Career Competencies in our Courses

Featuring presenter Professor Susan Davis (MUSIC)

How can faculty support students to prepare for their post-graduation futures?

What does it mean to “integrate career competencies” in our courses?

Join us for a presentation and discussion to learn more about different ways to encourage career readiness through group work, class discussions, presentations, writing assignments, and more. Bring your questions, concerns, strategies, and stories!

We will meet on Wednesday, February 25, 2026 from 12:30p-1:30p via Zoom: Register here

Faculty Presenter Bio: Dr. Susan A. Davis is a Professor and Graduate Coordinator of Music Education at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College. She teaches courses in instrumental methods, music education research, the psychology of music and music education, and mentors undergraduate and graduate student teachers

Next Pop-Up Date: March 25, 2026 at 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. with Johnathan Thayer, PhD, MLS (GSLIS)
Local Community History Curricula and a Local Community Memory Program

CETLL’s End of the Semester Drop-In Hour

Please join the CETLL team for our end of the semester pop-up!

This pop-up will be a friendly space to discuss your pedagogical needs, questions, and classroom experiences as well as an opportunity to learn more about CETLL and resources available to QC faculty.  CETLL’s Instructional and Academic Technologists will be available to answer any questions you have about Brightspace.

Light snacks will be provided.

We will meet on Wednesday, 12/17/25 from 12:30-1:30p in Kiely 111A: Register Here 

Best Practices for Working with Student Research Assistants

Featuring presenter Dr. Daniel Cumming (Postdoctoral Fellow, History Department and Melting Metropolis: Everyday Histories of Heat and Health in London, New York, and Paris Since 1945) 

Join us to learn about ways to effectively work with undergraduate students as research interns or assistants, based on a model developed by QC History faculty members Daniel Cumming and Kara Schlichting.  We will discuss ways to connect undergraduate students to research projects and support their skills development as well as the different benefits that these efforts have for students and faculty alike.    

Bring questions, stories, and your own strategies to share! 

We will meet on Wednesday, 11/19/25 from 12:30-1:30p in Kiely 111A and on Zoom: Register Here 

QC Makerspace

Featuring presenter Nick Normal (Head of QC Makerspace).

Join us for an interactive session to learn more about QC’s Makerspace, a “hands-on learning lab for all to tinker, craft, make, design, & learn.”  Together, we will explore the available resources and equipment and talk about ways to work with/in the Makerspace with our students.   

We will meet on Wednesday, 10/22/25 from 12:30 p.m. -1:30 p.m. in Kiely 111A and on Zoom: Register Here 

We highly encourage in-person attendance for this hands-on workshop! 

Locating Ourselves in Queens:

Who are our Students?

Featuring presenter Lizandra Friedland (Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Adjunct Faculty, Philosophy).

How can learning more about Queens College students impact our teaching strategies? 

Join us for a conversation about our QC students who are members of our campus, communities, and neighborhoods in Queens and beyond. 

We will begin with a presentation about QC students and their needs and interests.  We will then talk together about how this data can inform our approaches to teaching and the connections we make between our classroom, campus, and community.

We invite you to join the conversation!  Bring your questions, concerns, strategies, and stories!

We will meet on Monday, 10/6/25 from 12:30-1:30p in Kiely 111A and on Zoom: Register Here

Save the Date for our next Pop-Up: QC Makerspace with Nick Normal on 10/22/25, 12:30-1:30p

Generative AI in the Classroom:

Best Practices, a CETLL Guide

In 2024-2025, in collaboration with Amy Wan, Professor of English and Special Assistant to the Provost for Writing, CETLL hosted a Generative AI in the Classroom Faculty Fellowship, through which an interdisciplinary cohort of thirteen faculty members were supported to critically engage the different concerns and opportunities that generative AI presents for our work as educators. 

From our discussions with the Faculty Fellows and other resources, we have developed Generative AI in the Classroom: Best Practices, a CETLL Guide. 

Join us for a virtual launch of this guide, where we will share highlights and engage in conversation about best practices around generative AI in the classroom.  

We will meet on Monday, 9/15/25 from 12:30-1:30p on Zoom: Register Here

Incorporating Open Educational Resources (OER) Into Our Course

Featuring faculty presenters Caitlin Colban-Waldron (GSLIS), Seth Lehman (Mathematics), and Tina Pagano (Psychology).

At this pop-up, we will talk about strategies faculty have used to bring accessible open educational resources (OER) into their courses, how they have organized these materials to meet learning objectives, and what impacts OER has had on faculty and students’ experiences in the classroom. We invite you to join the conversation! Bring your questions, concerns, tools, and stories!

We will meet on Wednesday, 4/23 from 12:30-1:30p in Kiely 111A/Zoom (Hybrid): Register Here

Expanding Student Engagement In and Beyond the Classroom

Featuring Faculty Presenters Iva Burdett (Chemistry), Melissa Lovitz (FNES), and Christopher Williams (English and Provost’s Faculty Fellow 2023-2024)

At this pop-up, a panel of faculty members will share specific strategies to expand student engagement through syllabus design, course assignments, campus-based activities, and other learning opportunities. We invite you to bring your experiences, tools, questions, and concerns!

We will meet on Wednesday, 3/19 from 12:30-1:30p in Kiely 111A/Zoom: Register here

Join us for our first (hybrid) pop-up:
Discussing Generative AI With Our Students

Featuring Faculty Presenters Lindsey Albracht and S.E. Hackney (GSLIS).

We will explore strategies to hold meaningful conversations with our students about the evolving role of artificial intelligence in creative and academic spaces.  We invite you to share your experiences, tools, questions, and concerns!

We will meet on Wednesday, 2/19 from 12:30-1:30p in Kiely 111A/Zoom: Register here