2022 QCC Spring Student Symposium
Friday, May 6, 2022
10:00 AM - Welcoming Remarks: Main Zoom Room
Dr. Sharon Lall-Ramnarine, Faculty Fellow for Research Activities
Dr. Christine Mangino, President, Queensborough Community College
Dr. Sandra Palmer, Interim Provost & Vice President, Office of Academic Affairs
Dr. Ron Nerio, Research Program Director, CUNY Office of Research
10:20 AM - High Impact Practices (HIPs)
Dr. Meg Tarafdar, Interim Director, Center of Excellence in Teaching & Learning
Dean Laura Baecher, CUNY Office of Undergraduate Studies
10:28 AM - Schedule of the Day & Virtual Group Photo
Dr. Rommel Robertson
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM - Student Presentations
12:10 PM- 1:00 PM - Main Zoom Room
Information Session: High Impact Practices and Open Educational Resources
1:00 PM– 2:30 PM - Student Presentations
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM - Networking Social & Closing Remarks: Main Zoom Room
Dr. Andrew Bulawa, Dr. Sarbani Ghoshal, Dr. Rommel Robertson
2022 SSS Breakroom Details
The QCC Spring Student Symposium: Main Room Zoom
10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Session 1A
Host:
Prof. Tirandai Hemraj-Benny
Moderator:
Prof. Urszula Golebiewska
Biological Sc. & Geology
Bamwo/Golebiewska
Aragon/Ghoshal
Williams/Tawde
Session 2A
Host:
Prof. Andrew Bulawa
Moderator:
Prof. Jillian Bellovary
Math. & Comp. Sci.
Chowdhury/Bulawa MA-3
Pepa/Gurtas
Engineering Tech.
Chu/An ET-4
Session 3A
Host:
Ms. Ashley Mercado
Moderators:
Prof. Patrick Byers/
Prof. Gabriel Lataianu
Social Sciences
Chu/Traver SS-2
Grant/Resko SS-4
Calle-Palma/Sporer/
Schriner SS-1
11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Session 1B
Host:
Prof. Tirandai Hemraj-Benny
Moderator:
Prof. Urszula Golebiewska
Biological Sc. & Geology
Patel/Tawde
Nursing
Kaur/Collins/Clarke/Hall/
Morrison/Sasa
Chemistry
Robert/Hemraj-Benny CH-10
Session 2B
Host:
Prof. Andrew Bulawa
Moderator:
Prof. Jillian Bellovary
Physics
Luo/Bellovary
Fennell/Bellovary PH-4
Li/Bellovary PH-5
Session 3B
Host:
Ms. Ashley Mercado
Moderators:
Prof. Patrick Byers/
Prof. Gabriel Lataianu
Blackstone LaunchPad
Elana Diaz/ Information Session on Blackstone LaunchPad
Music
Lavandier/Lekic MU-5
Session 4B
Host:
Prof. Punita Bhansali
Moderator:
Prof. Georgina Colalillo
Communication, Theatre & Media Production
Aurich/White/
Garner CTMP-1
Feeley/White/
Garner
11:30 am – 12:00 pm
Session 1C
Host:
Prof. Tirandai Hemraj-Benny
Moderator:
Prof. Regina Sullivan
Biological Sc. & Geology
Srivastava BG-13
Aragon/Ghoshal/
Sullivan
Session 2C
Host:
Prof. Andrew Bulawa
Moderator:
Prof. Andrew Bulawa
Physics
Pulley/Riegel PH-1
Torok/Stalerman PH-6
Kim/Armendariz PH-3
Session 3C
Host:
Ms. Ashley Mercado
Moderator:
Prof. Melissa Dennihy
Music
Jerez de Rodriguez/Vasquez /Walker/ Restrepo/Lekic MU-2
Stathopoulos/
Santiago /Lekic MU-4
Lezama/Walker/Dahlke MU-6
Session 4C
Host:
Prof. Punita Bhansali
Moderator:
Prof. Georgina Colalillo
Engineering Tech.
Bardales/Seo ET-1
Dorcely/Wu
Lin/Lam ET-3
Session 5C
Host:
Prof. Jennifer Chabra
Moderator:
Prof. Kat Griefen
Art & Design
Art & Design Studio Artists/Coffey
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. - Lunch
Information Session: High Impact Practices and Open Educational Resources
Host: Dr. Meg Tarafdar
Presentation Schedule - Afternoon
1:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Session 1D
Moderator:
Prof. Rondi Davies
Biological Sc. & Geology
Khan/Golebiewska
Muse/Nelson
Rodriguez/Nguyen
Session 2D
Moderator:
Prof. Paul Sideris
Chemistry
Spence/Chauhan CH-4
Wan/Shin CH-2
Lee/Shin CH-6
Session 3D
Moderator:
Prof. Melida Sanchez
Health Phys. Ed. & Dance
Gonzalez/Giesmar
Murph/Giesmar
Medrano-Osorio/
Giesmar
1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Session 1E
Moderator:
Prof. Rondi Davies
Biological Sc. & Geology
Potter/Davies BG-9
Plummer/Davies
Briceno/Baraki/Aragon
/Patel/Bamwo/Ghoshal BG-2
Session 2E
Moderator:
Prof. Paul Sideris
Chemistry
Mughal/Lall-
Ramnarine CH-5
Yuen/Lall-
Ramnarine CH-7
Korpacz/Zhou CH-3
Session 3E
Moderator:
Prof. Melida Sanchez
Health Phys. Ed. & Dance
Pettiford/Giesmar PE-6
Ligonde/Mabry/
McClam PE-1
Art & Design
Art & Design Studio Artists/Coffey
2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Session 1F
Moderator:
Prof. Monica Trujillo
Biological Sc. & Geology
Carvey/Ghoshal
Tung/Orlofsky
Aparicio/To/Beckles/
Alpo/Mejia/Gittens/
Mitac/Gonzalez/
Davidov/Sharma/
Zar/Trujillo BG-16
Session 2F
Moderator:
Prof. Sujun Wei
Chemistry
Nembhard/Lall-Ramnarine CH-8
Bernard/Lall-Ramnarine CH-1
Chang/Sarno
Session 3F
Moderator:
Prof. Melida Sanchez
Health Phys. Ed. & Dance
Anif/Lloyd/
Murray/Stern
Music
Goren/
Bukvich-Nichols MU-7
Campbell/ Bukvich-Nichols MU-1
Session 4F
Moderator:
Prof. Roumen Vragov
History
Molchanov/Tai
English
Spector/Reesman
Blackstone LaunchPad
Elana Diaz/ Information Session on Blackstone LaunchPad
2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. - Networking Social & Closing Remarks
Moderators: Drs. Sarbani Ghoshal, Rommel Robertson, Andrew Bulawa
Relax, enjoy the slideshow of presenters & share your experience of participating virtually in your project.
Program Book Legend
The abbreviations used in the presentation schedules refer to the following departments or High Impact Practice.
AD - Art And Design Department
BG - Biological Sciences And Geology Department
BU - Business Department
CH - Chemistry Department
ET - Engineering Technology Department
EN - English Department
FlL- Foreign Languages And Literature Department
PE - Health, Physical Education, And Dance Department
HI - History Department
KHC - Kupferberg Holocaust Center
MA - Mathematics And Computer Science Department
MU - Music Department
NU - Nursing Department
PH - Physics Department
SS - Social Sciences Department
CTMP - Communication, Theatre & Media Production
HIPS - High Impact Practices
ASL - Academic Service Learning
CIE - Common Intellectual Experience
CR – Common Read
GDL – Global And Diversity Learning
OER – Open Education Resources
SWIG – Students Working In Interdisciplinary Groups
UR - Undergraduate Research
WI - Writing Intensive
