SPA DAY
SPA DAY is traditionally held during the last week of May prior to student graduation. The first SPA DAY was offered in May 2011. Check out past event resources below.
Emergent Challenges to
Teaching and Learning Fostering Inclusion, Accessibility,
Collegiality and Community
May 2026
Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:00 AM-9:45 AM
Student Scenarios: Reimagining a New Normal from the Student Lens
9:45 AM-10:00 AM
Breakout Scenarios
| Scenario 1: Dealing With Social Anxiety: How Group Assignments and Student Presentations Affect Students Facing these Challenges? |
| Scenario 2: How does the Content of the Class Connect to my Job/Professional/Career Needs/Goals? |
| Scenario 3: How is the School Adapting/Rethinking its Approaches to Support Students (Who have been Working for a Long Time) Returning to School? |
| Scenario 4: How to Create More Opportunities for Individual Meetings with Students, Casual Conversations, Building Connections with the Instructor/Students? |
| Scenario 5: Are Faculty Using Technology Effectively to Enable Effective Communication/Collaboration so Students are Engaged/Motivated/Safe? |
Potential Approaches to Cross-Disciplinary Experiential Learning at Hostos
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Dissecting Evidence of Learning by Uncovering the Meaning of the What Questions in our Courses
12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Maintaining a Healthy and Collegial Environment in Times of Flux: A Chair’s Perspective
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Closing Remarks
2:00 PM-3:00 PM
11th Annual Spa Day
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Program
9:30 am – 9:45 am Virtual Networking
9:45 am – 10:00 am Welcome & Opening Remarks
10:00 am – 10:10 am Creative Cloud Making
10:10 am – 10:25 am It’s All About the Growth Mindset’s
10:25 am – 10:40 am Burnout
10:40 am – 11:00 am COIL (Collaborate Online International Learning)
11:00 am – 11:05 am Kognito
11:05 am – 11:10 am Hostos Reads
11:10 am – 11:40 am Breakout Sessions
11:40 am – 12:00 pm Creative Cloud Making Part II
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm A discussion on violence on multi-racial communities, e.g. Asian-Americans
11th Annual Spa Day
Self-Care During a Time of Transition in Teaching and Learning
May 2020
Welcoming
11:00 AM – 11:05 AM
Opening Remarks
11:05 AM – 11:15 AM
Keynote Speaker
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Breakout Sessions
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Session I
Parenting and Academic Life in a Time of Remote Learning
Session II
Practice What You Preach: Self-Care During Remote Teaching
Session III
Coping with Uncertainty: Preparing for Higher Learning in the Midst of the Pandemic
Session IV
How Are You Doing? Checking-In, Not Checking Out!
Session V
Humanizing Teaching: Reclaiming the Art of Listening Engagement, and Togetherness
Share Back Session
12:45 PM – 1:05 PM
Closing Remarks
1:05 PM
10th Annual Spa Day
May 2019
HOSTOSPALOOZA
Breakfast & Networking
9:00 AM-9:45 AM
Welcoming
9:45 AM-10:00 AM
Event Jam
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Lunch/Hostos Reads Unveiling
12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Self-Care 101: The Guide to Nourishing and Flourishing Our Mental Well Being
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Carnival
2:00 PM-3:00 PM
Closing Reception
3:00 PM-4:00 PM
9th Annual SPA DAY Program
8th Annual SPA DAY Program
May 2018
Change in a Changing World
BREAKFAST & NETWORKING
9:00 AM-9:30 AM
OPENING REMARKS
9:30 AM-9:35 AM
IS THE HOSTOS CLASSROOM REALLY INCLUSIVE?
9:35 AM-10:35 AM
LIMBO
10:35 AM-11:05 AM
A CHAIR’S PERSPECTIVE OF CHANGE!
11:05 AM-12:05 PM
LUNCH
12:05 PM-1:05 PM
ROUNDTABLES
1:05 PM-2:05 PM
HOSTOS READS! STRATEGIES FOR PROMOTING A CULTURE OF READING ACROSS CAMPUS
PRESERVING FACULTY INTELLECTUAL DIVERSITY IN TODAY’S HIGHER EDUCATION LANDSCAPE
SERVICE-LEARNING – LEARNING AND SERVICE BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AT HOSTOS:OPPORTUNITIES FOR FACULTY
SKIN COLOR – A NON-ISSUE, ISSUE
FROM HOSTOS TO HARVARD
2:05 PM-3:05 PM
UNVEILING OF HOSTOS READS
CLOSING RECEPTION
3:05 PM-4:05 PM
8th Annual SPA DAY Program
May 2017
Hear you, Hear me, Hear Hostos!
BREAKFAST & NETWORKING
9:00 AM-I0:00 AM
BUILDING MEDIA LITERACY ACROSS DISCIPLINES
10:00 AM-I0:40 AM
SOCIAL JUSTICE VOICES ACROSS DISCIPLINES
10:40 AM-11:20 AM
LET’S SURF TOGETHER
11 :20 AM-12:00 PM
LUNCH
12:00 PM-12:40 PM
GAME
12:40 PM-1:20 PM
BOOK LAUNCH: CONNECTING VOICES AND STORIES IN THE CLASSROOM
1:20 PM-2:00 PM
GAME & STUDENT PERFORMANCE: “THE LOTUS FLOWER”
2:00 PM-3:00 PM
CLOSING RECEPTION
3:00 PM-4:00 PM
7th Annual SPA DAY Program
May 2016 A Place for Everybody
Breakfast & Networking
8:30 am-10:00 am
Think Tanks Intro
Prof. Elvir Dincer, Title V, SoTL, Online Learning & Service Learning
10:00 am-11:00 am
Think Tanks
11:00 am-12:15 pm
Lunch
12:15 pm-1:15 pm
Games
1:15 pm -2:15pm
Keynote Speaker
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Cynthia Jones, Lecturer, English Department
2:15 pm – 3:00 pm
Closing Reception
3:00 pm-4:00 pm
Key Note Speaker & Special Presenters
Dean Christine Mangino
6th Annual SPA DAY Program
May 2015
Understanding Student Expectations & Needs
Registration & Breakfast
9:00 am-9:40 am
Room: B-503
Opening Remarks
Dr. Christine Mangino, Interim Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs
9:45 am-10:00 am
Room: B-501
Discussion Panel-Title V Research Projects: Creating Research Environments that Motivate and Inspire
10:00 am-11:00 am
Room: B-501
Breakout session I
11:05 am-12:10 pm
Rooms: (B-505, B-506, B-508 & B-509)
Flipping the Conference: Participant-Driven Sessions
12:20 pm-1:20 pm
Rooms: (B-505 & B-506)
Lunch
1:20 pm -2:00 pm
HALC
Keynote address: Dr. Thomas Bailey, Director Community College Research Center
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Room: B-501
Closing Reception
3:00 pm-4:00 pm
A-Atrium
Key Note Speaker & Special Presenters
Dr. Thomas Bailey
Prof. Eunice Flemister
Prof. Elys Vasquez-Iscan
Prof. Matthew Bethancourt
Prof. Karen Steinmayer
5th Annual SPA Day Program
May 2014
Who are We and Why are We Here?
Registration & Breakfast
8:30 am-9:00 am
Room: C-Cafeteria
Opening Remarks
Nelson Nunez-Rodriguez, Carmen Coballes-Vega, & Cynthia Jones
9:00 am-10:15 am
Room: C-Cafeteria
Breakout Session I
10:30 am-11:30 am
Rooms: (B-505, B-506, & B-508)
Raffle Drawing
11:30 am-11:45 am
Rooms: PSC-CUNY Lounge
Breakout Session II
12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Rooms: (B-505, B-506, & B-508)
Lunch
1:00 pm-1:30 pm
Rooms: C-Cafeteria
Finding Answers: Why, how, what and to whom we are teaching at Hostos
Advisory Council Members
1:30 am-2:00 am
Room: C-Cafeteria
Key Note Speaker
Prof. Cynthia Jones
4th Annual SPA Day Program
May 2013
Celebrate the Art of Teaching
Continental Breakfast & Networking
8:30 am – 9:30 am
Room: FDR
Welcome & Greetings
Dean Christine Mangino, and Prof. Nelson Nunez-Rodriguez
9:30 am – 10:15 am
Room: FDR
Session I
10:30 am – 11:30 am
Rooms: B-501, B-505, B-506, B-507, B-515 & C-565
Session II
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Rooms: B-501, B-505, B-506, B-507, B-508 & B-509
Session III
12:20 pm – 1:20 pm
Rooms: B-501, B-505, B-506, B-507, B-508 & B-509
Lunch
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Room: FDR
Closing Reception
Provost Carmen Matos Rodriguez Coballes-Vega, Prof. Nelson Nunez- Rodriguez, Ms. Lourdes Torres & President Felix
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Room: A-Atrium
Key Note Speaker & Special Presenters
Provost, Carmen Coballes – Vega
President, Felix Matos Rodriguez
Dean, Christine Mangino
3rd Annual SPA Day Program
May 2012
Digital Learning; Creative Teaching; Teaching
and Inquiry; Learning and Intellect
Breakfast
8:30 am-9:00 am
Room: FDR
Exploring Reappointment, Tenure, & Promotion: A Conversation with Provost Coballes-Vega
9:00 am-10:00 am
Room: FDR
Breakout Session I
10:15 am-11:15 am
Rooms: (B-501, B-505, B-506 & B-507)
Breakout Session II
11:30 am-12:30 pm
Rooms: (B-501, B-505, B-506 & B-507)
Lunch
12:30 pm-1:30 pm
Rooms: FDR
The President as Teacher: Sharing President Matos-Rodriguez’s Pedagogy
1:30 pm-2:00 pm
Rooms: FDR
Active Shooter Response for Faculty
2:00 pm-2:15 pm
Rooms: FDR
Breakout Session III
2:30 pm-3:30 pm
Rooms: (B-501, B-505, B-506 & B-507)
Key Note Speaker & Special Presenters
Provost, Carmen Coballes-Vega
2nd Annual SPA Day Program
May 2011
A Day at the Professional Development SPA
Breakfast & Opening Remarks
9:00 am-9:40 am
Room: FDR
Breakout Session I
10:00 am-10:45 pm
Rooms: (C-461, C-462, C-463, C-464, C-559)
Breakout Session II
11:00 am-11:45 pm
Rooms: (C-461, C-462, C-463, C-464, C-465)
Lunch
12:00 am-1:00 pm
Rooms: FDR
Breakout Session III
1:15 am-2:00 pm
Rooms: (C-461, C-462, C-463, C-464, C-465)
Breakout Session IV
2:15 am-3:00 pm
Rooms: (C-461, C-462, C-463, C-464, C-465)
Key Note Speaker & Special Presenters
Dean Christine Mangino
1st Annual SPA Day Program
