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Faculty Publishing at BMCC

Every year, I host a reception for faculty who have published books in the past 12 months. This year’s group includes faculty who work in mathematics, poetry, computing, philosophy, and literary translations. Authors and their books included Professors Matthew Ally, Ecology and … Continue reading

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The Unavoidable Curriculum

I’m looking forward to joining some colleagues this weekend at a summer institute organized by the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AACU.org). We’re planning to get some good work done to organize professional development for high impact teaching practices … Continue reading

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Supporting Faculty Research and Collaboration

Community college faculty face the largest teaching loads in higher education. And most do it without an expectation of doing research at the same time. At CUNY, community college faculty, tenured and tenure-track, are expected to do research while holding … Continue reading

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Provost’s Address at Faculty Convocation

Designing for Student Success Karrin E. Wilks, Senior Vice President & Provost January 27, 2017 Good morning and welcome to our first annual Faculty Convocation. Thank you all for joining us. We are very pleased to have to have this … Continue reading

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Leaders, not administrators in training

A recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education featured leadership development programs for faculty at Rutgers and Macalester, among other universities. The article [paywall alert] focused on the need to train faculty for roles as department chairs and deans. At … Continue reading

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A New Tradition: Winter Faculty Convocation

BMCC will start a new tradition in January 2017. For the first time, all faculty will gather for a convocation on Friday, January 27. In the most general sense, a convocation is simply a gathering of people. Its roots are … Continue reading

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