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Media Contact: Néstor Montilla – 718-518-4355 – nmontilla@hostos.cuny.edu Princeton University Professor Emeritus Dr. Arcadio Díaz-Quiñones is a visiting Professor in the Humanities Department at Hostos Community College this semester. “On behalf of our entire Hostos family, I would like to welcome Dr. Díaz-Quiñones and celebrate the fact that he has accepted our invitation to join [...]

The Rockefeller Foundation has awarded the Hostos Community College Center for the Arts & Culture a grant of $150,000 to fund an innovative music and dance program titled the Young Roots Series that will showcase young masters of Afro-Caribbean music and dance who combine elements of jazz, hip-hop, rock and reggaeton with the folkloric elements that are part of their cultural background.

the Honorable Ruth Noemí Colón, New York’s Acting Secretary of State, visited Eugenio María de Hostos Community College.

Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College of The City University of New York has been awarded a federal grant of $1,480,000 to initiate an Allied Health Career Pipeline Program, which will provide training in health care professions for public assistance recipients and low-income individuals. This is the first allocation in a five-year funding cycle that is projected to total $7,400,000.

Hostos Community College’s men’s soccer played against Rockland and won its first game of the season 6-0.

The Hostos Community College athletics program announces a new partnership with the South Bronx United Soccer Club, a nonprofit youth development organization that offers after-school tutoring for at-risk students between the ages of ages 10 and18.

  The Children’s Center at Eugenio María de Hostos Community College has been awarded a total of $108,766 in funding from the United States Department of Education and the New York Yankees. Founded by Hostos students, faculty and staff in 1984, the center provides a safe, caring, and nurturing environment for young children whose parents [...]

The Office of Alumni Relations at Eugenio María de Hostos Community College will hold its Fourth Annual Alumni Homecoming Celebration on Sunday, October 3, 2010 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

An Hostos Alumna Brings Her Athletic Talent to William Patterson University.

On Monday, October 18, 2010, the Hostos Community College Repertory Company’s production of You Always Forget Something (Siempre se Olvida Algo) will receive three awards from the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA) for outstanding play, outstanding performance by an ensemble cast, and outstanding achievement in direction. The presentations are to be made during HOLA’s 2010 Awards Gala and Benefit at The Players in New York City, which is America’s oldest theatrical club.

A report from Hostos Community College’s Office of International Program on its 2010 Summer Study Abroad trip to the Dominican Republic.

Eugenio María de Hostos Community College has been chosen by the Association of American Colleges and Universities to participate in “Developing a Community College Student Roadmap: From Entrance to Engagement in Educational Achievement and Success.”

On July 13, 2010, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg presented a Workforce Innovation Award to Eugenio María de Hostos Community College at the NYC Neighborhood Achievement Awards ceremony. Conferred annually by the NYC Department of Small Business Services, this recognition is given to an organization or business that has enhanced its community through a creative and effective approach to workforce development and provided a model for others to emulate.The award was accepted on behalf of the college by its President, Dr. Félix V. Matos Rodríguez.

Having been selected in a national search, Dr Carmen Coballes-Vega will assume her official duties as the newly appointed Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs of Eugenio María de Hostos Community College on Thursday, July 1, 2010.

The Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, delivered the keynote address at Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College’s 39th Commencement Ceremony to a standing room only crowd in the South Bronx College’s Main Theater on Friday June 4th.

Three former Hostos Community College students received baccalaureate degrees from Columbia University’s School of General Studies.

Eugenio María de Hostos Community College held its 2010 Honors Convocation on the evening of Wednesday, May 25, 2010 to recognize over 300 graduating students.

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Sonia Sotomayor will deliver the keynote address at Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College’s 39th Commencement ceremony to be held at 5:30 p.m. on June 4, 2010 at Hostos Community College Main Theater, first floor, 450 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York.

Hostos Community College’s Fifth Annual ESL Forum

Note on the celebration of the fortieth anniversary of Eugenio María de Hostos Community College’s Dental Hygiene Program.

Fourteen student ambassadors from Eugenio María de Hostos Community College’s Leadership Academy joined peers from around the world at the 2010 National Model United Nations Conference (NMUN-NY), which was held in New York City in April 2010.