Dear students,

It has been a busy advisement day but this just in. Freelancers Hub has an instagram event. See link at https://www.instagram.com/nyc_hub/

Dear Interns,  there are two excellent virtual networking events scheduled by City Tech professors, Here is the meeting info on both. All students are invited to attend both events.

1. The first is a speaker for Sara Woolley, Krista Willborg, who makes comics and illustrations related to health and wellness. Learn more about her work and get the zoom invite info at:

Meet Kriota Willburg

2. The second one is called  “Visualize the Future” – Workshop at noon this Friday

Dear Spring Interns,

Just to ensure all of you have seen my earlier posts, here is my earlier post with the information regarding how the internship is adapting given the circumstances.

Dear interns,

• First and foremost, I hope you and your family members are well.

• As an update to my earlier post, where I substituted webinars for networking events for last week. Of course, now,  events are off the table for the whole semester as meeting in groups puts everyone’s health at risk. Instead, we will be requiring blog posts on other online education resources in the upcoming weeks.

• Most importantly, All of you should be doing your internships remotely and not on the employer’s site at this point. Most employers are moving to this model anyway but I reached out to all of you via my post last week to get your internship agreements because I want to contact each employer to let them know that no intern should be working on-site any longer. We do not want any COMD intern to believe that they need to earn their COMD 4900 credits by working on-site and risking his/her health to do so. Just as classes have moved on-line, so too has your internship work for credit. If there is an employer that is not willing to accommodate remote working or cannot do so, then let me know and I will write them an email letter explaining that we can no longer have you working there. 

• If you do not have an internship already or your employer is not able to continue your hours, we will work to place you with a remote internship within CUNY or another employer that will allow remote working.

• The required work hours for the internship will be reduced to 60 hours for this semester. If you wish to do the 120 for your portfolios, then you are free to do that.  But when a National Emergency is at hand,  we make adjustments as required.  Instead, we will substitute for the 60 hours, an ethics paper that will be assigned in the next week. Details on that will be provided.

Keep checking your email or this site for updates. Once March 19th arrives, our classes resume online and your instructors will let you know which classes we will be meeting together via Webex or Zoom during our regular class hours and which will be assignments/readings done asynchronously.

As ever, any questions, please reach out to me at tgoetz@citytech.cuny.edu or 516-287-6700. Email can be sent at any time but please Text me before calling so I can confirm it is a good time to speak on the phone. I will do phone call meetings between 10 AM and 6 PM Mondays through Fridays.

Once again, my very best wishes for your health and that is the most important priority. We will get through this semester together.

Regards,

T. Goetz

Please see my posting regarding the Spring 2020 internships at:

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/goetz4900hd98sp2020/

https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/goetz4900he98sp2020/

Any questions, email me at tgoetz@citytech.cuny.edu

Dear Current and Future Interns,

To prevent the spread of the CoronaVirus, Governor Cuomo said in a press conference today that CUNY and SUNY are moving to online instruction beginning March 19th. There are no classes being held on campus starting Friday, March 12th at City Tech and all CUNY campuses. 

For all current interns, please speak to your instructors ASAP about completing your current internship hours remotely at home or reach out to me at tgoetz@citytech.cuny.edu.

And to all our COMD students and friends,  keep following the guidelines to wash your hands regularly, avoid large gatherings and get lots of rest, etc. Regards, T. Goetz

See the link to CUNY’s website at:

Coronavirus Update

This position is paid and it is for 3 months. See the link below for complete job description and link to apply:

http://downtownbrooklyn.com/jobs/wordpress-developer-intern

Dear current and future interns,

We have an excellent networking opportunity for 2-3 students to volunteer at Paperspecs Live NYC coming up on April 16th.

Please get back to me ASAP if you are interested in volunteering your time. Sabine Lenz of Paperspecs is a contact of our department through one of our advisory commission members, Ellen Hurwich. For those of you interested in graphic design, this is an event you DON’T want to miss. Many creatives attend from design studios. If you email me, I will provide Sabine with your name and contact information, etc. but be sure you are able to commit for the day/evening from 2 to 9:30 PM. 

The link for the event is https://www.eventbrite.com/e/paperspecs-live-nyc-tickets-95513089221

Tickets are $15 if you just want to simply attend to network and see the paper samples, etc.. If you want to volunteer, you’d arrive at Studio Arte in Manhattan at 2 PM and assist with getting registrants settled, etc. and you’d be there for the whole program until 9:30ish. If your schedule permits you to volunteer,  this is an amazing way to jump-start your networking in our field. 

If you are not familiar with paperspecs, see their web site at paperspecrs.com.  
As ever, email me at tgoetz@citytech.cuny.edu with any questions. Best, Prof. Goetz

Do you want to work with non-profits with a positive social mission? Then, check out this Paid Design Intern spot with Great Believer, a design firm here in NYC. Details of Job posted below:

https://www.idealist.org/en/social-enterprise-internship/0422a868f0c84be191ce55cbca0f0345-design-intern-great-believer-brooklyn

This internship was posted on idealist and looks interesting. Check out the listing at:

https://www.idealist.org/en/social-enterprise-internship/a2c1cff11fe445b7956f2e9bacb8e5c7-sustainable-fashion-internship-ooloop-brooklyn

Dear COMD students,

One of our administrators here at City Tech is the liaison between the CUNY LGBTQI+ Council and the NYC Pride parade.  The council is looking for new banner designs.  She just reached out to the COMD department to ask if a student is interested in creating a banner that can be used for many years to come;  the student would get credit in CUNY news, on the website and it could be an amazing addition to a professional portfolio for a student.

They need two banner designs:
1).         CUNY LGBTQI+

2).           CUNY LGBTQI Leadership Program

They  would need the designs within the next few weeks. See the link below:

CUNY LGBTQI Student Leadership Program

So start brainstorming and submit. I will send ideas to our contact via email. Best, TG