Jumat, 15 Juni 2007
CUNY BA on Joey Reynolds Show
Listen to the Women's Empowerment Panel: Judith West, Beth Kneller (CUNY BA Deputy Director), Karalyn Shimmyo (CUNY BA student) & Dr. Abby Stein (CUNY BA Alumna.)
Rabu, 13 Juni 2007
CUNY Baccalaureate Program 2007 Commencement
CUNY Baccalaureate Program's 2007 Commencement took place on Wednesday, June 6 at 10 am at The Great Hall at The Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue (the Foundation Building) in Manhattan .
The ceremony celebrated 260 graduates who received their BA and BS degrees in January, June and September 2007.
The guest speaker was Richard D. Parsons, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Time Warner Inc. (read or listen)
The guest faculty speaker was Professor Gertrude Lenzer, Professor of Sociology and Director, Children’s Studies Program and Center, Brooklyn College. (read)
The student speaker was Karalyn Shimmyo who will be graduating with her BA in September 2007 with area of concentration in Experimental Social Psychology. (read)
Noe Venable, a CUNY BA student with Religious Dimensions in Healing area of concentration, sang The National Anthem.
Administered by The Graduate Center, the CUNY Baccalaureate Program (CUNY BA/BS Program) is the university-wide individualized bachelor's degree. The small program is intended for self-directed, academically strong students who have well-formulated academic and career goals. Most are working adults, many of whom are raising families; 80% are over 25 years old (49% are over 35 years old); and a significant number are returning to school, often after a hiatus of anywhere from 5 to 30 years. The Program has an enrollment of 700 students and has over 6,000 alumni. The program generates many graduates with compelling life stories, a few of which will follow soon.
The ceremony celebrated 260 graduates who received their BA and BS degrees in January, June and September 2007.
The guest speaker was Richard D. Parsons, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Time Warner Inc. (read or listen)
The guest faculty speaker was Professor Gertrude Lenzer, Professor of Sociology and Director, Children’s Studies Program and Center, Brooklyn College. (read)
The student speaker was Karalyn Shimmyo who will be graduating with her BA in September 2007 with area of concentration in Experimental Social Psychology. (read)
Noe Venable, a CUNY BA student with Religious Dimensions in Healing area of concentration, sang The National Anthem.Administered by The Graduate Center, the CUNY Baccalaureate Program (CUNY BA/BS Program) is the university-wide individualized bachelor's degree. The small program is intended for self-directed, academically strong students who have well-formulated academic and career goals. Most are working adults, many of whom are raising families; 80% are over 25 years old (49% are over 35 years old); and a significant number are returning to school, often after a hiatus of anywhere from 5 to 30 years. The Program has an enrollment of 700 students and has over 6,000 alumni. The program generates many graduates with compelling life stories, a few of which will follow soon.
Selasa, 12 Juni 2007
Recent Graduate School Acceptances
Monica Agrest, Ph.D. Program in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages, CUNY Graduate Center, with a Tuition Fellowship, University Fellowship, and Teaching Assistantship *
Andrea Artz, M.F.A., History of Art and Cultural Studies, School of Fine Arts, University of Leeds / UK
Tabitha Berry, Ph.D. Program in English, Rutgers University/New Brunswick
Alejandra Cunningham, Ph.D. Program in Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center, with a Dean K. Harrison Tuition Fellowship and stipend*
Lisa J. Davis, M.F.A., Department of Media, SUNY Buffalo, with a full tuition scholarship, Dean's Fellowship, and Schomburg Minority Fellowship*
Kristen De Joseph, M.Phil. Research Masters Program in Linguistics at the Universiteit Leiden, the Netherlands*
Adam Faulkner, M.A., Linguistics, Georgetown University*
Michelle Goguen, M.A., Art Education, City College/CUNY
Elise Gornish, Ph.D. Program in Ecology, Florida State University, with a Teaching Assistantship
Michelle Grasberg, M.S., Teaching Literacy, St. John’s University*
John Hague, New York Law School
Mahmud Hasan, M.A. Program in South Asian Regional Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Tennessee Jones, M.F.A., Fiction Writing, Hunter College/CUNY
Laura Ligouri, M.A., Women’s Studies and Anthropology, Brandeis University, with a full scholarship
Denise Osborne, M.A., Applied Linguistics, Teachers College/Columbia University*
Marie Penny, Masters of Library Science, Queens College/CUNY*
Roman Palitsky, Harvard Divinity School
Yevgeniya Przhebelskaya, M.A., Teaching Program, Childhood Education, Queens College/CUNY
Kim Smith, Master's, Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, City College/CUNY
Tina Suszynski, M.A., Arts in Education, Harvard University
Farzana Umar, M.A., Islamic Studies, Columbia University
Noe Venable, M.A. Program in Religion and Secondary Education, Harvard Divinity School*
Kerton Victory, Ph.D. Program in Biosciences, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, with a full tuition scholarship and $23,000 stipend*
Sybil White, M.A., English, Brooklyn College/CUNY
*Recipients of CUNY BA/BS Alumni Scholarships
Andrea Artz, M.F.A., History of Art and Cultural Studies, School of Fine Arts, University of Leeds / UK
Tabitha Berry, Ph.D. Program in English, Rutgers University/New Brunswick
Alejandra Cunningham, Ph.D. Program in Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center, with a Dean K. Harrison Tuition Fellowship and stipend*
Lisa J. Davis, M.F.A., Department of Media, SUNY Buffalo, with a full tuition scholarship, Dean's Fellowship, and Schomburg Minority Fellowship*
Kristen De Joseph, M.Phil. Research Masters Program in Linguistics at the Universiteit Leiden, the Netherlands*
Adam Faulkner, M.A., Linguistics, Georgetown University*
Michelle Goguen, M.A., Art Education, City College/CUNY
Elise Gornish, Ph.D. Program in Ecology, Florida State University, with a Teaching Assistantship
Michelle Grasberg, M.S., Teaching Literacy, St. John’s University*
John Hague, New York Law School
Mahmud Hasan, M.A. Program in South Asian Regional Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Tennessee Jones, M.F.A., Fiction Writing, Hunter College/CUNY
Laura Ligouri, M.A., Women’s Studies and Anthropology, Brandeis University, with a full scholarship
Denise Osborne, M.A., Applied Linguistics, Teachers College/Columbia University*
Marie Penny, Masters of Library Science, Queens College/CUNY*
Roman Palitsky, Harvard Divinity School
Yevgeniya Przhebelskaya, M.A., Teaching Program, Childhood Education, Queens College/CUNY
Kim Smith, Master's, Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, City College/CUNY
Tina Suszynski, M.A., Arts in Education, Harvard University
Farzana Umar, M.A., Islamic Studies, Columbia University
Noe Venable, M.A. Program in Religion and Secondary Education, Harvard Divinity School*
Kerton Victory, Ph.D. Program in Biosciences, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, with a full tuition scholarship and $23,000 stipend*
Sybil White, M.A., English, Brooklyn College/CUNY
*Recipients of CUNY BA/BS Alumni Scholarships
Recognition Round-Up
Brianne Baker (History of War and Violence/English Literature) and Ian Caskey (Writing: Fiction) had papers published in John Jay's Finest, Spring 2007 issue, a compendium of outstanding John Jay student writing from across the curriculum.
Kojo Davis (Ethics/Communication and Law) has received the first Candace J. Groudine Human Rights Award, which will give him both a scholarship and an internship in Human Rights in Washington, D.C.
Sarah Lippek received second place in the the Paul LeClerc Best Library Research Paper Award and was "honorably mentioned" for the Bernard Cohen Short Story Prize and the Mary M. Fay Poetry Award, both through the Hunter English department. Her short story "Dead Wasps" was recently published in the Olive Tree Review. In addition, Lippek was accepted into the Central European University in Budapest, an elite study abroad designed for advanced undergraduate students (usually honors students), where she will complete her last year of college. Central European University, www.ceu-budapest.edu, is a US-style graduate university located in the heart of Budapest, Hungary with almost 1000 M.A. and Ph.D. students from nearly 70 countries. Lippek is one of a small group of students accepted for 2007-08, all coming from top U.S. universities and colleges including: Princeton (Woodrow Wilson School), Cornell, Columbia, Harvard, John's Hopkins, Bard, Swarthmore, Sarah Lawrence, Denison, Scripps, and Lewis & Clarke. Students in this group who achieve and maintain a B+ average during the program are admitted to the CEU for their graduate studies.
La Shon Stockton (Social Work) was named one of “The Best People in NYC” by the Mayor’s Volunteer Center of NY for her extensive volunteer service to Safe Horizon, the nation’s leading victim assistance organization. Congratulations La Shon and Safe Horizon for being the “Best People in NYC!”
Camille Watson (Philosophy/Justice Studies) won the Humanities and Justice Award for an Outstanding Senior Thesis at John Jay College in Spring 2007.
Dulce Wechsler (Latin American Literature) received the Miguel de Cervantes Award from the Romance Languages department at Hunter College.
Kojo Davis (Ethics/Communication and Law) has received the first Candace J. Groudine Human Rights Award, which will give him both a scholarship and an internship in Human Rights in Washington, D.C.
Sarah Lippek received second place in the the Paul LeClerc Best Library Research Paper Award and was "honorably mentioned" for the Bernard Cohen Short Story Prize and the Mary M. Fay Poetry Award, both through the Hunter English department. Her short story "Dead Wasps" was recently published in the Olive Tree Review. In addition, Lippek was accepted into the Central European University in Budapest, an elite study abroad designed for advanced undergraduate students (usually honors students), where she will complete her last year of college. Central European University, www.ceu-budapest.edu, is a US-style graduate university located in the heart of Budapest, Hungary with almost 1000 M.A. and Ph.D. students from nearly 70 countries. Lippek is one of a small group of students accepted for 2007-08, all coming from top U.S. universities and colleges including: Princeton (Woodrow Wilson School), Cornell, Columbia, Harvard, John's Hopkins, Bard, Swarthmore, Sarah Lawrence, Denison, Scripps, and Lewis & Clarke. Students in this group who achieve and maintain a B+ average during the program are admitted to the CEU for their graduate studies.
La Shon Stockton (Social Work) was named one of “The Best People in NYC” by the Mayor’s Volunteer Center of NY for her extensive volunteer service to Safe Horizon, the nation’s leading victim assistance organization. Congratulations La Shon and Safe Horizon for being the “Best People in NYC!”
Camille Watson (Philosophy/Justice Studies) won the Humanities and Justice Award for an Outstanding Senior Thesis at John Jay College in Spring 2007.
Dulce Wechsler (Latin American Literature) received the Miguel de Cervantes Award from the Romance Languages department at Hunter College.
Did you know...
That the Majority of CUNY BA Graduates Report that they Find Careers/Employment Directly Related to their Areas of Concentration? Case in Point:
April 2007
Dear CUNY BA Program:
I know you must hear this quite a bit, but I have never been happier in my life, and it is due primarily to the educational experience I was able to have through the CUNY BA program.
My degree in Sociology of Volunteerism is one of the main reasons I was able to get my new job with New York Cares. My interview for the job focused quite a bit on my degree- what I studied, why I studied it, and most importantly how this was even possible. I was proud to sing the praises of the program and describe my own fantastic experiences with it.
In my first weeks here, several people came over to ask me about my degree and tell me how wonderful it was. Again, I was all too eager to discuss the academic challenges I was lucky enough to have and the wonderful program that provided them to me. Most people here had never heard of the program. They all now not only know of it, but are sorry they didn't get their degrees through it!
My job now is directly related to what I studied, as is obvious from the job title. I am primarily responsible for managing the volunteers' records, making sure that they are able to utilize the website and sign up for what they need, as well as recommending volunteer projects to
volunteers who aren't quite sure where to begin. I have been trained to teach the volunteer orientation and will be giving my first one next week.
Perhaps the most exciting part of my job is my participation in New York Cares' role in disaster relief. Along with two of my coworkers, I work with VOAD of New York City (Volunteer Organizations Active In Disaster). I am still very new to this responsibility and still have a
great deal to learn, but basically New York Cares is New York City's primary agency dealing with volunteers who look to provide aid after a disaster. As a part of this responsibility, I will be attending a conference on Disaster Response as a panelist representing New York Cares. I still have a great deal to learn about this new responsibility, but I have no doubt my experience with the CUNY BA program has prepared me well.
Thanks to you, and all the staff for the CUNY BA program, I am working in a field that I studied specifically, and in a career that I love. I'm doing exactly what I want to do, and CUNY BA made it possible. Thank you!
Jaime Denniston-Merced
Manager of Volunteer Relations
April 2007
Dear CUNY BA Program:
I know you must hear this quite a bit, but I have never been happier in my life, and it is due primarily to the educational experience I was able to have through the CUNY BA program.
My degree in Sociology of Volunteerism is one of the main reasons I was able to get my new job with New York Cares. My interview for the job focused quite a bit on my degree- what I studied, why I studied it, and most importantly how this was even possible. I was proud to sing the praises of the program and describe my own fantastic experiences with it.
In my first weeks here, several people came over to ask me about my degree and tell me how wonderful it was. Again, I was all too eager to discuss the academic challenges I was lucky enough to have and the wonderful program that provided them to me. Most people here had never heard of the program. They all now not only know of it, but are sorry they didn't get their degrees through it!
My job now is directly related to what I studied, as is obvious from the job title. I am primarily responsible for managing the volunteers' records, making sure that they are able to utilize the website and sign up for what they need, as well as recommending volunteer projects to
volunteers who aren't quite sure where to begin. I have been trained to teach the volunteer orientation and will be giving my first one next week.
Perhaps the most exciting part of my job is my participation in New York Cares' role in disaster relief. Along with two of my coworkers, I work with VOAD of New York City (Volunteer Organizations Active In Disaster). I am still very new to this responsibility and still have a
great deal to learn, but basically New York Cares is New York City's primary agency dealing with volunteers who look to provide aid after a disaster. As a part of this responsibility, I will be attending a conference on Disaster Response as a panelist representing New York Cares. I still have a great deal to learn about this new responsibility, but I have no doubt my experience with the CUNY BA program has prepared me well.
Thanks to you, and all the staff for the CUNY BA program, I am working in a field that I studied specifically, and in a career that I love. I'm doing exactly what I want to do, and CUNY BA made it possible. Thank you!
Jaime Denniston-Merced
Manager of Volunteer Relations
The Women’s Forum Awards
The Education Fund of the Women’s Forum provides annual awards of $3,500 each to encourage mature women of need to fulfill their potential through the pursuit of an undergraduate college education and to enhance their capacities to provide productive and supportive service to their communities. The Education Fund also holds symposiums, which are open to the public on important social and economic topics of the day.
Applications are due Dec. 1.
For more information and to apply, go to www.wfnewyork.org.
Applications are due Dec. 1.
For more information and to apply, go to www.wfnewyork.org.
The CUNY Pipeline Program
The CUNY Pipeline Program provides educational and financial support to minority undergraduates interested in pursuing the Ph.D. in preparation for college-level teaching and advanced research.
Along with a stipend of $3,250, the CUNY Pipeline Program provides a summer research institute at The Graduate Center which includes a 4-credit research seminar, workshops on applying to graduate school, and workshops in preparation for taking the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Fellows report on their research projects at the annual CUNY Pipeline Conference and submit a written thesis at the end of the year. Pipeline fellows who enter a CUNY doctoral program receive a tuition waiver for their first year of doctoral study, which brings the total financial package to $7,600.
Eligibility requirements: (1) Ethnic minority students (African American, Asian American, Latino/a, or Native American); (2) U.S. citizens or permanent residents; (3) Juniors enrolled in one of CUNY’s senior colleges who have earned at least 80 credits by the spring of the junior year; (5) Minimum GPA of 3.2; (6) An interest in college teaching and research. For more information and the application, go to Pipeline.
The application deadline is March 1. (Postmarked)
Along with a stipend of $3,250, the CUNY Pipeline Program provides a summer research institute at The Graduate Center which includes a 4-credit research seminar, workshops on applying to graduate school, and workshops in preparation for taking the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Fellows report on their research projects at the annual CUNY Pipeline Conference and submit a written thesis at the end of the year. Pipeline fellows who enter a CUNY doctoral program receive a tuition waiver for their first year of doctoral study, which brings the total financial package to $7,600.
Eligibility requirements: (1) Ethnic minority students (African American, Asian American, Latino/a, or Native American); (2) U.S. citizens or permanent residents; (3) Juniors enrolled in one of CUNY’s senior colleges who have earned at least 80 credits by the spring of the junior year; (5) Minimum GPA of 3.2; (6) An interest in college teaching and research. For more information and the application, go to Pipeline.
The application deadline is March 1. (Postmarked)
Diane Ingino wins Best in Show
On Wed., May 23, BMCC's Video Arts and Technology Department held its 2007 Student Video Festival in the Media Center's Studio II. There were five categories: Documentary, Video Graphics, Audio, Alternative/Hybrid, and Fiction. The projects entered originated as assignments given in the department's beginning and advanced production courses. Each student was responsible for conceiving their own project, writing the script, casting, shooting, and editing the footage (including adding music, effects, etc.). Entrants were nominated by their fellow students. Each class was asked to vote on their favorite videos produced by their classmates. 23 students were finalists in the festival. Festival judges were BMCC's Executive Director of Public Affairs Barry Rosen, VAT professor Judy Noble, and Media Center Director John Gallagher.
Diane Ingino's (CUNY BA area of concentration: Modern History and the Moving Image) 9-minute documentary, entitled Buskerville, portrayed the history and personal experiences of New York City street musicians. Combining historical research with interviews and performances, Buskerville won Best Documentary and Best in Show. The prizes were sponsored by former BMCC President Joshua L. Smith. The winner in each category received a Joshua Smith Award for Excellence certificate. For Best in Show, Ingino received a complete package of Avid Express Pro Video Editing software.
Jumat, 08 Juni 2007
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