New York, NY: The New Community College at CUNY is spearheading a canned food drive in partnership with the Student Government Association and the Information Commons, November 5-20, 2012. Organized by professors Nicole Saint-Louis and Nicola Blake, this drive is the inaugural student government’s first campus-wide activity. Students are asked to donate two or more [...]
Dear Students, After a very difficult week, I welcome everyone in the NCC community—students, faculty and staff—back as we re-open NCC on Monday, November 5. With so many among us without power, heat or water and others with serious property damage, it will be good to see you Monday and resume our lives together. CUNY [...]
Dear Students: Faculty and staff at the NCC are concerned about you and your loved ones. We want to continue to provide you with some resources to assist you during this challenging time for our city. Stress, concern and a range of emotions are normal and we want to make sure you are well. Below [...]
The New Community College at CUNY will celebrate National Writing Day, instituted by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), during the week of October 15, 2012. Organized by English professors Nicola Blake and Lori Ungemah, a variety of activities is designed to begin a conversation about writing with the prompt “Why I Write.” [...]
Alia Tyner-Mullings, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the New Community College at CUNY, is the co-editor of Critical Small Schools: Beyond Privatization in NYC Urban Educational Reform (Information Age, 2012). The publication features current empirical research about the successes and challenges of the small schools movement and the likely implications for urban public educational policy. [...]
New York, NY: On September 23, eleven New Community College students attended MSNBC’s Education Nation: Student Town Hall at the main branch of the New York Public Library. Melissa Harris-Perry moderated a panel of distinguished educators to engage high school and college students in a solutions-focused conversation about the state of education in America. The [...]
Students interested in representing the student body as a member of the student government may participate in the upcoming Student Government Association of The New Community College at CUNY (SGA-NCC) Senator selection process. During the LABSS courses on September 19-24, Student Success Advocates will ask all candidates interested in becoming a senator to deliver a [...]
On Monday, September 10, 2012, City Council Member Gale A. Brewer, representing Manhattan District #6, presented a Proclamation to President Evenbeck, faculty and students in honor of the opening and first day of classes at CUNY’s first new community college in more than four decades. The Proclamation gives tremendous recognition to our mission of excellence [...]
Monday, August 20—NCC welcomes inaugural class at the New York Public Library, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg receives Chancellor’s Medal. To read full article and watch highlights from the day’s celebration, click here>>
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