<<
< / >
|
Pratt Brooklyn Campus, © Bob Handelman
The mission of Pratt Institute is to educate artists and creative professionals to be responsible contributors to society.
Pratt seeks to instill in all graduates aesthetic judgment, professional knowledge, collaborative skills, and technical expertise.
With a firm grounding in the liberal arts and sciences, a Pratt education blends theory with creative application in preparing graduates to become leaders in their professions.
Pratt enrolls a diverse group of highly talented and dedicated students, challenging them to achieve their full potential.
Pratt Institute and the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership (the Partnership) recently announced a collaboration to expand the reach of PrattCard, Pratt’s student and faculty identification card, to businesses on the Myrtle Avenue commercial corridor at the start of the Fall 2009 semester. Once in place, Pratt students, faculty, and staff will be able to put a cash balance on their cards similar to a debit card that can be used to shop or dine at participating Myrtle Avenue businesses.
more >>
Pratt Institute Center for Sustainable Design Studies (CSDS) and the Pratt Incubator for Sustainable Design Innovation will partner with Pratt Towers housing cooperative to hold a community “design jam” on Saturday, July 11 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Pratt Towers located at 333 Lafayette Avenue. Members of the community are invited to brainstorm possible residential uses for 60 square feet of unused space behind the towers that has remained empty for 15 years.
more >>
Pratt Institute President Thomas F. Schutte and The Board of Trustees of Pratt Institute will hold a dinner to celebrate the establishment of The Marc Rosen Distinguished Visiting Chair in Design on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at The Gramercy Park Hotel Roof at Two Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. The event will include a cocktail reception at 7 p.m. followed by dinner, and will celebrate the first endowed professorship in the history of Pratt Institute.
more >>
Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, a Pratt alumna and fashion design executive with over 15 years of experience, has been named acting chair of the Institute’s Fashion Design Department. Pailes-Friedman, who has taught in Pratt’s fashion and industrial design departments since 1998, will begin her appointment July 1, 2009. She replaces Rosie DePasquale, who is stepping down after serving as chair of the Fashion Design Department since 2000 to work on the launch of her yoga accessories and clothing line. DePasquale will return in the spring 2010 semester as a full-time professor.
more >>
Pratt Institute department of fine arts graduate students Charlotte Meyer
and Kris Scheifele won 2009 Joan Mitchell Fellowship Awards for their accomplishments in sculpture and painting, respectively. Through this award program, Meyer and Scheifele will each receive a $15,000 grant and will also participate in a group exhibition at the Cue Art Foundation in Chelsea, New York in
spring of 2010.
more >>
my.pratt.edu
Login with your OneKey to access advisement, registration, and billing academic tools, the learning management system (LMS), human resources data, email, faculty, staff and student directories, and FAQs.
Welcome to the Writing and Tutorial Center (WTC). As the Director, I'd like to briefly introduce you the services and procedures of our lab.
What are we?
The WTC is a multi-faceted writing lab that is available to all Pratt students on both a walk-in and scheduled basis. Our aim is to provide academic support for all Pratt students. We cater to all academic levels from Intensive English, through all undergraduates courses, to Master's Thesis preparation.
What do we offer?
We have individual and small group tutorials to improve writing skills. We also offer tutoring in Art History, Math, Physics, Statics, and Steel, and we run conversation groups for International students. At the Center we have Power Macs available for your word processing needs, and if you are not accustomed to doing your assignments on computers, we offer word processing tutoring. The on-line service you are using right now is our newest offering.
Statics
(individual and group)
Statics (for those of you who haven't taken it) is a course that teaches the physics of things that stand still; static. Our Statics tutor, Carl, works with students who are currently taking the Statics class as part of their architecture degree.
Physics
(individual and group)
Not surprisingly... our Statics tutor is also our Physics tutor! Just ask to make an appointment with Carl.
Thesis
(individual)
Thesis appointments are available for students working on their graduate thesis. These appointments are designed to help you THROUGHOUT the thesis generation and writing process and will only be given to students who are prepared to attend regularly. Thesis appointments will not be given on a one time only or walk in basis. If you intend to attend thesis tutoring, you must apply specifically for it, and you also must start tutoring before halfway through the semester. After that point, no new thesis students will be accepted. The thesis is a long, complicated piece of work which you must present in order to graduate. Attending thesis tutoring will help ensure your success!
Math
(individual and group)
Math tutoring with Carl is available to anyone attending Pratt math classes. Don't hesitate to come and work with him to help you successfully get through your math classes.
Written assignments for any Pratt classes
Although Pratt is an art school, you will have written assignments in classes other than English and Art History. Our English tutors are happy to work with you on your writing for ANY classes. So, feel free to drag in your Social Science papers, business proposals for marketing classes, project assessment reports, oh heck ANYTHING at all that requires structure, full sentences, and articulation of ideas through words rather than images. Although we may not be able to tutor you on the content of the courses, we can definitely work with you on the effectiveness of your papers. Come on down!
Art History
undergraduate and graduate (individual and group)
Dominica and Sarah, our resident Art History tutors, specialize in tutoring the Survey One and Two classes, as well as the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century classes. They are quite happy to work on written assignments or reading for any other art history courses as well. We have various other tutors who are also qualified to help you with Art History, so if they aren't available and this is the type of tutoring you need, make sure you inform us when you sign up for tutoring and we still may be able to accommodate you.
English Classes
undergraduate (individual)
Our tutors are ready, qualified and willing to help you work on your 101, 102, 103, and 105 assignments and English electives assignments. Although we are happy to work with you on your essays and reading comprehension, please do not expect tutors to have done all the reading for your classes! Remember to bring all materials (including original essay assignment sheets) to your sessions.
Intensive English
(individual and group)
If you are attending Intensive English classes at Pratt, we offer extra practice with reading, writing, and speaking skills. See also Conversation groups below.
Walk in tutoring
What happens if you don't have a weekly appointment, didn't know in advance that you needed help, or there wasn't an appointment slot available when you called? Try walking into the Writing and Tutorial Center and asking politely at the appointment desk. If there is a spare tutor available, he or she will be happy to work with you. Walk in tutoring really should only be attempted if truly desperate, and you must be aware that the Art History tutors' time is strictly limited, and it is unlikely you will be able to see them this way.
Please note: although we try to meet everyone's needs, we only have a certain amount of tutors and tutoring hours to go around, thus priority is given to weekly appointments. Please sign up for one immediately if you know you will be needing assistance. Don't hesitate!
One time only appointments
You may not require the regular assistance of a tutor, but you may encounter an assignment or course work which you do need help with. If this is the case, sign up for a one time only appointment. This consists of an hour with a tutor. Be clear what kind of assignment you will be working on when you make the appointment; this way the most suitable tutor can be chosen for you. Please be aware that one time only tutoring is only available if we have spots available in the tutoring schedule - it isn't always possible. Make your appointment as far in advance as possible. Also, please note that one time only tutoring is not designed for thesis students.
Weekly appointments
These are available to students who know they will need the regular assistance of a tutor. When you sign up for a weekly appointment, you are assigned to a specific tutor who you will meet with you for one hour each week. You are expected to attend each session throughout the semester (as if it was another class.) If you miss sessions you will lose your tutoring slot. You may use the session to work on class assignments and/or general skills according to the subject. Weekly appointment slots fill up quickly at the beginning of the semester. Be sure to sign up quickly!
<< july 2009 >>
SMTWTHFS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
No events for July
ongoing events
No ongoing events for July
all events
Emily Beall
Visiting Instructor,Tutor
ebeall@pratt.edu
Personal Biography
Emily Beall's academic interests include 20th & 21st century experimental poetry and poetics, with a focus on experimental writing by women. A poet herself, Professor Beall is also interested in the intersections of poetics and modern dance, and the ways that such intersections generate concepts of space, meaning, and the body.
view biography
Stacie Cassarino
Visiting Instructor
DeKalb Hall 3
(718) 636-3790
scassari@pratt.edu
Personal Biography
Stacie Cassarino is a poet who teaches in the English & Humanities Department and the Writing for Performance, Publication, and Media Department. She is also a Senior Staff Tutor in The Writing Center.
view biography
Diane Cohen
Assistant to the Director
North Hall 1
(718) 636-3459
dcohen@pratt.edu
Don Doherty
Visiting Instructor,Tutor
North Hall 1
(718) 399-4529
ddoherty@pratt.edu
Personal Biography
Don Doherty has been an instructor at Pratt since 1996, teaching Freshman Composition and Literature and English as a Second Language. He did Foundation Year at Pratt before moving into a Liberal Arts program at Hunter College, so Pratt was his first home-away-from-home. His interests include writing short fiction, writing and producing music, video production, animation, collage and drawing. He rides an Alien Workshop deck with Tensor trucks and Darkstar wheels. His Youtube account is papakilatube.
view biography
Randy Donowitz
Director of the Writing and Tutorial Center
North Hall 1
(718) 399-4461
rdonowit@pratt.edu
this is the watch window.