Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Message Archive

Thursday, February 25, 2016

 

This email is being sent to all members of the Baruch College faculty.

For an archive of announcements sent from the Associate Provost beginning June 2011, click here.

 

Dear Colleagues,

Each year CUNY organizes a conference for faculty and administrators to discuss issues related to teaching, usually with an emphasis on general education. The CUE program (Coordinated Undergraduate Education) has provided significant—indeed critical—funding over the years for such activities/units at Baruch as the Writing Center, the summer “Immersion” program, events for new students (several, including convocation), learning communities, and many others.

The keynote speaker this year will be José Antonio Bowen, author of Teaching Naked (Jossey-Bass, 2012).

"This is an important book. Everyone who is concerned about the future of higher education should read it. In a highly readable and lively style, Bowen makes the most intelligent argument I’ve encountered about how we should think about teaching and learning and emerging technologies. It is also a powerful guide to more effective teaching and deeper learning."  - Ken Bain, author of What the Best College Teachers Do 

The theme of this year’s conference, elaborated below, is the assessment cycle. All members of the faculty and staff are invited to submit proposals (by March 21) and, of course, to attend on May 13.

Those nostalgic or curious are welcome to look back at the corresponding call for papers from eight years ago, when Baruch hosted the 4^th annual CUE conference:   http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/conference/gened/index.htm

 

 

Dennis Slavin

Associate Provost and Assistant Vice President

Baruch College, CUNY

646-660-6504 (phone); 646-660-6531 (fax)

Dennis.Slavin@baruch.cuny.edu

http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/provost/teaching_learning.htm