Nationally Recognized Scholarships

Dear CUNY BA Students and Alumni:
If you received any one of the following nationally recognized scholarships but your name does not appear on the list at www.cuny.edu/prestigious (under CUNY recipients), please contact Beth Kneller at bkneller@gc.cuny.edu with the details.
Thank you.

NSEP/David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarship
Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Fellowship
Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholarship
Freeman Awards for Study in Asia (Freeman-Asia)
Fulbright Scholarships
Goldwater Scholarship
Jacob Javits Fellowship
Kaplan Leadership Associate’s Degree Scholarship
Marshall Scholarship
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship
New York City Urban Fellows Program
Rhodes Scholarship
Jonas E. Salk Scholarship
Soros Fellowship
Truman Scholarship
Morris K. Udall Undergraduate Scholarship
Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship

Corrected CUNY BA CEEB Code

The Program was recently given the wrong code from the College Board for CUNY BA students to use when taking the GRE exam and applying online to Graduate Schools.

The correct code to use is 2479.

CUNY BA on TV

CUNY TV will run a story about the CUNY Baccalaureate Program, especially on the Thomas W. Smith Academic Fellowship, on "Study With The Best" this Sunday 1/27 at 8AM. The show will rerun the same day at 8PM and then Wednesday 1/30 at 8AM, 2PM and 10PM, and finally on Saturday 2/2 at 7PM. CUNY TV is Channel 75 on Time Warner Cable. Check your listings for other cable carriers.

CUNY Washington Internship Program Summer '08

The CUNY Washington, D.C. Internship Program runs from early June to the end of July. The recruitment, selection and placement of Washington interns is undertaken by the Rogowsky Internship Program office, along with faculty members from CUNY’s senior colleges. It is a highly competitive and intensive program that offers CUNY students the opportunity to work in the offices of U.S. Representatives and Senators, congressional committees, federal agencies, and at a variety of national and international non-governmental organizations.

Applications are available in February. Deadline is April 4, 2008.
Students will receive a $2,000.00 stipend.
Students live and work in Washington, D.C.
CUNY covers housing costs and provides a stipend.
Students attend weekly colloquia and perform written work for Campus Faculty. All majors may apply.

Mohamad Bazzi, a most successful CUNY BA alum!

Read about Mohamad Bazzi, Newsday Middle East bureau chief and current Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, in this issue of The Hunter Word. Bazzi graduated from the CUNY Baccalaureate Program in 1997.

http://www.hunterword.com/articles/149

CUNY BA on YouTube

CUNY BA Program now has a YouTube video channel where you can watch short videos about the Program and our events.

CUNY BA students or alumni who are in visual arts and have a video you would like to submit for consideration, please send the file (.mp4 or .mov) or a link the file to Khadijah Cole (Videos will be reviewed by the program before posting. We cannot guarantee inclusion.

Reminders and Deadlines

Dear CUNY Baccalaureate Students-

• I hope that those of you who aren’t working very hard on a winter session class are enjoying the break. I’d like to encourage you to be mindful of a few approaching deadlines:
  Area of Concentration forms were due on December 1st for all students admitted into the Program for Summer and Fall 2007 and students admitted earlier than that are well past their deadlines. Getting your AOC approved is a critical part of your requirements; if you have not done so you should be working diligently to find a mentor and get your AOC approved by Dr. Hartswick ASAP.
• Students who plan to graduate in June or September 2008 should schedule graduation audits as soon as possible. If you plan to graduate in June you MUST have a graduation audit prior to the beginning of the Spring 2008 semester.
• All students who have at least 90-100 credits (or who will reach this point at the end of the semester) and have approved AOC form(s) are encouraged to schedule graduation audits regardless of how many semesters of courses they have remaining. CUNY BA does audits early so that students have time to plan out their final semesters, rather than waiting until the end when it is too late to adjust registration or meet requirements.
• Do not wait to contact your Academic Advisor about registration. If you have questions about requirements, you want to confirm that courses will meet requirements or if you have problems registering please deal with that as early as possible. We cannot adequately advise 700 students simultaneously. You should also plan to register AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE and not wait until late January.
• The CUNY Baccalaureate Scholarships Application is now available on our website. The absolute deadline for this application is February 22, 2008- no exceptions will be made.
• All forms are available on our website and you should visit both the website (http://www.cunyba.cuny.edu/) and our blog (http://cunyba.blogspot.com/) regularly for updated information.
• Finally, the CUNY BA Office (and the Graduate Center) will be closed on Monday, January 21, 2008.
  
  If you have any questions please contact your Academic Advisor:
  A-F Helene Brown 212.817.8229
  G-N Rafal Szczurowski 212.817.8225
  O-Z Kate McPherson 212.817.8237
  
  If you are unable to reach your Advisor right away please leave a message or send an e-mail and we will respond to you in a timely manner. All Academic Advisors are now full-time but this is a busy time of year so you can’t always expect immediate service. Please do not contact an Advisor for another alpha group if you do not reach your Advisor immediately. All students will be responded to as quickly as possible.
  
  If you have a registration problem please contact your Academic Advisor or the CUNY BA Registrar’s Office (212.817.8227). To schedule an appointment for a graduation audit or a credit check please contact our main office (212.817.8221). Area of Concentration forms can be faxed (212.817.1512) or e-mailed to your Academic Advisor.

Scholarship for Students with Crohn's Disease

UCB Continues the $300,000 Crohn's Scholarship Program:
Following the success of the program in 2007, UCB is proud to once again offer 30 one-time scholarships for up to $10,000 each in 2008. This opportunity extends to patients diagnosed with Crohn’s disease who are seeking an associate’s, undergraduate, or graduate degree, or are enrolled in a trade school educational program. The deadline for application is April 18, 2008. For details and the application:
http://crohnsandme.com/thescoop/scholarship.asp