Call for Proposals
The Excellence in Education and Community Conference (EECC '25), April 9, 2025 at Lehman College campus 9 am - 5 pm, hosted by CUNY Lehman College’s Center for Teaching and Learning, invites students, instructors, staff, and Bronx community members from all disciplines and sectors to submit proposals. We seek topics that promote equity, raise awareness, and address societal and community barriers through innovative teaching, learning, and outreach.
Note: This call welcomes proposals from underrepresented disciplines, studies, and relevant organizations in the local Bronx community. This conference seeks for a range of proposals developed at Lehman College and by the Bronx community members, such as projects, case studies, demonstrations, panels, and other enriching and relevant disseminations.
Sessions
We propose a diverse range of session types to accommodate varying presentation styles and engagement approaches. These could include live poster and paper presentations, co-presentations featuring collaborations between instructors and students or staff, interactive workshops that facilitate hands-on activities and reflections, and “Lehman Talks” offering solo or collaborative 10-minute presentations. Other formats might involve live demonstrations, 45-minute panels with time for Q&A, or multi-modal presentations such as pre-recorded sessions, listening sessions, performances, or installations that integrate innovative technologies like virtual reality, live podcasts, and more.
Criteria
- Connection to Theme
- Organization
- Scholarly and Communal Impact
- Insightfulness
About Theme
Advancing Equity through Teaching and Learning: Practices and Possibilities explores topics in equity that create awareness and address barriers in society through multi-disciplinary approaches to teaching and learning by students, instructors, and staff at CUNY Lehman College impacting the academic community, the Bronx, and beyond. This inclusive theme recognizes how developments in teaching and learning among students, instructors, and staff, as well as the local Bronx community, can tackle emergent topics across areas, such as:
Food insecurity, Environmental poverty, Housing insecurity, Xenophobia and barriers to immigration (statuses such as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), social, religious, and ethnic intolerance), Noise and environmental pollution and congestion, Mental health, Digital divide, Biases in healthcare, Barriers to the arts and art education, Barriers to access (visual, audio, mobile, intellectual, etc.), Barriers to information (disinformation, misinformation, etc.).
Through pedagogical approaches, course projects, student-teaching partnerships, field experiences, and more, this theme recognizes the contributions and value of teaching and learning in higher education and society.
About Conference
The Excellence in Education and Community Conference is a free and in-person celebration and forum that recognizes the scholarly achievements in teaching, learning, and community by CUNY Lehman College students, faculty, staff, and members of the Bronx.
Important Dates , Contact Information
- Deadline for CFP: Sunday, February 23, 2025
- Deadline for notification for acceptance: Monday, March 3, 2025
- Deadline for Registration: Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Conference Date: Wednesday, April 09, 2025