CUNY Newswire

Borough of Manhattan Community College of The City University of New York will reopen for classes on Monday, October 1. The College’s Tribeca campus had been closed since September 11 to assist in the World Trade Center rescue and recovery effort.

The Board of Trustees of The City University of New York voted today “to establish immediately and to the fullest extent possible a World Trade Center Memorial Scholarship Program.”

Los Miembros del Directorio de la City University of New York votaron hoy por “establecer inmediatamente y hasta la mayor extensión posible un Programa de Becas en Memoria del World Trade Center.”

The City University of New York colleges led the nation in awarding degrees to minority students, according to Community College Week and Black Issues in Higher Education.

Los colleges de la City University of New York son los primeros en otorgar grados académicos a estudiantes pertenecientes a minorías étnicas, según fuentes proporcionadas por Community College Week y Black Issues in Higher Education.

Lew Rudin personified all that is good about New York City. He was an extraordinary champion for the City he loved and a strong and steadfast friend of The City University of New York. He was my dear friend for more than a quarter of a century.

Chancellor Matthew Goldstein and Executive Vice Chancellor Louise Mirrer will announce ways CUNY is responding to the World Trade Center disaster on CUNY TV’s City Talk.

Memorials, counseling, blood drives and fundraisers are just some of the continuing services organized by the Colleges of The City University of New York on campuses throughout New York City in the wake of the World Trade Center attack.

The City University of New York is establishing a special “Help-Line” staffed with volunteer faculty specialists in psychology, social work, nursing and counseling to offer grief, trauma and bereavement assistance in the aftermath of the World Trade Center tragedy.

The Colleges of The City University of New York are sponsoring activities for grieving and counseling on campuses throughout the city in the wake of the World Trade Center tragedy earlier this week.

Fall freshman enrollment at The City University of New York’s 11 senior colleges increased by 7.7 per cent, the largest increase in more than two decades, according to preliminary data released today.

La matrícula del semestre de otoño de los 11 “senior colleges” de The City University of New York aumentó en un 7,7 por ciento, la más alta en más de dos décadas, de acuerdo a información preliminar proporcionada hoy.

With the graduation rate of Hispanic students in college lagging nationally, the U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $3.1 million grant for two colleges of The City University of New York to help Hispanic students from low income families complete their higher education.

Debido al bajo número de estudiantes hispanos que se graduan de la universidades a nivel nacional, el Departamento de Educación de Estados Unidos ha otorgado un subsidio de $3.1 millones a dos instituciones de The City University of New York para ayudar a estudiantes hispanos de familias de bajos ingresos a completar su educación superior.

Judge Pam Jackman-Brown is just of one of the thousands of hardworking students who have traveled to a great career on the Success Express, The City University of New York network of two and four-year colleges and graduate and professional schools.

La Jueza Jackman-Brown es sólo una de los miles de estudiantes esforzados que han logrado rápidamente gran éxito a través de la red de colleges de dos o cuatro años, las escuelas profesionales y de estudiantes graduados de la City University of New York.

La City University of New York ha establecido una “Línea de Ayuda” atendido por profesores voluntarios especialistas en psicología, trabajo social, enfermería, y consejería para ofrecer asistencia en casos de tristeza, trauma y duelo tras las consecuencias desastrozas del atentado en contra del World Trade Center.

La City University of New York lanzará un programa piloto en Septiembre para entrenar asistentes de directores de escuelas públicas de la Ciudad de Nueva York como jefes de operaciones, dejando a los directores más tiempo para dedicarse a actividades de mayor liderazgo académico. Un subsidio de $50.000 otorgado por Wallace-Reader’s Digest ayudará a dar inicio al programa. El esfuerzo cuenta con el apoyo del Canciller de las Escuelas Harold O. Levy y el Rector de CUNY Matthew Goldstein.

The City University of New York will launch a pilot program in September to train New York City public school assistant principals as chief operating officers, freeing principals for greater academic leadership. A $50,000 grant from the Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund will help kick-off the new program. The effort has the support of Schools Chancellor Harold O. Levy and CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein.

La City University of New York y la Junta Electoral (Board of Elections) de la Ciudad de Nueva York, anunciaron hoy, que CUNY ha sobrepasado su objetivo de reunir 1.000 estudiantes para trabajar en el proceso electoral y así ayudar a superar la escasez de mano de obra para las elecciones que se realizarán en la Ciudad este otoño. Más de 1200 estudiantes se han inscrito.