Having trouble reading this? View it in your browser. Office of the Provost's email digest: November 30, 2018 November 30, 2018 Features Office of Veteran & Military Affairs Toy Drive Help support the families of our Veterans by donating a new toy to our Holiday toy drive. Stop by and drop off a toy or two to the Office of Veteran & Military Affairs in Shuster Hall, Room 201. For further information please contact Luis Soltero-Rodriguez at (718) 960-7188. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: eVerification Time! In order to maintain compliance with the U.S Department of Education regarding the verification of completion of coursework for the almost 75% of our students receiving Federal financial aid, the college has developed a seamless process called eVerification which is a component of the new Lehman 360 platform. To address compliance and avoid financial penalties, eVerification will allow faculty to verify their grades online and provide supporting documentation for ‘F' and Incomplete (INC) grades assigned to students. When completing the eVerification process, it is critical that your response be as thorough and complete as possible. Non-responses to eVerification may result in financial implications for the college. Consult this guide for instructions. Non-Passing Grade Road Map For more information contact lehman.eVerification@lehman.cuny.edu 2019 CUNY Faculty Diversity & Inclusion Conference The Office of Recruitment and Diversity (ORD) is pleased to announce our opening keynote speaker, President Freeman Hrabowski, III, of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), deservedly recognized for his success in cultivating the next generation of science and math scholars. Among his many honors, he was the 2018 recipient of the ACE Lifetime Achievement Award and you can view his acceptance speech here. We encourage you to submit a proposal for a concurrent session. Details on the Call for Proposals appear here. Please note that the submission deadline is January 7, 2019. Conference registration will open at the beginning of the spring term. College Now On Wednesday December 5, 2018, the Lehman College Now program will be hosting a conference and information session for High School Counselors and College Advisors. Over forty counselors/advisors are planning to attend representing different high schools in the Bronx. The conference is designed to introduce new counselors to the opportunities available to their students in the College Now program and to review post-secondary data on College Now students in CUNY. Date: Wednesday, December 5 Place: East Dining Room, Music Building Time: 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. More News... FYI The Lehman College and Community Chorus annual free Winter Concert Join us Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. in the Lehman Concert Hall. Directed by Lehman Professor Diana Mittler-Battipaglia and accompanied by the Lehman Symphony Orchestra, the 120 member chorus will perform Vivaldi’s lively Gloria, shorter works by Mendelssohn, Rutter, Burleigh, Handel and multicultural selections. In addition, the program will feature the Vivaldi Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon, Johann Strauss’ Radetsky March,and a sing-along for the audience. Members of the chorus and soloists include Lehman students, alumni, faculty, staff, and a broad selection of residents from many communities in the Bronx and the greater New York area. Trot to the Holiday Market! The fundraising for our Lehman L.I.F.E. student leaders and global volunteers is underway! However, the annual Turkey Trot is morphing into a HOLIDAY MARKET--Thursday, December 6 between 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.! All donors will be entered into a lottery and prize winners will be announced at 1:30 p.m.! So join us in raising funds for our Lehman L.I.F.E. (Leaders Involved for Everyone) Alternative Break program. Through this program, Lehman students volunteer during their winter, spring and/or summer breaks, serving communities in need and developing a sense of global citizenship. Spring Break 2019: Lehman students will continue the hurricane relief work done by CUNY students over the summer of 2018 in Puerto Rico. Summer 2019: Lehman Students will volunteer with the Foundation for the International Medical Relief of Children and participate in the medical clinics, global health education, women’s empowerment and community agriculture in Huancayo, Peru. Student Scholar Conference On April 15, the Student Research Advisory Board (SRAB) will be hosting Lehman College’s 11th Annual Student Scholars Conference. This event is an interdisciplinary exhibition of student research, scholarship, and creative works. Mark this exciting event on your calendars now and stay tuned for more information. Research Club The research club is a clearinghouse for faculty-student research collaborations, specifically created for students who are interested in engaging with research. In addition to connecting students with faculty, this club hosts student and faculty workshops. Contact Alice Augustine for more information. The School of Arts and Humanities Meet the Majors--A "Need to Know" Town Hall On Friday, October 12th, the entire Division of Enrollment Management closed its doors for an afternoon in order to come together for a Professional Development session. The "Need to Know" Town Hall with the School of Arts and Humanities was a smashing success. The presenters were dynamic, the audience was engaged, and there were so many useful takeaways. 100% of the respondents to a post session survey responded either 'Agree' or 'Strongly Agree' to the following statement: "I have a better understanding of majors offered by the School of Arts and Humanities". Click here for more photos from the event. These Professional Development opportunities will continue throughout the year. Would you like to submit to the eDigest? We welcome submissions of news, events, conferences, workshops, faculty advisories, faculty publications, and information especially of interest to Lehman College faculty and staff. The deadline is two weeks in advance of your event/target publication date. The guidelines have changed. Please make sure to review and follow them before submitting items for publication. Faculty and Staff Publications and Achievements We are always glad to publicize good news about faculty publications, recognition, awards, honors, and major grants. To share information about your recent accomplishments, please forward the details to your chair with a request to submit to edigest.provost@lehman.cuny.edu. See the submission guidelines for more information. For Your Students Lehman’s Pre-Health Program is Growing! Lehman has a thriving pre-health program for students interested in careers ranging from physician to veterinarian. A variety of new initiatives have been implemented, resulting in an increase of 44% in the number of Lehman students accepted to medical school, driven by growth in both the number of Lehman students advised and in their success rate. To learn more, click here. CUNY Arts CUNY Arts partners with cultural institutions in New York City to offer students, and in some instances staff and faculty, free admission and to offer faculty opportunities to work with cultural institutions to integrate art and performance into the curriculum. The following institutions now offer free admission to all CUNY students: The Whitney (also free for staff and faculty) El Museo Del Barrio (also free for staff, faculty, and a guest) The Jewish Museum The Museum of the City of New York The Intrepid (also free for faculty and staff) MoMA (also free for faculty accompanied by a class of 25 students with advance notice) The Frick Wildlife Conservation Society – Bronx Zoo 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. Ongoing: CUNY Adjunct-CET Professional Development Grants New! Ongoing: Teagle Foundation: RFP for Education in American Civic Life Initiative Nov. 30: Russell Sage Foundation Seeks Letters of Inquiry for Social Inequality Research Dec. 1: Brady Education Foundation: Applications for Program Development and Evaluation Dec. 5: NEH Accepting Applications for Scholarly Edition/Translation Projects Dec. 6: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Invites Applications for Ford Foundation Fellowships Dec. 31: Teach Access Curriculum Development Awards Jan. 15, 2019: Hearing Health Foundation Invites Applications for Research Projects New! Feb. 19, 2019: Klingenstein Fund Neuroscience Fellowships March. 1: American Chemical Society Invites Nominations for Scarborough Medicinal Chemistry Award Visit the CUNY Funding Opportunities page to learn about internal funding programs and check due dates! Visit PND Digest to search for funding opportunities and RFPs! Grant Forward available through the Leonard Lief Library For access, visit the Leonard Lief Library and search for Grant Forward under the Databases tab. 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.