August 29, 2016 Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) has received a $770,000 grant from the Advanced Technical Education (ATE) Program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support a three-year project, "Fostering Student Success in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance." BMCC is one of approximately 80 recipients nationwide — and one of four community...
The Public Safety Department will be offering a series of a one-day training courses for BMCC students, faculty and staff on Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation/ Automated External Defibrillation and First Aid on the following dates in July*.Please email Sergeant J. Ayala at jayala@bmcc.cuny.edu or mkinard@bmcc.cuny.edu with your choice of which day you would like to attend. Please...
December 22, 2015 On December 22, a dozen teams of ninth graders at the Manhattan Early College School for Advertising (MECA) presented their end-of-semester product launch campaigns. These included a logo, tagline, media plan and original ads. Using PowerPoint and animated graphics, the students introduced their inventions, such as a product that transforms a...
Professor Deborah Gambs (left, with book) and featured author, Professor Rifat Anjum Salam (right) May 5, 2014 Is there a place for arranged marriage in contemporary culture? Are expectations of arranged marriage changing as it travels to the United States? As part of Asian Heritage Month, Professors Deborah Gambs and Soniya Munshi organized a...
Exploring Transfer students Byeonghyeon So, Joanne Torres, Samantha Jean, Eunice Melendez and Professor Bill Roane June 8, 2016 Eight Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) have been chosen to participate in the Summer 2016 Exploring Transfer Program (ET) at Vassar College. BMCC has the largest cohort among the 15 community colleges nationwide that are...
September 5, 2017 The current threat surrounding the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has created uncertainty for DREAMers at BMCC and colleges across the United States. We stand firmly in support of all students and reinforce our commitment to provide the opportunity for all our students to pursue their...
December 17, 2014 BMCC was still in its first decade when Gay Brookes joined the faculty as a young ESL instructor. Richard Nixon was in the White House. Barack Obama was 11. And the subway fare was 35 cents. Brookes’ retirement at the end of this semester will mark the first time in over...
1199 SEIU Director Viviana Abreu-Hernandez, Wadhwani Foundation CEO Dr. Ajay Kela, and BMCC President Antonio Perez. December 18, 2013 BMCC will partner with the Wadhwani Foundation and 1199SEIU/United Healthcare Workers East in the launch of Race to a Job, an innovative job training initiative for healthcare workers in New York City. Enrolled in the...
April 4, 2016 BMCC Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs Karrin Wilks was recently selected by The Aspen Institute for its inaugural class of the Aspen Presidential Fellowship. Wilks is one of 40 extraordinary leaders who are being recognized for having the drive and capacity to transform community colleges to achieve higher levels...
July 15, 2015 Five recent graduates of Borough of Manhattan Community College, The City University of New York (BMCC/CUNY) were just awarded a full scholarship to the New York University (NYU) College of Arts and Science through POISE, the Pipeline Opportunities for Inter-College STEM Education Program. POISE is a collaborative effort between BMCC and...
