Academic Affairs Events Calendar – beginning March 20, 2023
March 16, 2023
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Events Starting March 20, 2023
We welcome your submissions! Events for this weekly email must be submitted by noon on Wednesday of the week before the event takes place. To submit an event, please click here. In order to streamline and enhance your experience and get the greatest advantage from the Baruch events calendar, you will need to submit the calendar link with your request. Questions? Contact Vanessa Cano, Special Assistant to the Associate Provost for Teaching and Learning.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesday, March 21, 12:30–2:00 PM LAWRENCE N. FIELD CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP Envisioning Your Dream Business & Community It takes a community to survive, strive, and thrive! Come together with likeminded individuals to propose solutions for communities in need to better each generation to come! Space is limited. Registration is required. Lunch will be served. Newman Vertical Campus, Room 2-140. Register here.
Tuesday, March 21, 3:00–4:00 PM THE CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING Infusing DEI Pedagogy: Community of Practice Spring ’23 (In-person) Are you inspired by recent conversations and teach-ins on DEI practices? All Baruch faculty and staff are welcome to join our in-person and virtual gatherings to self-reflect, brainstorm ideas, set goals, share new learning, and so much more! Information and Technology Building, Room 647. More information here and RSVP here.
Friday, March 24, 9:00–10:00 AM CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING Using Zoom Reports to Assess Participation Hosted by Catherine Kawalek, learn how to review the reports available to you on Zoom for midterm assessments. For more about this event and others, visit the CTL’s events webpage. Register in advance here.
Friday, March 24, 10:00–11:00 AM CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING Setting the Zoom Settings: Tips for Personalizing Your Online Class Catherine Kawalek will host a live walk-through of the Zoom settings to create a class that works for your teaching objectives. For more about this event and others, visit the CTL’s events webpage. Register in advance here.
LOOKING FORWARD
Monday, March 27, Deadline THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK CUNY-Wide Undergraduate Research Celebration Announcing the first CUNY-Wide Undergraduate Research Celebration, May 31, 2023! The deadline for applications is March 27. Faculty in all fields are encouraged to nominate Baruch undergraduates who have completed or are working on an individual or group research project to be considered to be among select students from across the 20 CUNY campuses to display their research at the May 31 event! This CUNY event will take place at BMCC, where students will display a research poster. Faculty mentors are welcome. Ten students will be selected by Baruch’s new Undergraduate Research Steering Committee. CUNY’s Office of Research will choose which of the 10 will represent Baruch at the event. To apply, professors or students may fill out this application form including a 250-word abstract and 2-minute video of the student describing the work. Tips on writing abstracts can be found here.
Show off what amazing research is happening at Baruch! We look forward to hearing from you! With any questions, contact the Provost Innovation Fellow for Cross-College and Undergraduate Research, Professor Katherine Pence.
Tuesday, March 28, 6:00–7:30 PM WASSERMAN JEWISH STUDIES CENTER Discovering Crypto-Jewish Identities Series Spring Event The Sandra K. Wasserman Jewish Studies Center invites you to a special evening with writer, poet, translator, and journalist Achy Obejas, in conversation with Prof. Rick Rodriguez (Department of English, Baruch College). Engelman Recital Hall, BPAC, Newman Vertical Campus. Free Admission, tickets available here. For more information, contact Carina Pasquesi.
Wednesday, March 29, 12:00–1:30 PM MARXE DEI COMMITTEE “Celebrating and Advocating for Women’s Rights” Join us for a Special Wednesday edition of DEI Fridays to celebrate Women’s Rights at the close of National Women’s History Month. N’Jinga Simone from Hands on Urban Art will join fellow artists to highlight the contributions of women in our world. More information here and RSVP here.
Wednesday, March 29, 12:00–1:00 PM THE CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING Infusing DEI Pedagogy: Community of Practice Spring ’23 (Virtual) Are you inspired by recent conversations and teach-ins on DEI practices? All Baruch faculty and staff are welcome to join our in-person and virtual gatherings to self-reflect, brainstorm ideas, set goals, share new learning, and so much more! More information here and RSVP here.
Thursday, March 30, 1:00–2:00 PM DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY COLLOQUIUM COMMITTEE “The Developmental Origins of Social Stereotypes” In this talk, Dr. Marjorie Rhodes of NYU will discuss her recent research on conceptual development and the development of social cognition and how this impacts the origins of social stereotypes. Newman Vertical Campus, Room 12-150. For more information contact Violet Gitman.
Monday, April 3, 11:00 AM–1:00 PM DIGITAL LEARNING HUB Ally Faculty Training CUNY has acquired a new Blackboard tool, Ally. Ally helps institutions build a more inclusive learning environment and improves the student experience by helping ensure course content is accessible. Attend an synchronous online Ally training to learn more. Please register here at least two days in advance.
Tuesday, April 4, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM DIGITAL LEARNING HUB Ally Faculty Training CUNY has acquired a new Blackboard tool, Ally. Ally helps institutions build a more inclusive learning environment and improves the student experience by helping ensure course content is accessible. Attend an synchronous online Ally training to learn more. Please register here at least two days in advance.
Thursday, April 6, 12:30–1:30 PM NEWMAN LIBRARY Zotero Workshop This workshop by Professor Joseph Hartnett provides a hands-on introduction to Zotero, a free open-source, bibliographic management tool that allows you to collect, store, and organize information as you research, and to rapidly generate citations and bibliographies as you write. More information and RSVP here.
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