Open Teaching Initiative: Class Visit Exchange October 9, 2018 | Rukshana Jalil 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 October 9, 2018 | Rukshana Jalil 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 11 | IBM Summer Internship Recruiting Session October 3, 2018 | Rukshana Jalil IBM’s Chief Analytics Office Summer Internship Info Session Date: Thursday, October 11, 2018 Time and Location: 4:00 – 6:00 p.m., Room 9206 Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSch6I5NKGfXG_sjRdevhJ65q6nAEFULq2JeBGDip7ma9JIXGQ/viewform Please join us for a session featuring GC alumni from a range of programs working full time at IBM. Further information can be found here: https://careerplan.commons.gc.cuny.edu/events/ibm-info-session-2018 On-campus interviews will take place on… Read More
Call for Objects! Call for GC Student Assistants! October 3, 2018 | Rukshana Jalil Call for Objects! Tue, Oct 16, 2018 – Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 12:00 PM – 06:00 PM The James Gallery and The Object Library, The Graduate Center, CUNY On the first floor of The Graduate Center, our newly designed Object Library offers both material objects and books as starting points for knowledge. Somewhere between a traditional library… Read More
Due Oct 15 | Proposals for HASTAC 2019 October 2, 2018 | Rukshana Jalil HASTAC 2019: “Decolonizing Technologies, Reprogramming Education” Unceded Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm) Territory UBC Vancouver | 16-18 May 2019 CALL FOR PROPOSALS On 16-18 May 2019, the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC), in partnership with the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Department of English at the University… Read More
GC Digital Initiatives: October Workshops October 2, 2018 | Rukshana Jalil Workshop: “Finding Data for Mapping: Tips and Strategies” Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018 – 6:30 – 8:30pm Ever wonder what it takes to make elegant maps and infographics that show sociodemographic, political, and other types of information in powerfully succinct ways? Want to learn more about how these maps are made? Where does the data come… Read More
JOBS, Office of Career Planning & Professional Development 9/28 October 2, 2018 | Rukshana Jalil Read More
Oct 22 | GC Public Policy Career Fair October 2, 2018 | Rukshana Jalil 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 October 2, 2018 | Rukshana Jalil 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 October 2, 2018 | Rukshana Jalil 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