ACERT lunchtime seminars Spring 2024

02/27/2024

12- 1 pm

Online

Experiential Learning

Join us as we explore various forms of experiential learning including internships, fieldwork, and service-learning and their connections to career readiness.

Presenter(s): Jillian Baez (AFPRL), Rosa Cruz-Cordero (Center for Puerto Rican Studies), Joseph Pavlisko (Recent Hunter alumnus)

Presentation Slides on Experiential Learning Across Disciplines 

02/29/2024

12- 1 pm

Online

WRONG! On Getting Student Feedback Right

Join us as we discuss learnings from last year’s ACERT podcast club, specifically focused on feedforward – a new perspective on giving students feedback.

Presenter(s): Liz Klein (Special Education), Diana Conchado (Romance Languages), Sal Ruiz (Special Education), moderated by Gina Riley (Special Education)

03/05/2024

12- 1 pm

Online

Conversations about AI

**This session is open only to Hunter faculty and staff.** CUNY colleagues are welcome to join us at our session on “AI beyond text” on Thursday March 7, 12-1pm. Register at: bit.ly/ACERT-AI-beyond-text This session will focus on our experiences, questions, and concerns about the use of generative AI tools in our Spring 2024 classrooms. Have you included an AI policy on your syllabus, or are you looking to do so in future classes? Are you using AI tools in your assignments, or interested in learning more? How can we best understand and manage students’ use of these tools? Continue the conversation on generative AI in the classroom with your Hunter colleagues in a session facilitated by Sree Sreenivasan (Digimentors). While this is a follow-up session of our pre-semester event in January, everyone interested in understanding generative AI in their classrooms is welcome to join.

Presenter(s): Sree Sreenivasan (Digimentors)

03/07/2024

12- 1 pm

Online

AI Beyond Text

Much of our conversation about generative AI in the classroom has focused on text generators, such as ChatGTP and Gemini (previously Bard), and what challenges and opportunities they bring to our teaching. In this session, we are broadening our conversation and will look at how instructors are using image-generating AI tools in their classrooms and their own work. Participants will also get a quick overview of some of the tools available.

Presenter(s): Deepsikha Chatterjee and students (Theatre), Peter Dudek (Art and Art History), Logan Spevak (Center for Online Learning)

03/12/2024

12- 1 pm

Online

Approaching All Students

How do we ensure that we are providing an education for students that meets their individual needs? Join us for a seminar focused on approaching all students from a lens of equity, access, and differentiation of curriculum.

Presenter(s):Angela Padilla (Skirball Learning Center, Physics), Jody Polleck (Curriculum and Teaching), Deepsikha Chatterjee (Theatre)

Presentation Slides: Approaching All Students

03/14/2024

12- 1 pm

Online

Alumni Connections

So many of our students are doing amazing and unexpected things after graduation, but we often lose contact with them. Let’s explore ways to connect with our fantastic Hunter alumni! We’ll approach this topic both from a data perspective and a personal perspective, and Phil Swan from the Library will talk about alumni and the Hunter College Archives.

Presenter(s): Milka Pericon (Institutional Advancement and Alumni Relations), Kenney Robinson (Career Professional and Partnership Development, SOE), Keith Okrosy (Career Center), Phil Swan (Libraries), Gina Riley (Special Education)

Presentation Slides "CPPD & Alumni Engagement"

"Presentation Slides Alumni Resources in the Hunter College Archives"

Recording

03/19/2024

12- 1 pm

Online

Teaching Writing Beyond Writing Courses

A round-table discussion about experiences and effective strategies to teach writing in the disciplines and beyond the common writing courses.

Presenter(s):Wendy Hayden (English), Sasha Maceira (English), Kenneth McLaughlin (Economics), Barbara Barone (Dolciani Center, Mathematics)

Presentation Slides: "We Come Together: WAC Programs and College Composition"

Recording

03/21/2024

12- 1 pm

Online

Self-Care and Self-Compassion for Higher Education Professionals

Join us for an interactive session on exploring ways to decompress, put the focus on yourself. We will engage in mindful practices and discussions on how to care for self in the context of higher education.

Presenter(s): Liz Klein (Special Education), Gina Riley (Special Education), Kenny Hirschmann (Frankfort Center, SOE), Valerie Lyons (Student Affairs, SOE), Vicki Lens (Social Work), Tricia Stephens (Social Work)

03/26/2024

12- 1 pm

Online

Deep Dive Into Study Abroad for Faculty

Interested in learning more about Education Abroad, but don’t know where to start? This session will provide a deep dive into Hunter’s study abroad offerings for both students and faculty. During the session, we will also explore:

Bring your questions and ideas, and we will discuss them together in this interactive session!

Presenter(s): Sarah Craver (Education Abroad)

03/28/2024

12- 1 pm

Online

Making It Work: Hunter Career Success Fellows Showcase

Three Hunter faculty members were selected to serve as inaugural CUNY Career Success Fellows this academic year. Join us to learn more about their projects and initiatives to integrate career exploration and preparation into their courses and programs.

Presenter(s): Jessie Daniels (Sociology), Laura Palermo (Anthropology), Marlene Hennessey (English)

04/02/2024

12- 1 pm

Online

Public Scholarship with Students

In this lunchtime seminar, Hunter students from various fields and their professors/mentors will share about the public scholarship projects they developed or participated in.

• Public Scholarship with Students: Mellon Public Humanities and Social Justice Scholars (Laila Gad, christian gonzalez-rivera)
• Public Scholarship with Students: Wikipedia Assignments (Frida Kleiman, Iris Finkel, Beatrice Norton, Luise Kaunert)

• Mellon Public Humanities and Social Justice Scholars at Hunter
• "Spanning Literacy Instruction: A Wikipedia Editing Assignment in an Upper-Level Biochemistry Course" (Frida Kleiman, Iris Finkel)
• Wikipedia page on Reductive Stress (Beatrice Norton)
• Wikipedia page on Vicki Meek (Luise Kaunert)

04/04/2024

12- 2 pm

68th St Campus

Teaching Innovations Lightning Talks with Lunch

For the final Lunchtime Seminar of the Spring semester, we’ll meet on Thursday April 4, 12-2pm for an in-person session at the 68th Street Campus, featuring lightning talks and lunch!