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Student Engagement Initiatives

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Hunter College's Student Engagement Initiatives have been established to encourage and promote greater student-faculty interaction outside of the traditional classroom.

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National research suggests that student success is inextricably linked to student engagement, the degree to which a student is intellectually involved within and beyond the classroom. This is confirmed by Hunter students, who have asked for more opportunities to interact with their Hunter faculty beyond the classroom. Each of the programs described below is designed to provide opportunities for Hunter faculty to engage students beyond the confines of the classroom.

Three kinds of activities are supported by these initiatives and are outlined below. Support for other kinds of activities, particularly those not involving faculty, can be requested from the Dean of Students.

Co-curricular Activity Initiative

Funding for student-faculty activities that are related to faculty courses or their scholarship. Previously supported activities have included student-faculty lunches, dinners, and receptions, guest speakers who attended classes and engaged with students, film screenings, museum and theater outings, and other kinds of field trips.

  • Support for restaurant meals are usually in the $20-$25 range, per student.
  • Stipends for speakers are usually in the $200-$300 range. (CUNY or other NY State employees cannot be compensated through this program.)
  • Support for an activity for a single class of 35-50 students usually does not exceed $500-$600.
View Past Co-curricular Activities

Student-Faculty Research Initiative

Funding for students to participate in faculty research, scholarship, and creative projects. Hunter faculty may request up to $1,000 per student, per academic year (i.e., up to $500 per student, per semester).

View Past Research Activities

Student Presentation Initiative

Funding to offset travel expenses for faculty-nominated students who will present their work at professional conferences that they attend with Hunter faculty; or to organize a faculty-sponsored student-scholarship conference at Hunter.

Please note that these funds rarely cover the entire cost of a student’s conference trip, and typically do not exceed $500-$700. The strongest applications support students attending a conference where their faculty will also be participants.

View Past Presentation Activities

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