Jane’s KCC English Department News 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
Creative Writing Committee Minutes, October 1, 2024 Creative Writing Committee Meeting Tue. 10/1/24, 3pm Room C-317 Minutes The first Fall 2024 meeting of the Creative Writing Committee met in a hybrid format, both in person and via Zoom remote link. In Attendance: Gregory Bruno, Robert Cowan, Elroy Esdaille, Lea Fridman, Amy Karp, John Keller, Kevin Kolkmeyer, Jennifer Oliveri, Frank Percaccio, Joanna Stein,… Read More
Literature Committee Minutes, October 9, 2024 Literature Committee Meeting – October 9, 2024 Attendance: Jane Weiss Elroy Esdaille Monica Filmon Lesley Broder Rob Cowan Sara Rutkowski Joseph Sedita ************ Literature Gen ED Assessment –Jane solicited feedback from the committee about Gen Ed assessment, which is receiving credit for pathways assessment. The general consensus was that we need to have some form… Read More
June 18 2024 Department Newsletter Newsletter Editor Jane Weiss End of Term Reminders A message from Annie Del Principe: Saving student work/records Please remember that each faculty member is required by the CUNY Records & Retention Policy to keep copies of their own students’ final exams and/or sample final coursework for one year after final course grades have been… Read More
June 10 2024 Department Newsletter Newsletter Editor Jane Weiss Spring 2024 Final Exam Schedule Academic Scheduling has published the final exam schedule for this semester. You’ll notice that it’s a somewhat different approach than previous terms. The exam times generally resemble the times that the classes meet during the semester. Please take a moment to review the final exam meeting… Read More
June 3 2024 Department Newsletter Newsletter Editor Jane Weiss Spring 2024 Final Exam Schedule Academic Scheduling has published the final exam schedule for this semester. You’ll notice that it’s a somewhat different approach than previous terms. The exam times generally resemble the times that the classes meet during the semester. Please take a moment to review the final exam meeting… Read More
CRC Meeting Minutes for Thursday, May 30 CRC Meeting Minutes Thursday, March 30, 2024 Room D112 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm ___________________________________________________________________________ Present: Steve Amarnick, Greg Bruno, Matthew Gartner, Rachel Ihara, Maxine Krenzel, Laura Nadel, Megan O’Neill, Hope Parisi, Daniel Perrone, Sara Rutkowski, Carl Schlachte, Emily Schnee, Tisha Ulmer, Joshua Wright The meeting consisted of presentations from subgroups followed by opportunities… Read More
May 29 2024 Department Newsletter Applications for English Academic Coordinator of the Kingsborough Learning Center (KLC) Due 31 May 2024 Annie del Principe invites full time faculty who would like to apply to be the English Academic Coordinator of the Kingsborough Learning Center to email her by May 31, 2024. She has sent out a full role description to your… Read More
Brightspace Transition Update: 5/28/2024 Hi everyone, First off, thanks to everyone who filled out the survey that I sent out earlier this month. Here are the results from the 18 faculty members who responded: –81% prefer that Zoom be our default virtual classroom on Brightspace. 19% prefer Brightspace Virtual Classroom Basic. –77% prefer Turnitin LTI 1.3 (the one that… Read More