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I came to the topic of immigration through my experience in the anti-apartheid and Latin American solidarity movements during the 1980s. As a student,...
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Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) graduates more African-American and Hispanic students from associate degree programs than any other college in New York State and the metro area. Among New York community colleges awarding associate degrees to Asian students, BMCC ranked second, according to a study of the nation's top 100 associate's degrees producers.
According to the report, BMCC ranks fourth in the nation in awarding associate degrees to African- Americans, 15th in awarding associate's degrees to Hispanics, and 27th in awarding associate's degrees to Asians. About 27% of BMCC's graduating class is Hispanic and 41% is Black.
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Carnegie Mellon University, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Loyola University Maryland, Northeastern University, University of San Francisco, Borough of Manhattan Community College, La Roche College, and the College of the Atlantic Receive Senator Paul Simon Awards for Campus Internationalization
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the nation prepares to celebrate International Education Week (November 15- 19), NAFSA: Association of International Educators released its latest report on the outstanding accomplishments of U.S. higher education institutions in the area of internationalization.
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On December 1, Rochelle Hill, founder of Pitches for Breakfast, chief strategist and president, Precision Plus Communications, will share the importance of the "60-Second Pitch" with co-eds at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC). The "60-Second Pitch" workshop will take place on the campus of BMCC. "It is very important for students to be able to communicate effectively with employers," [Shemeka Peters], employer relations specialist, Center for Career Development, Borough of Manhattan Community College states.
Winning October's "Pitch of the Month" was confirmation that the hard work I have done to get my idea off of the ground has been well worth it. By providing a space for me to get immediate feedback from industry professionals, Pitches for Breakfast has proven its c...
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... the team as a business major with the Borough of Manhattan Community College and has over three ...
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Williams smartly packed water tablets, toilet paper and a bag of 100 lollipops, as they always make the children feel good, and "if you give to one, you have to give them all," [Walter Lowe] advised. While Williams' business is thriving, he ain't rich. Yet, here is a Harlem resident who used his own funds to go off and do what he could. Lowe and companion Cheryle Wills also wanted to do what they could to help, so they pledged $1,000 to jumpstart a collection at Riverside Church, asking nine other members to also contribute $1,000 for a total of $10K to go toward the Haitian relief. In two days' time, it was reported that the church had collected $27,000. Lowe reported, Tm glad to be the instigator.
Kicking off Black History Month is blues maestro Guy Davis, who most recently played th...
... 5 at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers Stree...
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... students start their degree quest at a community college with 55 percent of all Hispanic and Native...715 8 CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College N.Y. 714 9 ECPI Col...
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For those of you who missed the They Paved the Way" series of African American portraits by quilter Prof. Edward Bostick of Borough of Manhattan Community College, Department of Developmental Skills, the exhibition is now on display at the Theatre 1 Breezeway, located on the campus, at Chambers Street, thru February 15th. A very moving opening ceremony was held at Ground Zero where college President Dr. Antonio Perez, Senior Vice President Sadie Bragg, representatives from the student government and members of the African Heritage/Black History Month Committee, which include Joy Harris, Krystal Garner, Curtis Browne, Akeno Lopez, Penelope Jordan, Dr. Juliet Emanuel, Louise Green, Hyacinth Martin, Iona Samuels, Vinton Melbourne and Isabel Cummings, were all in attendance.
Moving forward,...
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Bronx Community College press conference on the 10th anniversary of Amadou Diallo's death: BCC student scholarship recipients (L to R, second row) Marcia Brown (Jamaica), Kojo A. Senyedjl (Togo), Zizi Sinare (Burkina Faso), and Komi Attitso (Togo) listen to (L to R, first row) Assemblyman [Reuben Diaz Jr.], former Mayor David N. Dlnkins, [Kadiatou Diallo], mother of Amadou Diallo, Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Herbert Daughtry. The occasion was a tribute to Ms. Diallo's efforts to memorialize her son by bestowing Amadou Diallo Fund $1,000 scholarships on five BCC and five Borough of Manhattan Community College students of African, African-American, and Afro-Caribbean descent. Both BCC and BMCC are part of the City University of New York. (Deivid Valdez photo)
The reverend also noted that wh...
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The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) on July 30, handed out the first batch of new Section 8 vouchers to more than 200 eligible households at a briefing session held at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. In January, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and NYCHA Chairman Tino Hernandez announced that NYCHA's Section 8 waiting list was being reopened with an additional 22,000 new vouchers that would be made available-over a two-year period-for low income New Yorkers. In December 1994, NYCHA closed its Section 8 waiting list because of a drop in federal funding for Section 8 vouchers, making exceptions only for emergency applicants. The new vouchers were made available because of changes made at the local and Federal level, where in Washington Federal funding for Section 8 housing w...