Two Upcoming Futures Initiative Events
CUNY Peer Leaders Spring Showcase
Date: Friday, March 15, 2024 | 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST
Location: Hybrid (Zoom or In-Person at The CUNY Graduate Center)
Event Description:
The CUNY Peer Leaders (CPL) is a community-based program that supports CUNY undergraduate scholarship and creative work in the humanities and supports them in developing leadership skills to implement within their communities and colleges. The CUNY Peer Leaders is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. CUNY Peer Leaders welcomes 30-40 undergraduate students each year from two- and four-year CUNY colleges. Join the CUNY Humanities Alliance and the Futures Initiative in the CPL Spring Showcase as this year’s cohort present their humanities and social justice oriented projects.
Parenting While Earning a Degree: Joys, Challenges, Strategies, and Community
Date: Monday, March 25, 2024 |10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EST
Location: Hybrid (Zoom or In-Person at The CUNY Graduate Center)
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/parenting-while-earning-a-degree-tickets-851745903927
Event Description:
Join the Futures Initiative for a University Worth Fighting For (UWFF) public event. Being a parent and a scholar can feel nearly impossible, yet there are many parents across CUNY’s 25 campuses earning degrees, who find new possibilities where we least expect them. Join on Monday, March 25, 2024 for a hybrid event (in-person and zoom) on Parenting While Earning a Degree. FI welcomes parent-scholars, CUNY students of all levels, people considering becoming parents, and faculty and staff who want to learn how they can better support students who are parents. The event will feature a panel of experts, parents, and students, including speakers from the CUNY School of Public Health and the CUNY Graduate Center’s Wellness Center, who will share resources and present research about earning a degree while parenting. Join to learn, join to share your own experiences and strategies, and join to expand your community of parent-scholars! Light refreshments will be served for those attending in-person at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Panel of experts, parents, and students from CUNY:
Roderick Hurley
Assistant Director, Futures Initiative
CUNY PhD Student & Parent
Arielle Shanok, PhD
Director of the CUNY Graduate Center’s Wellness Center
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Merdith Manze, PhD
Associate Professor, CUNY School of Public Health
Christina Katopodis, PhD
Senior Researcher, CUNY Humanities Alliance & Futures Initiative
Co-Author of The New College Classroom
Parisa Osmanovich
CUNY PhD Student & Parent
Estefany Gonzaga
CUNY MA Student & Parent
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