Queensborough Community College
DEPARTMENT:
Year-end Report – Teaching Department
Year: 2014- 2015
Chemistry
A. DEPARTMENT SERVICES/ACTIVITIES REPORT IN 2014-15
1.
Department-sponsored services (fall and spring semesters combined)
Area of Service
Number
Served
300 people
We ran the 63rd Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (an ACS event)-This is a huge event that faculty
and students from many colleges in the tri-state area participate and the two co-Chairs from our department were
Drs. Paul Sideris and Sharon Lall-Ramnarine (May 9th, 2015)
Organic chemistry laboratory curriculum development: This is the second year of a three year project
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supported by NSF TUES grant (ID: 40D67-0001). Three faculties are involved in the project as PI (Dr. Jun Shin) students
or co-PI (Drs. Sasan Karimi and Paris Svoronos). Also involved are one undergraduate student (Eun Jung Shin),
two CLTs (Prakash Prasad and Joseph Pipino), and 37 organic chemistry I (fall 2014, 20 students) and organic
chemistry II (spring 2015, 17 students) students. The students participated voluntarily.
As part of the course enhancement and improving several experiments, a new microwave reactor was purchased
via the grant. Aside from the organic chemistry course enhancement, acquisition of this equipment will also
benefit the undergraduate research experience. Details of the lab development are uploaded on the project website
(which is not public yet) as both document style and video style. The website will be used as an informational
source for microwave based organic reactions as well as general organic chemistry lab.
Area of service (for example): a department-run learning laboratory (not laboratories for which students register as part of their courses), the reference desk or reserve area of the Library,
department tutoring program, etc. (Note: Do not report courses or laboratories for which students register.)
2.
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Department-sponsored faculty/staff development activities
Dates
Co-curricular Activities
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September
17th 2014
2
Oct 17th
2014
Presentation by Dr. Robert Q. Topper,
Department of Chemistry
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science
and Art
Titled “Computational Studies of Nanoparticles”
Seminar by Dr. Marcel Roberts, John Jay College
of Criminal Justice, Titled “A Lab-On-Chip
Location
Time
LB-14
11AM
Number
Served
77
S-112
1PM
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November
12th 2014
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November
26th 2014
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February 5,
2015
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March 19,
2015
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April 2,
2015
Approach to Forensic Science”
“How to secure a summer internship/research” ,
speakers : Dr. Sharon Lall-Ramnarine, Dr. Paris
Svoronos, Dr. Nidhi Gadura
“Career panel discussion on STEM careers and
Pseudo Thanksgiving celebration.” speakers: Dr.
Maria Mercedes Franco, Dr. Nidhi Gadura, Dr.
Paris Svoronos.
LI-ACS talk: Discovery and Development of
Purine-scaffold Hsp90 inhibitors for the Treatment
of Cancer
Tony Taldone, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
LI-ACS talk: 'Spice Tales': Rapid Detection and
Quantification of Synthetic Cannabinoids
Ling Huang, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry,
Hofstra University
LI-ACS talk: Electrophilic Cyclizations of
Alkynes-Facile Approaches to Heterocyclic and
Carbocyclic Molecules
Yu Chen, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry,
Queens College – CUNY
Year: 2014- 2015
S-416
12-2 PM
28
S-416
12:10 – 2:00 PM
45
S-112
6:00 – 7:00 pm
50
S-112
6:00 – 7:00 pm
47
S-112
6:00 – 7:00 pm
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B. COURSE CHANGES IN 2014-15
New, revised,
or deleted
Deleted
Course
number
CH-115
Course title
Introduction to
nanoscience
Semester approved
Comments
In consultation with VP Marchese, we
decided not to offer this course for fall 2015
due to very low enrollment.
Currently this course is in 2E category of
Pathway. The faculty member who created
this course (Dr. Hemraj-Benny) plans to add
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Year: 2014- 2015
a laboratory experience to the lecture (with
an independent lab course) in order to offer
it as a Pathway course to fulfill the 1C
category.
C. PROGRAM CHANGES IN 2014-15
Program
Program change*
Dual/Joint Degree Program: A.S. in
Chemistry (QCC) leading to the B.S.
in Pharmaceutical Sciences (York
College)
A.S/B.S. Degree in Applied
Chemistry between QCC and New
York City College of Technology
(NYCCT)
New program
Articulation
Agreement
Effective Date
(Semester and year)
Fall 2015
Comments
Fall 2015
The details of this program were
worked out by cooperation of the
administration and faculty between
the two colleges
Approved by CUNY and NYSED
*Key: (a)=initiated, (b)=closed, (c)=renamed, (d)=modified
D. DEPARTMENT CHANGES IN 2014-15
Type
Personnel
Description of Change
Dr. Dominic Hull, Lecturer (New
Hire)
Dr. Kevin Kolack, Lecturer (New
Hire)
Reason for Change
Date/Semester
Department P&B
Fall 2014
requested two new lines to
hire lecturers to cover
Spring 2013
many courses we offer.
Evaluation of Change*
*Please note that, if change has been too recent to evaluate, you may indicate NA.
Type of change
Personnel or organizational change
Facilities/space
Equipment
Other
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Description
New hires, retirees, resignations, promotions, department name changes, etc.
Renovations or development of office space or new facilities (i.e., computer laboratories)
Acquisition of new or disposition of old equipment
Other changes affecting the department not included above and including interactions with other departments
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Year: 2014- 2015
E. DEPARTMENT ASSESSMENT IN 2014-15
1.
Departmental procedures for conducting assessment
The fundamental elements of standard 14 (assessment of student learning) of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education include:
clearly articulated statements of expected student learning outcomes…at all levels (institution, degree/program, course) and for all
programs that aim to foster student learning and development; a documented, organized, and sustained assessment process to evaluate and
improve student learning; evidence that student learning assessment information is shared and discussed with appropriate constituents and
is used to improve teaching and learning.
Describe below the department’s ongoing procedures for assessing student learning and using assessment results to improve
teaching and learning. In your description, please explain how the department fulfills each of the Middle States
fundamental elements above.
2a.
Departmental participation in self-study/program review during 2014-2015, if applicable Not applicable
2b.
Program review follow-up (from 2013-14 to 2014-15)
Action item from program review
Timeline for completion
Accomplishments during current year
Not applicable
Note: If your department was involved in a program review in the previous academic year, the table above must be filled in.
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3a.
Action plan from previous year
Evaluation of Results
Follow-up
Course assessment: current year
Course(s) assessed
(list individually)
4.
Year: 2014- 2015
Course assessment follow-up (from 2013-14 to 2014-15)
Course(s) assessed from
previous year
3b.
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Relevant General
Educational Outcomes
Relevant Curricular
Outcomes
Evaluation of Assessment
Results
Action plan
Results of certification examinations, employer and alumni surveys, student surveys, advisory board
recommendations (if applicable, please use the table below) Not applicable
Data Source
Results
Action plan
Certification exams
Employer/alumni surveys, including
graduation and placement survey
Student surveys (current students)
Advisory Board recommendations
5.
Other assessment activity (if applicable) Not applicable
F. DEPARTMENT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
1.
Goals/objectives for 2014-2015
(Please indicate [Yes or No] if the objectives were part of the College’s Strategic Plan for 2014-2015.)
Departmental goals/objectives 2014/2015
Strategic
Plan Y/N
Evaluation of
achievement
Resulting action plan
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Queensborough Community College
Year-end Report – Teaching Department
1)
We had requested in previous years (at least for
5 years) that 3 of our 4 teaching labs are in real need
for renovation. Many of the drawers are both
outdated and too small to fit glassware. Bench tops
are broken also. No action has been taken to replace
these items.
2)
As our research students are multiplying and
faculty are taking on more students, it would be ideal
to think of building a 3rd research lab. Presently, there
are too many faculty and students who are sharing the
limited lab space in S-406 and 410.
Our course assessment is ongoing and faculty update
them per academic year.
2.
Year: 2014- 2015
The best method of evaluating how the
research lab space has been utilized
productively is by the number of
students presenting at various
conferences as well as faculty-led
student co-authorship on scientific
articles.
Goals/objectives for 2015-2016
(Explain how these goals/objectives align with the College’s goals and Strategic Plan for 2015-2016)
Departmental goals/objectives 2015-2016
Mission/Strategic Plan
Planned method of evaluation
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