October 31, 2022 English Department Newsletter
Newsletter Editor Jane Weiss
Open Literatures Project: Help It Grow
A message from Elizabeth Dill:
We have a website for faculty teaching literature https://openlit.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ !
The Open Literatures Project is a website designed to help you explore resources related to teaching literature. It has works of literature organized by theme and genre as well as a gallery of authors with links to their works. All of these resources are available to use! Now Elizabeth needs your help to develop it. If you have suggestions for authors or works of literature you’d like to see added to the site, or a syllabus, an assignment, a lecture, or any other curricula you would like to share, please let Elizabeth know! Just email Elizabeth your ideas or any teaching materials you would like to share (elizabeth.dill@kbcc.cuny.edu).
Course Syllabi For English Department Office
Please send copies of the syllabus for each of your courses to Shelly Benjamin (Shelly.Benjamin@kbcc.cuny.edu) or leave a print copy in the file holder on her desk in C309.
Composition Office Hours
Office hours in C309B:
Greg: Mondays and Wednesdays, from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm;
Rachel: Mondays and Wednesdays, from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Remote office hours:
Greg: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:00 am to 10:00 am:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6372657798?pwd=L28zMVBxenZzR05vbU1GRis5ajRUZz09 ;
Rachel: Fridays, 9:00 am to 11:00 am https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5834566892
Surrender Stories: Reading and Discussion with Brian O’Hare, November 10, 2022, at 5:00 PM at 11th St. Bar
The 11th Street Bar and the Kingsborough Community College Creative Writing Program will present a reading and discussion with Brian O’Hare, an award-winning writer and filmmaker, on Thursday, November 10, 2022, at 5:00 PM at the 11th Street Bar, 510 11th St. NYC. For more information, see: https://11thstbar.com/new-york-east-village-11th-st-bar-events
Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC) Fellowship Applications Open Through November 15, 2022
The Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC) of The Graduate Center invites tenured and tenure-track scholars both within and outside of CUNY to apply for our 2023-2024 Distinguished Scholar Awards. Broadly defined, the research areas are: Race, Migration, & Diversity; Inequality; Global Urbanism; Collective Memory. Applications are due November 15, 2022.
Distinguished awardees will be provided an office, computer, and access to The Graduate Center’s academic infrastructure. In return, all fellows are expected to carry out their work regularly at The Graduate Center and to participate in its intellectual and academic community. In practice, this means: Using their Graduate Center office on a regular basis; Interacting regularly and sharing their work with other ARC scholars; Presenting their research at one of the weekly seminars; Attending the weekly seminars on Thursdays from 4:00-5:30 as well as other ARC events
Distinguished CUNY Scholars: for tenured and tenure-track faculty at one of the campuses of the City University of New York, excluding central line faculty at the Graduate Center. A Distinguished CUNY Scholar will receive course buyouts up to a maximum of 3 course releases for one semester. To apply, see: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/sites/default/files/2022-09/ARC-CUNY-Application-2022.docx
For more information please contact:
Advanced Research Collaborative: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/advanced-research-collaborative
+1 212-817-7544; arc@gc.cuny.edu .
CFP: New Jersey City University Annual Community College Showcase: Centering Care and Equity in a New Landscape
The call for proposals and conference registration is now open for the 4th New Jersey City University Annual Community College Showcase: Centering Care and Equity in a New Landscape! This is a free, 2-day professional development event that will take place virtually on February 9-10, 2023 from 12:00 p.m. EST – 4:30 p.m. EST. This annual conference is hosted by the Ed.D. in Community College Leadership program at New Jersey City University, a practice-focused, 55-credit online program, designed to be completed by working professionals in 3 years. The Showcase is a signature event in our series of year-round Community College Convenings and is open to all faculty, staff, and administrators who are passionate about the equity and success mission of the community college. If you’re interested in submitting a proposal for the Community College Showcase in February, please review the proposal requirements: https://www.njcu.edu/academics/schools-colleges/deborah-cannon-partridge-wolfe-college-education/departments/educational-leadership/doctorate-community-college-leadership/community-college-convenings/community-college-showcase . Proposal submissions are due by November 15, 2022. You can also register for the free conference now: https://connect.njcu.edu/register/?id=98a07a78-0ddf-4d6c-9b66-1499f44bd28d
PSC-CUNY Grant Applications Open through December 15, 2022
The PSC-CUNY Grants Proposal System (GPS) is now open for Cycle 54 applications: https://www.rfcuny.org/gp/welcome.aspx . The final, non-negotiable deadline to apply is Thursday, December 15th, 2022 at 11:59pm. Please visit the PSC CUNY Webpage, https://www.rfcuny.org/RFWebsite/principal-investigators/explore-pre-award-resources/internal-funding-psc-cuny-award-program/ , for more details about the process.
PSC-CUNY Research Awards are designed to encourage the scholarly and creative pursuits of CUNY faculty, especially junior faculty. Funds for research and creative projects are available to all Permanent, Full-Time members of instructional staff, and untenured members of the faculty in particular (untenured associate professor, assistant professor, instructor, lecturer); and Full-Time staff in HEO series. For the purposes of the PSC-CUNY Awards, junior faculty comprise those at the rank of untenured associate professor, assistant professor, instructor, and lecturer.
Please remember that the Grants Proposal System no longer allows attachments as Word Docs, only as PDFs. If you are unable to convert your project narrative to PDF, please send it as a Word document to Kathy Giaimo, who will then re-format it as a PDF and upload it to your application. Kathy will be happy to assist you with this or to answer any questions you may have. You can call her at 718-368-6858, or email her at Kathryn.giaimo@kbcc.cuny.edu
KCC’s Advancement Office will also offer seminars to help with the PSC-CUNY Grants application process, on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 1PM EST and Friday, November 11, 2022 at 12PM EST. Please join these meetings from your computer, tablet or smartphone: https://meet.goto.com/667980101
You can also dial in using your phone: Access Code: 667-980-101
United States: +1 (872) 240-3212
Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts:
If you can’t attend, here are the links to watch the seminar videos: https://youtu.be/YOMsdiG4uTo
If you have any questions, or would like to meet with Kathy Giaimo to discuss your project or go over the process, please email her at Kathryn.giaimo@kbcc.cuny.edu, or call her at 718-368-6858. The KCC Advancement Office encourages you to send her a draft of your proposal before the non-negotiable, final December 15, 2022 11:59pm deadline.
Please do not wait until the last minute to submit your application. The earlier you submit your proposal, the more time Kathy will have to review it and help you to address any issues with your submission. Again, the deadline for Cycle 54 applications is 11:59pm on Thursday, December 15, 2022. Please click here https://rfcuny.org/gp/welcome.aspx to apply.
Campus Reopening Hub
For information about KCC’s reopening, visit the new KCC Campus Reopening Hub: http://kbcc.cuny.edu/campusentry/index.html . You can find information about the reopening plan, mask policies, on campus COVID-19 testing, the Cleared4 pass and visitor policies.
KCC Information Technology Services Office
You can call KCC’s ITS Help Desk at (718) 368-6679 or email helpdesk@kbcc.cuny.edu 9:00 – 5:00 on weekdays. For Blackboard support during hours when KCC’s Help Desk is not available, call 1-646-664-2024
CUNY Alerts
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