Thank you to Marxe Dean Sherry Ryan for presenting on the new initiatives happening at Marxe during our February meeting!

You can view the presentation slides here.

Hello Advising Alliance,

Below is our Spring 2024 meeting schedule. Please note, most meetings will take place in-person, but we’ve created a Zoom meeting link for those who would like to join virtually. We will be sending reminders and the Zoom meeting details the week prior to each meeting.

Tuesday, February 27, 11am-12pm (IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL)

• Topic: Marxe School of Public and International Affairs – New Initiatives
• Presenters: Marxe Dean Sherry Ryan, Sandra Fajardo, Liting Zhang

Tuesday, March 19, 11am-12pm (IN-PERSON)

• Topic: Supporting Ourselves and Students Through Loneliness and Finding a Sense of Belonging
• Presenter: Kseniya Kosmina, Honors Program

Tuesday, April 23, 11am-12pm (IN-PERSON)

• Topic: Assessment & Institutional Research
• Presenter: Melissa A. Sultana, MPA, Associate Director of Assessment, Office of Assessment, Accreditation, and Institutional Effectiveness

Tuesday, May 21, 11am-12pm (IN-PERSON)

• Topic: POTLUCK
• Presenter: TBA

A special thank you to our friends at the Starr Career Development Center who have graciously offered us use of their conference room.

Thank you to Professor Evan Fink from the Department of Mathematics for sharing about the new CS+ major and CS minor (not to be confused with the CIS majors/minors offered by the Zicklin School of Business). Below is the recording of his presentation.

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Hello Advising Alliance,

Below is our Fall 2023 meeting schedule. Please note, most meetings will take place via Zoom. We will be sending Zoom meeting details the week prior to each meeting.

Tuesday, September 26, 11am-12pm (VIRTUAL)

• Topic: CS+ Major & Minor
• Presenter: Prof. Evan Fink (Math Department)

Tuesday, October 24, 11am-12pm (VIRTUAL)

• Topic: Science Course / Changes (tentative)
• Presenter: Natural Sciences Dept.

Tuesday, November 28, 11am-12pm (VIRTUAL)

• Topic: TBA
• Presenters: TBA

Tuesday, December 19, 11am-12pm (IN-PERSON)

• Topic: POTLUCK
• Presenter: TBA

Tuesday, February 21, 11am-12pm (IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL)

• Topic: TBA
• Presenter: TBA

Tuesday, March 14, 11am-12pm (IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL)

• Topic: Graphic Design for the Higher Education Professional
• Presenter: Eileen Makak

Tuesday, April 18, 11am-12pm (VIRTUAL)

• Topic: Preparing undergraduate students for graduate studies at Baruch
• Presenters: Young Hah, Marxe School of Public and International Affairs; Simon Harley, Zicklin School of Business; Leslie Hunt, Weissman School of Arts and Sciences

Tuesday, May 23, 11am-12pm (IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL)

• Topic: POTLUCK and DegreeWorks Q&A
• Presenter: Nicole Bailey (Office of the Registrar)

As we are preparing for the new normal, we are looking to run meeting this semester ‘hybrid’… meaning we will have the meetings in person, but a Zoom link for access to those of you working at home on those dates, or not able to be physically there.

A special thank you to our friends at the Starr Career Development Center who have graciously offered us use of their conference room.

Survey Distributed on: 9/20/2022 | Total Responses: 24

Purpose of the Advising Alliance

• Connect with colleagues (21/24)
• Learn about on-campus resources (22/24)
• Discuss the challenges staff and students are facing (18/24)
• Discuss new policies (2 write-in responses)

Suggestions for Future Meetings

• Agenda Items
  • Consider: instead of the topic and presenter name, a more detailed breakdown of the one-hour meeting
• Shorter meetings:
  • Consider: save the one hour but aim to end at the 45 min mark
• Topics/Presenters:
  • TAP Compliance (part time TAP)
  • Burnout
  • Department’s Challenges and Solutions
  • Curriculum Updates
  • Study Abroad
  • Honors
  • BMI
  • BLS
  • New Student and Family Programs
  • Wellness
  • The three schools
  • SEEK
  • Provost/Baruch Leadership
• Members: invite faculty to meetings

In-Person Potluck?

Hi Advising Alliance,

Hope you can relax for a moment now that the Spring semester is underway!

Below is our Spring 2021 meeting schedule. Please note, all meetings will take place via Zoom. We will be sending Zoom meeting details the week prior to each meeting.

SAVE THE DATES:

Tuesday, February 16, 11am-12pm

• Topic: Zicklin BBA curriculum changes
• Presenter: Sonali Hazarika; Executive Director, Zicklin Undergraduate Programs

Tuesday, March 16, 11am-12pm

• Topic: Student Disability Services
• Presenter: Patricia Fleming; Director, Student Disability Services

Tuesday, April 13, 11am-12pm

• Topic: Impact of COVID on Baruch students’ mental health
• Presenter: Teresa Hurst; Director, Counseling Center

We look forward to seeing you soon!

On behalf of the Advising Alliance Co-Chairs,

Emelie Ali
Peter P. Dachille
Ken Eng

Hi colleagues,

As mentioned in our last meeting, after 4 1/2 years, I have decided to step down as co-chair of the Advising Alliance. While it has been a pleasure co-leading our amazing alliance, I think it’s time for me to focus on some other aspects of my personal and professional life (FYI..I still plan on being involved with the Advising Alliance just not in a leadership role). That said, I’d like to introduce your new co-chair, Ken Eng.

Ken Eng is the Assistant Director of Undergraduate Programs at the Zicklin School of Business where he manages the day-to-day operations of the Zicklin Undergraduate Programs Office.

While a New York native, he left for 15+ years for warmer weather and worked at the University of Southern California [pre-scandal] in multiple advising, registrar, and student affairs roles, and was actively involved in the USC Council of Academic Advisors (a group similar to the Advising Alliance).

He returned to New York to be closer to family and joined Baruch in 2018… though he questions why he left sunny California every winter. When he’s not working, he is often found babysitting his two rugrat niece and nephew, trying to find new places to eat in search of great food, or singing along to some song on the radio.

Please join Peter, Emilee, and I in welcoming Ken!

Best,
Clemente

Hello Advising Members,

We hope everyone is doing well during this time of concern. The Advising Alliance will postpone all upcoming meetings and hopefully reschedule them for the Fall 2020 semester.

We are tentatively still hosting our June meeting assuming all is well by then. We want to thank everyone for participating in our group and providing support to our Baruch students.

Stay safe and enjoy the weekend.

On behalf of the Advising Alliance Co-Chairs,

Emelie Ali

Peter P. Dachille

Clemente Diaz