptance rates and Journal Impact Factors, and will briefly address books and book chapters as well.

Cumulative ePARSE Self Evaluation

This workshop will guide faculty to draft of their self-evaluation through self-reflection, guided peer-review, and group discussion. Participants are expected to complete the Part 1 self-paced workshop and create their draft before working with the WAC team on 4/4.

Livable Cities

What makes a city livable? Transport, housing, health. Open space, mobility and the environment. Matters of culture, entrepreneurship, crime and safety. Affordability and access to education. Depending on whose ‘livability index’ you look at, it may include design quality, sustainability and the digital infrastructures of the smart city. Other criteria applied may encompass food access,

NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Programs

Overview of Webinar: The National Science Foundation offers Postdoctoral Research Fellowships to provide opportunitiesfor recent doctoral graduates to obtain additional training, to gain research experience under the sponsorship ofestablished scientists, and to broaden their scientific horizons beyond their undergraduate and graduate training.Postdoctoral Fellowships are further designed to assist new scientists to direct their research efforts