Events http://www.york.cuny.edu These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. Workshop for CUNY Portal and Blackboard http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/workshop-for-cuny-portal-and-blackboard-2 This is an information technology workshop for York students. This workshop will guide students to register for a CUNY portal account, sign up for CUNY Alert and give hands-on practice on how to use Blackboard. The content includes:

  1. How to register for a CUNY portal account.
  2. How to sign up for CUNY Alert. 
  3. How to set up your email address on Blackboard.
  4. How to navigate in Blackboard and how to view/download a course document.
  5. How to send email to your classmates and instructor.
  6. How to view and submit an assignment.
  7. How to use Digital Drop Box.
  8. How to use Discussion Board.
]]> No publisher Haixing Li IT English Blackboard Workshop Current Student 2008-08-25T18:08:13Z Event Weaver Poetry Reading http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/weaver-poetry-reading Celebrate National Poetry Month with nationally recognized poet Afaa Michael Weaver, who will read his poetry at York College. Mr. Weaver, an African American poet who sometimes writes in Chinese, is the author of ten books of poetry, including The Plum Flower Dance: Poems 1985-2005 (U of Pittsburgh P), as well of short fiction and plays. In addition to being alumnae professor of English at Simmons College in Boston, Mr. Weaver is also the first Elder of Cave Canem, a NYC literary society devoted to Black poets, and has been both a Pew Fellow and a Fullbright Scholar.

For more information, contact: J. Papa, Dept. of English, York College (CUNY), papa@york.cuny.edu, (718) 262-3720 or the York College department of English at (718) 262-2470.

]]> No publisher Rafael Nunez English 2008-04-07T17:46:16Z Event Wanna Write Right??? Workshops http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/wanna-write-right-workshops Spring 2012 Writing Workshops Workshop will focus on eliminating fragments and run-on sentences.

]]> No publisher Jo-Ann Glenn Writing Center Current Student Writing Writing Program English 2012-03-01T16:25:03Z Event Wanna Write Right? March 29th http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/wanna-write-right Come and Join Us as we host our First Series of Grammar Workshops The workshops Will be conducted by York College’s Writing Center tutors who are familiar with you and your needs.

There will be a two part session offered at different times. Session one focuses on sentence formula, sentence types and common errors. Session two focuses on paragraph structure and transitioning. Please attend, even if you can only attend one session:

Session One Dates:

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Evening from 7:00-8:00pm in Writing Center

Session Two Dates:

Thursday, April 7, 2011 Free Hour from 1:00-2:00pm in Writing Center
Thursday, April 14, 2011 Evening from 7:00-8:00pm in Writing Center

As if attending for free was not enough, there will be Light refreshments served.

]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Current Student English Student Development 2011-03-22T22:50:00Z Event Wanna Write Right? April 14th http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/wanna-write-right-apr14 Come and Join Us as we host our First Series of Grammar Workshops The workshops Will be conducted by York College’s Writing Center tutors who are familiar with you and your needs.

There will be a two part session offered at different times. Session one focuses on sentence formula, sentence types and common errors. Session two focuses on paragraph structure and transitioning. Please attend, even if you can only attend one session:

Session One Dates:

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Evening from 7:00-8:00pm in Writing Center

Session Two Dates:

Thursday, April 7, 2011 Free Hour from 1:00-2:00pm in Writing Center
Thursday, April 14, 2011 Evening from 7:00-8:00pm in Writing Center

As if attending for free was not enough, there will be Light refreshments served.

]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Current Student English Student Development 2011-03-22T22:50:00Z Event Wanna Write Right? April 7th http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/wanna-write-right-apr7 Come and Join Us as we host our First Series of Grammar Workshops The workshops Will be conducted by York College’s Writing Center tutors who are familiar with you and your needs.

There will be a two part session offered at different times. Session one focuses on sentence formula, sentence types and common errors. Session two focuses on paragraph structure and transitioning. Please attend, even if you can only attend one session:

Session One Dates:

Tuesday, March 29, 2011 Evening from 7:00-8:00pm in Writing Center

Session Two Dates:

Thursday, April 7, 2011 Free Hour from 1:00-2:00pm in Writing Center
Thursday, April 14, 2011 Evening from 7:00-8:00pm in Writing Center

As if attending for free was not enough, there will be Light refreshments served.

]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Current Student English Student Development 2011-03-22T22:50:00Z Event Wanna Write Right Workshops http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/events/wanna-write-right-workshops How to Use Punctuation This workshop will focus on the correct way to use punctuation in order to avoid fragments, run-on sentences, comma splices, etc. in student writing.

]]> No publisher Jo-Ann Glenn Journalism Program Writing Program WAC English 2013-03-06T13:20:10Z Event Troublesome Punctuations Workshop http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/wanna-write-right-workshops-5 Come and Join the Writing Center as We Host Our Spring 2012 Series of Wanna write right??? Workshops Workshop on troublesome punctuation.

]]> No publisher Jo-Ann Glenn Writing Center Current Student Writing Journalism Program Writing Program English 2012-03-01T16:50:00Z Event Provost Distinguished Scholars Lecture: Boundaries http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/events/boundaries Dr. Elizabeth Nunez will read from her new novel, Boundaries as part of the Provost Distinguished Scholars Lecture Series. Dr. Nunez is currently a Distinguished Professor of English at Hunter College, CUNY. Boundaries was selected as a New York Times Editors' Choice (see review here). Please join us for a taste of what theNYT review calls “Nunez’s deft straddling of realism and satire” and please encourage your students to attend.

Professor Fabiola Salek (Department of Foreign Languages, Humanities & ESL) will introduce Dr. Nunez and there will be a book signing following the reading. Refreshments will be served.

 

Excerpts from Boundaries and Anna In-Between (Nunez’s previous novel) are available by request from Dr. Kelly Josephs (kjosephs@york.cuny.edu)

]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Provost Distinguished Scholars Lectures Current Student English 2012-03-13T18:50:00Z Event Poetry reading by John A. WIlliams http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/poetry-reading-by-john-a.-williams Celebrate National Poetry Month by coming to hear historian and poet John A. Williams read from his recent poetry collection, Skipping Stones: Lyric Essays and Poems. Mr. Williams is Professor Emeritus of History at The State University of New York at Stony Brook.

]]> No publisher James Papa Current Student English Performance 2011-03-24T18:25:00Z Event Poetry Reading by English Faculty http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/poetry-reading-by-english-faculty Come and hear English Department faculty read their original poetry. ]]> No publisher Miguel Bernard Current Student English Faculty/Staff Student Development 2011-11-03T22:20:00Z Event Poetry Reading http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/poetry-reading-1 Celebrate the end of National Poetry Month with English Department Faculty as they read their poetry. No publisher Miguel Bernard Current Student English Performance Student Development 2011-04-12T16:51:56Z Event Journalism Welcome Breakfast http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/journalism York College's student paper "Pandora's Box" and York's Journalism Program are sponsoring a welcome breakfast for the Journalism Advisory Board. Welcome Breakfast for the Journalism Advisory Board and York's Journalism staff.

]]> No publisher Lesley-Ann Bailey English Faculty/Staff 2010-10-28T16:20:00Z Event Journalism Information Session http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/journalism-information-session Information session on Journalism Program. No publisher Miguel Bernard Current Student English 2011-08-22T20:57:29Z Event Journalism Enrichment Seminar -- Arts & Entertainment Reporting http://www.york.cuny.edu/events/journalism-enrichment-seminar-arts-entertainment-reporting Journalism Enrichment Seminar Students who are interested in learning more about celebrity and music journalism should attend York College's Journalism Enrichment Seminar on Arts and Entertainment Reporting. The event will be held on Tuesday, March 13 during club hours (noon to 2 p.m.) in room AC/2A04.  Guest speakers include a top senior editor at Vibe magazine.

]]> No publisher Jo-Ann Glenn Journalism Program Current Student English 2012-03-01T16:27:35Z Event