We held a series of Lunchtime Seminars to get ready for Fall 2025. Participants joined one or as many as they liked. All the seminars took place on Zoom from Aug 18-21.
Act I: Ways to Connect with Students on the First Day of Class
In this workshop, presenters shared a variety of approaches to the first day of class, including icebreakers with TopHat; sharing writing challenges and joys; syllabus annotation with Hypothes.is; and Entry Tickets and Think-Pair-Share prompts to create community on Day 1. Participants walked away with fresh ideas for how to start the semester off on the right foot.
Presenters: Shiao-Chuan Kung (Center for Digital Learning & Innovative Pedagogy), Katie Winkelstein-Duveneck (English), Roberta Kilkenny (APRL), Christina Katopodis (ACERT)
Recording(s):
Act I: Ways to Connect with Students on the First Day of Class
- (Joys and Challenges of Writing; Presenters: Katie Winkelstein-Duveneck) Watch here
- (Syllabus Annotation; Presenters: Roberta Kilkenny) Watch here
- (Community Building through Icebreakers; Presenters: Shiao-Chuan Kung) Watch here
- (First Day Activities; Presenters: Christina Katopodis) Watch here
Resources shared during the presentations:
- 320 Student Self-Evaluation Letter Assignment
- Presenters’ Slides (Shiao-Chuan Kung, Katie Winkelstein-Duveneck, Roberta Kilkenny, Christina Katopodis)
- Roberta Kilkenny’s Instructions
- Roberta Kilkenny’s PDF on Annotation with Hypothesis
Additional resources:
- Written? Kitten! – writing app that rewards you with kitten pictures
- Hands-on Workshop: Hypothesis at Hunter – Annotate Your Syllabus (Wed, 1-2pm)
- Video tutorial on posting/responding to annotations (3+ minutes)
- Top Hat (Hunter resource page)
- All Online Learning Tools (Hunter resource page)
- Center for Digital Learning & Innovative Pedagogy (CDLIP) Workshops
Connecting to Hunter College Libraries’ Resources & Services
This session provided teaching faculty with an overview of library resources and services available to students and faculty. From course reserves to research consultations, faculty understood what these services were and when students might have benefited from them. Librarians also provided language that could be pasted directly into a syllabus or Brightspace course to facilitate use of the Libraries’ resources and services.
Presenters: Iris Finkel (Libraries)
Recording:
Connecting to Hunter College Libraries’ Resources & Services (Iris Finkel)
Resources shared during the presentation:
- Subject Librarian Directory
- Librarian Research Consultants
- Librarian Instruction
- Copying and Printing
- Research Toolkit
- For all things Dante
CTRL + ALT + THINK: AI and My Fall 2025 Syllabus
In this lunchtime seminar, presenters shared a variety of approaches to using AI in the classroom, including how they had implemented a syllabus statement and integrated AI into student reflections and assignments.
Presenters: Marcus Artigliere (Curriculum & Teaching), Jared Best (Social Work), Shiao-Chuan Kung (Center for Digital Learning & Innovative Pedagogy)
Recording:
CTRL + ALT + THINK: AI and My Fall 2025 Syllabus (Marcus Artigliere, Jared Best, Shiao-Chuan Kung)
Resources shared during the presentation:
- AI Policy & Assignment (Jared Best)
- Presentation Slides (Marcus Artigliere)
- Presentation Slides (Shiao-Chuan Kung)
- Sample policies by Hunter professors (Padlet – Jack Kenigsberg, Marcus Artigliere, and Julie Van Peteghem)
- CUNY Academic Integrity Policy
- CUNY Academic Integrity Policy with AI-related highlights (Center for Digital Learning & Innovative Pedagogy)
- ACERT Playlist on AI in the Classroom — includes Approaches to Responsible AI Use in the Classroom with Sharona Moskowitz
Additional resources:
- Tan, Kwan Wei Kevin. “An Early Member of Google’s Generative AI Team Says It’s Too Late to Get a Ph.D. to Cash in on the AI Hype.” Business Insider. Accessed August 18, 2025.
- Emily M. Bender & Alex Hannah, The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want
What I Wish I Had Known Before I Started Teaching at Hunter
We all learn from experience! In this session, our early- and mid-career Hunter full-time and part-time faculty shared what they wished they had known before they began teaching at Hunter. Presenters shared stories, insights, and resources they had discovered along the way.
Presenters: Uchenna Itam (Art and Art History), Meagan Washington (English), Xuemeng Li (Sociology)
Recording:
What I Wish I Had Known Before I Started Teaching at Hunter
- (For Large Lectures) Watch here
- (Advice for Academic Parents) Watch here
- (Important Phone Numbers) Watch here
Resources shared during the presentation:
- Presentation Slides (Uchenna Itam)
- Hunter Equipment and Support (A/V)
- Important Phone Numbers:
- Faculty Help Desk: (212) 772-4357
- Campus Security: (212) 772-4444
- Hunter PCS-IT: (212) 650-3272
- Classroom Technology: (212) 772-4943
- Office of Business Services
- 68th Street Campus Information
- Student Engagement Grants:
- Resource Share and Care for Students Padlet
- Hunter College Rockowitz Writing Center: Faculty Guide
- Hunter Early Alert (includes photos and referral tools)
- Hunter Employee Benefits (including adjunct benefits)
- PSC-CUNY Faculty & Staff Union
- Brightspace Resources (Center for Digital Learning & Innovative Pedagogy)
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