Rabu, 24 Oktober 2007
Commencement 2008 - Save the Date
The CUNY BA Program's Commencement, for graduating classes Sept 07, Jan 08, June 08, and Sept 08, shall take place on Monday, June 9, 2008 in the morning at The Cooper Union in Manhattan. Graduating students will receive full details in late February.
Senin, 22 Oktober 2007
Please join us for a Study Abroad Forum
Please join the Academic Advisors at CUNY BA for an event for all CUNY BA students who are interested in studying, researching, or volunteering abroad. Come learn from your fellow students and who have had experience in these and other areas. Destinations have included Panama, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Japan, and Argentina. Please RSVP to Kate McPherson.
Study Abroad Forum
Tuesday, October 23, 2007, 6:00-8:00pm
Room C204
Study Abroad Forum
Tuesday, October 23, 2007, 6:00-8:00pm
Room C204
Jumat, 19 Oktober 2007
Save the Date: CUNY BA at The American Folk Art Museum
You are invited to a special evening for students, staff and friends of the CUNY Baccalaureate Program
"Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses: The Synagogue to the Carousel"
The exhibition traces the journey of Jewish woodcarvers and other artisans from Eastern and
Internship Opportunity with SEO
Emily Tonge, a CUNY BA student, is an alumna of SEO, class of 2007 and had the opportunity to do an internship at Lehman Brothers. It was a good experience and she would like to inform CUNY BA students about this program. Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO for short),
opens doors to some of the most competitive industries. It provides training for all interns and a support system throughout the internship by pairing interns with SEO mentors.
There will also be seminars throughout the program, which gives interns an opportunity to interact with upper management of other companies and at the end of the internship interns are able to interview with these companies.
Interns are also compensated for their work; salaries range from $600-$1,200 a week, and interns are given real responsibilities, not shredding paper all day or making coffee for your boss.
Please visit: www.seo-usa.org for more information. Round 1 deadline is November 1, 2007 so please try to meet this deadline and secure a job for the summer. Emily's contact information is listed under Hunter College as she is the liasion for Hunter but I will leave my information with you also. Her name is Emily Tonge and you can contact me with specific questions at tongeemily@hotmail.com. Thanks for your time and good luck.
opens doors to some of the most competitive industries. It provides training for all interns and a support system throughout the internship by pairing interns with SEO mentors.
There will also be seminars throughout the program, which gives interns an opportunity to interact with upper management of other companies and at the end of the internship interns are able to interview with these companies.
Interns are also compensated for their work; salaries range from $600-$1,200 a week, and interns are given real responsibilities, not shredding paper all day or making coffee for your boss.
Please visit: www.seo-usa.org for more information. Round 1 deadline is November 1, 2007 so please try to meet this deadline and secure a job for the summer. Emily's contact information is listed under Hunter College as she is the liasion for Hunter but I will leave my information with you also. Her name is Emily Tonge and you can contact me with specific questions at tongeemily@hotmail.com. Thanks for your time and good luck.
Rabu, 17 Oktober 2007
Awarding of the Thomas W. Smith Graduate Scholarship
On Oct 1, 2007, the CUNY BA/BS Program celebrated the awarding of the 500th Thomas W. Smith Academic Fellowship. That same evening, the third annual Thomas W. Smith Graduate Scholarship was awarded to David Hamilton Golland, a former CUNY BA/Smith Fellow currently enrolled in the CUNY Graduate Center. Here is David's acceptance speech; it includes a wonderful tribute to the Program:
Seven years. Seven. Must be my lucky number. Twenty-one years ago--a multiple of seven--I started on my high school soccer team--as #7. And it's been seven years since I was a Smith Fellow, in the year 2000. In seven years, I've taken my Smith Fellowship and earned my BA, taken an MA at the University of Virginia, and am now only a year or so away from a PhD here at the CUNY Graduate Center. Seven years ago, as a senior in college, I started seeing another student very frequently; today we're married, and my wife was kind enough to join us today, as was my father, who has also been an unfailing ship's counselor, you might say, as I have navigated the rocky shoals of doctoral education. It's also a pleasure to be once again among friends like Steve Brier, with whom I worked for several years as a leader on the Doctoral Students' Council.
I should speak in brief about the topic of my research, which recently took me to musty libraries all over the country, but currently keeps me sequestered most days in front of the computer. I am writing a history of equal employment opportunity in the construction industry during the 1960s. As the Civil Rights movement picked up steam, with freedom rides, church bombings, lunch-counter sit-ins, and the showdown at the schoolhouse door, African-American workers were being railroaded out of a chance for a better future by segregated union locals, whites-only hiring policies, and Jim Crow apprenticeship programs, in Northern cities at least as much as in the South. What made the situation even more intolerable was the high visibility of federally-funded construction projects in the urban renewal areas, where blacks lived but whites worked. My research is on the attempts of Civil Rights organizations, as well as organized labor, to address the issue, and the public-policy response of the Johnson and Nixon administrations. Now that my archival research is completed, I intend to use this fellowship to travel for interviews with people who were part of this important aspect of our nation's history.
Where will you be in seven years? Some of you might be, like me, on the verge of a PhD. Some of you will be doctors, some lawyers, and some will already be successful entrepreneurs. One of you will be standing here speaking to new Smith Fellows. But I know for sure that every one of you will be doing something important. I say this with confidence, because you are Smith Fellows and CUNY Baccalaureate students. You know, the Honors College may get all the press, with its fancy laptops and subway-car advertisements, but CUNY BA students are what this university is really all about--strivers trying to get something more, with the creativity and passion that has already earned you the admiration and respect of your peers and professors. You are the real reason for CUNY's existence. I am honored to stand with you tonight and to once again thank Thomas W. Smith and the CUNY Baccalaureate Program for everything they do. Thank you very much.
--David Hamilton Golland, Oct 1, 2007
Seven years. Seven. Must be my lucky number. Twenty-one years ago--a multiple of seven--I started on my high school soccer team--as #7. And it's been seven years since I was a Smith Fellow, in the year 2000. In seven years, I've taken my Smith Fellowship and earned my BA, taken an MA at the University of Virginia, and am now only a year or so away from a PhD here at the CUNY Graduate Center. Seven years ago, as a senior in college, I started seeing another student very frequently; today we're married, and my wife was kind enough to join us today, as was my father, who has also been an unfailing ship's counselor, you might say, as I have navigated the rocky shoals of doctoral education. It's also a pleasure to be once again among friends like Steve Brier, with whom I worked for several years as a leader on the Doctoral Students' Council.
I should speak in brief about the topic of my research, which recently took me to musty libraries all over the country, but currently keeps me sequestered most days in front of the computer. I am writing a history of equal employment opportunity in the construction industry during the 1960s. As the Civil Rights movement picked up steam, with freedom rides, church bombings, lunch-counter sit-ins, and the showdown at the schoolhouse door, African-American workers were being railroaded out of a chance for a better future by segregated union locals, whites-only hiring policies, and Jim Crow apprenticeship programs, in Northern cities at least as much as in the South. What made the situation even more intolerable was the high visibility of federally-funded construction projects in the urban renewal areas, where blacks lived but whites worked. My research is on the attempts of Civil Rights organizations, as well as organized labor, to address the issue, and the public-policy response of the Johnson and Nixon administrations. Now that my archival research is completed, I intend to use this fellowship to travel for interviews with people who were part of this important aspect of our nation's history.
Where will you be in seven years? Some of you might be, like me, on the verge of a PhD. Some of you will be doctors, some lawyers, and some will already be successful entrepreneurs. One of you will be standing here speaking to new Smith Fellows. But I know for sure that every one of you will be doing something important. I say this with confidence, because you are Smith Fellows and CUNY Baccalaureate students. You know, the Honors College may get all the press, with its fancy laptops and subway-car advertisements, but CUNY BA students are what this university is really all about--strivers trying to get something more, with the creativity and passion that has already earned you the admiration and respect of your peers and professors. You are the real reason for CUNY's existence. I am honored to stand with you tonight and to once again thank Thomas W. Smith and the CUNY Baccalaureate Program for everything they do. Thank you very much.
--David Hamilton Golland, Oct 1, 2007
Senin, 15 Oktober 2007
Interesting Faculty Research
Students seeking mentors - or the opportunity to work on research projects going on at CUNY -- may want to look at the 2006 Annual Report of the CUNY Research Foundation, which highlights research at CUNY in a variety of disciplines. It is available as a .pdf at this link:
http://www.rfcuny.org/RFWebsite/News/DetailNews.aspx?newsID=973
http://www.rfcuny.org/RFWebsite/News/DetailNews.aspx?newsID=973
Kamis, 04 Oktober 2007
Internships (Deadlines Approaching)
The Edward T. Rogowsky Internship Program in Government and Public Affairs at CUNY has several internships with fall deadlines coming up for various government offices in New York City, Albany, Washington DC, etc. Their link is:
http://www.geocities.com/etrinternship/html/home.htm
For New York State Assembly Internships, go to
http://assembly.state.ny.us/internship
For other CUNY Internships, go to
http://www.uss.cuny.edu/opportunities/internships.htm
http://www.geocities.com/etrinternship/html/home.htm
For New York State Assembly Internships, go to
http://assembly.state.ny.us/internship
For other CUNY Internships, go to
http://www.uss.cuny.edu/opportunities/internships.htm
Rabu, 03 Oktober 2007
500 Thomas W. Smith Fellows Celebration
Jeffrey Reynolds (2004 Smith Fellow,) Melissa Marlin (2002 Smith Fellow,) Thomas W. Smith, Tyleen Kelly (2007 Smith Fellow), Meghan Duffy (1995 Smith Fellow)
On October 1, 2007, Thomas W. Smith and CUNY BA Program hosted a reception in celebration of 500 Thomas W. Smith Fellows. Entertainment was provided by Smith Fellows (see photo above.) The party was quite a success and everybody had a wonderful time.
Lots more photos are available. E-mail Lidija Markes for a link to the Snapfish gallery.
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Thomas W. Smith Academic Fellowships are funded through a donation by Mr. Thomas Smith to the CUNY Baccalaureate Program to recognize academic excellence within the Program. Subject to maintenance of good academic standing, awards are renewable until the recipient completes all degree contract credits and graduates from the Program. Because the Smith Fellowship recognizes academic excellence, significant weight is given to the applicant's GPA and to the seriousness of the applicant's academic interests and plans. The next application will be available for download in November, and the application deadline will be in February 2008.
Senin, 01 Oktober 2007
Please join us for a Study Abroad Forum
Please join the Academic Advisors at CUNY BA for an event for all CUNY BA students who are interested in studying, researching, or volunteering abroad. Come learn from your fellow students and who have had experience in these and other areas. Destinations have included Greece, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Japan, and Argentina. Please RSVP to Kate McPherson.
Study Abroad Forum
Tuesday, October 23, 2007, 6:00-8:00pm
Room C204
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