CUNY Academic Commons | fwiw, bits & pieces | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/fwiw-bits-pieces/ Activity feed for the group, fwiw, bits & pieces. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 d58eedf8e4e074a84a8dc5df321668e5 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post dear everyone in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/05/16/dear-everyone-3/ Mon, 16 May 2022 12:40:30 -0400 16 May 2022

Dear Everyone:

Here we are, the last week of spring semester, and here I am, writing my final “dear everyone” Monday email! First and always, thank you for the generous ways you’ve received and […]

]]> 38a3e2488f8bc07d9500dc5a548eac9f Kandice Chuh edited the blog post celebrating, big and small! in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/05/09/celebrating-big-and-small/ Mon, 09 May 2022 13:46:16 -0400 9 May 2022

Dear Everyone:

I so enjoyed being with so many of you on Friday, both for the program meeting (for current faculty and students earlier in the day) and the open awards and prizes celebration […]

]]> 4eb8f9d886066a5da958bb1e4e7dcea0 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post this one's all information about events in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/05/02/this-ones-all-information-about-events/ Mon, 02 May 2022 16:17:17 -0400 2 May 2022

Dear Everyone:

Undoubtedly because the year is coming to a close, there is a profusion of events to report, so I’m devoting this week’s message toward those instrumental ends. I suspect there […]

]]> ad1cfef0bcdb9d091bfdd1f14c2b42e5 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post happy-making news and information! in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/04/25/happy-making-news-and-information/ Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:57:02 -0400 25 April 2022

Dear Everyone:Just a few weeks left of spring term! I know it can be difficult to regain momentum after spring break, and/but hope you were able to step away for a bit, to recoup what ener […]

]]> e7b72a42f67907280a04a293d03b866b Kandice Chuh edited the blog post of minty and zealous collegiality! in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/04/11/of-minty-and-zealous-collegiality/ Mon, 11 Apr 2022 15:24:23 -0400 11 April 2022

Dear Everyone:

Not an iota of surprise that last Friday’s Forum, featuring remarks by the marvelous Wayne Koestenbaum and Cindi Katz, in conversation with the also marvelous Eric Dean Wilson […]

]]> 6f4f2a06549d0c20481991199a73a016 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post "a concerto of good stinks" in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/04/04/a-concerto-of-good-stinks/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 14:09:35 -0400 4 April 2022

Dear Everyone:

Here we are in April! A month introduced by the cherishing of fools! I gave a lecture last week on the subject of Asian Americanist pedagogy, and in the Q&A, was asked why I was […]

]]> c93346558e27b179088deea5c4c42559 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post all about us! in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/03/28/all-about-us/ Mon, 28 Mar 2022 14:38:48 -0400 28 March 2022

Dear Everyone:

By my count, we’ve just about six weeks to go of the semester, including the week of spring break — absurdly late in the term as ever. It all might feel especially something of […]

]]> 70287e983cc9fb692a0481120e1a697b Kandice Chuh edited the blog post things to know! in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/03/21/things-to-know/ Mon, 21 Mar 2022 17:11:16 -0400 21 March 2022

Dear Everyone:

This is a message full of things to know — or at least, things I think you might find of interest or useful somehow. The last week has featured information coming down from […]

]]> ddad6042ab4f1e7dcb2a38b756fa1af8 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post anticipation! in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/03/14/anticipation/ Mon, 14 Mar 2022 19:25:16 -0400 14 March 2022

Dear Everyone:

These bright, sunny days promising spring, punctuating the winter cold that seemingly won’t let go — appetite-whetting teasers! The springing-ahead-lose-an-hour is for some […]

]]> d996e7bd521fd0bc79f931ab131fa80f Kandice Chuh edited the blog post what a week! in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/03/07/what-a-week/ Mon, 07 Mar 2022 13:58:45 -0500 7 March 2022

Dear Everyone:

When my older child was wee, he was allergic to peanuts. He started school and his teachers dutifully and helpfully circulated to his classmates’ parents a request that things […]

]]> d14aebc361dda2ddf2584cea39cd2817 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post "being present to the cold ache" in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/02/28/being-present-to-the-cold-ache/ Mon, 28 Feb 2022 14:45:25 -0500 28 February 2022

Dear Everyone:

I want to say something to you all about the invasion of Ukraine currently underway, to acknowledge the sorrow and fury that is immediate to the assault on the people there, […]

]]> a6153ef871b553a82f87ae1ef639edbf Kandice Chuh edited the blog post 22222! in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/02/23/22222/ Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:00:31 -0500 22 Feb 2022

Dear Everyone:   Today’s abundance of 2s is supposed to be a day of harmony and balance, according to seemingly every piece of news coming across all the different platforms! Extra special for […]

]]> bcc2777fa05ae26d62e49496532289c6 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post HBD, FD! in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/02/14/hbd-fd/ Mon, 14 Feb 2022 16:38:10 -0500 14 February 2022

Dear Everyone:

Today is a day to celebrate Frederick Douglass! He was born in 1818 and chose later in his life to celebrate his birthday on 14 February. I can’t remember when I learned t […]

]]> f50d19704c01f0621fd48797d651bd91 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post what holds us (up)? in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/02/07/what-holds-us-up/ Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:21:27 -0500 7 February 2022

Dear Everyone:

This past Friday, William Orchard spoke of spirals and stuckness in the course of his lecture, in ways that invited us (or at least me) to consider the grounds and conditions […]

]]> 9de5a76dd27c1a1f4f1767b0a8be7700 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post tigers, talks, and thanks in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/01/31/tigers-talks-and-thanks/ Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:27:46 -0500 31 January 2022

Dear Everyone:

Happy Lunar New Year’s Eve! We’re about to enter the year of the tiger — associated with strength and courage, and oh, that we would need less of either in the year […]

]]> 9b921cb9e5ce09799ef98dc1bc17db64 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post so what? let's get it started! in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/01/24/so-what-lets-get-it-started/ Mon, 24 Jan 2022 18:33:36 -0500 24 Jan 2022

Dear Everyone:  

Here we are, on the eve of a new semester! I’m laugh-crying with you all about the state of things and wishing so much I was writing in pure celebration of a bright, fresh […]

]]> fa5145ebf439668037ef0a95ee947fce Kandice Chuh edited the blog post conjugation of joy in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/12/06/conjugation-of-joy/ Mon, 06 Dec 2021 16:40:56 -0500 6 December 2021

Dear Everyone:

The program zoom rooms were abuzz on Friday! With Faculty Membership, Executive, and Curriculum Committees meeting, the end of term open program meeting later in the […]

]]> 8d46c492f2ec987f158b51b301d9f9b7 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post don't forget to be still in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/11/29/dont-forget-to-be-still/ Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:10:48 -0500 29 November 2021

Dear Everyone:   I hope this long weekend just past was sufficiently restorative so as to energize you through these final weeks of the term. I admit I sometimes (oftentimes, even) find the […]

]]> ae7cb7ba4526f32a1551c1a2bff4d5e8 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post gratitude in practice: learn/study/listen in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/11/22/gratitude-in-practice-learn-study-listen/ Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:58:24 -0500 22 November 2021

Dear Everyone:

Of course it isn’t the case that it’s only on the holiday designated for giving thanks that we offer gratitude for the lives we lead, nor should it be the case that on thi […]

]]> 7f32b12d7160c95bcbf2ac6d4128ab7f Kandice Chuh edited the blog post this week, and looking ahead! in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/11/15/this-week-and-looking-ahead/ Mon, 15 Nov 2021 20:33:40 -0500 15 November 2021

Dear Everyone:

Big thanks to everyone who joined us on Friday for the final seminar related to our search for a consortial appointment in US Latinx studies, with particular appreciation to […]

]]> c79455620b7af192af261fc79d8ccad1 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post tis the season in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/11/08/tis-the-season/ Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:32:18 -0500 8 November 2021

Dear Everyone:

It was so great to see so many faces gathered for the spring course preview on Friday. Many thanks to all  for introducing us to your classes. It is just plain happy-making […]

]]> c6feddcfbbf26d1afb532d1cdaa11414 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post listen for the bats! in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/11/02/listen-for-the-bats/ Tue, 02 Nov 2021 01:37:36 -0400 1 November 2021

Dear Everyone:With apologies for those who closed out the US Latinx seminar on Friday because this will be repetitive, but this delights me so much, I want to share with all: did you know that […]

]]> 7e691197d1b182b3f3a4dbc4be88ac80 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post don't forget/always remember in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/10/25/dont-forget-always-remember/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 16:48:39 -0400 25 October 2021

Dear Everyone:

Those who joined us for the conversation on Friday between Karla Cornejo Villavicencio and Adrian Izquierdo, introduced so beautifully by Mary McGlynn, know that it was all […]

]]> ffa00e823dd1a8cf97dd4dfae24fb2a3 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post how are you doing? in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/10/18/how-are-you-doing/ Mon, 18 Oct 2021 10:38:16 -0400 18 October 2021

Dear Everyone:

How are you doing? We’ve about hit the mid-point of the semester, and I’m wondering if you’re wondering how it will be possible to get everything that needs doing done, which […]

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12 October 2021

Dear Everyone:

As some of you know already, I’ve been working in a kind of triage mode this past week — and will be for a bit longer yet — as I’m in the […]

]]> 710a14f123e56673bf8f4d0bcf32d4c0 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post buzzing with thanks and well wishes in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/10/04/buzzing-with-thanks-and-well-wishes/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 15:53:58 -0400 4 October 2021

Dear Everyone:

I know we’re conducting committee meetings and workshops and seminars and lectures in zoom rooms, but still it feels to me like the program is abuzz with activity some days, as […]

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Dear Everyone:   A huge note of appreciation with which to open this message, to Siraj Ahmed for producing a fantastic Open House on Friday, and Alessandra Occhiolini, Zoë Hu, Mitchell W […]

]]> 17bb2d45d0b3aee8ff9b63704718a0c2 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post giving thanks in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/09/20/giving-thanks/ Mon, 20 Sep 2021 14:00:07 -0400 20 September 2021

Dear Everyone:

This week is Chuseok, the Korean holiday to give thanks for bountiful harvest and gather hope for the year to come. Color and food (and colorful food) shared with beloveds, […]

]]> e00f7840933ff674f66540ca351f3875 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post what are you waiting for? in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/09/13/what-are-you-waiting-for/ Mon, 13 Sep 2021 14:58:14 -0400 13 September 2021

Dear Everyone:

It was great to be with so many of you on Friday — during the various meetings held earlier in the day, and through the Friday Forum. Thank you to everyone showing up to do […]

]]> 3b4b08f753fe68cfc8aec5a33e778674 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post they don't stop coming/begin again/take me as I am! in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/09/07/they-dont-stop-coming-begin-again-take-me-as-i-am/ Tue, 07 Sep 2021 12:20:58 -0400 7 September 2020

Dear Everyone:

Those of you who joined us for Friday’s Critical Karaoke Greatest Hits were treated to a slate of immensely creative and joyfully fun eruptions of brilliance — exactly the […]

]]> dcfbc2cf59e5343fbff447932c1cec3c Kandice Chuh edited the blog post ongoing/going on in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/08/30/ongoing-going-on/ Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:01:09 -0400 30 August 2021

Dear Everyone:

Just a brief message with which to welcome you to this first full week of the new year! I hope you’re finding ways to get your footing in this semester; at least for me, it […]

]]> a8e197fc9eef97e75780088153583d7f Kandice Chuh edited the blog post Welcome (back)! in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/08/30/welcome-back/ Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:00:09 -0400 23 August 2021

Dear Everyone:

My first message of this academic year! This summer melted away all too quickly for my liking, and oh, I am so sorry I’m not writing to announce our first big in-person event. […]

]]> e79c5cffa3621a46365aa277dbd75b7a Kandice Chuh edited the blog post Dear Everyone! in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/05/10/dear-everyone-2/ Mon, 10 May 2021 17:37:55 -0400 10 May 2021

Dear Everyone:

It was lovely to see so many of you on Friday for our end of year events — the open exec meeting, prizes & awards announcements, and celebration of those who are finishing their […]

]]> 18c62fc5a3e1ac02d93772bb3cf36272 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post so, so close! in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/05/03/so-so-close/ Mon, 03 May 2021 22:02:52 -0400 3 May 2021

Dear Everyone:

Last Friday was a full day of program business! Faculty Membership and Executive Committees met, and we hosted Professor Missy Watson for a lecture in the afternoon, and this, in […]

]]> ad7be12633663e5d6d1de4283a78285d Kandice Chuh edited the blog post primary colors in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/04/27/primary-colors/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:55:26 -0400 26 April 2021

Dear Everyone:

The tulips are in full bloom in my yard — spectacular primary colors thrown against the new greens of spring make me not mind so much that every allergen seems intent on making […]

]]> b87fc60ff3cd4f50a91767b04f0da2cc Kandice Chuh edited the blog post $#%!! in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/04/19/526/ Mon, 19 Apr 2021 21:31:21 -0400 19 April 2021

Dear Everyone:

I’ve mostly stopped asking people how they’re doing because it’s almost unanswerable, at least in the course of any reasonable length conversation. But, in trying to compose […]

]]> 621e230c6c66f0544449b95bccb9f298 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post what's moving you? in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/04/13/whats-moving-you/ Tue, 13 Apr 2021 12:22:59 -0400 12 April 2021

Dear Everyone:   If you were able to attend Professor Todd Craig’s super generous and engaging lecture on Friday, you’ll maybe have been googling the music he referred to – from James Brown’ […]

]]> 9a5e108df45d0687af609495d09ddfba Kandice Chuh edited the blog post vital, vibrant, spring! in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/04/05/vital-vibrant-spring/ Mon, 05 Apr 2021 18:39:22 -0400 5 April 2021

Dear Everyone:

We’ve made it to the second half of the semester! Brava to all of us for chugging along yet and still! I hope those who were able to take a break actually did last week, at l […]

]]> 832e8d2c1cae6aefe4553578a6878413 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post universal provision and spring break! in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/03/22/universal-provision-and-spring-break/ Mon, 22 Mar 2021 20:32:37 -0400 22 March 2021

Dear Everyone:

So much has happened in a week, including the start of spring with sunny and warm days, program conversations and committee work on faculty appointments and curriculum revision, […]

]]> 59f4f9f20145aa674765a7afa80aec3e Kandice Chuh edited the blog post work and joy and seeds and thanks in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/03/15/work-and-joy-and-seeds-and-thanks/ Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:02:26 -0400 15 March 2021

Dear Everyone:

There was so much going on in the program on Friday! It was quite strange, really, to have such a distinctive sense of place — the program as a distinctive space — despite the […]

]]> 9caf03b2377096361ccea8b8869c1374 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post just another day in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/03/08/just-another-day/ Mon, 08 Mar 2021 15:26:28 -0500 8 March 2021

Dear Everyone:

Here we are, facing the anniversary of the transition to remote mode. I’ve been trying to figure out what or how I feel about this — really, whether I have feelings about it […]

]]> bce247e661b232108786f1ccaf5a076d Kandice Chuh edited the blog post finally, already, and still here in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/03/01/finally-already-and-still-here/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:37:40 -0500 1 March 2021

Dear Everyone:

My first note of this message is an offering of thanks to Sonali Perera for organizing this past Friday’s event, “Where is the Indian in Aztlá​n?”, María Josefina Sal […]

]]> 3e6deb7e2e9bd01d2c591365460f6109 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post Monday again? already? and hurrah?! in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/02/22/monday-again-already-and-hurrah/ Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:08:33 -0500 22 February 2021

Dear Everyone:

This weekend felt absurdly short! Like it just began and then poof, it was gone!  I know for some – maybe many? – people who work in higher ed, weekends and weekdays are mean […]

]]> af9af35a7a449ed9442d6f1e560bff2d Kandice Chuh edited the blog post wishes, work, and as ever, thanks in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/02/17/wishes-work-and-as-ever-thanks/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:39:14 -0500 16 February 2021

Dear Everyone:  

Maybe especially because it’s been so cold and icy around here, and most certainly because we’ve been in this hunkered down stage now for nearly a year, Friday’s Queer […]

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Dear Everyone:

I hope you’re able to join the celebration of queer love and live on Friday!  Big thanks to Madeleine Barnes and Olivia Wood for hosting this upcoming Friday Forum!

It is […]

]]> 2955ed3571597d5c477b5d4cb845b743 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post exuberant peace in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/02/02/exuberant-peace/ Tue, 02 Feb 2021 23:16:42 -0500 1 February 2021

Dear Everyone:

I’m watching the snow coming down hard as I write this – where I am in northern NJ, we’ve got about six inches already. I’m so sorry we aren’t having a proper snow day, with […]

]]> fa956b21ffec4047a5565bb6756ccc04 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post after Yoko Ono in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021/01/25/after-yoko-ono/ Mon, 25 Jan 2021 18:24:09 -0500 25 January 2021

Dear Everyone:

I’m a near fervent admirer of Yoko Ono, not least because of Grapefruit, first published in 1964 and comprised of a series of “scores” – prompts, directions, guides, suggest […]

]]> 2184731203de5b3820e62f4e5cc719fd Matthew K. Gold (he/him) joined the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/732639/ Sun, 03 Jan 2021 02:54:07 -0500 9565526d499329dfbf6ea6f399c53c09 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post "let us nourish beginnings" in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2020/12/31/let-us-nourish-beginnings/ Thu, 31 Dec 2020 16:49:18 -0500 31 December 2020

Dear Everyone:There’s some part of me that knows it’s not quite right only to think of beginnings as marked by the official chronologies that give us new year’s days of various sorts, and […]

]]> b80a932a5071d7b5caf763058fa89269 Kandice Chuh edited the blog post do you have an electric mixer I could borrow? in the group fwiw, bits & pieces https://fwiw.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2020/12/07/do-you-have-an-electric-mixer-i-could-borrow/ Mon, 07 Dec 2020 21:54:46 -0500 7 December 2020

Dear Everyone:

At last Friday’s final Friday Forum Open Executive Committee meeting, I shared a poem by Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas, “It’s Kinda Cold Out Here” written in the aftermath of José E […]

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