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Missed my colleagues—short chats in the hallways, conversations professional and personal in our offices, missed greetings with hugs, smiles, and joking around with staff at…
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Throughout fall 2021, the CTL’s Staff Reading Collective met twice monthly to discuss a single text, Paulo Freire’s landmark Pedagogy of the Oppressed. This month’s…
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Three additional professional development seminars are being offered this spring for full- and part-time faculty. These include an updated seminar to support Writing in the…
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I had passed the older man in his wheelchair many times on my Jackson Heights street. Someone always accompanied him—a caretaker? A family member? Many…
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Pablo Avila (CTL) Breathe: A Letter to My Sons by Imani Perry (2019) explores the complexity and nuances of living, experiencing, being, and growing as a…
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The unanticipated shift to Zoom teaching and learning has required faculty and students to explore new ways to spark discussion and engage diverse voices. In…
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In “It Wasn’t Just a Pandemic,” our colleagues, razor-sharp despite visible fatigue, look toward an unpredictable fall semester and identify the human energy and technological…
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Overview | Segment 1 video | Segment 2 Reflections | Segment 3 Reflections In “It Wasn’t Just a Pandemic,” our colleagues, razor-sharp despite visible fatigue,…
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Overview | Segment 2 video | Segment 1 Reflections | Segment 3 Reflections In “It Wasn’t Just a Pandemic,” our colleagues, razor sharp despite visible…
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Overview | Segment 1 Reflections | Segment 2 Reflections | Segment 3 video In “It Wasn’t Just a Pandemic,” our colleagues, razor-sharp despite visible fatigue,…