May 28, 2025 | Annie Del Principe 28 May 2025 News Editor Jane Weiss KCC Academic Calendar: End of Term 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. Safe Zone Ally Training 29 May 2025: 3-5 PM in V-219 We are pleased to announce Safe Zone’s Ally Certification Training! This certification workshop will take place on Thursday, May 29th, 2025, from 3-5 pm in room V-219. During this training, participants will learn strategies for supporting the LGBTQ+ members of our community in an effort to foster safer and more inclusive spaces on our college campus. If you are not already an ally, please join us! A flier with more information and the link to RSVP has been sent to your KCC email address. Interested parties may also RSVP to [email protected] Mandatory Password Changes by 3 June 2025 CUNY requests that all students, faculty, and staff change their passwords. If you have not done so recently, on June 3, 2025, you will be asked to change your CUNY Login password when accessing CUNY applications and systems. See Change My CUNY Login Password in CUNY IT Help at https://cunyithelp.cuny.edu/csp?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0011717&sys_kb_id=245daa9ec369a21074587943e4013135 for step-by-step instructions on changing your password. Please contact our Kingsborough help desk at 718-368-6679 if you encounter problems when changing your CUNY Login password. Fulltime Faculty: All 2025 Workload Forms Due 6 June 2025 Now that you’ve had some time to review your Fall 2025 schedule in CUNYfirst, the English Department asks full-time faculty to complete and submit your Workload/Multiple Position Forms before you leave for annual leave. You can find blank Workload forms at https://www.kbcc.cuny.edu/aa/forms.html . If there is an issue, contact us immediately. Please ensure that all relevant information—such as reassigned time and any other applicable details—is included on the form. Please complete and submit the form to [email protected] by Friday, June 6, 2025. Collaborative Portfolio Assessment Feedback Form As we discussed at the English Department meeting on 20 May 2025, the CRC would like feedback on the two new proposed CPA models. The descriptions of the two models have been sent to your KCC email address. These are working, living documents and any aspect of them is still subject to change! You can respond to these models through this form: https://forms.office.com/r/UinWJwMGmP . The form will remain open through June 4, and the CRC will meet on June 10 to discuss the feedback they’ve received and to work on revising further. All are welcome to join on that date, as well. If you have questions, contact Carl Schlacte at [email protected] or Greg Bruno at [email protected]. English Department Brunch 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 leave cash in the English department for Enid or Elroy, or you can send in your contribution to Annie via the Venmo and Zelle information she sent via email to the department. Final Exam Scheduling A final exam memo has been been sent to your KCC email address. The guidelines for scheduling exams (or using the exam time for a final class meeting) are as follows: The final exam period for the Spring 2025 semester is Tuesday June 10 2025 through Monday June 16 2025. Instructors will schedule their own final exam period using the following guidelines The final exam for in-person and hybrid section(s) will be held on their regularly scheduled days, at their regularly scheduled times, and in their regularly scheduled rooms. The final exam period must be at least half the number of hours the course meets per week. For example, a 3-hour course requires at least a 90-minute final exam period, and a 4-hour course requires at least a 120-minute final exam period. Schedule your final exam period using the regularly scheduled days, times and rooms for your section. For sections with only a lecture component (no laboratory component), schedule your final exam on the first occurring regularly scheduled day during finals week. For example: Tue June 10 2025: A 3-hour lecture course that regularly meets Tu & Th 11:30AM – 1:00PM in D319, should schedule the final exam for Tue June 10 2025 at 11:30AM – 1:00PM in D319; Wed June 11 2025: A 4-hour lecture course that regularly meets Mo & We 11:30AM – 1:40PM in S313, should schedule the final exam for Wed June 11 2025 at 11:30AM – 1:00PM in S313. CUNY Grading Policies The CUNY Uniform Grade Glossary and Policies has been sent to your KCC email address. Please review the Grade Glossary; it may answer some questions you could have regarding what different grades mean and what is allowed. Here is a statement sent by Academic Affairs to department chairs: When assigning a course grade, consider the following questions. In particular, note that if the student does not show up to the final exam or submit the final project, you should assign a WU, unless you have a written agreement/email about an INC. Did student engage in an academically related activity at least once and then completely stop attending/participating? Assign a WU (withdrew unofficially). Did student complete the course, including the final exam or final project? Assign a letter grade of A – F. This grade can also be assigned if the student has completed most of the course and documentation of failing course work is available. A WU grade should never be given in place of an ‘F’ grade. Is student doing passing work but was unable to complete the course requirements and has been in consultation with the faculty member? · Meet/email the student to discuss what needs to be completed and set deadline · Complete a written agreement/email exchange with student that details the missing work and the grade that will be assigned if the work is not completed · Assign a grade of INC (Incomplete). · If the student cannot be contacted and no INC agreement is in place, assign a WU. If the student reappears in time to complete the work prior to the INC deadline (10th week of the next 12-week session) the WU grade may be changed. 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. If you do not have regalia, the English Department has several loaner sets available. A Note about the Newsletter A message from Jane Weiss, News editor: The next newsletter will come out on Monday 2 June 2025. Send items to be included by Friday 30 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.