The meeting started at 10:29 am. Attendance: Jane Weiss Elroy Esdaille Monica Filmon Lesley Broder Rob Cowan Sara Rutkowski Karen Niles Enid Stubin Marylynn Navarro Frank Percacio ************ Invited Guests to Administer The elections for the New Area Director: Patty and Cheryl. Approval of Minutes from last meeting- 10/9/2024 — The minutes from the last… Read More

25 November 2024                                           News Editor Jane Weiss End-of-term Department Gathering                 Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, December 11th starting at 11:30! This is always a festive and much-needed opportunity to relax and connect with colleagues at the end of the fall semester. Enid and Elroy have organized a delicious midday luncheon in C333, which… Read More

18 November 2024                                           News Editor Jane Weiss Good Wishes to Shelly                 This Thursday, 11/21, will be Shelly’s last day in the English department office, and she’ll be working until 1pm that day. You might like to come by the department office sometime this week to express your best wishes for her as she begins her… Read More

Curriculum Committee Friday, November 15, 2024 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. on Zoom MINUTES  Annie opened the meeting with the first item on the agenda – shifts in the ESL program. She explained that while there is nothing to review now, the plan is to realign and reconfigure the hours of coursework that ESL students are… Read More

11 November 2024                                           News Editor Jane Weiss English Department Meeting 12 November 2024 3:00-4:30                 The English Department will meet on Tuesday 12 November 2024 from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM in V219. The agenda includes: Approval of past minutes and current agenda; Announcements & updates; Updates on Spring 2025 course caps – enrollment phase-in… Read More

4 November 2024                                           News Editor Jane Weiss Film Club A message from John Keller and Frank Percaccio:                 Please invite your students to this semester’s second meeting of the newly re-minted film club, a place for film aficionados to find each other, talk film, screen masterpieces, meet future collaborators, etc. We’ll meet in C216 on… Read More

28 October 2024                                           News Editor Jane Weiss  Transitions and Transactions: Literature Pedagogy CUNY Committee A message from Rob Cowan: Some of you may have participated in the bi-annual Transitions and Transactions: Literature Pedagogy in Community Colleges Conference that has been hosted at BMCC since 2012 by English Professor Margaret Barrow. Margaret Barrow contacted Rob Cowan… Read More

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