September 7, 2016 Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) student Luis Guerra Bernal was playing soccer with friends in Bogotá, Colombia on the early morning of September 11, 2001. Later, he and his friends went into a coffee shop to get something to drink. Inside, television news was being broadcast about planes crashing into...
January 27, 2016 A month filled with performances, film screenings, lectures and other activities is set for African Heritage Month at Borough of Manhattan Community College in February. The celebration of African American heritage kicked off February 3 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the main campus cafeteria with a celebration of culture...
June 20, 2016 Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) welcomes Diane K. Walleser, the college’s first Vice President for Enrollment Management. In this role, Walleser will lead BMCC’s enrollment and recruitment initiatives, and provide strategic direction to the Admissions, Testing, Financial Aid, Registrar, Scholarship and International Student Recruitment offices. She will work closely with...
CUNY Chancellor James B. Milliken September 11, 2015 The CUNY Service Corps launched its 2015-16 year with speakers and panels in Theatre I on BMCC’s main campus at 199 Chambers Street in Lower Manhattan. Nearly 900 new CUNY Service Corps members—students from BMCC, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Lehman College, New York City...
July 18, 2016 The Shirley Fiterman Art Center at Borough of Community College (BMCC/CUNY) presents Portrait of a Landscape, an international exhibition of photographic-based work that will be curated by Claudia Cortinez. The exhibit opens August 3, 2016, with a gallery reception from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. Portrait of a Landscape will be...
December 8, 2015 Providing quality higher education at an affordable price is a top priority for us here at Borough Manhattan Community College (BMCC) and across the City University of New York (CUNY). I am happy to report that CUNY’s Board of Trustees is taking further steps to carry out its mission of providing access and...
December 12, 2013 To the Faculty and Staff of BMCC: Please join me in welcoming Dr. Robert C. Messina, Jr., who will come on board August 19 to serve as Acting Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs at BMCC, pending approval of the CUNY Board of Trustees. Dr. Messina recently retired from...
October 17, 2017 Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) had the third highest mobility rate among two-year colleges in the United States according to data from “Mobility Report Cards: The Role of Colleges in Intergenerational Mobility,” a report analyzed by The Chronicle of Higher Education this month. The report, released by the Equality of Opportunity...
September 14, 2015 The Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) continues to rank as one of the nation’s top colleges for awarding associate degrees according to the 2015 Community College Week (CCWeek) Top 100 report released on September 14, 2015. BMCC ranks #11 among all community colleges in the total number of associate degrees...
August 3, 2015 The Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) is leading the way among City University of New York schools as it transforms itself into one of the city’s most sustainable campuses. Energy saving projects that range in size and scope from a soon-to-be-installed solar array on the BMCC main campus rooftop, to...
