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President’s Column 3

Women’s History Month 5 @ www.hunter.cuny.edu WINTER 2002 HUNTER HONORS NEW YORK’S HEROES was the theme of Winter Commencement, where applause repeatedly JJANUARYANUARY filled the Assembly Hall as President Jennifer J. Raab, who presented awards in recognition of heroism in the aftermath of 9/11, also spoke of Hunter’s important role in New York City following the terrorist attacks. President Raab awarded President’s Medals to Bernard Kerik, 20022002 former New York City police commissioner (in absentia); Nicholas Scoppetta, commissioner of the New York City Fire Department; and Ronald Shiftan, former deputy executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, in recognition of the heroic actions of CCOMMENCEMENTOMMENCEMENT their agencies during and after the attacks on the World Trade Center. In addition, President Raab awarded an honorary degree to "one of Hunter’s own," filmmaker Edward Burns, who studied film at Hunter. Burns, who gave the Commencement address, said of his Hunter professors, "They nurtured my tal- ent and encouraged my dreams." He added: "When you’re out there working, you may feel insecure and ask yourself, ‘Does the Hunter degree match those from the Ivy League?’ but my experi- ence was that we were tougher than the Ivy Leaguers, for we had to work under difficult circumstances." In awarding the honorary degree to Burns—for "remarkable artis- tic achievement"—President Raab said, "You have been an inspiration to countless aspiring filmmakers, both at Hunter and around the country."

Left: The Commencement audience gave a Above: With President Raab are (l. to r.) resounding ovation to Benjamin Zweiter Ronald Shiftan, Edward Burns, and (center), who received his first college Nicholas Scoppetta. degree, a Hunter BA, at the age of 83.

member) that called for more teacher training. Building on that foundation, the principals Mathematics professors in Hunter’s School of and assistant principals met here again in Education are playing an important role in helping November where they were welcomed by Presi- MathMath to meet this crucial challenge. Since last fall, Pro- dent Jennifer J. Raab and Dr. David J. Hodges, fessor Frank Gardella (Curriculum and Teaching) acting dean of the School of Education. Together, has worked closely with principals, assistant princi- Gardella and his Curriculum and Teaching col- Saul Robbins Saul ExpertsExperts pals and staff developers of the 46 K-12 schools in league William Rosenthal taught "breakout ses- Work With the "Chancellor’s District"—low-performing schools sions" on problem-solving and strategies for math Work With in Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. teaching. In January, Gardella moved on to the An experienced K-12 pubic school mathe- next stage: presenting at a Chancellor’s District Low-performingLow-performing matics teacher and program supervisor, Gardel- conference specifically designed for the district’s la has lectured in 25 states and internationally. staff developers, professionals who work directly PublicPublic SchoolsSchools His many publications include the textbook with teachers to improve their pedagogical skills. or educators, or anyone Mathematical Connections: A Bridge to Algebra "One can have knowledge of a subject, but concerned about the next and Geometry (Houghton Mifflin Company), not know how to communicate it," said Gardella. Fgeneration’s mathematics which he co-authored. "Teaching well—especially to children who are skills, the numbers reveal a diffi- "We’re developing a strong relationship with not successful in mathematics—involves a differ- cult problem: 77 percent of eighth- Hunter College," said Josephine Urso, director of ent way of thinking about your own knowledge. graders in the New York City pub- professional development in the Chancellor’s Our ultimate goal," he continued, "is to help lic schools failed the statewide District, which is led by supervising superinten- these schools raise their achievement level in math exam last spring. Among dent Sandra Kase. "Professor Gardella is show- math so that they can eventually move out of the fourth-graders, 48 percent failed to ing administrators what good mathematics Chancellor’s District." meet the state’s math standards. teaching looks like in the classroom." "This outreach is consistent with our mission "These results make it clearer Three hundred Chancellor’s District admin- as an urban School of Education," noted Acting than ever that we need to rethink istrators met in early September for a weekend Dean David Hodges. "We have the expertise; we Frank Gardella how we teach math," declared retreat that opened with Gardella’s keynote also have an obligation to share our knowledge Schools Chancellor Harold Levy. The Chancellor address. "I tried to communicate from the per- with teachers and those who supervise teachers, said he was "determined" to implement the rec- spective of how children come to learn mathe- as they deal with this pressing need—the ommendations of a citywide math commission matics and understand its symbols and con- improvement of mathematics instruction in the (CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein was a cepts at different grade levels," he said. New York City schools." Calendar of College Events 2 3

ART THEATER

Feb. 19 – Mar. 16 Mon., Mar 18, 6:30 PM The Microscope and The Skeleton: Theater Visionaries: Creativity, Culture and Criticism A Digital Photomicrography of Hard Tissues* A panel discussion at the Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue. This unusual exhibit is not only a visit into the microscopic $7 for Asia Society Members, APA students, and Hunter world of hard tissues; it also demonstrates the important rela- College students. $10 all others tionship between science and current trends in graphic imaging. Wed., Mar. 20, 8 PM Feb. 27 – Apr. 20 Thurs., Mar. 21, 8 PM Second Sight: Selections of Recent Work by Alumni from the Playmaking Workshop - Special Project Presentation Second Decade of the MFA Program** A presentation of work developed with director Putu Wijaya, An exhibition of work by Hunter College visiting guest artist from Indonesia MFA classes of 1991-2001 The Frederick Loewe Theatre

Apr. 4 – May 11 Tues., Apr. 16, and Wed., Apr. 17, 8 PM Faculty Small Works* Tartuffe by Moliere Recent work by current faculty in the Hunter art department Directed by Mira Felner, Theatre Department chair RREGISTRATIONEGISTRATION Opening Reception Thurs., Apr. 4, 5:30 – 7:30 PM A play about a religious hypocrite who dupes believers for his May 15 – June 15 own ends in an Islamic land IN THE ST MFA Thesis Exhibition** The Frederick Loewe Theatre IN THE 2121ST Hunter MFA candidates offer the public an opportunity to see Tues., May 14, and Wed., May 15, 8 PM recent work by emerging artists. Final Theatrical Performance CCENTURYENTURY Opening Reception Wed., May 15, 6 – 8 PM A presentation from the playmaking workshop May 16 – June 15 The Frederick Loewe Theatre BFA Thesis Exhibition* Remember the long, slow lines you endured Presents work by undergraduate art students. For information and tickets, please call (212) 772-4448. during registration? Lines creeping molasses-like Opening Reception Thurs., May 16, 5:30 – 7:30 PM THE KAYE PLAYHOUSE through a cavernous room? There is no charge for events at the Hunter College Art Galleries. That experience will soon live only in collec- For more information and for holiday hours, please call (212) 772-4991. Events at the Kaye Playhouse are posted near the box office as * The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, SW corner of 68th Street and Lexing- they are scheduled. tive memory, thanks to a high-tech Web-based reg- ton Avenue. Hours: Mon. - Sat., 1-6 PM istration system developed by CUNY and IBM. st For information and tickets, please call (212) 772-4448. ** The Times Square Gallery, 450 West 41 Street. Hours: Tues. - Sat., 1-6 PM The system allows students to log onto the Regis- ATHLETICS trar’s Web site from any computer and register for up to five classes. The computer then checks to Fri., May 17, 5 PM make certain that the students have met all require- Athletic Banquet Alumni Events ments and that the desired class sections are open. Hawks’ 34th annual banquet wraps up the academic year and honors athletic accomplishments. Students can also view transcripts, grades, bills, 3rd Floor Dining Hall, West Building ALUMNI ASSOCIATION and information about financial aid at the Web site. To keep updated on athletic schedules and events during the academic year, call the Hunter was one of three CUNY campuses that athletics office at (212) 772-4783 or Hawks Hotline at (212) 772-4929. May 4, 2002 Visit our Web site at: http://studentweb.hunter.cuny.edu/athletic 132nd Annual Birthday Luncheon tested the program. Approximately one third of DANCE Sheraton Hotel New York Hunter’s students, selected at random, were invited For more information please contact (212) 772-4087. to participate in the pilot for the spring 2002 Wed., Mar. 20 – Sat., Mar. 23, 8 PM semester. Freshmen who had participated in an May 22, 2002 @ 7:30 PM Hunter College Dance Program’s Spring Dance Concert Alumni Association Meeting earlier test project "took to it right away," said th Dance Concert featuring student choreography and choreogra- Faculty Dining Room, 8 Floor Hunter West Senior Registrar Yechiel Rosenrauch. phy by Harkness Choreographers-in-Residence Bill Young and For more information please contact (212) 772-4087. Trisha Brown Virtually all the students in this semester’s The Kaye Playhouse CHAPTER EVENTS test program praised the Web system’s speed and convenience. Fri., May 3, 8 PM South Jersey Chapter Sharing The Legacy A meeting is scheduled for March; for more information, call "Instructions were clear and very easy to fol- National College Dance Festival presents a featured concert. Roz Reshes Sietz at (856) 428-5845. low, even for the novice Internet surfer," said one The Kaye Playhouse Sarasota Chapter student, and several commented that online regis- Fri., May 3 – Sun., May 5 April 20, 2002 tration allowed them to get "far more information" Sharing The Legacy Spring Membership Meeting than they could get when registering by phone. National College Dance Festival presents daily workshops. Contact (941) 379-0232 for more information. The Kaye Playhouse And one student called this semester’s North Broward Chapter program "the greatest registration experience Mon., May 6 – Fri., May 10, 4 – 6 PM April 2002 Diversity Through Dance Week Open Board Meeting of my life." A week of lecture/demonstrations presenting a wide variety of Contact (954) 978-9824 for more information. cultural dance styles The new Web system was implemented and Thomas Hunter Hall, 6th Floor monitored by Hunter’s Office of Instructional Queens Chapter For information, please call (212) 772-5012. June 2002 Computing and Information Technology (ICIT). Annual Spring Luncheon Because the Registrar’s Office and ICIT pro- MUSIC Contact [email protected] for more information. nounced the test a resounding success, Web regis- Wed., Mar. 20, 7 PM Rockland County Chapter tration services were made available to all Hunter Hunter Symphony For information on our 40th Anniversary plans, students on January 1. This means that Hunter stu- A program conducted by Clayton Westermann and featuring please contact (914) 352-6352. dents will be able to register online for the summer Steven Graff, pianist and fall 2002 semesters. Those who prefer to con- Assembly Hall Staten Island Chapter Wed., Apr. 3, 7 PM We have reactivated; are you interested in joining? tinue registering by telephone—an earlier Hunter Concerto Competition Concert Contact (718) 365-6352. advance over those long, slow lines—may do so. Hunter Symphony performs with student winners of the Concerto Competition. Kaye Playhouse

Mon., Apr. 15, 7 PM Duo Recital A NEW VISION FOR ROOSEVELT HOUSE Featuring Peter Basquin, pianist, and Frederich Zlotkin, cellist Kaye Playhouse he Campaign for Roosevelt House will transform the former Manhattan home of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt into an important center for domestic and international public policy — an inspiring setting Thurs., Apr. 18, 7 PM Collegium Musicum Twhere students, scholars, and civic leaders will come together to address the pressing issues of the day. In Paul F. Mueller, conductor light of recent New York City and national events, a revitalized Roosevelt House will have a critical role to play Lang Recital Hall in shaping discussion on urban public policy. Thurs., Apr. 25, 7 PM To move these plans forward, President Raab convened a committee including Hunter’s Acting Provost Ann Thurs., May 2, 7 PM Cohen, faculty, staff, and other scholars to develop the program for a public policy institute at Roosevelt House Hunter Vocal Workshop Jennifer Matthews, director that complements and builds upon Hunter’s existing academic strengths. Addi- Lang Recital Hall tionally, the College engaged two specialized architectural firms to ensure that

Wed., May 1, 7 PM plans to refurbish Roosevelt House meet the academic needs of the planned Ethnomusicology Concert public policy institute, protect the historic integrity of the house, and comply Lang Recital Hall with city and state regulations. Wed., May 8, 7 PM Many thanks are due the dozens of individuals who responded to our request Hunter College Choir last spring for their reminiscences about Roosevelt House. Many of you recalled Paul F. Mueller, conductor Assembly Hall the sense of awe and history you experienced upon first visiting the home of our great former President and First Lady. Others wrote of getting married in Roo- Thurs., May 9, 7 PM Chamber Music Workshop The Hunter Symphony, conducted sevelt House under the watchful gaze of the portrait of Sara Delano Roosevelt. Marcia Eckert, director by Clayton Westermann Roslyn Willet noted that her wedding and catered reception for 100 cost the Lang Recital Hall princely sum of $350 in 1949! Tues., May 14, 7 PM Some related memories of the various house plans or sororities and other Jazz Ensembles Concert clubs that met in the venerable town house. Some Roosevelt House Student Richard Faulkner and Priscilla Owens, directors Lang Recital Hall League guides told of meeting Hollywood actors while giving tours, and one alumna wrote of meeting Mrs. Roosevelt for tea at the house in 1950. For information and tickets, please call (212) 772-4448. From The President’s Office @

otivating students to engage in civic 2002 promises to be a year of dra- sioner of the Administration matic challenge for New York City, a activities and providing solid career for Children’s Services, who critical time that will test New Yorkers’ M received his MSW in 1995; preparation are central goals of our legendary reputation for resilience in and Edwin Mendez-Santiago, the face of adversity. True to its mis- academic programs. the new commissioner of the sion to educate students who reflect the Department for the Aging, diversity of New York and instill in them a com- who received his MSW in 1991. In addition, the new Borough President of the Bronx, mitment to serve our city, Hunter College is Adolfo Carrion, earned a master’s degree in urban planning from Hunter College in determined to play a vital role in preparing the 1990. On behalf of their alma mater, I offer congratulations to these three outstanding city’s future leaders for the difficult challenges alumni and extend our best wishes to them! that lie ahead. In order to help understand and interpret the changes brought about in our lives as At the Commencement exercises in January, a result of terrorist attacks on America, Hunter faculty members are developing a wide I awarded an honorary degree to Edward Burns, range of innovative projects. These include a February forum on the public response the dynamic young actor and filmmaker-direc- to bioterrorism; a conference in March that will examine the effects of the September tor of the award-winning film "The Brothers 11 attacks on public health and the health care delivery system; and a symposium slat- McMullen," who attended Hunter College. In his remarks at that event, Burns spoke ed for April, when faculty from Hunter’s School of Social Work will join colleagues with emotion about how Hunter’s top-notch education had prepared him to compete from other institutions in analyzing long-term emotional reactions to terrorism and on an equal footing with the graduates of any university in the country. Ed Burns’ how social workers can help those most affected. success is a testament to the ability of a Hunter education to prepare students for Hunter College is a dynamic institution. But while our environment and needs rewarding careers. constantly evolve and change, Hunter’s dedication to fostering boundless opportuni- Motivating students to engage in civic activities and providing solid career prepa- ties for personal and intellectual fulfillment remains constant. The stories about Hunter ration are central goals of our academic programs. Through its high-caliber under- people and programs that appear in this issue help bring to life the central graduate and graduate-level studies, Hunter continues to nurture students to play lead- goals of Hunter’s mission. Our commitment ing roles in public service in the governance of our great city. I am proud that two of is to keep Hunter as relevant to today’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s widely and justly praised cabinet selections are graduates students as it was to those in of Hunter College’s renowned School of Social Work: William Bell, the new commis- previous generations.

Letter From the Chair

EILEEN CAULFIELD SCHWAB opportunity to work with the Fund, the prime vehicle for financing work that the Chair of the Hunter College Foundation new president of the College, Foundation must do to forward the College’s mission. Jennifer J. Raab. I look forward I hope you will join me and the other trustees of the have been privileged to serve as the chair to continuing to work with Pres- Hunter College Foundation in making as generous a of the Hunter College Foundation since ident Raab on projects that will contribution to the fund as you can. Only through a IJuly 1. My decision to join the board of greatly benefit the Hunter Col- strong Foundation can we address President Raab’s the Foundation, and accept the position of lege community, most particu- priorities and give needed support to Hunter’s faculty chair, arises from my appreciation of the role larly the College’s students. To and students. Together, we can maintain the association that the College has played in my life and my name two prominent examples, of "excellence" with "Hunter." decision to "pay back" Hunter for what it had the College and the Foundation Moreover, valuable as your support has always given me. The excellent liberal arts and sci- are now seeking to raise funds been, it is even more appreciated today, in the ences education that I received at Hunter pre- for the renovation and reopening wake of this fall’s events. You have come forth pared me well for Columbia Law School and of Roosevelt House (the College most generously in these past months, and we my subsequent career in the law. Decades is planning a new public policy depend on your continued loyalty and commitment after my own graduation, the College continues to institute to be housed there); and for the construction as we seek to maintain and build on Hunter’s many provide the kind of education that makes me proud to of a digital media lab for the new MFA program in strengths by providing our faculty and students call it my alma mater; Hunter continues to thrive, integrated media arts. Soon you will be hearing more with the resources essential to their future, and the offering a productive and engaged faculty that attracts about these projects. future of the College. first-rate students. In recent weeks you may have received phone My best wishes to you and all of your loved ones Another privilege my new post gives me is the calls or letters asking you to contribute to the Annual for a healthy and peaceful year.

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wo Hunter alumnae who received degrees in T chemistry have been lending a hand to another gen- eration of chemists. Helen Schectman (‘38) and Dr. Rose K. Rose (‘50) returned to Hunter last fall to congratulate the newest recipients of awards they have established. The Helen Samuels Schect- man Graduate Scholarship Award in Chemistry, given annually to one or more graduate stu- dents in chemistry, was won this year by Anamike Banerjee (far left) and Milos Milkjovic (center), shown here with Professor Dixie Goss, chair of the Chemistry Department, and Mrs. Schectman. The Rose K. Rose Graduate Endowed Scholarship, also awarded to a graduate student, is given for excellent teaching. This year’s win- ner, shown (above) with Dr. Rose, was Jelena Zivkovic. Said Dr. unter was one of 15 “best-value schools” featured Rose, who taught chemistry at both Hunter and Kingsborough in the November-December issue of Careers & Col- Community College, “If it wasn’t for Hunter, I wouldn’t be where I Hleges. The magazine, targeted to high school stu- am today,” adding: “The faculty at Hunter today are just as devot- dents, wrote: “Right in the middle of Manhattan, Hunter ed as in my time.” provides an affordable and competitive environment.” News 4 5

unter faculty members are developing a wide range of innovative projects in tions, will discuss long-term emotional reactions to the terrorist threat and the ways response to President Jennifer J. Raab’s request that the College organize social workers can help people deal with these responses. Faculty in the School of H"activities that will help us understand and interpret the unconscionable acts Social Work are also studying the impact of 9/11 on people who had suffered earlier of terrorism we have witnessed." traumas. In addition, they are planning a new "As is essential for an academic institu- course on the treatment of trauma and seeking tion," said President Raab, "we are creating Faculty Developing Projects ways to incorporate research findings and practice- and supporting forums where our communi- oriented information in their existing courses. ty can come together to examine, analyze, In Response to Terrorist Threat In an especially innovative project, students in and engage in dialogue about September 11 Professor Barbara Hampton’s class in Women in and its aftermath." Music took part in the September 11 Documentary As reported in the last issue of @ Hunter, one of the College’s first programs Project of the Library of Congress’s American Folklife Center. The students inter- addressing the terrorist threat was a symposium on bioterrorism, organized by the viewed 60 New York women about their experiences on September 11 and their reac- Department of Biological Sciences, at which a panel of eminent scientists, physicians, tions to the attacks. Dr. Hampton, director of Hunter’s graduate program in ethnomu- and policymakers spoke about bacterial and viral threats facing the nation and the sicology, said that the respondents included women who worked in or near the Twin means for combating these dangers. The symposium, held in November, followed a Towers, students at schools near the World Trade Center, residents of the area, and host of earlier events designed to help the Hunter community and its neighbors cope women who lost husbands, partners, children, and friends in the attack. with the immediate aftermath of the attacks of September 11. These interviewees, she said, "present a view of the attack from various firsthand More recently, a forum on the public response to bioterrorism was held in the perspectives," while the student interviewers "learned about field work methodolo- Kaye Playhouse on February 22. Organized by Hunter’s School of Health Sciences gy—and quite a lot about women’s distinctive responses to the event." and School of Nursing, the forum featured panels on communication, public health Students in Professor Louise DeSalvo’s classes, for their part, have written narra- issues, and dialogue between communities and official agencies. tives detailing their own reactions to the terror attacks. Professor DeSalvo (English), Several related issues will be examined at a conference, scheduled for March 14, who regularly gives courses and writing workshops on "trauma and creativity," plans that will look at the impact of the September 11 attacks on environmentally related to collect students’ narratives on the reverberations of 9/11 in their lives, with an eye health issues, the public health infrastructure, and the delivery of health services. to possible publication. Hunter’s Department of Urban Public Health is cosponsoring the conference with President Raab, in addition to asking academic departments to create projects in Columbia University and CUNY. Still other aspects of life in the wake of the attacks response to 9/11, also asked Vita C. Rabinowitz, acting associate provost, and Steve will be the focus of a symposium slated for April 8, when faculty from Hunter’s Burghardt, professor of social work, to form a committee to facilitate the widest pos- School of Social Work, along with faculty and social workers from other city institu- sible exchange of ideas about these projects. continued on page 8

ohamad Bazzi left his native Lebanon for the Bazzi has reported from United States in 1985, when he was 10 years Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, Mold, and became an American citizen in 1994. Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank, His Middle Eastern background and fluent Arabic have and England; he has also cov- recently played an important role in his rapidly rising ered New York City transporta- career in journalism. tion and neighborhood issues. The same might be said of his years at Hunter— Among the Middle East stories which, Bazzi declares, “broadened my intellectual he covered prior to the terrorist understanding of issues while also helping me Prizewinning Journalist to hone my craft as a journalist.” Is On the Scene Bazzi—a reporter for Newsday whose In Islamabad, Jalalabad, Kabul attacks of 9/11 were bylined stories from the Israeli withdrawal Afghanistan and Pakistan have been appearing regularly from Southern Lebanon and the death of Syrian Presi- since mid-September—is a graduate of the CUNYBA dent Hafez Assad. (City University of New York Bachelor of Arts) pro- In June 2001 he won the Young Reporter of the gram, which allows students to attend all of the CUNY Year Award from the New York Press Club for his Mid- colleges while choosing one as their “home” school. dle East coverage. On September 16 he left once again PRESIDENT RAAB For Bazzi, that school was Hunter. for Central Asia, and he is currently on special assign- RECEIVES EDUCATOR AWARD He majored in urban studies, with a minor in media ment covering the Middle East, militant Islamic move- studies, and graduated magna cum laude in 1997. ments, and the war on terrorism. His recent articles President Jennifer J. Raab, the first-place winner A staff writer for Newsday since January 1998, have included battle coverage, continued on page 8 of the OTTY (“Our Town Thanks You”) Award in the Educator category from Our Town, accepted her award at a ceremony in January from Publish- New Director of AIDS Center Plans er/Editor-in-Chief Tom Allon, above. Every year, To Expand Research and Intervention the local weekly honors outstanding East Side leaders in 11 categories, based on nominations r. Beatrice J. Krauss, the recently appoint- Krauss says that health psychology is “a natur- from readers and community leaders. “Hunter ed executive director of the Hunter Col- al for me.” College is educating the thinking citizens of Dlege Center on AIDS, Drugs and Commu- Since 1987, the center, founded by Urban Pub- tomorrow,” President Raab told the guests and nity Health, believes strongly in grassroots lic Health Professor Nicholas Freudenberg, has other honorees. Hunter Hall of Fame member intervention. been at the forefront of a variety of community Shelly Harwayne, superintendent of District 2 in For over a decade, Krauss’ dedication to health issues, assisting New York City’s neigh- Manhattan, also won an Educator Award. HIV prevention has been grounded in a firm borhood organizations to implement and evaluate belief that community-based AIDS programs effective prevention programs on HIV/AIDS, require direct participation for successful drugs, tuberculosis, violence and related threats. and sustainable intervention. “My feeling is Many existing center programs work with clients you don’t stay in the ivory tower,” she in New York City jails.

@ explains. “You have to go out to where the Lauren Gohara In order to prevent further spread of the dis- is published by problems are.” ease, Krauss seeks to strengthen the research arm of the cen-

H UNTER C OLLEGE For Krauss and the center, that means the streets of New ter. Aided by several new grants, 18 different programs are OF T HE C ITY U NIVERSITY OF N EW Y ORK York City and beyond. Krauss’ previous work at the National under way, from health outreach to developing model pro- JENNIFER J. RAAB, President Development and Research Institutes, Inc. focused on devel- grams for HIV-affected families.

MARIA TERRONE, Director of Public Relations oping programs for HIV prevention on New York City’s Lower Krauss credits her staff of 25 for continuing to inspire her East Side, and in Miami and Mexico City. in the uphill battle to raise AIDS awareness and combat public O FFICE OF P UBLICATIONS Krauss hopes to replicate these programs at the center and complacency about the disease. “The staff is energetic and JOYCE KAPLAN, Senior Editor/Writer eventually broaden the scope of this work to include countries in absolutely committed to improving the health of the communi- ANA GOLICI, LAUREN GOHARA, Designers the Caribbean basin and Africa. She believes the center has an ty,” Krauss says. “They are an absolute joy to work with.” JOHNNIE DOUGLAS, Publications Office Manager obligation to treat “not only the immigrants in New York but their Although a native of Portland, Oregon (“I still have a pine O FFICE OF D EVELOPMENT countries of origin.” tree in my heart,” she says), Krauss recently found herself in EVELYN FRIEDMAN, Acting Executive Director of Development In her new Hunter post, Krauss faces a challenging the middle of another crisis, the bombing of the World Trade EDWARD JAWORSKI, Director of Major Gifts agenda of helping to prevent HIV/AIDS, raising awareness Center, where she maintained her recently vacated office. She JOHN J. BRUNDAGE, Director of Annual Giving about HIV/AIDS, and intervening to help families affected by says of the experience, “It’s just one of the community and NICOLE BUTHER, Director of Alumni Relations the epidemic. health challenges that we have to face.” RINKU BHATTACHARYA, Director of Financial and Information Services For Krauss the set of challenges—she also serves as a As in her work for the Center on AIDS, Drugs and Com- Send comments and suggestions to E1301, or call (212) 772-4070 professor of urban public health at Hunter—is not discour- munity Health, she concludes, “we’re fighting the good fight aging. Having grown up in a family of leukemia researchers, and we're in it together.” Women’s History Month @

hen Hunter’s Women’s Studies Program conducted a nationwide search ized the second wave. One of today’s strategies is to create alternative social and cul- last year for a new faculty member, we received nearly 200 applications. tural institutions and events outside the mainstream, for example, women’s book- WAs director of the program I had the privilege of reviewing the applica- stores, performance troupes, art collectives, and music festivals. Another current tions, and in so doing I got a bonus that I would like to share with you: an overview strategy is to work for change within institutional boundaries, for example, by cam- of the current women’s movement in the United States, insofar as it is manifested in paigning for domestic-partnership benefits within corporations. our colleges and universities. The contemporary women’s movement also works to change the unequal power At the outset I must emphasize that the relationships between women and men. For instance, the movement deals with the women’s movement is not ideologically monolith- issue of domestic violence in a variety of ways: by agitating on the state and local ic, nor has it ever been. There have always been level both for changes in the law and for better enforcement of existing laws; and many feminisms. That said, it is possible to draw also by working directly in shelters, on hot lines, and in outreach programs with indi- some general conclusions about the women’s vidual women. movement today. The current movement is not as Yet another change is that while the second wave focused on raising the con- focused or as visible as those of the past. Never- sciousness of adult women, third-wave feminists are likely to be more interested in theless, it is just as vital as any movement that has enhancing the capacities of young girls, both by helping them develop their leader- gone before; it is just as deeply committed to ship potential and by empowering them to resist gender expectations. The new wave, social change and the empowerment of girls and I’m happy to report, is already working to transform the next generation of women. women, not only within our borders but around Building on the second wave’s hard-earned realization that differences in the world, as any of its predecessors. Despite the race, region, and nation have given rise to a variegated feminism, today’s women’s backlash of the 1980s and the resulting “post- movement is charac- feminist” moment of the 1990s, the women’s terized by intense movement is still alive and growing. interregional and Young women—women in their 20s and U.S. Feminism is Alive, Active, and Evolving international network- 30s—who have joined the women’s move- ing. This is the era of ment in recent years proclaim themselves the By Jane Bowers a truly global femi- “third wave,” partly to distinguish their gen- nism. eration of feminists from those of previous waves: the first, which evolved in the At the same time, the third-wave feminist is sensitive to the local nature of nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, focused on women’s suffrage; and the sec- women’s issues: one feminism does not fit all (another lesson learned from the sec- ond, which flourished from the mid-1960s to 1982, concentrated on equal rights. But ond wave). As Barbara Smith and Gwendolyn Mink write in the Reader’s Compan- the “third wave” designation serves yet another end: it emphasizes the continuity ion to U.S. Women’s History: “Feminism generally springs from each woman’s own between generations of feminists. Though the connections between third-wave lived experience. Such experiences vary enormously….gender roles, expectations, women and their second-wave “mothers” are often frayed by the younger feminists’ and limitations are not the same for Black women and white, for poor women and sometimes public (and well-publicized) repudiations of their elders, many in the rich, for lesbians and straight women. Feminism thus challenges women to respect younger generation seek to preserve the bonds between “mothers and daughters” in differences among us and to honor, rather than appropriate, other women’s triumphs the women’s movement. and tragedies.” The key difference between the second and third wave of the women’s move- This is the challenge that the new women’s movement seeks to meet. ment is the absence in the third wave of the kind of mass social mobilization that brought about significant—often national—legal and economic changes in the status of women. The women’s movement continues to resist gender inequality, but today’s WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH LECTURES tactics of resistance differ from the confrontational activism that so keenly character- Betsy Gotbaum, recently elected New York City Public Advocate, will Jane Bowers, associate director of the CUNY Honors College: University Scholars Program and lecture on Wednesday, March 13 @ 6 pm in the Kaye Playhouse. a professor of English at Hunter, was director of Hunter’s Women’s Studies Program from 1997- 2001. Professor Bowers, who holds a doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley, Zillah Eisenstein, professor of politics at Ithaca College and author of was also chair of the Women’s Studies Program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY). Manmade Breast Cancers, will give the Bella Abzug Lecture, presented annually by Hunter’s Women’s Studies Program. The lecture will take place on Thursday, March 21 @ 6 pm in the Lang Recital Hall. Shakespeare Scholar Leads Women’s Studies Program Distinguished Professor ristina León Alfar, conversation in the Women’s Studies Program is going Named Ca faculty member to expand beyond the borders of the United States.” in Hunter’s English A specialist in Shakespeare, Renaissance drama, r. Rosalind Pollack Department since 1999, and critical theory, including feminist theory, Professor DPetchesky was recent- has been named acting Alfar has published widely in her field. Her most ly named a CUNY Distin- director of the College’s recent major work, Fantasies of Female Evil: The guished Professor—the Women’s Studies Pro- Dynamics of Gender and Power in Shakespearean highest academic rank gram. She succeeds Jane Bowers, who has been Tragedy, is soon to be published by the University of within the City University, conferred only on faculty appointed associate director of the CUNY Honors Col- Delaware Press. whose contributions are lege: University Scholars Program. Professor Alfar, Launched in 1975, the Women’s Studies Program judged to be of lasting and international significance. who will remain on the English faculty while in her that Professor Alfar now heads was one of the first to Professor Petchesky, whose many awards include a new post, earned her PhD in English literature and crit- be established anywhere, and it continues to enjoy an “genius grant” from the John D. and Catherine T. ical theory from the University of Washington. international reputation for its depth, breadth, and MacArthur Foundation, has been on the faculty of Hunter’s Women’s Studies Program is “growing on combination of scholarly rigor and social relevance. Hunter’s Political Science Department and its Women’s a daily basis,” said Dr. Alfar, adding: “We expect to The text it developed—Women’s Realities, Women’s Studies Program since 1987, and she served as the offer newly designed courses dealing with global femi- Choices—was the first textbook written for introducto- director of the Women’s Studies Program from 1987- nism and the challenges facing women in the world, and ry women’s studies courses and is considered a pioneer 1991. Among her many achievements, she is the I’m sure that with these additions to the curriculum, the in the field. founder and international coordinator of the Interna- tional Reproductive Rights Research Action Group. Professor Petchesky received a PhD in political science from Columbia University. YWCA HONORS HUNTER ALUMNA AND STUDENT he YWCA of New York City recently cited Hunter alumna Dr. Lorraine Monroe Tand Hunter student Alejandra Ospira for their outstanding achievements. Dr. Recent Grad Monroe, who received the Y’s Elizabeth Cutter Morrow Award, was honored as “a woman who makes a difference in the quality of our lives in New York and who, by Wins WREI her leadership and ability, elevates the status of all women everywhere.” Dr. Mon- Fellowship roe, president and CEO of the Lorraine Monroe Leadership Institute and founding principal of the renowned Frederick Douglass Academy in Harlem, received her BA Julie Okoniewski, who graduated this and MA in English literature from Hunter and was inducted into the Alumni Associ- January with an MS in urban affairs, ation’s Hall of Fame in 2000. Alejandra Ospira, a student with physical disabilities has received a prestigious Women’s Research and Edu- currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree, received the William I. Spencer Award, cation Institute Congressional Fellowship, awarded annu- ally to “a select number of graduate students with a which recognizes a woman who “has demonstrated unusual perseverance and a deep proven commitment to equity for women.” WREI Fellows commitment to improving her own life as well as the lives of other young people.” Lorraine Monroe work for one academic year as Congressional aides in Washington, D.C. Alumni Notes 6 7

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oon after the ter- But as much as they remember the ometimes you many young graduates are the first in their rorist attacks of struggles, they also remember the pride are so close to family to get a college degree, where stu- SSeptember 11, they felt—in their College and in their Sa thing you dents come from many countries and editorial writers and own successes—and they want today’s can’t see it. In Janu- speak many languages. Recently a young other observers of the American scene students to experience that same pride. ary, when I began writing this column, I student in the Public Service Scholar pro- began declaring that the national charac- So they send generous contributions to thought that we had to find some resolu- gram, Ana Hristova, celebrated her newly ter had changed. No longer were Ameri- S & W because they see themselves and tion for our feelings about September 11 acquired American citizenship. Her class- cans obsessed with scandal and sensa- their hopes in the plans, struggles, and and get on with our lives. But the actions mates, who were very proud of her, shared tion, the pundits announced. No longer hopes of today’s students, and because of two of our chapters on the west coast her special day by presenting her with a did we view riches, possessions, and sta- their bonds with their alma mater and its convinced me otherwise and reminded cup they had all signed and a big apple to tus as the chief aims of life. Greed and current students are so strong. me: once a New Yorker, always a New mark the occasion. selfishness were gone, and in their place But alumni are not the only support- Yorker. The chapter in San Diego wanted Alumni ask what the students are stood compassion and a profound desire ers of the Scholarship and Welfare Fund. to hear what New York was like on that like today. to bond with our fellows. Among our regular contributors—those day, and they felt the same shock we in Elaine Walsh, director of the Public Whenever I heard one of these pro- who have sent us many, many gifts—are New York did on learning that three Service Program, describes Hunter stu- nouncements, I found myself wondering: our graduates’ spouses, children, and Hunter students had been lost. The South- dents as involved citizens who look for just who were the pundits talking about? other family members. Year after year we ern California Chapter in Los Angeles, volunteer opportunities in community No one I know needed September 11 to receive letters saying “Hunter meant so celebrating their 78th birthday, titled their service, who want to understand how understand the importance of caring and much to my wife”—or sister or mother invitation “We’re in a New York State of government and private corporations community. or friend—letters that make it very plain Mind” and urged, “Please gather with operate, who want to make sure that their This is especially true of the many that although the writers didn’t attend your fellow New Yorkers in an expres- voices are heard. They also want to make men and women whom I know—or Hunter themselves, nevertheless—thanks sion of remembrance.” sure they have the necessary knowledge have corresponded with—because of to their family connections—their lives To our alumni outside the metropoli- to be real players. the Scholarship and Welfare Fund. The were touched by this college, and they tan area: be assured that we’re okay here Sylvia Fishman, the vice president commitment of these Hunter gradu- have a strong sense of commitment in New York. It’s safe to visit the city. for student affairs and dean of students, ates—and other friends of the Col- toward its students. (Come to the Spring Luncheon and cele- says that our students are serious and lege—to Hunter and its students is People who attend Hunter are spe- brate with us!) We have been made hard-working, and they struggle to main- remarkable. Year after year, S & W cial. They have grit, a powerful dedica- painfully aware of our vulnerability, but tain a balance between work and school. receives letters from alumni telling us tion to learning, an abiding concern for we have grown stronger and have cele- “Hunter means something special to them how important their Hunter education their fellows, and an uncommon interest brated the part we have played as the because it is affordable,” she says. “We has been to their careers and their lives, in the world around them. They possess family of Hunter. provided the economics and the quality, and how much they want today’s stu- these traits when they arrive at Hunter, Hunter’s alumni chapters, whether in and they’re happy here.” dents to benefit similarly from their and Hunter deepens and strengthens New York or around the country, remem- When Hunter students graduate and education. Like today’s students, they them. Hunter people have always known ber their roots and maintain their ties become alumni, they may be physically tell us, they too came from immigrant that no man or woman is an island, and with the College that gave them the gifts separated from the College, but the con- families or from families with little that we must all bond with one another if of a wonderful education and the oppor- nection remains. We should keep it going money; like today’s students, they too we are to continue calling ourselves tunity for personal growth. strong by coming to alumni events such had to struggle to get the most out of human. Alumni remain interested in the Col- as the luncheon, by participating in chap- their schooling. I look forward to hearing from you. lege. They are concerned about tuition ters or other alumni activities. We are not costs and the fact that most students must only fellow New Yorkers, wherever we ✂ work. Recent graduates who become may live, but we are also bonded through active in alumni affairs realize how help- our shared experience of intellectual and ful it is for alumni to be supportive of the personal growth at Hunter. Many alums I would like to help The Scholarship and Welfare Fund students. will say, “Hunter changed my life.” As continue to assist Hunter students. Hunter is a place of diversity, and we alums we can help the students of today celebrate that diversity. It is a place where change their lives. I am pleased to enclose my check for $______made out to:

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Class Notes NEW NYC OFFICIALS Fourteen Named to 1930s Two graduates of the Hunter College Alumni Hall of Fame Senior citizens active in public affairs will have School of Social Work have been named the opportunity to tell their remarkable stories, to major New York City government posts. The Hall of Fame Committee of The Alumni Ruth Kluger (‘50) thanks to an oral history project developed by William Bell (MSW ’91), who is currently Dorothy Epstein (’33) and launched by the Association of Hunter College presents the Author: The Right of Survival a doctoral student at HCSSW, was appoint- following awardees for 2002: Joint Public Affairs Committee for Older Adults ed commissioner of the Administration for Patricia Mackey (‘78) (JPAC). Epstein also served as a writer and edi- University Librarian/Director of the tor for A Tool Kit for Advocacy,a book just pub- Children’s Services; and Edwin Mendez- The Alumni Recognition Award for Rockefeller University Library/Alumni Leader lished by JPAC in response to requests from Santiago (MSW ’95) has been named Service to the Association and the College will be presented to Jane Matthews (‘59) groups and individuals nationwide that wanted commissioner of the Department for the Professor, Hunter College/Alumni Leader to learn the secrets of JPAC’s success as an Aging. In addition, Adolfo Carrion, Jr. Augusta Thomas (‘34) Founding Member of the New Haven Chapter Carol Poteat-Buchanan (‘63) advocacy organization. Epstein is a longtime (’90), the newly elected Bronx borough leader of JPAC. United Nations Development Fund for Women president, holds a master of urban plan- The Award for Paula Rayman (‘70) 1940s ning degree from Hunter. Outstanding Professional Achievement Director of the Radcliffe Public Policy Institute Correspondence between Estelle Spero Lynch will be presented to Clive Callender (‘59) Diane Rendon (‘71) (’43) and her fiancé during World War II was Community relations manager Sobeida Cruz included in War Letters: Extraordinary Corre- Transplant Surgeon Director of the Hunter-Bellevue (’76) was selected by the New York Power School of Nursing spondence from American Wars,a collection Authority as its Woman Achiever of the Year. published by Simon & Schuster. The following alumni have been elected to Paula Schwartz (‘45) Michael Sharpe (’79) was named Veteran Jour- the Hall of Fame: Romance Novel Writer Millicent (Gerson) Dillon’s (’44) most recent nalist of the Year 2001 by the Press Association book, Harry Gold: A Novel, published by The of the island of Jamaica. He is the news and Patrick Carroll (‘73) Barbara Scott (‘53) Overlook Press, was named a New York Times current affairs editor for Television Jamaica. Police Commissioner of New Rochelle Alumni Service Book Review Notable Book, and was a finalist for the 2001 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. 1980s Adolfo Carrion, Jr. (‘90) Shirley Scott (‘56) Bronx Borough President Alumni Service 1950s Artwork by Peter Hristoff (’83) was featured in a solo exhibition at the David Beitzel Gallery in Melissa Freeman (‘47) At the Annual Luncheon of the Alumni Asso- Eleanor Strauss Rosenast’s (’51) Do Right and New York. Assistant Attending in Internal Medicine ciation, to be held on Saturday, May 4, at Fear No One, the true story of Paul Gruninger, a Sister Patricia Larkin (’86) is the new co-direc- at Beth Israel Medical Center the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers, Swiss policeman who helped 3,500 Jewish tor of the Alibrandi Catholic Center at Syracuse Erich Jarvis (‘89) all newly elected members of the Hall of refugees cross the border into Switzerland in University. Neuroethologist, Duke University Medical Center Fame, as well as the honor awardees, will 1938, was just released by Perfection Learning, be presented to the assembled guests. a K-12 publisher. Kelly Ace (’87) is the new executive director of Eve (Falk) Haberman (‘54) the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Alice Struhl (’59) was voted employee of the President, Women’s Auxiliary/Congregation Phyllis Glantz affiliate in Media, PA. CASA, a national nonprofit year by 500 fellow staff members at Schervier Board of Trustees, Congregation Emanu-El, NY Chairperson, Hall of Fame Committee agency, trains volunteers to represent the inter- Nursing Care Center, in Riverdale, NY, where she ests of abused and neglected children. works in the intake department. Charles Barron (’87) has been elected to This is your only invitation 1960s the New York City Council. Take unless you are a member of a milestone class Anthropologist Nancy Bonvillain’s (’66) Native a Nations: Cultures and Histories of Native North 1990s 1927 1942 1957 1972 1987 America,a survey of aboriginal Indian cultures, Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Zulma L. 1932 1947 1962 1977 1992 was published by Prentice Hall. Novoa (’90) graduated from basic military train- Tour – 1937 1952 1967 1982 1997 ing at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX. Linda O. Stanford (’67) was named registrar 1952 Golden Anniversary Class Donna Devlin-Young (’94) is and assistant to the provost for curriculum and 1977 Silver Anniversary Class catalog at Michigan State University. Her previ- the new television producer for he Office of See ous positions at MSU have included chairperson “Health Partners,” a health, Alumni Rela- of the department of art, and associate dean for education, and lifestyle televi- Ttions is plan- Old THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION sion show sponsored by South- graduate studies and research. ning to offer tours of OF HUNTER COLLEGE ern New Hampshire Medical th Ann Lynn Lipton (’68) has joined the United the 68 Street cam- Center. Friends Jewish Community of the Virginia Peninsula as pus on Friday, May cordially invites you and your guests to celebrate executive director. Beatrice Lassus Schnitzler 3, the day before the (’99) was honored at a ceremo- Birthday Luncheon. 1970s ny celebrating the culture of If you are interested in taking a tour, THE nd BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Diane Davies (’70) received an award in recog- disability at Queensborough please call the Alumni Office at 132 nition of her community service from the YWCA Community College. Confined to (212) 772-4085 or visit our Web site OF HUNTER COLLEGE of Ulster County, NY. Davies develops and super- a wheelchair by cerebral palsy, (www.hunter.cuny.edu/advancement) nd vises high school and adult education programs. she earned her MS in special for details and registration. Saturday, May 4, 2002 Mimi Caulfield Weisinger (’70) is serving a education and now teaches at At our Birthday Luncheon on 11:00 am Milestone Class Reunions second term as president of the Eastern Bergen PS 138 in Manhattan. Saturday, May 4, we look forward to 12:00 noon General Reception County (NJ) Board of Realtors. seeing our milestoners and all other 132 2000s alumni. Many classes did not have 1:00 pm Birthday Luncheon William T. Smith (’71) received the New York Kishaya Dudley (’02),a dance presidents or class leaders to orga- 3:30 pm Afternoon Reception Association of Homes and Services for the major who just received her nize events, but for the luncheon we Aging’s 2001 Lawrence E. Larsen Award for out- bachelor’s this January, per- encourage you to do some organiz- SHERATON NEW YORK HOTEL AND TOWERS standing long-term care administrators. He is forms the lead role opposite ing and sit with friends or a chapter president and chief executive officer of Aging in Seventh Avenue and 53rd Street, New York, NY 10021 Michael Jackson in a long- that holds special meaning for you. America, a group of nonprofit agencies providing anticipated music video Whatever your affiliation, we look services to seniors. Sixty-five Dollars R.S.V.P. released last fall. Another forward to seeing you and having a Attorney Colleen Kellman (’73) was re-elected Hunter graduate, Vanessa large turnout to affirm our strength Please detach and return to: vice chairman of the Planning and Zoning Com- Coblentz (’01), also dances in as Hunter alumni. Alumni Association of Hunter College mission of Ridgefield, CT. the video. Anniversary and Birthday Celebration 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021

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Faculty Projects continued from page 4 Journalist On the Scene continued from page 4 Speaking at the committee’s first meeting, attended by interviews with Afghan and Pakistani leaders, and analy- HUNTER MOURNS A LOSS faculty from all areas of the College, Dr. Rabinowitz sis of the current conflict. The Hunter College community has been devas- stressed that the purpose of Hunter’s post-9/11 efforts was The challenge that his current assignment poses, he tated by the tragic death of Douglas Dibble, an not only to meet each project’s immediate goal but also to says, is that “the region is marked by tremendous com- adjunct assistant professor in the Art Department achieve two of the College’s major goals: to "build the plexity. Afghanistan and Pakistan—and the Middle East and the much-loved manager of the Hunter MFA strength and cohesion of the Hunter community while also as a whole—have a long history, including constantly advancing Hunter’s position as a resource for the wider Building on West 41st Street. Dibble, who had an shifting alliances among various groups and factions that community." Added Dr. Burghardt: "In all of these projects MFA (‘93) from Hunter, was led to recent events. As a journalist I want to shed some the President is seeking excellence, collaboration among killed by a hit-and-run driver departments and individual faculty members, community, light on phenomena not widely understood in the United after leaving the building on and diversity of opinions, ideas, programs, and people: all States. Achieving this is not easy.” November 30. longtime Hunter hallmarks." Although now only 26, Bazzi has a long record of “Mr. Dibble was a talent- Among other projects under way or under considera- impressive accomplishments. He was a freelance writer ed artist who leaves behind a tion are these: for Newsday during his years at CUNY, and he wrote for wife, young child, and many The Center on AIDS, Drugs and Community Health Queens weekly newspapers and for New Youth Connec- grieving friends and colleagues is tracking the effects of the terror attacks on people with tions—a publication by and for teenagers—when he was at Hunter College,” said Presi- AIDS. a student at Bronx High School of Science. In his junior dent Jennifer J. Raab. “We Faculty in the departments of philosophy, political sci- year at Hunter he won the Scripps Howard Foundation’s urge anyone who may have ence, and sociology, among others, are discussing the polit- prestigious Lighthouse Scholarship, a $15,000 award information about this heinous, ical, ideological, and philosophical questions related to the established to recognize outstanding journalism students. cowardly act to call the Douglas Dibble post-9/11 environment, with a view to organizing panels in authorities.” The Office of the which outside experts would examine these issues. He was selected from over 700 applicants nationwide. Born in Beirut, Bazzi came to the United States with President is offering a reward of $1,000 to anyone Psychology Department faculty have led class discus- providing information to the Port Authority Police sions on ways of coping with post-9/11 stress and have an older brother. He has another brother in France and that leads to the arrest of the responsible individual. sought to learn how students want their professors and one in Spain, and their parents and a sister remain in The contact number at the Port Authority is (201) classes to treat the issues. (Among the findings: students Lebanon. Like many other Lebanese families, Bazzi 216-6800. want to hear more from American Muslims.) notes, his was scattered because of the long civil war in "The issues that have arisen from the events of Sep- At President Raab’s request, the New York City their homeland. Department of Transportation conducted an examina- tember 11 raise fundamental long-term questions," said English is Bazzi’s third language; he learned both President Raab at the inaugural meeting of the coordinating tion of the traffic conditions near the MFA building. Arabic and French as a child in Lebanon, and English committee, "and we must be prepared to address them, not As a result of their inspection, some improvements only today, not only this year, but on a continuing basis. The after he came to the United States. But when the award- have already been implemented and additional mea- initiatives we are developing are part of our service mission winning journalist speaks, all that distinguishes him from sures are planned. as citizens of New York City, and our College is an impor- many other twenty-something Americans is that he is The family has established a college scholarship tant participant in the resurgence of the city." soft-spoken—and modest. fund for Douglas’s daughter, Wallace. Contributions may be sent directly to: Kirsten Westphal, 34-51 82nd Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Checks should be DAILY NEWS COLUMNIST TO TEACH AT HUNTER made payable to The Wallace Evelyn Dibble Scholar- ship Fund. ulitzer-Prize-winning journalist Karen She has also won awards from the Asso- Hunter—who made news herself as the ciated Press, Sigma Delta Chi, the Deadline Pfirst African-American woman to write a Club, and other organizations for her editori- news column for the Daily News—will be als on such topics as school reform and child sharing her professional skills and experience welfare. with Hunter College students. “I’m looking Hunter joined the Daily News in 1988 as forward to teaching at Hunter,” she said, a sports writer and went on to serve as a staff “where the students are so stimulating and reporter in the Metro Section; a business jour- have such interesting backgrounds.” nalist focusing on minority and sports-related Hunter will be teaching a course in basic business; and a feature writer covering enter- reporting and feature writing this semester as a tainment stories. Her series on rap music won visiting assistant professor in the Department of an award from the National Association of Film and Media Studies. “Karen Hunter brings Black Journalists. award-winning, real-world experience into the Hunter has published four books. classroom that will surely benefit our students,” Among them is I Make My Own Rules, the said Professor Stuart Ewen, the department chair. autobiography of rapper/actor LL Cool J (St. Martin’s Before her news column assignment, Hunter was a Press, 1997), which was both a New York Times and nation- member of the Daily News editorial board, which won a al best-seller. Pulitzer Prize in 1999 for its editorial campaign to save Hunter holds a BA in English literature from Drew Harlem’s Apollo Theatre. University. HUNTER HOSTS FIRST-TIME EVENT ew York Times journalist Nina Bernstein FOR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND (below), author of a recent book on children in COLLEGE COUNSELORS foster care, lectured last N ounselors who guide students in the college selection December at the School of process and principals from high schools in the greater New Social Work. During the recep- C York area heard about the best Hunter has to offer at a reception tion, Dr. James R. Dumpson, for- at the Columbus Club. Organized by Joseph Fantozzi (at micro- mer commissioner of New York phone), director of pre-admission services and scholarship pro- City’s Human Resources Admin- grams, the event showcased Hunter’s academic excellence, value istration, chatted with President and location. Through an eye-catching, PowerPointTM presenta- Raab (left). The event was host- tion, counselors learned of Hunter’s exceptional faculty, chal- ed by the school’s National lenging courses of study, many support services and active cam- Resource Center for Foster Care pus life. Speakers included President Raab, outstanding students and Permanency Planning. and key Hunter staff. Rob Klein

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