Having trouble reading this? View it in your browser. Office of the Provost's email digest: April 17, 2020 April 17, 2020 eDigest Spotlights Enhancing and Refreshing Your Course with Open Educational Resources (OER) Join us on April 23, 2020, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. for “Enhancing and Refreshing Your Course with Open Educational Resources (OER),” a lunchtime webinar. Our faculty co-host will be Bertrade Ngo-Ngijol Banoum, Chair, Department of Africana Studies, who will share her expertise and experience. Note: All registrants receive a webinar recording, a written summary and the presentation slides. Virtual Volunteer Opportunities and Workshops for Students The Office of International Programs and Community Engagement offers Lehman students virtual office hours every Tuesday and Thursday as well as virtual volunteer opportunities and workshops for students. Please encourage your students to learn more on our website. Celebration of Faculty Achievement, Research, Scholarship & Creative Works Once a year, the Lehman College community comes together to celebrate and recognize successes through Research, Scholarship & Creative Activities. On Thursday, May 7th, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. the Lehman community will join together (VIRTUALLY) to recognize and celebrate the Research, Scholarship & Creative Activities of its amazing faculty. Please register. We encourage you to submit your Research, Scholarship & Creative Activities published, produced or awarded during CALENDAR YEAR 2019 [January 1 - December 31, 2019] by completing this form. All submissions should be sent to the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) by Wednesday, April 22, 2020. All items including Publication Cover, Awards, Certificates and Articles must be submitted as (JPG, Hi-Res PDF). 2020 Student Research Advisory Conference Because of COVID 19 and the inability to gather in person, the Student Research Advisory Board has decided to go VIRTUAL with this year’s student research conference! Faculty, please encourage your students to participate on May 7th and 8th to present their research and interact with the Lehman college community. Now more than ever, we feel that it is important to maintain connection as a community. Please note, project can be presented at whichever stage it is in currently. Click the link for full details as you prepare to apply. If you have any questions, please contact Professor Amanda Sisselman-Borgia, Chair of SRAB. More Information and Resources FYI Help us Help You To better serve your needs, please assist us (The Office of Online Education) by taking this brief survey on Faculty Experience with Technology and Needs for Support. Lehman Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates and Resources News about COVID-19 virus changes on an hourly basis. You are receiving many messages from Lehman during this time. We continue to update our website to include up-to-the-minute information. Please check this resource regularly for Faculty, Staff and Student resources and updates. Teaching Online As you continue to teach remotely, please be sure to review the Digital Toolkit prepared by Lehman's Information Technology Division and recommendations, instructional guides, and updated FAQs for Faculty Teaching Online prepared by the Office of Online Education. For more information about Faculty Mentors, Asynchronous Teaching, Upcoming Online/Live Training Sessions, Teaching Online in Summer or Fall 2020 or How to Contact IT for Help and Faculty Surveys click the following link. Zoom Technology – Support During Covid-19 Like Lehman, educational institutions across the globe are on the front lines of supporting students with new learning experiences due to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Zoom is one of the eTools educators are using to transform their classrooms and personalize learning with tech. For those of you new to Zoom or who would like to learn more about the platform, here are a few items that should help to get you started: Lehman Faculty Resource-Zoom Zoom Guidelines and Instructions Join a Test Meeting Download Center How to Keep the Party Crashers from Crashing Your Zoom Event The Dos and Don'ts of Online Video Meetings Virtual Campus Services Office Hours Just because the campus is physically closed, we are working hard to support faculty and students from a distance. Please use this page to find all advising areas, student services, and administrative offices and how they can be reached. If you do not find what you need on this page, please email us at Help.Coach@lehman.cuny.edu and someone will get back to you within 24-48 hours. Office hours are for Spring 2020 (January 27, 2020 – May 22, 2020) Leonard Lief Library Resources As we transition to teaching online - the Library continues to offer online services for students and faculty. Library resources include: Digital Books and Journals, Virtual Reference, Information Literacy, Textbooks and Open Educational and Resources [OER] and LTI Integration. For more information click on this link. Lehman Scholars Program (LSP) Call for Proposal The staff at Lehman's Honors Programs wishes you all the best during this difficult period. We realize this is a very busy time for our faculty, given the serious Coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns and the shift to distance learning. As we continue to refashion our courses, we want to ensure that the Lehman Scholars Program (LSP) continues to offer outstanding interdisciplinary seminars for students. As such, we are asking you to submit a proposal to teach a LSP course. Instructional Support Services Program Services (ISSP) Instructional Support Services Program services (ISSP) workshops and tutoring are now available online. We look forward to supporting you and your classes this semester in the all-online environment. For academic coaching, humanities, social sciences and writing tutoring, please refer students to the appointment request page for the Lehman Tutoring Center. For tutoring in the natural sciences, please refer students to the Science Learning Center Blackboard Portal during business hours, for drop-in tutoring (Monday-Thursday from 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.) The Office of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs & Student Success oversees all educational programs; faculty matters; accreditation reviews; strategic planning; and the review of division and departmental budgets. Questions? Email provost.office@lehman.cuny.edu or call 718-960-8222. For submissions or issues relating to the eDigest, email edigest.provost@lehman.cuny.edu.