19 May 2025                                           News Editor Jane Weiss

English Department Meeting Tuesday 20 May 2025 3:00-4:30 PM in A212

                The English Department will meet on Tuesday 20 May 2025 from 3:00-4:30 PM in A212. The agenda will include the evolution of CPA in English 12/12A0, and the College Council’s Course Modality resolution. Coffee will be provided. The agenda may be found at the following link, and Annie will bring hard copies to the meeting: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uTMDDCuAgEQELN0A63sEO_2eagdWktkfFzkZs6UJXY4/edit?usp=sharing

KCC Academic Calendar: Wednesday 28 May 2025 Is the Monday Schedule

                At KCC, Wednesday 28 May 2025 will be the Monday schedule. Wednesday classes will not meet. The last day of classes is Friday, 6 June 2025 for weekday classes, Saturday 7 June 2025 for Saturday classes, and Sunday 8 June 2025 for Sunday classes. Monday 9 June 2025 is Reading Day, and the final exam period is Tuesday 10 June 2025 through Monday 16 June 2025. Final grade rosters are due by 11:59 PM on Thursday 19 June 2025.

English Department Bruncheon 10 June 2025

                The English Department will have its end-of-semester brunch on 10 June 2025. The requested contribution is $20 from full-time faculty and $10 from part-time faculty. You may bring cash and give it to Enid or Elroy, both of whom will be at Tuesday’s department meeting.

KCC Commencement: Wednesday 18 June 2025 10 AM at the Coney Island Amphitheatre

                John Keller is the English department’s official commencement liaison, and Kingsborough Community College is gearing up for an exciting 60th AnniversaryGraduation Ceremony to be held this year at the Coney Island Amphitheatre on June 18th @ 10 AM. To attend Commencement, you will need to sign up by 27 May 2025 on a link provided by the college.

Good News:

                Lea Fridman (first author), together with Toby Zipper, KBCC faculty from other disciplines and faculty from European graduate and undergraduate schools, have just published the lead article in a peer-reviewed article: “Team As Support: (TAS) How Building Psychological Safety into Classroom Design Led to Higher Performance and More” in the journal E-Mentor. You can read the article here:  https://www.e-mentor.edu.pl/artykul/index/numer/108/id/1700. This is a Kingsborough-inspired and research-based pedagogy. In their reflective writing, students themselves have commented on the mental health value of their experiences. Lea and Toby will offer webinars to introduce faculty to TAS and train those interested in bringing this transformative method into their own teaching. For more information, contact Lea ([email protected]) or Toby ([email protected]).

A Note about the Newsletter

A message from Jane Weiss, News editor: 

           The next newsletter will come out on Wednesday 28 May 2025. Send items to be included by Monday 26 May 2025 to Jane Weiss at [email protected]. Please keep items brief (preferably 100 or fewer words). Longer items will be abridged. Many faculty members would like to learn more about colleagues’ areas of scholarship, so if you would like to share what you’re working on, the Newsletter will welcome descriptions of your research and recent or upcoming presentations, publications, performances, and creative achievements of all kinds.