Open Teaching Initiative: Class Visit Exchange The Open Teaching Initiative: Class Visit Exchange The Graduate Center’s Teaching and Learning Center’s Open Teaching Initiative (OTI) fosters cross-disciplinary dialogues about teaching among Graduate Center student instructors. In the Fall, the OTI offers the Class Visit Exchange which pairs Graduate Center student instructors for reciprocal classroom visits and conversations about teaching. In the Spring,… Read More
Oct 9 | TLC Workshop: Active Learning and Classroom Discussion Active Learning & Classroom Discussion Tuesday, October 9th | 4:00-6:00 pm | Room 9206 For many instructors, having a classroom full of eager and active students is a persistent goal and recurring challenge. Are you looking to improve student participation in your classes? Do you want to rethink what active participation can mean and find ways to invigorate… Read More
Oct 22 | GC Public Policy Career Fair Our Fall 2018 career fair connects our doctoral and master’s degree graduate students with employers in government, non-profit, and policy sectors. The fair will feature both a traditional career fair with employers standing at tables talking to students, as well as presentations from individual employers. Registered employers include: CUNY Internship Program Department of City Wide… Read More
Oct 4 | TLC Workshop: Gaining Comfort with Public Speaking Thursday, October 4 4-6pm, Room C201 Some people consider public speaking scarier than death. It also happens to be something that we must do regularly in the academy, including in our roles as instructors. Whatever our level of mastery in our academic discipline, how we say things and the particular contexts in which we speak impact the efficacy and clarity of our… Read More
Reminder: Career Advising and Writing Consultations As the semester gets under way, you might like help looking for a job or writing that paper. The Office of Career Planning and Professional Development can assist. Our office offers Career Advising Appointments and Graduate Writing Consultations. Each one-on-one meeting is confidential and lasts 45 minutes. At a Career Advising Appointment, you might Develop a… Read More
Applying for Postdocs, Interviewing for Faculty Positions–upcoming events Applying for a Post-doc: Humanities & Social Sciences (Webinar) Thursday, September 27, 2018, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Please register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8014556152112402946 Interviewing for Faculty Positions Wednesday, October 3, 2018, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m., Room 9207 Please let us know you are coming here: https://goo.gl/forms/HuyQ1xD22BL6TCYz2 Applying for a Post-doc: STEM Fields (Webinar) Thursday, October 4, 2018,… Read More
Oct 5 | Visit to Start-Up Incubator The Office of Career Planning and Professional Development is planning a visit for thirty students to Company (formerly Grand Central Tech). The visit will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, October 5, 2018. Students should plan to spend about 2-3 hours at Company. You can reach more about Company on its website (https://www.company.co/) and… Read More
Sep 26 | TLC Workshop: Expanding Your Pedagogical Toolkit Expanding Your Pedagogical Toolkit Wednesday, September 26, 4:00pm-6:00pm Graduate Center, Room 6496 Looking for new and creative instructional practices to enliven your classroom? Interested in learning new ways to structure your students’ engagement with course materials? Energetic class discussions and meaningful activities help connect emerging thinking to the reading students are doing. A supportive classroom community can reduce anxiety… Read More
Sep 25 | Alumni Panel: Unlikely Tech Careers Unlikely Paths to Tech Tuesday, September 25, 2018, Room 9204 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. About the Career Panel Today everything is tech, and tech is everything—at least it seems that way. Tech affects our lives more and more. It gives us new and radical ways to change peoples’ lives. And it gives you exciting, dynamic,… Read More