CUNY Newswire

Entre Nosotras, Inc., honors Ms. Barbara Rivera Berger, a mental health counselor on the staff of Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College’s Carlos L. Gonzalez Counseling Center.

Eugenio María de Hostos Community College of CUNY celebrated its 42nd Anniversary with a fashion show and dinner dance at Marina Del Rey in the Bronx.

In observation of the United States National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, celebrated from April 18th, 2010 to April 24th, 2010, Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College is partnering with the Bronx District Attorney’s Office to host a Crime Victims Information Fair to provide information and available resources to victims of crime.

Op-ed article by Dr. Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, President, Hostos Community College, published in El Diario La Prensa on April 14, 2010.

Robert Waddell, a reporter for MyLatinoVoice.com and VirtualBoricua.org as well as an adjunct lecturer at Eugenio María de Hostos Community College, has been chosen to participate as a fellow in the Sixth National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater at USC Annenberg. Out of more than 50 applicants from 27 states, 25 fellows were chosen.

Eugenio María de Hostos Community College is one of eight schools throughout the nation that have been chosen to participate in the second annual Know Your Hispanic Heritage College Quiz Show series. (http://www.hispaniccollegequiz.com/)

Eugenio María de Hostos Community College of The City University of New York will celebrate the fortieth anniversary of its Dental Hygiene Program.

The Board of Directors of Eugenio María de Hostos Community College Foundation will host a Fashion show/Dinner Dance to support student Scholarship funds.

The American Council on Education (ACE), which is the only organization representing college presidents and chancellors throughout the United States, has elected Dr. Félix V. Matos Rodríguez to its Board of Directors.

Having been born blind in Estelí, Nicaragua, Liliete López never had a chance to go to school in her native country. In spite of being told repeatedly that she was “not college material,” Liliete was determined to go to college. After earning her GED in 2005, she enrolled at Eugenio María de Hostos Community College of The City University of New York (CUNY) in August of 2006. Having graduated from Hostos with an A.A. degree in liberal arts and science in January of 2010, Liliete is now pursuing a bachelor’s degree in political science at Queens College of CUNY.

Hostos Community College to Host its Fifth Annual ESL Forum: The Challenge of Teaching Academic Literacy to a New ESL Generation seeks to bring together educators and scholars from within and outside of CUNY to build networks of expertise and experience in the areas of academic ESL.

Statement from Hostos Community College President Felix V. Matos Rodriguez on the Earthquake in Chile.

“Zafra Time in Our Education” by Dr. Felix V. Matos Rodriguez is an oped article published by El Diario La Prensa on March 3, 2010.

Hostos Community College was one of the two-year institutions invited to compete with senior colleges for prestigious awards at the 2010 Region I Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, which was held at the University of New Hampshire at the end of January.

Hostos Community College continues to support local and worldwide relief efforts to aid Haiti at this moment of tragedy.

Eugenio María de Hostos Community College holds its Twelfth Commencement Ceremony on the evening of Thursday, January 14, 2010 in its Main Theater located at 450 Grand Concourse in the Bronx.

Hostos Community College President Félix V. Matos Rodríguez issues a statement on the earthquake in Haiti.

Ian Charles Scott, an Hostos Community College Assistant Professor in the Visual and Performing Arts Unit in the Humanities Department, was nominated in 2009 for the New York City Mayor’s Awards for Arts and Culture.

Over 250 students, alumni, and members of the college community celebrated Kwanzaa in the Repertory Theater at Hostos Community College.

Continuing Education & Professional Studies at Hostos Community College in partnership with NY Designs at LaGuardia Community College, launched a study on Emerging Latino Designers.