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Final exams today!
Although final exams began on Thursday, the finals for our learning commmunity begin today. At 11:30, you will take your SPE 1330 final exam. At 1:00, you will take Part I of your ENG 1101 final exam. Are you ready? … Continue reading
Poster Session information
We will visit on Wednesday, and I hope that you can spend more time there to see the projects your fellow students have produced.
Revising Essay 5 for Essay 6
If you are revising Essay 5 for Essay 6, please get in touch with me. If you know someone who is, please ask that person to get in touch with me. I know that tobrycki is, but that he hasn’t … Continue reading
Learning Community poster at the Student Research Poster Session
Eight of you, dear students, generously volunteered to design, develop, and produce the Telling Brooklyn Stories poster for next week’ student research poster session. If you are one of those students, thank you! After class, we discussed the best way … Continue reading
Want to know more about internships?
Internships can open the door to promising careers in STEM-related professions. Learn about PAID summer internships at distinguished agencies and locations, such as the Brookhaven National Laboratories, EPA and NASA. Tuesday, November 15, from 12:30 until 1:55 in the Atrium … Continue reading
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Did you know that you have a personal librarian?
Shocking as it may sound, each of you has a personal librarian. Actually, you all have the same personal librarian, Prof. Maura Smale, who ran our session in the library last month. If you want to know what City Tech’s … Continue reading
Essay #3 conferences
If you would like to meet with me to discuss your draft of Essay #3, please sign up on the newly created Essay #3 Conferences document (Thanks to Nayum for the idea to use the documents!). Please follow the instructions.
Pizza Party for Learning Community students and faculty
The pizza party that we discussed in class today is on THURSDAY, September 15th, not Tuesday in the Atrium building on the ground floor–AG-24. I hope that everyone can make it!
First Year Learning Communities Student Orientation Workshops
Please consider attending one of four workshops for new students who are enrolled in a Learning Community. These sessions are designed to answer questions that new students have. Students in this class who attend one of the workshops are encouraged … Continue reading
Another vocabulary update
The Edit function on the vocabulary assignment should work now. We can review the instructions in class, though, if you cannot get it to work.