Office of Academic Affairs - Hostos Community College

Division of Academic Affairs – Hostos Community College
Office of Faculty Development and Curriculum
The Professor Magda Vasillov Center for Teaching and Learning

Professional Development Opportunities and Resources

Hostos Community College Professional Development Opportunities

CUNY Professional Development Opportunities

• Toward a (More) Balanced Curriculum in the 2010’s: 
  Integrating Women’s & Gender Studies into Existing Courses 

  Workshop Date: Friday, October 28, 2011 9:30-4:00
  This workshop can accommodate the first 24 faculty members who respond no later than Sept. 28th—preferably sooner.
  Please RSVP to Dean Mangino (cmangino@hostos.cuny.edu) and Professor Jerilyn Fisher (jfisher@hostos.cuny.edu).

• Bronx Community College
  The Center for Teaching Excellence 
  Guest Author Series

  Location: 2155 University Avenue
  Bronx, NY 10453
  Contact Information: 718-289-5100 extension 5075

  October 17, 10:00am-12:00pm Playhouse
  “A Model of Engaged Learning”
  CTE Guest Author Series – Iyaba Ibo Mandingo

  November 22, 10:00am-12:00pm, Playhouse
  CTE Guest Author Series – David S. Reynolds,
  Mightier Than the Sword: ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ and the Battle
  for America

  December 7, 10:00am-12:00pm Playhouse
  “A Model of Engaged Learning”
  CTE Guest Author Series – Michele Carlo, Memoir Writer
  Fish Out of Agua

• CUNY SI Mini-Conference

  Call for Proposals
  Conference Location: Lehman College/CUNY
  Date: Friday, October 7, from 9:30 am-2:30 pm
  Submission Deadline: August 15, 2011
  Contact Person: Andre Bruce
  Phone: 718-960-8531
  Fax: 718-960-1840
  E-mail: si.lehman@lehman.cuny.edu

• CUNY's 10th Annual IT Conference(s)

  Call for Proposals
  Location: John Jay College of Criminal Justice
  Dates: Thursday and Friday, December 1 and 2, 2011
  Submission Deadline: September 15, 2011
  Submit a Proposal
  Contact Information:
  George Otte, University Director of Academic Technology, at George.otte@mail.cuny.edu

• ACRL/NY Annual Symposium 2011:“The Global Librarian:  Information without Borders”

  Call for Proposals
  Poster Guidelines
  Symposium Location: Baruch College, CUNY
  Symposium Date: December 2, 2011

National/International Professional Development Opportunities

National/International Professional Development Opportunities

• National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends

Online Applications: September 19, 2011
Award information
Application Package

• 17th Annual Conference CUMU- Coalition of Urban Metropolitan Universities Creating Tomorrow’s Future Today

Conference Location: IUPUI University Place Conference & Hotel,
Indianapolis, Indiana
Date: October 9-11, 2011
Registration Deadline: September 9, 2011

• MobilityShifts: An International Future of Learning

Location: The New School, New York City
Dates:  October 10-16, 2011
Submission Deadline:  July1, 2011

• AAEEBL Southeast US eFolio Conference:
  ePortfolios Focused On Learning and Integrative Online Thinking

Call for Proposals
Proposals Due, September 12, 2011
Conference Location: Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center
Dates: November 7-8, 2011

• Berlin 9 Open Access Conference

Conference Location: Washington, DC
Conference Dates: November 9-10, 2011
Conference Registration
Contact Information

• AAUP Shared Governance Conference and Workshops

Conference Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC.
Dates:  November 11th -13th, 2011. 
Contact Person: Lenore Beaky at lbeaky@hotmail.com

• Best Practices Conference: Innovation and Creativity in the Community College Classroom

Call for Proposals
Location: Bergen Community College
Date: February 28, 2012
Submission Deadline: September 30, 2011
Send all Abstracts and communication to Dr. Sarah Shurts at sshurts@bergen.edu

• 4th Annual Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy

Call for Proposals
Conference Location: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Conference Dates: February 8-10, 2012
Submission Deadline: October 2, 2011
Contact Information:
Cortney Martin, Conference Chair
540.230.9366
martinc@vt.edu

      Lauren Bryant, Conference Co-Chair
540.231.6823
labryant@vt.edu

• DGI-Conference 2012: Social Media & Web Science

Conference Location: Düsseldorf, Germany
Date: March 22-23, 2012
Submission Deadline: October 31, 2011
Contact Person: Nadja Strein
Phone: + 49 (0)69 430313
Fax: + 49 (0)69 4909096
E-mail: mail@dgi-info.de

• Student Success: Pushing Boundaries, Raising Bars

Conference Location: Seattle, Washington 
Dates: March 22-24, 2012
Submission Deadline:  August 2, 2011.
Contact Information: network@aacu.org
Phone: 202.387.3760

• INSITE 2012: A Conference in Four Parts: Connect, TeachIT, TeLE, and Inform

Call for Paper
Conference Location: Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Dates: June 22 - 27, 2012
Submission Deadline: November 30, 2011
Contact Information: Eli Cohen and Elizabeth Boyd
Organizers@InSITE.nu

• Volunteering to Review for the InSITE Conference

Award Nomination Opportunities

• The National Science Foundation (NSF)
  2012 Alan T. Waterman Award.

  Call for Nominations
  Submission Deadline: October 31, 2011.
  Register and Create your Honorary Awards User Account
  Contact Information: waterman@nsf.gov
  Phone: 703-292-8040

Professional Development Websites

• American Association of College’s and Universities