25 Student Summit on the Role of Humanities in a Just Society
25 Student Summit on the Role of Humanities in a Just Society
The Student Advisory Board planned the Student Summit on the Role of Humanities in a Just Society, a full-day virtual conference to be held on May 5, 2023. The Student Advisory Board developed the call for proposals for the Summit and reviewed applications. The Summit provided CUNY students a platform for sharing their vision for a more just and equitable academic environment.
Below is a brainstorming document the advisory board used to envision their ideal student conference.
At the Summit, 174 people came together to think about what their college community needs most, and to imagine resources that would improve their social learning experience and academic life. To dream of safe spaces where respect, communication, and transparency are valued. To envision a stripped-down version of the faculty-student relationship, where faculty are better resourced themselves to be able to put students’ needs first. To conceive of concrete ways in which CUNY administration can better respond to issues raised by students.
After the Summit, students were encouraged to share their projects in different media formats and partake in short reflective interviews on their participation in the Student Summit:
“I’d just like to say thank you so much for your guidance throughout my TLH journey. It has been a pleasure working with you both, and I’ll cherish my time on the student advisory board forever. I had an excellent time participating in the summit and I enjoyed our meetings. I truly feel like we have made change and I can continue to help change the world of education and pedagogy. Will definitely be checking in with you both.”
Student Advisory Board Member
Summit Presentations
Students were given the opportunity to have their projects published as part of this OER (Open Educational Resource). Their work will be memorialized and shared as part of a better CUNY we all envision through this grant.
Project #CUNYCleaned:
Project #CUNYCleaned: Litter and Pollution Campus Equity by Litter and Pollution Campus Equity by Kennedy Pazos
Care Off Campus:
Critical Pedagogy:
Critical Pedagogy and Our Syllabus by Selma Sihali
Student Clubs:
Student Clubs: Improving the Extracurricular Experience by Emanuela Gallo
STEM and Social Studies:
STEM and Social Studies: Online Education By Fatimah Asad
The Need for Ethnic Studies:
Nontraditional Students:
Yin and Yang – Nontraditional Students
Mentoring:
Manifesto Design:
Manifesto Design by Vincent Hadwin Tanujaya
Embroidery:
Embroidery by Guilia Baldini
Project 19:
Post Summit Interviews
After the Summit, students were given the opportunity to participate in a reflective interview. Below you can find the questions and select answers from students:
What was it like serving on the Student Advisory Board?
“Serving on the student Advisory Board was a scary moment for me. I didn’t know what to expect at first but meeting the fellow board members was very relaxing, and I felt ve