BRONX, NY — The High School for Teaching and the Professions, one of the new small high schools in the Bronx, graduated its first four-year class on June 26, with ceremonies in the Lovinger Theatre of Lehman College. Eighty-five percent of the 68 graduates are going on to college.
The school, which opened in Walton High [...]
At a time when the U.S. is facing an acute shortage of nurses, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York has established a new Doctor of Nursing Science (DNS) Degree Program aimed at training nursing educators, as well as researchers and other health care leaders. The new program was approved at [...]
Dr. Margaret Lunney recently received a Fulbright grant to give a Keynote Address in Japan at the 13th Annual Conference of the Japan Society of Nursing Diagnosis and a series of lectures, workshops and consultations at the University of Fukui and Osaka University. Dr. Lunney will include use of her worldwide-adopted tools for [...]
FLUSHING, NY, June 27, 2006 — The second annual QUEENS JAZZ FESTIVAL (originally called Summerfest) kicks off on Sunday afternoon, July 30 in the park-like setting of the Queens College campus in Flushing. The free festival, which begins at 3 pm rain or shine on the campus Quad, features jazz drawn from the many rich [...]
Brooklyn, NY — Alma B. Callender-McLeod’s earliest memory was horror.
She was two years old in 1972 when she and an older sister saw their mother hacked to death by their drunken landlord, furious that his rum bottle was missing. Her recently published memoir, What Is the Color of Madness?, takes the story from those violent [...]
Bronx, NY (June 26, 2006). On Monday, June 26, 2006, Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College of The City University of New York (CUNY) will host a luncheon for the signing of its first international affiliation student exchange agreement with Universidad Accion Pro Educacion y Cultura (UNAPEC), a private institution of higher [...]
Ten Medgar Evers College biology students were recently accepted into the Exploring Health Careers (EHC) program at SUNY Downstate Medical School this summer. They are Ms Shy Ann Jie, Ms Lucy Leid; Ms Grace Jodhan, Ms. La-Shaunda Joseph, Ms. Jennifer Levia, Mr. Alberto Legoute, Ms Nikisha Horsford, Mr. Shawn Garcia, Ms. Rashida Conteh, and Ms. [...]
Queens High School for the Sciences at York College is holding its first commencement on Monday, June 26, 10 a.m. – noon, in the Performing Arts Center and its seniors are off to a phenomenal start. The 85 teens who will receive their diplomas in a ceremony on the Jamaica campus have been awarded a [...]
The Office of Continuing Education at the College of Staten Island will be holding its placement test for the Pre-GED and GED Preparation Classes that begin in mid-September. This placement exam will be given on July 31, 2006. Every student must take the placement test before he or she is admitted to one of our [...]
Chairman Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. was reappointed by Governor George Pataki for a seven-year term on the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York. His nomination was approved unanimously by the New York State Senate on June 20, 2006. He was originally appointed to the Board in 1999.
Governor Pataki also [...]
