Having trouble reading this? View it in your browser. Office of the Provost's email digest: September 24, 2018 September 24, 2018 Features Young Puerto Rican Filmmakers: A Selection of Short Films by Film Students and Recent Graduates of the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Thursday, October 4, 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m., Studio Theater Professor Mary Leonard will present a selection of short films and videos by students and graduates of the University’s film certificate program, followed by a Q & A with Professor Leonard and some of the filmmakers. Blackboard Accessibility Course Do your part to improve the academic experiences and success of students with disabilities. The Blackboard Accessibility Course is a new self-paced online course, created by CUNY faculty that presents step-by-step instructions for making online courses and course materials accessible to all students. Includes tutorials for using accessibility features in Blackboard, MSWord, PDFs, and other common applications. All CUNY faculty and staff can access the course by logging into Blackboard and clicking on a new "Accessibility Training" tab. 14-day Writing Challenge Working on an article, book, or grant proposal? Sign up now for the 14-day writing challenge (early Oct.-dates TBA). Take advantage of this special opportunity, including dedicated time and workspace on campus, and jump-start your writing process. Free of charge, this program is one of numerous professional development resources available to you through your National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity membership (also free!). NCFDD offers free professional development, training, and mentoring opportunities, geared toward early and mid-career faculty as they move through the tenure and promotion process. Lehman's institutional membership gives you access to a variety of programs and resources to enhance your work-life balance, teaching, scholarship, research, and advance your career. To register, visit facultydiversity.org and choose Lehman from the dropdown menu. Every Semester Needs a Plan Thursday October 4, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Science Hall 1405 Join your colleagues at this kick-off event for a year of faculty development programming offered in conjunction with the National Center for Faculty Diversity & Development. This lunch-time webinar will help you identify your personal and professional goals, create a strategic plan to accomplish them, and identify the types of community, support, and accountability you need to make this a productive and balanced semester. NCFDD offers professional development, training, and mentoring opportunities, geared toward early and mid-career faculty as they move through the tenure and promotion process. Be sure to register for access to all of NCFDD’s programming – it's free! Visit facultydiversity.org and choose Lehman from the dropdown menu. Did we say it is free? More News... FYI PIVOT Webinar Friday, Sept. 28, 2:00 p.m. The Research Foundation Office of Award Pre-Proposal Support, APPS, will hold their annual Pivot training webinar on Friday, September 28 at 2 p.m. Please participate to learn how to leverage the site features and discover new funding opportunities. For information and to access the webinar, visit the University Faculty Senate website. Faculty Fellowship Publication Program (FFPP) 2018-2019 Call for Proposals This University-wide initiative assists full-time untenured CUNY faculty in the design and execution of writing projects essential to progress toward tenure. Projects may include research-based articles for juried publications, books for academic presses, and creative writing projects. The program provides three credit hours of course release for the spring semester, a writing group, and the guidance of a senior faculty member. The application is available here. Don't wait until the last minute – the application deadline is October 26th! The Bloomberg Terminal is now available in the Leonard Lief Library The Bloomberg Terminal is a premier international financial services database providing news and analytics for over 129 countries and 250 exchanges. Lehman College has introduced one Bloomberg Terminal, housed in the Leonard Lief Library. Join us for the ribbon cutting ceremony on October 2 at 5 p.m. Open Call for Human Books! Leonard Lief Library is seeking faculty, staff, and students for our Human Library event on Thursday, October 25, 12pm-3pm. Be a human book and share a chapter from your life to challenge prejudice, bias, stigma, misunderstanding, or discrimination within a respectful conversation in a safe space. Please Register by October 18. Contact Rebecca Arzola, 718-960-8831, for more information. 5th Annual Global Citizenship Gala October 25, 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m., Villa Barone Manor, Bronx The Global Citizenship Gala benefits the Lehman L.I.F.E. (Leaders Involved for Everyone) Alternative Break Program. Please consider attending this year's event! All proceeds support grants for domestic and international service-learning opportunities for students. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.lehman.edu/globalgala. Save the Date! November 15 - 17, 2018 VIII Biennial National Dominican Studies Association Conference: Dominicans on the Map: Heritage, Citizenship, Memory & Social Justice Eugenio María de Hostos Community College, CUNY. Submit to SUM: a new CUNY Website for Faculty and Students SUM was developed to advance the goals of Connected CUNY, and features scholarship, research and creative work by CUNY faculty and students, distilled for a wide range of audiences--elected officials, the media, prospective students, and faculty. Submissions will be considered based on news value and relevance to a general audience. Faculty Achievements Congratulations to Chief Librarian Kenneth Schlesinger, recipient of this year’s Louis Rachow Distinguished Service in Performing Arts Librarianship Award! The Theatre Library Association celebrates the excellence of the profession by bestowing this award on individuals who embody its best qualities. Awards will be presented at a celebration in the café of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City, at 7:00 PM on Friday, October 12, 2018: http://www.tla-online.org/news/upcoming-events/ For Your Students Office of Pre-Graduate School Advisement Help us assist your students in preparing for graduate school by announcing to your classes that the Office of Pre-Graduate School Advising is offering fall advising hours as well as workshops on getting into graduate school (Oct 17th) and writing personal statements (Nov. 14th). Instructional Support Services Fall Workshops The Instructional Support Services Program (ISSP) offers tutoring and workshops in a range of subjects, academic coaching, a computer lab, and more; please keep ISSP in mind as a resource for your students. For more information about ISSP and a schedule of fall semester workshops, see the ISSP Bulletin. Funding Opportunities and Notifications If you need funds to support your scholarship, research, creative work, publications, academic programming, and/or travel, consider applying for a grant. For more information on grant funding opportunities and how to apply, contact the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs at 718 960-8357. Oct. 31: Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC) Distinguished Fellowship Program The Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC) of the Graduate Center invites tenured and tenure-track scholars conducting research in any one of the following areas to apply for our Distinguished Fellowships for the 2019-2020 academic year: Inequality, Immigration, Multilingualism & Translation, Global Cities, and Critical University Studies. Apply here. For more information contact Don Robotham, Professor of Anthropology and Director, Advanced Research Collaborative at arc@gc.cuny.edu or (212) 817-7544. Nov. 1: Foundation for Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Mid-Career Research Grant Nov. 9: Course Hero & Woodrow Wilson Foundation Higher Ed teaching awards Nov. 16: A Blade of Grass invites Applications for 2019 Fellowship for Socially Engaged Art Nov. 30: Russell Sage Foundation Seeks Letters of Inquiry for Social Inequality Research Dec. 1: Brady Education Foundation: Applications for Program Development and Evaluation NEW! Dec. 5: NEH Accepting Applications for Scholarly Edition/Translation Projects Jan. 15, 2019: Hearing Health Foundation Invites Applications for Research Projects March. 1: American Chemical Society Invites Nominations for Scarborough Medicinal Chemistry Award Grant Forward available through the Leonard Lief Library Grant Forward is a search service that locates and updates a database of sponsors and funding opportunities. The Grant Forward Researcher Welcome Guide outlines creating accounts, searching for grants, and getting recommendations. For access, visit the Leonard Lief Library and search for Grant Forward under the Databases tab. Visit PND Digest to search for funding opportunities and RFPs! 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.