Academic Affairs Events Calendar – beginning tomorrow May 9
May 8, 2025
MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS
What makes people give, and how can we inspire them to give more? Join us for a dynamic conversation on how to segment audiences—not by who they are on paper, but by why they care. More information and register here.
Friday, May 9, 2:00 – 3:00 PM
STARR CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Embedding Career Readiness into the Curriculum (virtual)
By embedding career readiness into the curriculum, faculty bridge the gap between education and employment, ensuring students see the relevance of their studies in a practical context. Attend this workshop to learn how you can take a career-focused pedagogical approach to your teaching. Register here.
Monday, May 12, 1:00 – 2:00 PM
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
Political Science Research Colloquium
Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, Dr. Sophia Jacobson will present on the topic “Policies Can Still Create New Politics: Contemporary Causal Evidence from New York Preschool Parents.” Sponsored by the Globus Fund. Newman Vertical Campus, room 14-285. Register here.
Wednesday, May 14, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
MISHKIN GALLERY
Medieval Media Studies: Dreams and the Digital Imaginary
In conjunction with Mishkin Gallery’s current exhibition “Visible Communication,” Dr. Alison Griffiths (Communication Studies) will present a lecture on the rich visual culture of the medieval period and dreaming as a kind of visual thought experiment. Mishkin Gallery, 135 E. 22nd St. More information here.
Thursday, May 15, 12:30 – 1:45 PM
NARENDRA PAUL LOOMBA DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT
Omega Seminar
Prof. Jiaru Bai (Stony Brook University) will present her work “All That Glitters Is Not Gold: The Impact of Certification Test Costs in Online Labor Markets.” Newman Vertical Campus, room 9-215. No RSVP required.
ONGOING
FACULTY AFFAIRS
Adjunct Community Space in Brightspace
Adjunct faculty have been added to the Adjunct Community Space in Brightspace. The Adjunct Community Space is updated regularly to provide resources and announce events, trainings, and other critical information for adjuncts. If you are an adjunct and you do not see the Adjunct Community Space in your list of Brightspace courses, please contact adjunctservices@baruch.cuny.edu and we will get you added as soon as possible.
Faculty Mentoring Network: Mentor and Mentee applications are open for AY 25-26
The Baruch Faculty Mentoring Network supports faculty across the college with opt-in, needs-based mentoring at all career stages. Faculty can use this online portal to view our areas of support and identify a preferred mentor, and all faculty can use the site to find out about upcoming Mentoring Network events, workshops, faculty interest groups (FIGs), peer mentoring/networking opportunities, and other resources designed to support faculty. If you would like to sign up to be a mentor or a mentee next year, applications are now available through the Mentoring Network’s SharePoint site. To find out more about the Mentoring Network or ask questions, please reach out to Norene Leddy, Dir. of Faculty Affairs, norene.leddy@baruch.cuny.edu.
STARR CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Career-Focused Pedagogy Training & Community Brightspace Site
Starr’s Career-Focused Pedagogy Training & Community Site aims to better equip undergraduate faculty from all disciplines, teaching modalities, and class sizes, in assisting students become career ready. Modules, all of which are asynchronous, include: The Value of Career-Focused Pedagogy, Curating & Disseminating Resources (e.g., access to student-focused resources), Actively Incorporating Career Readiness into the Curriculum (e.g., creating a course skills objective, access to a repository of teaching tools), and Leveraging Campus Stakeholders. More information here.