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Queensborough Commencement '23

Celebrating Our Fall '22 and Winter/Spring '23 Graduates!

June is LGBTQ Pride Month at Queensborough!

Queensborough proudly advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion related to gender identity, sexual orientation, and gender expression.

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Partners for Progress 2023

Queensborough Community College celebrated its students, partners, and honorees with a record-breaking crowd at Terrace on the Park.

Registration Now Open for Summer ’23 Late Sessions!

There's still time to take a summer class at Queensborough! Our affordable and accessible summer sessions are a great way to get ahead and accelerate towards your degree.

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Valerie Muse Named to NATYCAA All-Scholar Team

Tigers' volleyball and outdoor track & field star gains national recognition

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Unlocking Student Success Through Belonging

Robin Hood Foundation Awards Queensborough $450,000 Grant to Create Male Resource Center

Queensborough Coronavirus Guidance

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NEWS

Queensborough's First Sankofa Celebration

Sankofa is an African word from the Akan tribe in Ghana, which honors the cultural tradition of never forgetting what is behind you as you move forward. Dr. Kerri-Ann Smith, Faculty Fellow for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity and representative on the QCC Incubator, said the ceremony's goal was to honor that tradition, which is a part of the Black experience.

“We wanted the room to be filled with purpose, passion, and praise for our people,” Smith said. “We wanted everyone there to feel a sense of pride and belonging. We wanted Sankofa.”

In that spirit, the event paid homage to the College’s first Black graduates and opened with a libation. In addition to honoring the students, a faculty and staff member were honored with Sankofa awards. Reynold Pierre-Charles received the Staff Sankofa Award, and Dr. Rommel Robertson received the Faculty Sankofa Award.

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NEWS

Queensborough Community College Builds Enrichment Program For English Language Learners Who Want To Pursue Higher Education

Queensborough Community College and Brooklyn’s Multicultural High School have formed an afterschool intensive language program called English Boost, designed to help Spanish-speaking students learn writing, reading, and vocabulary skills in English.

The bilingual program, designed by Queensborough and funded by the Department of Education (DOE), offers extra academic support to the High School’s juniors and seniors 12 hours per week.

“It's a groundbreaking partnership that is changing the English as a Second Language (ESL) landscape at Queensborough,” said Maz Nikoui-Tehrani, Director of the CUNY Language Immersion Program (CLIP), who noted that Queensborough is the only CUNY school currently running such a program.

STUDENT

It would be a long commute from East Flatbush, Brooklyn, to Bayside, Queens, but when Elijah Bernard learned that Queensborough ranks #1 among community colleges in NYC and NYS, he knew it would be worth it.

And it has been.

An honors student, Bernard will graduate in June with an AS in Forensic Science and transfer to John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s Dual/Joint program in Forensic Science. Recent advances in chemistry, biology and computer science have created new opportunities in fields such as forensic science and criminalistics. This program provides a science-based foundation for students to transfer to John Jay College of Criminal Justice (minimum GPA of 2.5 required) and receive their Bachelor of Science degree.

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NEWS

Queensborough’s Annual Dance Program Concert Springs to Life May 11 and May 12

Queensborough will present its annual spring dance program in the newly renovated Queensborough Performing Arts Center. The concert will feature Queensborough dance students who will perform choreography by guest artists Raphael Xavier, Robert Battle, Bakary Fall, and Queensborough’s Associate Professor of Dance Emily Berry. Berry is also the Founding Director and a co-creator of B3W Performance Group, a social impact arts organization committed to collaboration, reflecting, and revealing the world we live in through community-building workshops and multi-disciplinary performances.

When: Thursday, May 11th, 2023, at 8:00 pm and Friday, May 12th, 2023, at 8:00 pm

Where: Queensborough Performing Arts Center, Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56th Ave, Bayside, Queens, NY 11364

FACULTY

Queensborough Awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities' Spotlight on the Humanities grant

Dr. Ilse Schrynemakers of the English Department has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities' Spotlight on the Humanities grant for "Reimagining the First-Semester Experience: Building a Welcome Read program" with Sybil White and Dr. Beth Counihan as Co-Project Directors. The Welcome Read program creates a platform for students from credited/non-credited, first- semester writing classes to come together in shared conversation about civic responsibility and social activism. The Welcome Read was piloted in Fall 2021 under Dr. Beth Counihan's leadership as a way to invite interdepartmental dialogues and strengthen community during the pandemic. Over the past two years, The Welcome Read has been organized by the same English faculty members in coordination with Bonnie Flaherty of CUNY Start and with support from Laura Cohen and Marisa Hollywood of the Kupferberg Holocaust Center.

STUDENT

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Names Four Queensborough Students Semifinalists in Highly Competitive, Nationwide Scholarship

On March 9, four students from Queensborough Community College/CUNY were selected as semifinalists of the Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. The Foundation awards community college students who have demonstrated exceptional academic ability, leadership, service, and a determination to complete their bachelor’s degrees at top four-year institutions.

“You don’t need to be a top dog to get ahead in life.” - Jack Kent Cooke Semifinalist Hafiz Tariq

“I needed to give myself another chance.” - Jack Kent Cooke Semifinalist Arafat Akon

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NEWS

Launch of QCC - Baruch Business Academy

Queensborough President Christine Mangino and Baruch College President S. David Wu met at Baruch College on November 22 to officially launch the QCC - Baruch Business Academy Partnership program. They were joined by Queensborough Interim Provost Sandra Palmer, Dean Michael Pullin, and Business department Chair and Associate Professor Sebastian Murolo; along with Baruch Provost Linda Essig and Zicklin’s Associate Dean Kannan Mohan, Executive Director Sonali Hazarika, and Director Anne Forman.

STUDENT

CUNY Prepared QCC Alum Ricky Panayoty For a Promising Career in the Legal Field

After honing his leadership skills at Queensborough and graduating magna cum laude from City College, Ricky Panayoty is making his mark studying public interest at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School. He's determined to improve access to legal services for Black communities. “CUNY prepared me leadership-wise, academically and socially to be prepared for law school. Knowing how to interact with attorneys and academically apply law analytically as a law student,” said Ricky.

FACULTY

On Sunday, Andrea Salis's Wish to Race the NYC Marathon Came True

"I've always loved to run” remarked Andrea Salis, Ph.D. Chair, Health Physical Education and Dance Department at Queensborough.

A dedicated athlete and fitness enthusiast, Dr. Salis excelled in sports growing up and has continued to make fitness a priority in her life. She ran cross country in high school and has continued to be a disciplined runner even through the Covid-19 pandemic when she ran the virtual NYC Marathon in 2020.

NEWS

Queensborough Community College President Dr. Christine Mangino Named a 2022 Power Player in Education

Each month, PoliticsNY and amNY Metro produces a special section focused on different topics of interest throughout the NYC Boroughs and Upstate. This year, the focus is on the 2022 Power Players in Education. Dr. Christine Mangino, President of Queensborough Community College, is among those cited as an outstanding and influential educator.

Mangino, a champion of student success, inclusiveness and belonging, is the first in her family to attend college. She commented that, “I am deeply honored to be recognized--and to be in the company of such esteemed educators and colleagues.”

NEWS

Queensborough Community College faculty received over $80,000 in funding as part of CUNY’s historic Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI)

Queensborough Community College faculty received over $80,000 in funding as part of CUNY’s historic Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI).

More than 500 proposals were submitted from across CUNY and were evaluated by members of the BRESI Council and nine Benefits for Proposals (RFP) committees. A total of 126 proposals have been selected for funding, including those that demonstrated such qualities as innovation, focus and impact on development of ethnic studies, and sustainability; emphasis was also placed on representing a broad cross-section of the CUNY community. These awards have been conferred for a project term of September 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.

FACULTY

Professor Mark M. Ulrich Expert feature on WalletHub Professor Mark M. Ulrich, Assistant Professor, Business, was featured in WalletHub's piece about credit cards with no foreign transaction fees. Read more of Ulrich's recent contribution on WalletHub.

NEWS

Ranked #1 in NYS, Queensborough is Top Community College

Queensborough Community College is the highest-ranked community college in New York State and is among the best community colleges in the country, according to a report released by WalletHub.com that compares more than 650 community colleges across 19 key indicators of quality and affordability. The data set ranged from the cost of in-state tuition and fees to each college’s student-faculty ratio and graduation rates.

It is the fifth year in a row Queensborough has been listed as a top institution of higher education by WalletHub for its education outcomes, career outcomes, and affordability.