The Center for Teaching and Learning at LaGuardia Community College has released a request for proposals for Year 2 of the Making Connections ePortfolio Mini-Grant and Seminar Program.

This FIPSE-funded endeavor brings together faculty and administrators from the New York metropolitan area to examine how ePortfolios can support teaching and learning, assessment, and student engagement. The second year program will begin in February 2009; proposals for mini-grants are due November 20, 2008.

The complete request for proposals and application template is available at http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/ctl/mc/cohort2.htm. Queries should be directed to Susan Lambert, Making Connections coordinator (slambert@lagcc.cuny.edu, 718-482-5419).

Queens College faculty interested in producing a proposal should contact Claudia Perry or Eva Fernández.

The Writing in Music website for the Aaron Copland School of Music was launched early September 2008. While it was developed for the needs of music students and faculty in particular, it is valuable for students and faculty across Queens College.

This website was developed through the efforts of Writing Across the Curriculum, with the guidance of its Director, Jason Tougaw, and the leadership and talents of WAC's Arts and Humanities Caucus, whose members include David Gagné (Aaron Copland School of Music), Sue Lantz Goldhaber (English), Ken Nielsen (CUNY Writing Fellow), and Boone Gorges (CUNY Writing Fellow and Webmaster).

URL: http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Writing/music

The Writing in Music website is one of a growing family of subject writing guides hosted on the WAC web and produced by Queens College faculty.

The Office of Academic Affairs routinely releases a newsletter on grants and grant opportunities. The September 2008 newsletter is here.

Queries should be addressed to Michael Corrente, Grants Associate (212-794-5491, michael.corrente@mail.cuny.edu).

Many congratulations to the recipients of this year's Awards for Excellence in Teaching. They are:

Adjunct Faculty category:
Kirby Brown (Mathematics)
Areti Tsiola (Biology)

Full-Time Faculty Category:
Patrick Brock (Earth and Environmental Science)
Alyson Cole (Political Science)
Irving Lenny Markowitz (Political Science)

Grants for Innovative Teaching Projects:
Clare Carroll (Comparative Literature) & Susan Einhorn (Drama, Theatre and Dance); project title: Teaching theatre in cultural context
Jianbo Liu (Chemistry and Biochemistry), Teaching LabVIEW programming in instrumental analysis laboratories

Visit the Teaching Awards page of the CTL Web for award winners from previous years.

Also visit the website of the Queens College Irish Theatre Festival, going on now, for activities related to Clare Carroll & Susan Einhorn's project.

The Leon Levy Center for Biography has just announced a fellowship program for the 2009-2010 academic year. CUNY faculty working on biographies are encouraged to apply; recipients receive a stipend of $60,000, have access to writing space, and get the opportunity to participate in a Biography Seminar. For more information, visit the Center's website, http://www.leonlevycenterforbiography.org, where you may also download an application and guidelines for the fellowship.

The deadline for proposals for year 2 of Making Connections, a seminar on ePortfolios, is November 20, 2008. See the complete RFP here:

http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/ctl/mc/cohort2.htm

Queens College faculty interested in putting together a proposal are encouraged to contact the Center for Teaching and Learning.