Happy end of semester

 

Blackboard is dead

or will be after another semester or so.

As you may already know, the campus is switching our Learning Management System from Blackboard (myCourses) to Brightspace by D2L in the fall 2021 semester. ITS and the CLT are working together on the implementation of this new software and are seeking input from faculty on the design of the user interface and the default course templates, as well has volunteers to allow us to convert their current Blackboard course into a D2L course to test and modify the conversion process. 

so, long live Brightspace by D2L, I guess.

SPEL decisive in NY-22 race

 well, maybe. I don't know really. But it could be.

Also, I miss Ami.

Ami

 I am without words.

Um, so we're screwed again ...

looks like another break/pause coming up.

https://www.binghamton.edu/restarting-binghamton/covid-19-dashboard.html 

Brownbag lunch tomorrow!

 SPEL Brownbag lunch

Thu 12 Nov 2020, 11:45

topic: Annette Zimmermann's "Criminal Disenfranchisement and the Concept of Political Wrongdoing"

special guest: Annette Zimmermann

on ZOOM!

Winter session scholarships

Now that the university seems to be increasingly relying on intersession revenue for operating expenses, I'm so glad that they're offering scholarships for Winter session. It's not perfect -- the students have to be Pell eligible and cough up $150 -- but it's way better than nothing.

And if you're teaching Winter, then I imagine you can use it for marketing, too. (at least for the rest of the week.)

 

The application for winter session scholarships is available to students in the BU BRAIN. The winter session scholarship will subsidize the majority of tuition and fees for one winter course, with students responsible for $150.

Eligibility to apply
• Applicants must register for a winter session course.
• The course must be applicable to degree requirements. Students should run their DegreeWorks audit to ensure course applicability.
• Applicants must be eligible to receive Pell grant funding based on the current FAFSA information.

The priority deadline to apply is Nov. 15. For more information visit the link below.

More Info

Contact Amber Stallman or visit https://www.binghamton.edu/financial-aid/