Please take a moment to participate in the (mandatory) laptop inventor, it only takes about a minute to complete: MHC Laptop Inventory Form.
Dear Students,
The Macaulay Seminar 3 Science Forward Conference is upon us! The dates of the conference will be
Saturday December 5, and Sunday, December 6.
There will be one morning and one afternoon session each of these days (10-12 or 1-3). Your group will attend and present your poster at one of these four sessions. (Please note that you will be signing up for a time slot that is 2 hours long. You are expected to attend for the entire period. You will take turns with your group members standing next to your group’s poster and presenting it to other students. The rest of the time you will be an audience for your classmates, evaluating their posters and discussing their research.)
Registration will be open THIS week
Registration is on a FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS, and slots do fill upquickly. Please nominate one member of your group to register on behalf of the entire group, and be sure to reach an agreement with your entire group–the full group should attend the same session. Because of space issues and given the cross-campus nature of the event, you will most likely not be at the same session as other groups in your seminar.
The Seminar 3 Presentations website is where you will register. The site also features a detailed FAQ and provides other necessary information about the format of the event. Your ITF and your professor will also be able to answer any other questions you might have.
So please carefully read the site, and be sure to nominate ONE member of your group to sign your group up for a session during the open registration time this week: eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/seminar3presentations/
Questions? First check the FAQ on the website. If you don’t find an answer there, feel free to email me (joseph.ugoretz@mhc.cuny.edu).
Looking forward to seeing your posters!
Associate Dean Joseph Ugoretz
Macaulay Honors College
Become an author on this site! If you haven’t already done so, please take the time to fill out this Google form so that you can be added to this site as an author. It won’t take long and it’s essential to your coursework in Science Forward! Access the form here: http://goo.gl/forms/WtnN9uuYJz.
Canceled: ITF office hours for Thursday, Oct. 8. Please email me to make an appointment for next week’s office hours on Monday or Thursday afternoons: acarrozza@gradcenter.cuny.edu.
Why not visit Prof. Branco during office hours? Students tend to avoid office hours because it’s not clear what they should do or ask during office hours. The University of Michigan put together a great list of reasons for attending office hours along with some practical tips: Top 5 Reasons to Use Office Hours & Tips for Using the Time Effectively
“I was swept into some kind of floating trash vortex in the middle of the ocean.” Given the current course topic of ocean garbage patches, check out this clip from the television show Review on Comedy Central in which one man reviews life, one task at a time. Watch Forrest Macneil (played by the hilarious Andy Daly) encounter a garbage patch when asked to review “spending alone time in a rowboat.”
