Tucked into the corner of a hectic semester was a nourishing and informing event put together in collaboration with the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC). It was a showcase and block party that brought together several distinguished, yet connected programs…
CPL Meetup: Visionary Words and Thinking, Vision Boards, and Project Planning for the Spring Showcase, January 31, 2025
On January 31, 2025, the CUNY Peer Leaders gathered for their first meetup of the year at the CUNY Graduate Center, and began with a grounding activity: everyone shared a quotation or phrase that inspires them. CPL Director Melendez shared…
Em(body)ed Experiences through Body Mapping + Gallery Walk with Kelsey Milian
November 8, 2024 Former CPL Facilitator, Kelsey Milian, who is a PhD student in Ethnomusicology as well as a poet and musician, visited the current cohort of CPLs at the CUNY Graduate Center. There was plenty of pizza to welcome…
CPL Creates Collaborative Community Guidelines
On Friday, September 13, 2024, the CUNY Peer Leaders met over Zoom for their second meetup of the 2024-2025 academic year. We began with some announcements about upcoming events like former CPL Facilitator Kelsey Milian’s invitation to attend a Hip…
End of the 2023-2024 Academic Year CPL Meetup
We celebrated the year at the CUNY Peer Leaders program with a festive final meetup on Friday, May 3, 2024. A leader brought some unicorn party hats, the program provided food and homemade baked goods, and CPL Director Melendez opened…
“Graduate School, Career and Professional Development” Feb 16, 2024 CPL Meetup with Rod Hurley
Opening the CPL meetup on February 16, 2024, Director Lauren Melendez introduced the topic of professional development, which includes school and education, experience in the workforce, and the ultimate goal of taking a degree into a field—be it graduate school…
“Average is Better than Luxury: A Financial Literacy and Personal Budgeting Presentation” with FI Budget Manager Celi Lebron
CPL Director opened our meetup on March 1, 2024 at the Graduate Center framing today’s session on financial literacy. She noted that some of the topics, like financial literacy, in these meetups are topics that are pertinent but are not…
December 2023 CPL Meetup with Dr. Jody Clark-Vaisman
Gathering in the Graduate Center’s Skylight Room for the last CPL meetup of the year on December 15, 2023, the CUNY Peer Leaders welcomed a guest speaker: Dr. Jody Clark-Vaisman. Dr. Clark-Vaisman serves as Academic Director of the CUNY Baccalaureate…
CUNY Peer Leaders Share Their NYC Soundscapes in November Meetup
On November 3, 2023, the CUNY Peer Leaders gathered in person at the Graduate Center and presented their recorded soundscapes, reflections on the exercise, and album art. This gathering was a follow-up to the October 6 meetup, when the leaders…
Exploring Our Environments and Lives Through Sound Waves: CPL October Meetup
On Friday, October 6, 2023, the CUNY Peer Leaders convened on Zoom for two hours with CPL Facilitator Kelsey Milian, Coordinator Jackie Cahill, and Director Lauren Melendez, who dialed in from the 2023 Mellon Conference at USF. Facilitator Kelsey Milian,…
Em(Body)ed Experiences with the CUNY Peer Leaders
On Friday 10/14 CUNY Peer Leaders gathered to participate in a Body Mind Mapping exercise. What is Body Mind Mapping you might ask? I was first introduced to Body Mind Mapping at the MURAP 2019 Conference at UNC-Chapel Hill. A…
CUNY Peer Leaders 2022 Kick Off!
The CUNY Peer Leaders (CPL) 2022-2023 cohort held their kick-off community-building meeting on Thursday, August 11, 2022. We began the meeting with welcome messages from Lauren Melendez, CUNY Peer Leaders Program Director and Administrative Specialist of the Futures Initiative. As…
