February 14, 2025 | Leave a comment Events & Opportunities 2025 CUNY Teaching & Learning Conference (registration open) Thursday, April 3 (virtual) Friday, April 4 (in person at the Graduate Center) Please see the Website for more information and for Registration. Email questions to [email protected]. The Write Space Facilitators: Tomasita Ortíz and Gina Rae Foster Zoom Thursdays, 9:30am – 11am (2/27, 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 4/3, 4/10, 4/24 & 5/1) All interested faculty members are invited to join The Write Space – an informal, virtual writing community. Commit to writing for 90 minutes online every week, without interruptions! Initial session to include virtual introductions. Subsequent writing sessions will end with 5 to 10 minutes to share progress. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/dyHzDxr9o8nLLrJu7. Deadline: Monday, February 24 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Awards Call for Applications! Each year, the Office of Student Research & Creativity awards 3 or 4 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Awards to recognize faculty providing exceptional mentoring of students in scholarly research or creative work. Application deadline: April 15th. Awards are: Junior Mentor Award (within first 6 years as a mentor; $1200), Senior Mentor Award ($1500) and Lifetime Mentor Achievement Award (biennially; $2000). Faculty formally self-nominate and submit all materials, but students (including graduate students) and colleagues should encourage role models and peers to apply. For more information, go to jjay.cuny.edu/faculty-mentor-award and/or see flier below. Workshops & Webinars Exploring Generative AI Visual Literacy and Creativity in Pedagogical Environments Presenters: Michael Mandiberg (CSI) & Ximena Gallardo (LGCC). Virtual Friday, Feb 21, 11am-noon Explore how to develop digital literacy and visual literacy skills (ours and our students’) in light of the availability of generative artificial intelligence tools capable of producing text and image-based content. Register here. IMSSC Listening Session A session to share any concerns your department may be facing in supporting immigrant students and to explore how the Immigrant Student Success Center can help. Presenter: Denise Vivar, Manager, Immigrant Student Success Center Fri, Feb 21, 1:40-3pm Zoom: Register here The Fourteenth Amendment: A History of Birthright Citizenship and Current Challenges Presenters: Dean Ringel (History; Humanities & Justice) and Jodi Ziesemer (New York Legal Assistance Group) Co-sponsors: History and Humanities & Justice Thursday, Feb 27, 3:05-4:20pm 630 Haaren Hall Leaders of Justice: Celebrating Black History Month President Mason in conversation with The Honorable Andrea Stewart-Cousins Thurs, Feb 27, 4:30pm. Zoom Register here Questions to [email protected]. 35th Malcom/King Awards Breakfast Fri, Feb 28, 8:45am, 4th Floor Gym, Haaren Hall To register and/or donate, Click Here Brightspace Open Q & A (webinar) DOES LMS How to Webinar Wednesday, February 19, 2pm-3pm. Zoom Link: https://jjay-cuny.zoom.us/j/86250000369?pwd=RbVwpUZhiz4XKLjsIZHBy208MGFAza.1 Meeting ID: 862 5000 0369; Passcode: 104045 Advance registration not required, but please use your John Jay Zoom account for security (for help with Zoom, contact DOIT Help Desk at [email protected] or 212.238.8200). This entry is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.