PSC-CUNY Grants 2024-2025 awardees
The following two ELA faculty were awarded the PSC-CUNY Research Award 2024-2025. The PSC-CUNY Research Award program seeks to enhance the University’s role as a research institution, further the professional growth and development of its faculty, and provide support for established and junior scholars. Kenneth Yin: Representation of Indigenous Nanai Culture in the Works of […]
Prof. Leigh Garrison-Fletcher’s new edited book: “Humanizing Collectivist Critical Pedagogy: Teaching Humanities in Community College and Beyond”
Prof. Leigh Garrison-Fletcher co-edited a new book titled “Humanizing Collectivist Critical Pedagogy: Teaching Humanities in Community College and Beyond.” The book introduces concrete examples of teaching that creates learning spaces with students, values their mutual agency, and invites everyone to play a leading role in remaking higher education. The book is co-edited by Sujung Kim, […]
Liberal Arts Options Open House Spring 2024 (4/16/2024 @ E-Atrium)
LaGuardia Community College offers a diverse array of Liberal Arts Options catering to various academic interests. Come and speak with the program representatives and learn about the curriculum, transfer, and career paths for the Liberal Arts Options. Meet faculty and students in the LA Option. Pick up a handbook and play some interactive games! Each […]
Volunteer opportunities for bilingual speakers for the NYS Seal of Biliteracy
NYS DOE’s Multilingual Learners Division is looking for bilingual volunteers for their Seal of Biliteracy programs. They need native speakers of several languages to be volunteer (non-paid) advisors for individual students in NYC Public Schools. Here are the languages that advisors are needed for: Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Dutch, French, German, Polish, Russian, Tagalog, Tajik, Telugu, […]
NYS Court Interpreter Internship Program (Spring 2024: Apr – May 2024)
The NYS Unified Court System offers an intensive 20-hour internship program to bilingual students in Spring 2024. Interested students must be proficient in the English language as well as a second language, and interested in pursuing or exploring a career as a court interpreter. During the internship, students will learn about court interpreter ethics, the […]
Prof. Habiba Boumlik was selected for the CAORC-WARC Faculty Development Seminar 2024
Prof. Habiba Boumlik has been selected to participate in the CAORC (Council of American Overseas Research centers)-WARC (West African Research Association) 2024 Overseas Faculty Development Seminar in Senegal. CAORC offers fully-funded overseas seminars. The CAORC-WARC is a fully-funded faculty seminar to help faculty and administrators gain the requisite first-hand experience needed to internationalizing courses, curricula, […]
Prof. Tomonori Nagano publishes a book chapter on modern language enrollments at community colleges
Prof. Tomonori Nagano has published a book chapter on modern language enrollments at community colleges. His chapter is in the volume titled Language Program Vitality in the United States, which addresses the current enrollment challenges in modern languages and proposes different approaches to invigorating the modern language programs in the U.S. Prof. Nagano’s chapter is […]
ELA Department Open House in Fall 2023 (11/15/2023)
The Education and Language Acquisition Department is hosting its annual open house event on Wednesday, November 15, 2023 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. Please share this information with your students. Title: ELA Department Open House in Fall 2023 Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 Time: 2:00pm-4:00pm Place: E-Atrium Description: Please encourage your students to attend and learn […]
CSin6: Tuition-free CS courses for DOE teachers in Spring 2024
In partnership with NYC DOE, CUNY Teacher Education is providing NYCDOE teachers and permanent paraprofessionals with an opportunity to participate in a tuition-free 6-credit sequence of courses to develop their technical, pedagogical, and content knowledge in computing education. NYC DOE Teachers and permanent paraprofessionals who complete the courses may also receive a micro-credential. These 2 […]
NYS Court Interpreter Internship Program (Fall 2023: Oct – Dec 2023)
The NYS Unified Court System offers an intensive 20-hour internship program to bilingual students in Fall 2023. Interested students must be proficient in the English language as well as a second language, and interested in pursuing or exploring a career as a court interpreter. During the internship, students will learn about court interpreter ethics, the […]
