May 29, 2009–Jonathan Chavez and Kaire Colwell, two high school dropouts who turned to LaGuardia Community College to help them chart a course for a new direction in their lives, were selected as 2009 Kaplan Educational Foundation Scholars for their outstanding academic records.
The two LaGuardian scholars were among seven community college students in New York [...]
CSI President Dr. Tomás Morales told 2,263 students at the College of Staten Island that “the degree you receive may say ‘College of Staten Island, The City University of New York’, but it has the power to take you anywhere you want to go. It is a passport for the rest of your life.”
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Following a nationwide search and extensive campus participation, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. William Fritz is pleased to report the appointment of Dr. Christine Flynn Saulnier as the Dean for Humanities and Social Sciences at the College of Staten Island, as of August 3, 2009.
Dr. Saulnier is an accomplished scholar [...]
New York, NY, May 27, 2009 — John Jay College of Criminal Justice today announced that Negar Farshbaf is the 2009-2010 recipient of the Imette St. Guillen Scholarship. She is a graduate student with a diverse background in activism and volunteerism.
“Negar Farshbaf exemplifies the very best of what the St. Guillen Scholarship is intended to [...]
Award-winning Journalist Ted Koppel to Receive Honorary Degree
Leaders in Academia and Journalism Will Receive Honorary Degrees for their
Life-long Commitment to Academic Excellence and Social Justice
New York, NY, May27, 2009 – Students, alumni, faculty and guests will gather in the Madison Square Garden Theatre for the College’s Commencement exercises on Thursday, May 28, 2009, [...]
Students and their families, as well as College of Staten Island faculty and staff, gathered yesterday in the Center for the Arts Concert Hall to recognize the achievements of the College’s top graduates at the second annual Honors Convocation. The event was emceed by Michael Daniels, Acting Vice President for Student Affairs.
After opening greetings from [...]
WHAT: The 85th Commencement of Queens College of the City University of New York
WHO: Over 2,200 degree candidates expected to attend, including students from the
classes of September 2008, February and May 2009, and prospective September 2009
graduates. Total audience, including graduates, will number more than 11,000.
DATE: Thursday, May 28, 2009, rain or shine
TIME: 9 am
PLACE: Campus Quad, Queens College
65-30 Kissena Boulevard, [...]
Who:
New York City College of Technology/CUNY
What:
69th Commencement Exercises
When:
Monday, June 1, 10:30 a.m.
Where:
The WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden. Press can enter through 8 Penn Plaza; there will be a designated press area.
Why:
Feliberto “Fili” Estévez, executive chef of Gracie Mansion since 2002, is receiving his associate degree in hospitality management and will participate in the commencement [...]
May 27, 2009 (Bayside, New York) – Representing one of the most diverse graduating classes in New York City, and possibly the nation, more than 1,600 students, from approximately 100 countries who speak 50 different native languages, are graduating at Queensborough Community College’s 48th Commencement exercises on the College’s Athletic Field on Friday, June 5, [...]
Sheila Solomon Klass teaches in the English Department at BMCC, is a Professor Emerita, and has taught and written for more than forty years. She is a prolific writer who has published nineteen books and numerous articles since 1964.
Klass says she is teaching her “favorite” course, Creative Writing, which she describes as “a kind of [...]
