November 2, 2016 BMCC donors were treated to live entertainment, a world-class art exhibit and warm welcome on November 1 at the 2016 Donor Appreciation Cocktail Reception held in the Shirley Fiterman Art Center. As the evening got underway, donors to the college, including BMCC Foundation Board Members and their guests, special friends, faculty...
April 4, 2016 An exhibit showcasing the work of more than 200 BMCC students, Year in Review: Student Art Show, opens with a reception on Wednesday, April 6 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Shirley Fiterman Art Center on the first floor of BMCC’s Fiterman Hall, 81 Barclay Street in Lower Manhattan....
December 10, 2015 Borough of Manhattan Community College, The City University of New York (BMCC/CUNY) Assistant Professor of Art Charles McGill has been awarded a $25,000 Painters & Sculptors Grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation. McGill, who teaches in BMCC’s new associate degree program in Art Foundations/Studio Art, is also soon to open his first...
November 10, 2014 “We can, and do change lives,” said Barbara Marcus, President and Publisher of Random House Children’s Books, as she welcomed guests to the Fall Fanfare ceremony held in a conference room of the Random House offices in midtown Manhattan. The ceremony recognized 30 Education Fund Fellows receiving $10,000 each, thanks to...
March 18, 2015 A nationally ranked basketball team may not be the first thing that comes to mind when discussing a big city community college. But this year, the BMCC men’s basketball team not only won the 2015 CUNY championship, the team also produced the CUNY player of the year, Freshmen Kenneth Coar. Coach...
January 17, 2017 Several Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) faculty and students traveled to Atlanta on January 7-8 for the 2017 MAA-AMS Joint Mathematics Meeting, the largest math gathering in the world according to conference organizers. This was the first time BMCC students attended the conference. Math majors Karen Medlin, Papa Sylla, Jie...
November 5, 2013 Education wasn’t a priority in Daryl Griffin’s family. “I lost my father at a young age and my mother, brothers and I moved around a lot,” says Griffin, a fourth-semester Criminal Justice major at BMCC. “I didn’t put much effort into schoolwork. My attitude was, ‘whatever grade I got, that’s what...
June 7, 2016 The Manhattan Educational Opportunity Center (MEOC) held its 49th commencement ceremony on Wednesday, June 1 in Theatre One on BMCC’s main campus. More than 600 graduates were honored for completing MEOC programs including English for Speakers of Other Languages, High School Equivalency, College Prep, Certified Nursing Assistant, Certified Microsoft® Office, Electronic Health...
August 22, 2017 The Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) Open Educational Resources (OER) has received official notification that it will receive $371,750 in tax levy funding from the City University of New York Office of Academic Affairs. The funds are part of a greater $8 million state of New York investment that seeks...
April 6, 2016 Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY Computer Science major Hector Liang fell in love with New York City the first time he visited the city in 2012. Raised in Venezuela by Chinese parents, Liang moved to New York to study at BMCC in 2015. “BMCC attracted me with its Start Here, Go Anywhere motto,”...