Dear First-Years,
The following is a message from the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
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As always, please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions.
Best,
The First-Year Team
This site serves as a central source of information for first-year students at Barnard. There will be regular updates with explanations of academic policies, procedures and deadlines; information from academic programs and departments; and announcements about opportunities for fellowships, grants and scholarships -- so bookmark this site and check it often!
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Narratives of What Now: Thinking of Tyre Nichols
Updates: Center for Engaged Pedagogy (CEP)
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Events and Opportunities |
For Students |
Studying for Memory and Comprehension | February 22, 4:15-5:15pm |
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The CEP's weekly co-working hours: Parallel Play and Study Café |
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Parallel play typically describes young children playing next to each other without the need for interaction. The CEP is putting our own spin on it by continuing Parallel Play with Pals! These will be hosted weekly by your CEP pals with corresponding playlists ranging from those with a peaceful ambience to various genres each session, such as lo-fi, house, and R&B. Spanning from Milstein 125 to 126, Parallel Play with Pals is the perfect atmosphere for getting your work done (such as for your senior thesis!) while sharing comfortable silence or a curated ambience with other students. Meanwhile, our Study Café encourages students to come to the CEP for a casual study environment and for resources and support from our student interns. You can also find these hours, as well as other events, on our public calendar. |
Community-Wide Programming |
Archives Drop-Ins | February 13, 4-4:45pm |
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Barnard Sustainability Campus Discussion | February 8 & 9 |
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This month, the Office of Sustainability & Climate Action is organizing two campus conversations that will engage the entire Barnard community. There, the CEP will be facilitating a panel discussion on climate, sustainability, and environmental harm in the curriculum at Barnard with faculty panelists. In addition, the Office of Sustainability will discuss planning for net zero emissions, teaching about sustainability and climate, and working towards a just, equitable, and circular campus. This event will take place on February 8 from 4-6pm in the Diana Event Oval (RSVP here), and virtually on February 9 from 5-6pm (find the link here). |
Zora Neale Hurston Film Screening | February 9, 6pm |
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Resources |
For Students |
News |
Check out the CEP's Reference Library! |
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Book Spotlight |
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5th Annual Barnard Bold Conference | March 31, 2023 |
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Anti-Oppressive Pedagogies Corner |
Over the last few years, a narrative has emerged across both national and higher education journalism that goes something like this: in an era of increasing political polarization, the need for colleges to host difficult dialogues about high stakes topics has never been more urgent…and it has never been more impossible. Journalists and scholars writing in legacy publications have given different names and causes to this supposed impossibility, variously referring to “cancel culture” “safetyism,” “self-censorship,” or overly sensitive, illiberal, and “coddled” students. But we are skeptical that the popular “cancel culture” narrative is either accurate or useful. Instead, we are in the process of exploring alternative ways of understanding both the necessity and challenge of dialogue in the present—a project we are currently referring to as “Dialogue against/without disposability.” Taking as its problem a broader punitive culture that cannot be explained in terms of generational differences between students and instructors or as a unique property of college campuses, this project seeks to identify concrete ways that people can cultivate dialogical spaces and strategies that are critically conscious of the problem of assigning value to some and consigning others to superfluity. We will share more information about how you can become involved in this project as it develops. To start, Barnard instructors can complete the survey linked above and here to help us understand some of the major challenges related to dialogue that they see in their classes today. |
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As always, please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions.
Best,
The First-Year Team