October 24, 2022 English Department Newsletter
Newsletter Editor Jane Weiss
English Department Meeting 25 October 2022 3:00-4:30 PM
The English Department will meet on Tuesday 25 October 2022 from 3:00-4:30 PM. The Zoom link has been sent to your KCC email address, along with the meeting agenda, the minutes from previous meetings, the proposed bylaws, and a timeline for adoption. The link is also available in the English Department Outlook calendar. The focus of the meeting will be the proposed English Department bylaws, including a vote on the proposal to adopt the bylaws.
Progress at the Midterm: Friday, October 28 2022 at 10am
A message from Hope Parisi:
A Repeat and Briefer Version of Last Week’s PD Session:
We had a great session last week on midterm progress and communication. Let’s keep the topic circulating and meet, for those who couldn’t make it last time, this Friday, October 28 at 10am, this time just for an hour. Let’s talk: Clear messages about where students stand and accessible resources to put them back on track (I have a guide I made that I’ll share!); Blackboard reports and reminders; a motivating and transparent point-based grading scheme; and not least, the Starfish advisory system with their Progress Survey still open until the first week of November. This workshop is open to all faculty and paid for part-timers. Looking forward! Hope
Here is the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86319899896
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
PSC-CUNY Mass Meeting 26 October 2022: Winning a Just Contract
All PSC members are urged to attend the union’s virtual mass meeting Wednesday, October 26, 6:30-8:00PM. This is the big union-wide event of the fall contract campaign. Be there to hear from the PSC bargaining team and your fellow union members, to ask questions, and to learn about upcoming campaign actions at your campus or worksite. We want raises, better terms and conditions, and more, and a union with the power to win that strong contract — a Contract for #APeoplesCUNY — means that we must all be a part of the campaign. A link to RSVP for the meeting has been sent to PSC-CUNY members’ email addresses.
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
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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A Note about the Newsletter
The next issue of the Newsletter will come out on Monday 31 October 2022. Please send newsletter items by Friday, 28 October 2022 to Jane Weiss at Jane.Weiss@kbcc.cuny.edu. Please keep items brief (preferably 100 or fewer words). Longer items will be abridged.
