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Looking forward to the ice-cream! Staying in line with the theme of the grant the ice-cream will be from the Brooklyn Ice-Cream Factory! Vanilla, Chocolate and ????.

These are great improvement. I appreciate that the items are more compartmentalized allowing the reader to look in the specific area of interest to find the “stuff” they are looking for. In fact, I am about to post an announcement that I feel would have otherwise been lost or would have been inappropriate with the […]

Students in HMGT1101 will take on the role of concierge of a local hotel and create a 2 minute video promoting sites on the Brooklyn water front. They will show their analytical and communication skills while exploring a wonderful part of our city.

Regarding your comment about full student participation, I have two suggestions. First, submitting a rough draft could be part of the grade final project grade. Second, knowing that an impact on the final grade will not always work, I have the students who do not submit a rought draft to work together on the project […]

I do not know if I will find the answers to any of the questions we have presented either on this blog or in our workshops but I celebrate the the use of a field trip to explore this subject matter. It will helps us wrap our individual minds around our shared challenge to revitalize […]

In response to question #3, “What about Gen Ed and the 1st year experience?” our group explored the following ideas: -inclusion of more learning communities, especially in highly structured majors -asking students to read a common piece of literature before starting school. This piece of literature can be discussed at the New Student Orientation as […]