Borough of Manhattan Community College Advanced Technology Education Initiative received two grants from the National Science Foundation:
Cynthia Karasak, Sandra Poster, Shari Rothfarb, and Philip Weisman, Speech, Communications, and Theatre Arts, and working with WNET Channel Thirteen, were awarded $900,000 to develop a cohesive digital media program that will address the major challenges facing technical education. The program will be a national model for colleges and high schools.

Meti Kok, Manawendra Roy, Chigurupati Rani, Todd Flyr, Ana Salvatti, Yakov Genis, Computer Information Systems, were awarded a $830,000 grant to develop a cohesive, unified curriculum to advanced technological education program in the area of Multimedia programming and design. The project, which will address the critical need of well-trained Multimedia Design programmers, will bring together three college academic departments, high school faculty, and IBM staff to develop a seamless curriculum that will allow students to move from secondary level education into an associates degree in Multimedia design.

Jody Culkin, Music and Art, and Christopher Stein, Computer Information Systems, under the Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Initiative (CCLI), received a $107, 586 grant to study improving student learning through the use of 3D simulation activities.

Denise Deagan, Adult Literacy Programs, New York State Department of Education, Family Literacy Program.

Yakov Genis, Mete Kok, Chigurupati Rani, and Anna Salvati, Computer Information Systems, National Science Foundation, Cybersecurity.

Lesley Leppert and Freda McClean, Academic Advisement; Rhea Parson, Social Science; and Erwin Wong, Academic Affairs, United States Department of Education, Title V—Fostering Students Success by Strengthening Academic Advisement.

Owen Myers, Science, New York States Department of Education, Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP).
Manawendra Roy, Computer Information Systems, National Science Foundation, Collaborative Research: A Virtual Laboratory for Information Assurance Education and Research.

Nanette Van Loon, Science, New York State Department of Education, Collegiate Science Technology Entry Program (C-STEP).

Patricia Wilkinson, Mathematics, National Science Foundation, Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Scholarship Program (CSEMS).

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