Syelle Graves’s Profile

Courses
ENG 201: Introduction to Literature Spring 2025 [Conway]
Introduction to Literature
ECE 209-191W | Sp 2025 | J. Longley
This course focuses on the theories, methods and materials of early childhood education for infants (birth to eighteen months), with an emphasis on addressing developmental needs and culturally appropriate practices in their education and care. The following topics are explored in depth: social, emotional, cognitive and physical development of infants; basic principles of infant care giving, including providing culturally sensitive and consistent care; arrangement of the environment and developmentally appropriate experiences to promote infant growth and learning; the role of parents and establishing partnerships with families.
ECE 209-500W | Sp 2025 | J. Longley
This course focuses on the theories, methods and materials of early childhood education for infants (birth to eighteen months), with an emphasis on addressing developmental needs and culturally appropriate practices in their education and care. The following topics are explored in depth: social, emotional, cognitive and physical development of infants; basic principles of infant care giving, including providing culturally sensitive and consistent care; arrangement of the environment and developmentally appropriate experiences to promote infant growth and learning; the role of parents and establishing partnerships with families.
Fall 2024 | SPN108-W | Elementary Spanish for Spanish Speakers II | Prof. Darwich
This is an elementary Spanish course for students who can speak Spanish, and it has been designed to meet specific needs of students of Spanish-speaking background. It will focus on the practice and development of abilities in written language and formal oral communication through grammar review, vocabulary building, spelling, punctuation, and the development of advanced composition skills. This course meets the Writing Intensive and World Cultures requirements. What makes this course a Writing Intensive Course? This is a Writing Intensive course that fulfills the WI requirement for graduation. Writing intensive courses pay special attention to developing critical reading, writing, and analytic skills to prepare students for the CPE and college-level coursework in general. Both informal and formal writing will be designed to maximize your understanding of the subject matter. Formal writing assignments, at least 10-12 pages total, account for a significant portion of your grade and will include opportunities for revision.
English 201 | Intro to Literature | Spring 2021 | Celeste Conway
Introduction to Literature
Communities
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Updates on faculty and student scholarships. Home of the BMCC Annual Research Symposium (BARS) student projects.
Student Government Association
The Student Government Association (SGA) is the voice of every student at BMCC and is devoted to advocating for those issues that will enhance the educational, social, and career development of BMCC students. Meetings: In person / Wednesdays, 4pm / Room S242, Main Building, 2nd floor
OpenLab for Students in a space for students to access information about OpenLab workshops, how to use OpenLab tools and much more! Need support special support? Send an email to openlab@bmcc.cuny.edu. This community is for students only. However, faculty and staff are more than welcome to browse our website!
BMCC Reads – The space for sharing books, reviews, clubs, films and ideas
Projects
ASAP Tutoring & Support Services
ASAP tutoring services consist of tutoring on Upswing and Supplemental Instructions (SI) sessions on Zoom. All tutoring sessions are online until further notice.
College Fluency Capacity Building
College Fluency Capacity Building: Empowering Librarians to Support Students Navigating College is an IMLS-funded research project running from August 2022 to January 2025. See our project site for more information.
Information on the BMCC Makerspace (opened to all faculty and students)
Reimagining My Community is a summer fellowship program that will encourage students to think critically, evaluate community assets and deficits, and create a project proposal to augment a selected neighborhood’s quality of life.
La primera revista literaria y artística de BMCC escrita en español BMCC’s Spanish Language Literary Magazine written in Spanish