Summer 2015 graduates of BMCC Continuing Ed / CDI Medical Assistant Specialist training program. September 29, 2015 Thanks to funding through NYC Small Business Services (SBS), and the NYC Mayor's Office, a new partnership has been formed between BMCC’s Center for Continuing Education and Workforce Development and the non-profit career-readiness organization, Comprehensive Development, Inc....
BMCC students and (center) John Jay College President Jeremy Travis and BMCC Criminal Justice Professor Yolanda Martin December 11, 2014 For the first time in its 7-year history, the First Year Student Showcase at John Jay College featured research posters by community college students. “I want to offer a special welcome to our friends...
November 8, 2016 As part of CUNY Month, the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) Counseling Center will host the college’s first Happiness Expo on November 10 in Richard Harris Terrace at 199 Chambers Street. The event is presented in collaboration with the Office of Student Affairs, Athletics Department, Office of Student Activities, Peer...
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...
September 27, 2017 The Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) Office of Student Affairs and the Office of Academic Affairs sponsored an afternoon gathering of two student cohort groups—the Pipeline Opportunity for Inter-Collegiate STEM Education (POISE) program and the Gallatin Undergraduate Initiative for Discovery in Education (GUIDE) program on September 21. Both pipeline programs...
June 22, 2015 BMCC Nursing Chair Jacqueline Nichols received the Caribbean American Healthcare Award on June 25 at the Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn. The award is presented annually by Caribbean Life, an online news organization for and about the Caribbean community in New York City. The event’s 34 honorees include doctors, nurses, administrators and...
BMCC English Professor James Tolan August 4, 2014 Recently, BMCC professor of English and poet James Tolan was interviewed, along with poet Olivia Stiffler, on the nationally distributed public radio program, New Letters on the Air. Hosted and produced by Angela Elam, the show is an independent production of the College of Arts and...
The Students in Service to Women Recognition Award, sponsored by the Women's Resource Center Council, is presented to nine recipients. April 8, 2015 The first annual Students in Service to Women Recognition Award was presented to each of nine recipients March 30 in Richard Harris Terrace, on the main campus of Borough of Manhattan...
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...
September 29, 2015 Students packed a large Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) classroom on Monday, September 28 for a panel discussion titled Gender & Policing; Policing Gender. The CUNY Justice Academy at John Jay College/CUNY and the Criminal Justice program at BMCC organized the event. The two-and-a-half-hour panel discussion centered on a growing...