August 22, 2017 BMCC is mourning the loss of one of its own. Miosotis Familia graduated with an Associate in Liberal Arts degree from BMCC in Summer 2009. She went on to work as a medical assistant before serving as a law enforcement officer in the New York Police Department for 12 years, a...
February 27, 2014 Ron Wallace will be the first to tell you that he wasn’t born with a pencil in his hand. “Growing up, I couldn’t draw much, but I was good with computer graphics programs like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop,” he says. But by the time he was in eighth grade, he knew...
October 26, 2016 On October 21, a small delegation from the Yuno Institute Preschool in Tokyo, Japan, came to visit with members of the BMCC Early Childhood Center to learn about early education program offerings, teaching methods and school structure. The visiting delegation included Chi Taroda, Mitsuyo Fujita, Toshiyuki Furuki, Institute chairman; Maiko Iwashita...
February 6, 2018 Heritage months at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) celebrate the diversity of students who come from more than 150 countries and whose perspectives deepen classroom discussions in every major. Heritage months at BMCC also explore the diversity that happens within groups themselves, as complex histories propel global diaspora. This year,...
May 21, 2015 Two BMCC English professors, Cheryl J. Fish and Jami Carlacio, will be spending part of their summer as scholars in residence through the Faculty Resource Network (FRN) at New York University. Professor Fish has been awarded the prestigious Summer 2015 Calvin B. Grimes Scholar-in-Residence to further develop her research project, “A...
Toys collected through the Veterans Resource Center December 21, 2016 This holiday season, BMCC students, faculty and staff donated their time to collecting canned goods, coats and toys to benefit New Yorkers in need. Out in Two Students Donate Canned Goods Students in the BMCC Out in Two program make a commitment not only to...
BMCC Gilman Scholars (L-R) Jessica Bravo-Martinez, Michelle Murillo and James Perez May 18, 2016 Seven Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) students—the second largest number among all community colleges in the United States— were selected to receive the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad during the Summer 2016 term. Gilman scholars receive...
July 7, 2017 More than 330 prospective BMCC students and guests attended the Summer 2017 Open House on June 29 in Richard Harris Terrace at 199 Chambers Street. Close to 70 faculty and staff volunteers as well as more than a dozen student volunteers were on hand to talk with guests about the benefits...
March 6, 2014 It’s difficult to watch the documentary film, “I Learn America,” without feeling profound admiration for the five resilient high school students whose stories it tells—and without gaining a new appreciation for what it means to be an immigrant teenager in 21st century America. “Being different is like a part-time job,” says Sandra...
March 17, 2016 A large crowd of Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) students, faculty and staff gathered at the new BMCC Fitness Center to cut a ribbon and officially open the state-of-the-art facility on Wednesday, March 16. Vice President of Student Affairs Marva Craig summed up the facility’s mission by saying, “This is...
