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August 6, 2007
BMCC Receives a $191,584 National Science Foundation Grant to Fund Educational Robotics
The program will enhance critical thinking, algorithm development, and other math and science skills of high school and college students through robotics.
August 2, 2007
BMCC's VAT Offers Summer Video Camp to NYC High School Students
Through its NSF grant, the VAT summer camp (July 9 - August 2) is reaching out to teenage minorities, engaging their creativity and imagination.
August 1, 2007
Freshman Assembly Slideshow
Mike Woods was Keynote Speaker at the event on August 8.
July 23, 2007
The Leila and Simon Peskoff Memorial Scholarship Fund
Professor Fred Peskoff, Chair of BMCC’s Mathematics Department, knows first-hand the many hurdles BMCC students must overcome. Dr. Peskoff believes in BMCC, its mission, its students and its faculty.
July 15, 2007
Endowment established in memory of late BMCC professor, Lois Kasper
Lois Kasper loved teaching at BMCC. Dr. Kasper taught developmental mathematics at BMCC until her untimely death in 2000. Kasper “was inspired by the dedication and determination of her students,” said Dr. Bruce Tuchman, Ms.. Kasper’s husband and founder of the endowment.
July 6, 2007
Denise Degean Receives 2007 Adult Literacy Award
BMCC’s literacy programs help adults build the foundation for a better life.
July 6, 2007
BMCC's Ingino is Back on "The Road Not Taken"
Winner of “Best Documentary” at BMCC’s Video Arts Technology Festival and member of Phi Theta Kappa knows that she is nearing her dream.
July 6, 2007
CUNY Matters Covers the Success of BMCC's Math Across the Curriculum
University publication highlights BMCC’s initiative to integrate quantitative reasoning skills into its curriculum.
June 25, 2007
Member Benefits
As BMCC’s director of student activities, Harry Mars is an unabashed cheerleader for co-curricular involvement.
June 19, 2007
Professors Ford, McKernan, and Robbins Win Record Prize on Cash Cab
Professors Elaine Saavik Ford, Desmond B. McKernan, and Dennis Robbins of the Science faculty appeared as contestants on Discovery Channel’s “Cash Cab,” winning $ 3,000, the record highest total in the show’s three-year history.
June 18, 2007
Community College Week's Top 100 Once Again Rates BMCC as a "Top Producer of Associate Degrees"
Since 1988, Community College Week has been the independent source of in-depth information for and about two-year colleges.
June 12, 2007
Professor Zweig of Writing and Literature Writes his Memoir, Return to Naples
Zweig’s memoir is the story of a boy’s coming of age but whose ascent is skewed by circumstances of his birth family; a family of Italian Jews, whose cultural bequest to Robert is both a blessing and a curse.
June 8, 2007
Man and Dog Find Their Way to Graduation With Honors
Downtown Express, the weekly newspaper of Lower Manhattan, highlights Willie Richards, a blind Early Childhood Education major and his dog, Victoria, who graduated on June 1.
June 6, 2007
Photo Slideshow of 2007 Commencement
With the 2007 Commencement concluded, here is a slideshow of the event with excerpted remarks from President Pérez and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, the Keynote Speaker.
June 5, 2007
Grainger Donation Addresses Shortage of Skilled Employees in Construction Industry
North America’s leading distributor of facilities maintenance supplies donates $20,000 to BMCC. The donation addresses pressing challenges facing the construction industry in New York City.
June 5, 2007
Nursing a Dream
BMCC alumnus Marcia Hodge translates hard work into caring
June 5, 2007
Professor Teixeira Appointed to Prestigious Committee of the American Mathematics Association
Professor Klement Teixeira has been appointed chair of the Mathematics Intensive / College Mathematics Committee.
May 29, 2007
BMCC's 42nd Commencement on June 1, 2007
Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer Will Deliver Commencement Address at BMCC’s 42nd Commencement, June 1 at 11:30 at Madison Square Garden Theatre.
May 28, 2007
BMCC's 2007 Honors Convocation
Last evening, the college celebrated its 2007 Honors Convocation in Theatre 2, followed by a special buffet banquet for the awardees.
May 25, 2007
Rose Mary Algerio, 35 year-old BMCC Student Makes it out of the "Cave"
The Accounting major wrote a paper for her English 101 course based on the Greek Philosopher Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave.” This Web piece is about Rose Mary, her challenges, and her achievements. It is about what BMCC is doing for her life.