2019 Honors Convocation Recognizes Student Excellence

Each year, the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) Honors Convocation recognizes student excellence across numerous academic disciplines. The 2019 Honors Convocation was held May 28 in Theatre II at 199 Chambers Street.

Marva Craig, vice president for student affairs, and Erwin Wong, interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, introduced the program. BMCC Interim President Karrin E Wilks welcomed the audience of family, friends and fellow students.

This annual celebration of student achievement also featured a performance by the BMCC Concert Choir, directed by Music Professor Eugenia Oi Yan Yau.

The awards were presented by department chairs or faculty members. A reception followed the ceremony.

The 2019 Department Awards include:

Accounting

Louis Horowitz Award for Academic Excellence in Accounting—Devinn Parris
Academic Excellence in Forensic Accounting—Lourdes Loverde
Academic Excellence in Accounting Certificate Program—Thanh Hoang Allied Health Sciences Academic Excellence in Health Information Technology—Ethel Bouzalas
Academic Excellence in Paramedics—Javer Zeng
Academic Excellence in Respiratory Therapy—Jun Rou Lin

Business Management

Academic Excellence in Business Administration—Olga Cherkasskaya Academic Excellence in Business Management—Ann Elizabeth Leroux-Dichmann
Academic Excellence in Small Business Entrepreneurship—Anastasiia Semykina

Center for Ethnic Studies

Academic Excellence in African American Studies—Musia Sominskaia

Computer Information Systems

Academic Excellence in Computer Information Systems—Victor Nekhlyudov Academic Excellence in Computer Science—Mehmet Sahin
Grace Hopper Award (Computer Network Technology)—Bei He

English

Academic Excellence in English—Jayshawn Lee

Health Education

Academic Excellence in School Health Education—Michalina Galbierczyk
Academic Excellence in Public Health—Maharanni Singh
Academic Excellence in Community Health Education—Jonathan Martinez

Mathematics

Academic Excellence in Mathematics —Yunjeong Kim

Media Arts and Technology

Academic Excellence in Animation Motion Graphics—Madeline Deleon
Academic Excellence in Multimedia Arts— Stephanie Erazo
Academic Excellence in Multimedia Programming—Alyona Karmazin
Academic Excellence in Video Arts and Technology—Katherine Reyes Padilla

Modern Languages

Academic Excellence in Modern Languages-French—Yamani Mohammed
Academic Excellence in Modern Languages-Italian—Paraskevi Gkana

Music and Art

Rachelle Weinstein Award for Academic Excellence in Studio Art—Massimo Scoditti
Rachelle Weinstein Award for Academic Excellence in Art History—Grace Spaulding
Academic Excellence in Music—Malcolm Best

Nursing

Academic Excellence in Nursing—John Brinegar

Science

Academic Excellence in Biotechnology Science—Sheryl Henneberger
Academic Excellence in Engineering Science—Min Shin Khant
Academic Excellence in Forensic Science—Olivia Shank
Academic Excellence in Science—Claudia Guerrero
Academic Excellence in Science for Health Professions—Alexandria Ahmed

Social Sciences, Human Services and Criminal Justice

Academic Excellence in Criminal Justice—Karina Smith

Academic Excellence in Economics—Steven Diodonet
Academic Excellence in Gerontology—Owen Kellaway
Academic Excellence in History—Dakota Oliveira
Academic Excellence in Human Services—Rasidatou Barry
Academic Excellence in Psychology—Giulia Kasollari
Academic Excellence in Sociology—Jaime Rodriguez

Speech, Communications and Theatre Arts

Academic Excellence in Communication Studies—Hanna Sharko
Academic Excellence in Theatre—Elizabeth Mora

Teacher Education

Academic Excellence in Early Childhood Education-Preschool—Dewi Puspita
Academic Excellence in Early Childhood Education-Infant/Toddler …. Grethel Suazo-Navarro
Academic Excellence in Childhood Education—Dequan Gambrell
Academic Excellence in Bilingual Childhood Education—Charles Silverio
Da Silva Academic Excellence in Secondary Education-Mathematics—Fanny Tuba

Special Awards

Senior Vice President/Dean of Academic Affairs Award—Kimberly Alcock-Ainsworth
Vice President of Student Affairs Award—Sekou Koulibaly
Orville N. Hill College Discovery Award—Philip Huertas
Josh Wolfson Accounting Scholarship Award—Valentine Tonaj
Leila & Simon Peskoff Memorial Scholarship Award—Vladislav Kim (In special memory of Hossein Mozaffari)
Leila & Simon Peskoff Memorial Scholarship Award—Eugene Emono (In special memory of Robert Siegel)
Leila & Simon Peskoff Memorial Scholarship Award—Shalleria Reid
Abner B. Rosenfield Award—Philip Huertas
Abner B. Rosenfield Award—Myat Thu Ko
Katy Halepli Graduating Scholarship for Women—Natasha Nelson
Katy Halepli Graduating Scholarship for Women—Claudia Melo