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April 29, 2007
BMCC's Creative Writing Class Celebrates Poetry Month with PS 63
On Friday, April 27 Professor William Wright’s Creative Writing class visited PS 63/The Neighborhood School to celebrate Poetry Month with fourth and fifth graders.
April 25, 2007
BMCC's Upward Bound Hits a Home Run with Carla Ni
Carla Ni is a very happy and successful student. She is attending Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. BMCC’s Upward Bound Project helped Carla with the skills and motivation necessary for her to complete her high school education and to go on to college.
April 24, 2007
BMCC's Student Engineers Defeat Four Year Colleges in Major Competition
On April 14, students from BMCC’s Engineering Program defeated 9 four-year colleges in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Student Design Competition.
April 19, 2007
Four of BMCC's Video Arts Technology (VAT) Students Compete at the National Broadcasters Convention
Claire Egai, Patricia Brown, Christina Figueroa, and Cherise Burnette represented BMCC at last week's NAB convention in Las Vegas.
April 17, 2007
Come to the Financial Aid Awareness Workshop
Tuesday, April 24—10:00 AM
Richard Harris Terrace
Why file your FAFSA now?
April 17, 2007
April 16, 2007
J.D. Parran, an adjunct in the Department of Art and Music and a master clarinetist Receives Rave Review from The New York Times
Parran was one of four soloists who “played four brand-new pieces” with “four distinctive musical styles” at the Miller Theatre’s Pocket Concertos.
April 11, 2007
Assemblywoman Ellen Young Speaks to BMCC Students on Leadership
Ellen Young, a single mother, who represents the 22nd Assembly District in Queens spoke to a packed audience of BMCC students on leadership. Young is the first Asian-American woman ever elected to the New York State Legislature.
April 9, 2007
How Weight loss Changed BMCC's "Rocky" Tayeh's Life
NY Daily News features BMCC Freshman, Samr (Rocky) Tayeh, whose 200 pound weight loss and his radio spot on WNYC Radio changed his life for the better.
April 6, 2007
Here's a lesson on Iran: Diplomacy works
Read the Op Ed by Barry Rosen, Executive Director of Public Affairs at BMCC and former Iran hostage, on the British-Iranian crisis over the alleged violation of territorial waters in the Persian Gulf.
April 6, 2007
Sunil B. Gupta Named New Dean of Continuing Education and Workforce Development
Gupta has been working in Continuing Education for nearly ten years in universities and international organizations. He says, “I am excited about the opportunity to work closely with BMCC’s distinguished faculty.”
April 2, 2007
New York Daily News Covers a "Singular Student" at BMCC
In the Friday, March 30, edition of the Daily News, Clem Richardson, who writes the City Beat and Great People columns for the newspaper, devoted a full-page to Willie Richards under the title, “Degree plus award for singular student.”
March 30, 2007
Professor Carroll Says It's Tax Season Again: Plan Now For Changes
Lloyd Carroll, the chairperson of the Accounting Program at BMCC and a certified public accountant, is a frequent contributor to the Queens Chronicle, the largest weekly newspaper in borough. Carroll wrote, “Every year our elected officials in Washington, D.C. promise to overhaul the Internal Revenue Code,” but is that so?
March 30, 2007
BMCC's Neal Rodriguez is Flying High and Fast

Neal Rodriguez credits his liberal arts education and especially his courses in English for his current career as Chief Technology Officer for Imperial Jets, which has moved quickly from a start-up private jet charter company with $4 million in capitalization to one quadruple the size.

Neal is full of energy and expressive about his BMCC education and the job he loves at Imperial Jets.

March 28, 2007
BMCC's Executive Director of Public Affairs and former Iran hostage Barry Rosen appeared on CNN's Larry King Live and Anderson Cooper 360° on March 28
Mr. Rosen discussed the bilateral dispute between Iran and Great Britain over the detention of 15 British sailors whom the Iranians claim crossed into Iranian territorial waters.
March 27, 2007
Reaching for Stars in the Sky
BMCC’s production of Guys and Dolls showcases impressive talent – and an innovative approach to theater arts education.
March 27, 2007
At the Head of His Class
Willie Richards receives the Vanguard Award for excelling in a field dominated by women.
March 27, 2007
Classes that Level the Playing Field
Continuing education is a right, not a luxury, says Solange Farina.
March 27, 2007
BMCC's Neal Rodriguez is Flying High and Fast
Neal Rodriguez credits his liberal arts education and especially his courses in English for his current career as Chief Technology Officer for Imperial Jets, which has moved quickly from a start-up private jet charter company with $4 million in capitalization to one quadruple the size.
March 27, 2007
The Road to 2008
Clinton, Obama, McCain, Giuliani: These are the current front-runners in the race for the presidency, says Ron Hayduk. But anything can happen between now and next spring.