We are delighted to announce the Fall 2026 World on Wednesday (WOW) Lecture Series featuring faculty and staff from across the campus. WOW lectures bring the world to CSI students and faculty and are designed to teach our community more about the world, culture, politics, and human rights.
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ID: 810 7341 7879 Passcode: 2800
Fall 2026
Meeting ID: 810 7341 7879 Passcode: 2800
My Teaching Experience in Korea
Wednesday, October 7
12:20pm-1:10pm
Miye Kwon, Visiting Scholar from Korea
Ms. Miye Kwon is part of the CSI Visiting Scholars Program from South Korea. She will share her experiences as an educator in Korea and offer us insights into her teaching journey and perspective on education.
Filipino Nurses Migration to the US and their Impact on Healthcare
Wednesday, October 14
9:00am-10:00am and
12:20pm-1:10pm
Karen Arca-Contreras, Nursing and Randella Sasa, Bronx Community College
Dr. Karen Arca-Contreras, DNP, RN-BC Associate Professor of Nursing and Success Coaching Program Coordinator and Dr. Randella Sasa, Assistant Director of Nursing Programs and Associate Professor from Bronx Community College and will speak about the migration of Filipino nurses to the United States. The Filipino nurses is one of the most significant examples of skilled labor migration in the world. For more than a century, Filipino nurses have played a vital role in strengthening the U.S. healthcare system while contributing to the economic well-being of their families and communities in the Philippines. They work in specialties such as critical care, emergency medicine, intensive care, and public health organizations. Come to learn more about their contribution in detail.
USA 1776 – Haiti 1804: Two Bourgeois Revolutions
Wednesday, October 21
12:20pm-1:10pm
Philippe Marius, Anthropology
Dr. Philippe Marius from the Anthropology Department will exam the parallels between the revolution by the 13 North American colonies that declared their Independence from Britain in 1776 to become the USA and the one in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which in 1804 created Haiti, the first nation-state of a black people in Western modernity. The two are linked by the French Revolution of 1789, which destroyed the monarchy in France in 1792 and abolished slavery in all French colonies in 1794. On the way to political independence and thereafter Haiti’s Founding Fathers and the US Founding Fathers had to cope with the vexing fact that wealth in their world was primarily created by enslaved workers, and both countries today must cope with legacies of this fact.
A Happiness Toolkit of Practices From Across the Globe To Sweeten The Teacup of The Mind
Wednesday, October 28
12:20pm-1:10pm
Raja Krishnaswami, Chemistry
Dr. Krishnaswami Raja from the Chemistry Department’s talk will focus on practical, evidence-informed ways to support emotional well-being in a world marked by uncertainty, rapid change, and constant multitasking.
The current situation globally is characterized by uncertainty, rapid change & challenges on multiple fronts thereby leading to anxiety and stress; constant multitasking mindset is also having its impact globally. A toolkit of some of the key practices that have been studied globally and in literature that may possibly serve to “improve the baseline mood” such as mindfulness, gratitude, exercise, meditation, laughter, Shirin yoku (forest bathing) & music are the subject of this talk.
The World on Wednesday lecture series is sponsored by the Center for Global Engagement. A CC CLUE Event.
Please contact Winnie Brophy at winnie.brophy@csi.cuny.edu if you have any questions or you would like to present at a future lecture.
Center for Global Engagement
Building 2A-Room 206
www.csi.cuny.edu/internationalPrograms
Instagram: csi_international_programs
Phone:718.982.2100
