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he experiment is to be tried… whether the children of the people, ‘Tthe children of the whole people, can be educated; whether an institution of learning, of the highest grade, can be successfully controlled by the popular will, not by the privileged few, but by the privileged many.” — Horace Webster Founding Principal, The Free Academy CUNYcuny.edu/news • THE CITY UNIVERSITYMatters OF NEW YORK • FOUNDED 1847 SUMMER 2013 GRANTS&HONORS

Recognizing Faculty Achievement

HE UNIVERSITY’S renowned Small faculty members continually Twin professional-achieve- ment awards from prestigious organizations as well as research grants from govern- ment agencies, farsighted foun- dations and leading corpora- Morabia tions. Pictured are just a few of the recent honorees. Brief sum- maries of many ongoing research projects start here and continue inside. Vice Chancellor for Cano Research Gillian Small is the principal investigator for a collaborative project involving CUNY, Columbia University and New York University that is Chancellor Goldstein with known as the NSF I-Corps New Interim Chancellor Kelly York City Regional Innovation at the CUNY Welcome Center Mondesir Node, or NYCRIN, and is designed to fast-track research to the marketplace under a three-year $3.74 million grant MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN, CUNY’S CHAMPION, RETIRES from the National Science Foundation. “Its aim,” Vice Chancellor Small said, “is to William P. Kelly Is Named Interim Chancellor Chan become a global leader in technology innovation and ILLIAM P. KELLY, president of the Graduate Trustees approved President Kelly to serve in the interim post entrepreneurial business School and University Center, has been named starting July 1. development by leveraging the interim Chancellor following Matthew Goldstein’s “I want to say what an honor it is to carry forward the extraor- existing innovation ecosystem in 14-year tenure that transformed the University dinary work of Chancellor Goldstein,” Kelly said at the April 23 New York City, which meshes into a truly integrated world-class institution, Board Executive Session unanimously approving his perfectly with other current revamped and expanded to promote academic suc- appointment. “I am grateful beyond words for your confidence. I Molina initiatives aimed towards cess and access for students of all levels. pledge my very best effort to be worthy of that confidence.” W building research and President Kelly, a distinguished scholar of American literature, Chancellor Goldstein’s announcement that he would step entrepreneurship at CUNY.” vice chairman of the CUNY Research Foundation, and trustee of down brought expressions of praise for his leadership, and cast a NYCRIN will offer educational the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, has served the spotlight on an extraordinary period in CUNY history that began and networking services to all University for nearly four decades. when a mayoral task force, led by Benno Schmidt, former presi- regional technology start-up At Chancellor Goldstein’s recommendation, the Board of ‰ Continued on page 8 entities. Auguste Debra Auguste of City College has been awarded INSIDE $2,295,000 from the National Non-Profit Org PAGE Institutes of Health for CUNYMatters U.S. Postage More Access, Diversity “Personalized Therapeutics for Office of University Relations PAID With Transfers, Development Permit # 153 2 Inhibiting Breast Cancer 205 East 42nd St. New Haven, CT New York, NY 10017 Steiner Metastasis.” David Steiner of PAGE Martin Luther King Hunter College has received 6 At City College in 1963 $890,459 from the N.Y. State Education Department for “2008-2013 21st Century PAGE Getting the Community Learning Centers 12 Know-How Program.” The National to Provide Jafari Endowment for the Humanities has provided $157,807 to Clare Financial Savvy Carroll of the Graduate School and University Center for PAGE Timing Your “Researching Early Modern Retirement Manuscripts and Printed Books.” 14 Marzie Jafari of Lehman College Friebel Continued on page 3 ‰ CMsummer13_CM Spring 09 6/4/13 6:42 PM Page 2

THECHANCELLOR’SDESK Dr. King Spoke to My Life Chancellor Matthew Goldstein graduated from The City College of New York in June 1963 at a turbulent time in the nation’s history — the height of the Civil Rights movement. He reflected on his own graduation, and on the challenge posed by its celebrated CUNY Transfers, commencement speaker, in his own commencement address to CCNY’s Class of 2013. The following column, Dr. Goldstein’s last as Chancellor, is excerpted from his address. For the full address see: cuny.edu/chancellors-speech

IFTY YEARS AGO, I sat in Lewisohn That day in June 1963 was an awakening New Facilities Stadium, waiting for my CCNY for me. I began to focus more deeply on the diploma. I was in my best shirt and road ahead. The way I made choices started tie, my mortarboard was square on to change. Was I only doing the expected, my head — and, I admit it, I was a what might make me look good? Or was I Flittle bored. trying to do good? The truth wasn’t always Drive Access and But something unusual happened the comforting. But over the years, I began to night of June 12, 1963 — because the speaker understand that when I attempted difficult who rose to address our class was Dr. Martin things because I knew they had the potential Luther King Jr. for real impact, the answers to those ques- It was less than 24 hours after civil rights tions changed. Expanded Diversity activist Medgar Evers had been murdered. My life has taken turns I never could have And one day after Gov. George Wallace had expected. I certainly never expected to be RANSFER STUDENTS are streaming into the University’s tried to prevent two black students from chancellor of this wonderful institution — four-year baccalaureate colleges at unprecedented rates — entering the all-white University of the most fulfilling choice I ever made. expanding diversity as a CUNY redefined by a decade of Alabama. And just one night after President I grew up on Manhattan’s Lower East improved academics, record-breaking enrollments and Kennedy’s televised address in support of his Side in a family that didn’t have much. $1.8 billion in campus facility upgrades is increasing access civil rights bill. When I came to CCNY, I encountered a mag- to a high-value education as never before. So Dr. King wasn’t at City College to sug- ically different world. It was like being let The upward transfer trend, evident among all major gest how we might achieve personal success. into a secret place in the city, an enclave of racial and ethnic groups — Asians, blacks, Hispanics and whites — has He was there to tell us what our education great architecture, smart people and big Tenhanced racial diversity at the 11 senior colleges, where transfers was really for. ideas — just like it is today. Since then, I’ve increased from 15,423 in 2001-2002 to 24,056 in 2011-2012. We live in a day of great crisis, Dr. King seen thousands of graduates have their lives The trend not only spotlights an increasingly well-trod path told us. Our dilemma was that “we have transformed by it. In turn, they’ve of access to CUNY’s baccalaureate programs, but also the allowed the means by which we live to out- transformed the lives of countless others. robust mobility within its more tightly integrated system of distance the ends for which we live.” A com- That journey happened because Dr. colleges. A majority — 62 percent — of the transfers came plete education, he said, bestows not only King was right. There is no room for from within the University, and almost all of the within- “the power of concentration” but also “wor- boredom or apathy or silence in your CUNY transfers, 87 percent, moved from a less-selective thy objectives upon which to concentrate.” life. “Human progress never rolls in college to a more selective one, according to the Office of Dr. King’s call for moral clarity and action on the wheels of inevitability,” Dr. Institutional Research. carried to every corner of the stadium King said 50 years ago. “Human Broken down by race, the 10-year transfer trend is a through his emotion, his cadence, the timbre progress comes through the tireless significant factor in expanding CUNY’s diversity — of his voice. “We must honestly see that the efforts and the persistent work of dedi- A majority — already a given with the overwhelming number of fresh- harvest of violence that we are now reaping cated individuals.” • men entering from New York City’s diverse public and is due to seeds of apathy planted in the past,” Graduates, you haven’t reached this 62% private high school systems. he said. What’s more, the violence wasn’t day in order to be something; you’ve — of the From 2001-2002 to 2011-2012, Asian transfer enroll- just a result of “the vitriolic words and reached this day in order to do something transfers ment in the four-year colleges went up from 2,230 to actions of the bad people,” but “the appalling — something meaningful. Dr. King under- 4,593 or 19.1 percent of the transfer enrollment; black silence and apathy of the good people.” stood that graduation isn’t about accom- came from within transfer enrollment increased from 4,473 to 5,879, or And indeed, there was silence in the stadi- plishment; it’s about commitment. the University, 24.4 percent; Hispanic transfers climbed from 3,151 um. Word by word, my own boredom and Education doesn’t bestow privilege, but and almost all to 5,651 or 23.5 percent of baccalaureate transfer apathy were held up to me. My classmates responsibility. of the within-CUNY enrollment, and white transfer numbers went up and I were confronted by this truth, straight I’m reminded of a story about a tribal transfers, from 5,539 to 7,884 or 32.8 percent. from the soul: our apathy was a weapon for elder living his last days on an Indian reser- These trends, along with a decade of improving others to use. vation. He is accosted by three thugs, who 87% one-year retention rates among black and Two months later, during Dr. King’s his- taunt him. One says, “If you’re such a wise moved from Hispanic full-time freshmen in the baccalaureate toric speech at the March on Washington, I man, then you should be able to answer this programs, have contributed to steady increases heard some of the same words he had said at question: I have a bird in my hand. Old a less-selective in black and Hispanic baccalaureate enrollment. City College, including his unforgettable man, is the bird alive or dead?” If the old college to a more This diverse profile is likely to remain stable for ending: “With this faith, we will be able to man says the bird is alive, the thug will selective one. the foreseeable future, based on the improving transform the jangling discords of our nation pinch the beak and it will die. If he answers retention rates, rising graduation rates at the into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood …. that it’s dead, the thug will open his hand CUNY-feeding New York City public schools when all of God’s children … will be able to and the bird will fly away. The old man is and the upward transfer trend. join hands and sing in the words of the old silent for a moment. Then he says, “The CUNY is one of the most diverse public uni- Negro spiritual, ‘Free at last! Free at last! answer is in your hands.” versity systems in the country — with black, Hispanic and white Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!’ ” And so it is with you. students each representing more than a quarter of all undergradu- ates, and Asians 18 percent — according to fall 2011 figures. In fact, the University has the highest percentage of blacks enrolled in senior BOARDOFTRUSTEES []colleges, the second-highest percentage of Asians and the third high- The City University of New York CUNYMatters est percentage of Hispanics when compared with the six other largest and most diverse public systems, including the State University of Benno Schmidt Philip Alfonso Berry Matthew Goldstein Jay Hershenson New York and systems in California, Connecticut, Florida, New Chairperson Vice Chairperson Chancellor Secretary of the Board of Trustees and Senior Vice Chancellor for University Relations Jersey and Texas, according to the National Center for Education Statistics’ Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. Valerie L. Beal Hugo M. Morales Michael Arena University Director for Communications and Marketing Students hail from 208 countries of origin, 58 percent of undergradu- Wellington Z. Chen Brian D. Obergfell Kristen Kelch Managing Editor ates are female and 28 percent of students are 25 or older. Rita DiMartino Peter Pantaleo The University’s community college enrollment has also increased Rich Sheinaus Director of Graphic Design Freida D. Foster Kathleen M. Pesile among all racial groups from fall 2001 to fall 2011, according to Judah Gribetz Carol Robles-Román Charles DeCicco, Ruth Landa, Neill S. Rosenfeld Writers University figures. The surge has been fueled in part by transfer stu- Joseph J. Lhota Charles A. Shorter Miriam Smith Issue Designer dents, whose enrollment rose from 11,293 in 2001-2002 to 14,713 in Jeffrey Wiesenfeld André Beckles Photographer 2011-2012, a trend reflected among all racial/ethnic groups. Articles in this and previous issues are available at cuny.edu/news. Freshman enrollment also rose substantially at the community Kafui Kouakou Terrence F. Martell Letters or suggestions for future stories may be sent to the Editor by e-mail to colleges — from 24,217 in 2001-2002 to 34,340 in 2011-2012 – and Chairperson, Chairperson, [email protected]. Changes of address should be made University Student Senate University Faculty Senate through your campus personnel office.

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Continued from page 1 has received $109,512 from the Hospital League, Local 1199, for “BSN RN BRIDGE.” Carlos Molina of Hostos Community College has Building received grants totaling $2,962,608 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services To Meet and the N.Y. State Education Department for the following: “Health Profession Opportunity Grant Growing to Serve TANF Recipients: Allied Health Career Needs Pipeline;” “Vocational Educational Program;” and the “Liberty Partnerships Program” — as Senior, well as $783,812 from the U.S. Department of comprehensive Labor/Employment and Training Administration and community for “TAA CCT/Career Pathways,” co-directed by colleges have John Jay College of Medgar Evers Lehman City Tech College Fern Chan; and $709,087 from the N.Y. City all seen Criminal Justice College College $406 million of Staten Human Resources Administration, with Corwin significant, New, $650 million New, $235 New, $77 academic Island Spivey, for “JOBS PLUS.” value-enhanc- campus on million million building to $200 million ing facilitiy Manhattan’s West Side academic building building showcasing address the interdisciplinary high- John Jay College has received $5,100,000 improvements. its strength in plant- college’s acute performance from the Center for Economic science education space shortage is computational center Opportunity for the “New York under way is in the pipeline City Justice Corps,” directed by Ann Jacobs. The N.Y. State Education Department has awarded $473,893 to Marcie Wolfe Wolfe and Paul Wasserman of Lehman College for “Workforce Investment Act” and $150,000 to Marcie Wolfe for “Adult took place among all racial groups except for white students, and community colleges have all seen significant, value-enhanc- Literacy Education.” Mirian Detres-Hickey of whose freshman numbers have essentially remained stable. ing facilities improvements. John Jay College of Criminal Queens College has received $213,180 from the Graduation rates at the University for students of all races Justice has a new, $650 million campus on Manhattan’s West U.S. Department of Education for “Queens [have increased dramatically in recent years. The six-year gradua- Side. ] College Disabled Student Services.” Thomas tion rate for Asian and white students increased 13.8 percentage Other upgrades at comprehensive and community colleges Friebel of Kingsborough Community College has points between the freshman cohorts of 1995 and 2005, while that have been completed or are under way include Medgar received $120,000 from Single Stop USA for an the graduation rate for black and Hispanic students went up Evers College’s new, $235 million academic building, a “On-Campus Single Stop Center.” more — by 14.4 percentage points. Between 2001 and 2011, the $31 million Academic Village at Kingsborough number of bachelor’s degrees earned by black students rose 16.3 Community College and a new $77 million build- Jane Cramer, a government information percent, from 4,055 to 4,714. The number earned by Hispanic ing at Lehman College showcasing its strength in specialist and associate professor at Brooklyn students sharply increased by 48.2 percent, from 2,727 to 4,042. plant-science education. College Library, received the N.Y. Library Driven primarily by rising graduation rates in the city’s public At City Tech, a $406 million aca- Association Government Information high schools, overall undergraduate enrollment has grown sub- demic building to address the col- Roundtable’s Mildred Lowe Award for stantially, by 70,000 students, over the past decade. It crested at lege’s acute space shortage is under “continuing leadership to the field, more than 272,000 — approximately 105,000 in associate pro- way; at the College of Staten Island, professionalism with ongoing impacts on grams and some 114,000 pursuing baccalaureate degrees — dur- a $200 million interdisciplinary • The upward government information users and service transfer trend ing the 2011-2012 academic year. high-performance computational , providers.” Angela Anselmo has accepted the center is in the pipeline, and there evident among 2012-2013 NASPA Excellence HE SURGING DEMAND for classroom seats has been are design funds for a $120 million all major racial Gold Award in Administrative, fed by the strengthening of academic standards in the academic village/conference cen- and ethnic groups, Assessment, Information senior colleges, including establishment of The ter at York College to house class Technology, Fundraising, Macaulay Honors College at CUNY and other college- and conference rooms, a has enhanced Professional Development and based honors programs — and the creation of stronger bookstore, student government, racial diversity related categories, on behalf of college-readiness programs in the community clubs and lounges. at the Baruch College’s SEEK Anselmo colleges including the model Stella and Charles This past fall a new library Program. NASPA is a leading Guttman Community College and the graduation-rate- opened at Bronx Community 11 association for the advancement, health and T boosting Accelerated Study in Associate Programs, College; Borough of Manhattan senior sustainability of the student affairs profession. or ASAP. Community College’s Fiterman colleges, Queens College has received $527,940 The University’s Invest Hall, rebuilt after its destruction where transfers from the Centers for Disease Control/NOISH for a in CUNY campaign has on 9/11, opened for classes; and increased from “World Trade Center Heart Cardiovascular Health raised $2.3 billion since the CUNY Law School moved to Impact and Prediction of Incident (Primary and 2004 to fund initiatives a new, modern facility in Long 15,423 Subsequent) Cardiovascular Events Among First such as student scholar- Island City. in 2001-2002 to Responders” project directed by Alfredo ships, and CUNY is now CUNY’s integrated system of Morabia. Jonathan Cornick of Queensborough in the midst of an exten- 24 colleges and schools encom- 24,056 Community College is a co-director, with Umesh sive capital construction passes 11 senior and compre- in 2011-2012. Nagarkatte of Medgar Evers College, of a program, with $1.8 billion hensive, and seven community $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of spent so far to expand colleges. The new CUNY is ASIAN transfer Education for a “Minority Science Improvement • student capacity at col- expanding academic access enrollment in the four- Program.” The National Institutes of lege campuses across the and entry points, and upgrad- Health/National Institute on Aging has awarded year colleges went up five boroughs. ed facilities, at all institution- $150,908 to Laura Rabin of Brooklyn College for Antiquated facilities al levels — raising the overall quality of the 19.1% “SCORE: Cognitive Complaints in a Diverse have been upgraded and system while attracting new students to an array of educational BLACK transfers Cohort of Elders: Novel Assessment • new buildings housing opportunities. increased [ ] Approaches.” Nieves Angulo of Hostos 21st-century classrooms, Opportunities are also expanding as a result of the University’s Community College has received $114,382 from laboratories, libraries and increased commitment to adult and continuing education, 24.4% the U.S. Department of Education for “CILES — meeting spaces have been English-language immersion and GED classes. Online degree HISPANIC transfers HSI Title V-Strengthening Hispanic Serving • constructed, transform- programs coordinated through the School of Professional Studies climbed Institutions.” ing the CUNY student are also creating new options for returning adults and students in 23.5% experience and fueling the workforce seeking training and advanced education. Craig Levinsky of City College has been • WHITE transfers the city’s economy with The University has also broadened its educational outreach awarded $646,678 from the U.S. Department of went up steady construction jobs over the last dozen years through satellite educational centers in Education for “Increasing Retention and in the process. city neighborhoods infused with immigrants seeking credit and Graduation Rates through Enhanced Pedagogy 32.8% Senior, comprehensive noncredit courses. and Improved Technology.” The N.Y. 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Continued from previous page AVE YOU HEARD? What community college was named one of the nation’s top dents visit- Department of Education has $347,711 to Jamie Hfour, earning it a $100,000 prize? And which University college is the latest to ed booths and Bleiweiss of Hunter College for “Professional add doctorate degrees? Or what you’ll find at the new administrative offices gathered brochures from the University’s Development Services in Special Education: CUNY has relocated to on 42nd Street? Asperger’s Syndrome/ASD leading institutions, includ- Nest Program.” The N.Y. ing Hunter, Baruch, Queens and State Department of State CUNY Chancellor Matthew Brooklyn Colleges. At a reception to has awarded $175,000 to Goldstein, already a member of kick off the fair, Senior Vice Chancellor Bronx Community College for the national Business-Higher for University Relations Jay Hershenson “Institutional Improvement,” Education Forum (BHEF), has said CUNY had a “great interest in expand- Kellawon directed by Blanche accepted an invitation to join its Executive ing education in the Colombian communi- Kellawon. Marie Segares Committee. The Forum — America's oldest ty.” Indeed at the University, outreach to and Bonne August of New York City College of organization of senior business and higher immigrant communities has led to 51 per- Technology have received grants totaling education executives dedicated to advancing cent growth in Hispanic student enrollment. $269,985 from the N.Y. State Education innovative solutions to education and work- Also at the reception, Colombian Consul Department for the “Smart Scholars” project. force challenges — focuses on improving General Elsa Gladys Cifuentes Aranzazu . After 55 years in CUNY moves to midtown college and work readiness, access and suc- spoke about the importance of education for a former New York City Health Department City College has received $666,309 from the cess as well as on promoting the country's Colombians. “The American dream should building at 535 E. 80th St., the University’s National Science Foundation for “Investigating leadership in Science, Technology, be to educate yourselves and your children. administrative offices have been relocated How Cloud Processes Alter the Effects of Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). ... Education is what makes us equal,” she Midlatitude Cyclones on the Atmospheric General from the Upper East Side near the East River said. A memo of understanding was also to a centrally located, 170,000-square-foot Circulation,” directed by William Rossow. The The College of Staten Island was official- signed this year by CUNY officials and the headquarters at 205 E. 42nd St. in midtown Afghanistan Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, ly registered as a doctoral-degree granting Colombian consul in New York to establish Manhattan. The University occupies seven Martyrs and Disabled/UNICEF has awarded institution in New York State on Feb. 5, more collaboration between the University renovated floors of the pre-war building $644,713 to Martha Bragin of Hunter College for when Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo approved the and the Colombian community. under a 30-year purchase-lease arrangement the “Development of National Occupational amendment to CUNY's long-range master with the Durst Organization. CUNY Skills Standards for Social Work with a Focus on plan. The completion of the three-year pro- Kudos to Kingsborough, recently named purchased the space, formerly used by the Child Protection.” The N.Y. City Office of cess from proposal-to-signature allows CSI one of America’s top four community col- Pfizer pharmaceutical company, for a 30- Emergency Management has awarded $299,659 to join the ranks of leges by the 2013 Aspen Institute College year term, after which it will revert back to to the CUNY School of Professional Studies, in Hunter and City Excellence Program — earning it a $100,000 Durst Organization ownership. Proceeds partnership with the Christian Regenhard Center Colleges as the only prize. “Kingsborough Community College from the sale of the 80th St. building will for Emergency Response Studies at John Jay CUNY campuses has achieved strong results in graduation, offset costs at 42nd Street for the first five College and the Queens College Department of other than the transfer and employment outcomes while years. The proceeds will also purchase state- Computer Science, for “Maintenance and CUNY Graduate working with an extremely diverse group of of-the-art scientific equipment for the CUNY Support for the Sahana Disaster Management Center to confer students, many who face challenging life Advanced Science Research Center, a System,” under the direction of John Mogulescu, doctoral degrees to its students. “The circumstances,” said the Aspen Institute University-wide research hub that will open senior university dean for academic affairs and College of Staten Island being awarded doc- program’s executive director, Josh Wyner. next year on the City College campus. dean of the CUNY School of Professional Studies. toral granting status speaks volumes to the “Its staff and faculty are deeply committed Among the main administration functions academic rigor of our curriculum and the to removing the roadblocks that keep so The N.Y. City Department of Health and relocating to the new midtown offices is the expertise of our faculty,” said Fred Naider, many community college students from fin- Mental Hygiene, Via Public Health Solutions, has University's Welcome Center, above, which interim provost and senior vice president for ishing what they start.” CUNY Chancellor awarded two grants totaling $736,303 to Travis provides services and information to thou- Wendel of John Jay College academic affairs. Matthew Goldstein noted that “an impres- sands of prospective students. The Welcome sive 60 percent of its students transfer to for a “National HIV Center features a new reception venue and More than 300 students, local business four-year colleges, compared to the national Behavioral Surveillance state-of-the-art technology for academic leaders and families crowded into average of 26 percent.” KCC president Project.” Amy Dalsimer of counseling and financial aid advisement. LaGuardia Community College on March 2 Regina Peruggi said of its students, who LaGuardia Community Also relocated are the Office of the to attend the first CUNY Information Fair — come from 142 countries: “They are the College has received Chancellor and senior staff, The Board of organized for the city’s Colombian commu- future of our city. When they succeed, we all Dalsimer $395,377 from the Robin Trustees, the Office of Financial Aid and the nity. Prospective college and graduate stu- succeed,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. Hood Foundation (MDRC) for Office of Admissions Services. “GED Bridge.” The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $186,383 grant to Lorraine Mondesir and Charlene Kohler-Britton of Brooklyn College for “Strengthening Access and ROTC Academic Success of Brooklyn College Low- RETURNS Income Student-Parents through the Provision on Child Care Fee Subsidies and Parent Support.” TO CUNY Helen Birenbaum of the Graduate School and University Center's Stanton/Heiskell Center for Public Policy in Telecommunications and Information Systems, has received $360,000 from the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation for “Regents Prep Pilot"; she is also co-director of “Project Stretch: Literacy, Learning, and Technology in Middle School,” with Kim Rybacki, also of the Stanton/Heiskell Center, which has been awarded $100,488 from the Brady Education Foundation. Andrew Rosenberg of Queens College has received $111,111 from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency/SRI for “Scalable Prosodic, Anomaly, and Relational Knowledge Exploration of Language with Enhanced Robustness.” John Jay College has received a $1 million grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance for a “National Network for Safe Communities: Ceasefire University and Violence Reduction Strategies Initiative” project directed by David Kennedy. Jayne Raper of Hunter College has been awarded $637,714 from the National Science Foundation for research concerning the Gen. Colin Powell (Ret.) left, shakes hands with Maj. Gen. Jefforey Smith, commander of the U.S. Army Cadet Command, at a special City College ceremony ‰ Continued on page 12 May 21, re-establishing the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps program at CUNY.

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PROFESSORSATWORK HISTORYLESSON NAME: Héctor Cordero-Guzmán COLLEGE: Baruch TITLE: Professor of public affairs FOCUS: “I try to be a voice, an interpreter of infor- mation. My role is to help communities connect to policy makers and to help those who make policy to better understand low-income communities.”

Practicing What He PreachesDENIS ROM ITS BEGINNING 166 years ago, The “As a public-affairs professor, I try to be a City University of New York has always voice, an interpreter of information,” said Fhad a dual mission: Deliver high- Cordero-Guzmán. “My role is to help quality education — and serve the citizens communities connect to policymakers and to of the city. help those who make policy better Today, CUNY’s 6,700 full-time faculty understand low-income communities.” carry on this legacy, contributing in ways Throughout his 20-year career at CUNY, BEST OF BOXING: Professor emeritus Anthony Cucchiara stands in the middle of the largest collec- that truly transform our city, benefiting the Cordero-Guzmán has taught courses on tion of boxing memorabilia in the world, now in an archive at Brooklyn College. The collection was dedicat- lives of millions of New Yorkers every day. social science research methods as well as ed to the college by Hank Kaplan on his death in 2007, with boxing material from as far back as 1814. Many provide critical training for the city’s urban demographics; nonprofit diverse workforce. They teach young management; race and ethnicity; and scientists to explore new fields like migration policy. A former chair in the Black photonics, biodiversity and nanotechnology; and Hispanic Studies Department at Baruch, “Kingsborough Community College has increase maternal and child health in the they train municipal employees in emergency he also has issued a report on the city’s demonstrated the leadership and innova- U.S. and abroad. “He has also demonstrated preparedness for large-scale disasters; they “disconnected youth,” pointing out the need tion that has helped New York City become a long-term commitment to work with the create programs that teach health industry to increase investments and opportunities a national leader in education reform.” public health practice community and to professionals how to detect early incidence for young men, especially those of color. He provide access to nontraditional learners of oral cancer and better serves on the advisory board of the Young and students from underrepresented com- Study: ASAP Brings $46 Million in care for people with Men’s Initiative, the city’s comprehensive, munities,” said Chancellor Matthew These are Benefits to Taxpayers. A City University developmental disabilities. public-private effort to tackle these issues. of New York initiative designed to help stu- Goldstein, who recommended Dr. El- In the following months, Cordero-Guzmán is completing a study dents earn community college degrees with- Mohandes’ appointment after a national extraordinary faculty you’ll find the compelling analyzing the role of community-based in three years delivers $46 million in search and his unanimous approval by the stories of such CUNY organizations (CBOs) in the adaptation and benefits to taxpayers per 1,000 participants, Executive Committee of The Board of who connect the faculty — just a few of the incorporation of immigrants by providing according to an independent Trustees on May 22. remarkable men and social services, supporting community study by Columbia An honors graduate in medicine and University to its women whose service organizing and engaging in public education University’s surgery from Cairo University in 1974, Dr. reflects the unique, historic and advocacy campaigns. Teachers College. El-Mohandes also earned his MSc in pedi- community, engaging bond between the “I’ve always been interested in improving Some 2,200 atrics and his MD in pediatrics, with honors, University and its city. conditions,” he said. “It’s something that students now from Cairo University in 1978 and 1981, their students in the I’ve lived and have been able to make a enroll in respectively. He received his MPH in epi- career of it — I’m lucky.” CUNY’s demiology/biostatistics from George complex challenges VER THE PAST few Accelerated Study Washington University, summa cum laude, Oyears, there has been Cordero-Guzmán also notes that it’s growing concern among in Associate Programs (ASAP). A previous in 1991. facing the city. important for universities to share their study by the same team found that although During Dr. El-Mohandes’ tenure at policymakers, academics, expertise with community organizations. ASAP has higher institutional costs per stu- UNMC, the College of Public Health practitioners and “The University contributes the time of its dent, it is so much more effective in gradu- received its first accreditation, the faculty advocates about the impact of the troubled faculty to help organizations work as ating community college students within doubled, the student body economy on children and families. Part of effectively as they can,” he said. “It brings three years that it delivers each graduate for grew tenfold, and the the problem is getting good data: What are the community into the University and takes $6,500 less than for a comparison group in research portfolio the specific racial and ethnic demographics the University out to the community.” He has traditional settings. increased from $5 million of the poor, and where do they live, served on the boards of directors of several to exceed $15 million in particularly in large metropolitan areas like prominent nonprofits, including El Museo del New York. New Public Health Dean Named. Dr. annual expenditures. Barrio, one of the city’s leading Latino At Baruch College, professor of public Ayman A.E. El-Mohandes, an international- Under his leadership, sev- cultural institutions; ACCION-New York, the affairs Héctor Cordero-Guzmán has made a ly recognized leader in the field of public El-Mohandes eral new concentrations in largest micro-lending organization in the significant impact with his work. His recent health, has been named dean of the CUNY the master of public country; and the Community Service Society, report found that poverty here varies School of Public Health, effective Sept. 2. health program were developed, including one of the nation’s oldest and largest anti- significantly across boroughs and by race Dr. El-Mohandes is a pediatrician, epi- Community-Oriented Primary Care; Health poverty groups. and ethnicity. Non-Hispanic whites, for demiologist, and academician with a deep Policy; Maternal and Child Health; Public A resident of East Harlem, Cordero- example, make up 34.5 percent of the city’s commitment to public service. He served as Health Practice; and Social Marketing and Guzmán has served on the board of the population, but only 18.2 percent of the poor. dean of the College of Public Health at the Health Communication. Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, By comparison, Blacks/African-Americans University of Nebraska Medical Center among other boards. “I not only believe in are 24.7 percent of the city population but since 2009. He has also been professor of community economic development, I practice Get daily Newswire reports 31.5 percent of the poor and Hispanics are epidemiology at the College of Public it, live it and have a huge personal and at cuny.edu/newswire. To down- 27.5 percent of the city population but 34.5 Health, and professor of pediatrics and of family stake in its success — as do millions load the free app for your mobile percent of the poor. The highest poverty rate obstetrics/gynecology at the College of of other Americans,” he said. device, search The City University is in Brooklyn at 29.3 percent, followed by Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical “I’m on the street corner like everyone of New York at the Apple or the Bronx at 25.4 percent and Manhattan Center. else. We call it UCLA: the University on the Android online stores. Or snap the with 21.8 percent. His work in public health includes nearby box with your smartphone Corner of Lexington Avenue.” efforts to reduce infant mortality and to subscribe to Newswire.

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Martin Luther King Jr. at City College A Historic

N THE SPRING OF 1963, the civil rights movement man ahead of his time. He had called for an end to America’s was in the thick of a tumultuous and pivotal period. “color caste” system in a book, Color and Conscience, that was The campaign had come to Birmingham, Ala., engulf- published a year before Jackie Robinson integrated baseball. ing one of the South’s most virulently segregationist And he knew Alabama’s culture of racism first-hand: Before his cities in weeks of confrontation and violence. The arrival at City College in 1952, Gallagher had spent 20 years as movement’s leaders, meanwhile, were mobilizing for president of Talladega College — a white man from New Jersey an unprecedented demonstration that summer — the at the helm of Alabama’s oldest private black college. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Gallagher was gripped by the events unfolding in In New York City that spring 50 years ago, the Birmingham that spring: The protests led by King and his president of City College was waging a campaign of Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The city’s answer his own. Buell Gallagher very much wanted that with paddy wagons — 1,000 arrests on one day alone — and year’s Commencement speaker to be the man guiding it all — then with fire hoses when the jails were full. The arrest of the ascendant leader of the civil rights movement, the Rev. Dr. King himself, and his “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” to IMartin Luther King Jr. And in the midst of battle in white clergymen who had called him an extremist. Birmingham, King agreed. In early May, at the height of the roiling events in Alabama, Weeks later, on the evening of June 12, he took the stage of Gallagher called Jack O’Dell, a member of King’s inner circle City College’s Lewisohn Stadium and delivered a speech that who was then the head of the SCLC’s New York office. was to resonate for decades in the minds and memories of the Gallagher told O’Dell that the CCNY commencement, in the Class of 1963. Among them was a math and statistics major college’s Lewisohn Stadium, would be an opportunity for King named Matthew Goldstein. And 50 years later, in a moment of to speak before 16,000 people — and to many more listening to symmetry and poignance, he was at the podium himself — a live broadcast — at a critical moment for the civil rights bringing his 14-year tenure as Chancellor of CUNY to a con- movement. clusion by delivering the Commencement address to his alma O’Dell liked the idea and tried to call King in Birmingham mater’s Class of 2013. to recommend the invitation. But he couldn’t reach him, not Lewisohn Stadium is long gone from Convent Avenue, after several tries, and front-page headlines like this one from replaced by the college’s North Academic Center, but when New York Times explained why: BOMBS TOUCH OFF Chancellor Goldstein addressed the graduates on the same site WIDESPREAD RIOT AT BIRMINGHAM; Negroes Attack on May 31, his speech echoed the words of Martin Luther King Police After Blasts Rip Home of King’s Brother and Motel. and the spirit of that time in the nation’s history and his own. O’Dell finally decided to write to King. “Dear Martin,” he “His complete conviction in the need for moral clarity and wrote. “I hope that this letter finds you well, considering action carried to every corner of the stadium through his emo- everything that has happened. I’ve been attempting to get in tion, his cadence, the timbre of his voice,” the chancellor touch with you for several days, but I know circumstances are recalled. “Dr. King was not — in that moment or ever — a most difficult.” He conveyed Gallagher’s commencement invi- 50 Years Ago: Commencement speaker. He was a nearly biblical voice of tation and urged King to accept. Martin Luther King Jr. at justice and outrage.” O’Dell, now two months shy of 90 and living in Vancouver, the 1963 City College Perhaps never more than on that night in 1963, by chance of remembers that spring vividly. “It wasn’t just another year,” commencement. history, the City College Commencement came in the wake of an he says. “There was a lot going on, a feeling that we’re really extraordinary sequence of three seminal events of the civil going down this road. There was Birmingham, and we were rights era. And King would not have been there, in that moment, mobilizing for the March on Washington. Dr. King was getting if not for the moral clarity of the man who asked him to come. a lot of invitations. But there were few places more important Buell G. Gallagher was an unusual college president and a Continued on page 11 ‰

1963  A Momentous Year in Civil Rights January 18: George Wallace is inaugurated as the governor of April 12: May 3-7: After more than 1,200 arrests, the SCLC calls on children, May 8: White business leaders and Alabama and declares: “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segre- King is arrested teenagers and college students to continue the protests. Police use fire hoses and city officials accept most of the protesters’ gation forever.” for demonstrating dogs on the young demonstrators, arresting another 1,000 people on a single day demands to desegregate lunch counters, without a permit. and shutting down Birmingham’s downtown business district. Television coverage restrooms and drinking fountains, and hire April 3: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Four days later, he brings support for the protests from across the country. blacks as store clerks and sales people. Leadership Conference begin what becomes known as the Birmingham writes his “Letter Campaign, two months of sit-ins and demonstrations in one of the from a Birming- country’s most violently segregationist cities. ham Jail,” a response to eight white Alabama ministers who had called him an extremist.

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2013: Chancellor Goldstein, who attended the 1963 King commencement address as a graduating senior, returned to speak at the City College 2013 Commencement. PHOTO BY STEPHEN SOMMERSTEIN June 12: The night of the Medgar Evers murder, King delivers the commence- ment address to the May 11: Segregationists bomb King’s City College Class August 28: King leads 250,000 people in the March on Washington motel and the home of his brother, A.D. King, of 1963. for Jobs and Freedom. From the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, he delivers triggering a night of rioting. A few weeks later, his legendary “I Have a Dream” Speech. “Whites Only” signs are taken down from pub- lic facilities in Birmingham. September 15: The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham is bombed, killing four young girls and sparking outrage across June 11: President Kennedy sends feder- the country. al marshals and National Guardsmen to November 22: President Kennedy’s assassination leaves the fate of the enforce a federal court order desegregating the civil rights bill in the hands of his successor, Lyndon Johnson. Johnson goes on to University of Alabama, escorting two black stu- push it through Congress and sign the Civil Rights Act into law on July 2, 1964. dents past Wallace. From the Oval Office that night, Kennedy calls segregation a national “moral crisis” and announces what will become the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

June 12: Early the morning after Kennedy’s address, Medgar Evers, the field secre- tary for the NAACP, is shot and killed in Dr. King and Dr. Buell G. front of his Gallagher, who was presi- home in dent of City College in 1963. Jackson, Miss. PHOTO BY STEPHEN SOMMERSTEIN

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William Kelly and York College President Marcia Keizs

M better for it.I want you know that I am MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN firmly committed to extending that noble legacy.” Chancellor Goldstein said he recom- William P. Kelly mended Kelly because, “I thought he had Continued from page 1 the stature, and the confidence of the oth- er presidents, and had done an extraordi- dent of Yale University, issued the 1999 nary job at the Graduate School.” report, “The City University of New York: “Dr. Kelly brings an extensive scholarly An Institution Adrift.” record, superb administrative experience, Among its many recommendations – and a deep commitment to the including the creation of clear standards, University’s educational mission to the assessment methods and accountability position of Interim Chancellor,” said policies – the task force urged: “CUNY Chairperson Benno Schmidt. “He will must strive to become a unified, coherent, provide continuity of purpose and policy integrated public university system, for during this important transition period.” the first time in its history.” Kelly has led the Graduate Center, A mathematician and statistician, and CUNY’s doctorate-granting institution, a graduate of City College, Dr. Goldstein since June 2005. He previously served for was appointed CUNY’s Chancellor that seven years as the Graduate Center’s PHOTO BY YUNGHI KIM same year.He was previously president of provost and senior vice president, a peri- N APRIL 12, Chancellor Matthew Goldstein announced he will be stepping down Baruch College, president of the CUNY od marked by the recruitment of interna- this summer after leading CUNY for 14 years, longer than any other chancellor in Research Foundation and president of tionally renowned scholars to the Adelphi University. graduate school’s faculty. Recently, he OUniversity history. On April 17, he talked with WNYC’s Brian Lehrer about the From the outset, Dr. Goldstein focused chaired a key component of the changes he’s made, his legacy and the challenges ahead for the next chancellor. on raising CUNY’s academic profile while University’s Pathways to Degree maintaining its fundamental goals of Completion reform of general education access and opportunity. This emphasis on BRIAN LEHRER: Can I start with a CUNY 101 Q: Let’s go back to the beginning of your time as and transfer policies, leading faculty com- question? What’s The City University for, and how chancellor, 1999, when the big change that you high standards, academic rigor and stu- mittees that selected pathway courses for dent preparation, including the do you see its mission compared to SUNY or to instituted … was to end open enrollment at the CUNY’s largest transfer majors. private colleges? major four-year colleges but keep it for the com- University’s strengthened partnership Under Chancellor Goldstein’s tenure, with the New York City Department of CHANCELLOR MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN: munity colleges, open enrollment meaning that more than 2,000 additional full-time fac- any New York City public high school graduate Education, has resulted in record enroll- Well, we are the largest urban university ulty members have been hired, and CUNY automatically qualifies for CUNY. Why did you ments (more than 270,000 degree-seek- system in the United States. A dominant has achieved significant fiscal stability believe that was necessary and how would you say ing students and 220,000 individuals in number of our students commute each day through the CUNY Compact funding it has worked out? adult and continuing education), model, a robust fundraising campaign, as I did when I went to City College, but at increased graduation rates, and ever and a predictable tuition policy. the end of the day we want to give a strong A: I think it has worked out splendidly. As increasing numbers of high-achieving Chancellor Goldstein also launched the educational experience to our students and you indicated or at least alluded to in your students enrolling at CUNY, as demon- Decade of Science initiative in 2005 to we are committed to work on the full spec- introductory remarks, we have the largest strated by the rise in average SAT scores increase student proficiency in STEM trum of academic readiness. Many of our enrollment today in the University’s histo- of admitted students and the prolifera- disciplines, enhance research and build students have the option to go to universi- ry and so many, many students are coming tion of CUNY students winning national- and upgrade science facilities, including ties of their choice because their academic to the University in part because they view ly competitive student awards including the new CUNY Advanced Science backgrounds are quite exceptional, and it as a place where they can get a valued Rhodes, Truman, and Marshall scholar- Research Center. In addition, the intro- other students need to be remediated degree, and by valued degree I mean repu- ships. duction of University-wide accountability because they had not had the kind of K tation in the marketplace and cost. “Chancellor Goldstein’s signal accom- measures during the Goldstein years through 12 preparation that we would like Why did I look to implement that pro- plishment has been his uncompromising ensures consistent review, progress and to see. So as I say, we look to educate the gressive program? Very simply, as an edu- insistence on raising the bar, on calling us efficiency throughout CUNY. “whole people” and I think over the past 14 cator — I have taught mathematics from all to the highest standards of achieve- Chancellor Goldstein fostered the cre- years my whole focus was to try to reform freshmen students to directing doctoral ment,” said Kelly. “He has never wavered ation of new schools within CUNY, and redirect much of our energies to really students — one of the things that you learn in that resolve and we are so much the secure opportunities for that full spectrum … is that it is very, very difficult to target a ‰ Continued on page 10 of students. curriculum when there is great variance in

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the academic preparedness of the students. Everybody loses. The poorly qualified students get lost very A: I think that that quickly because the level of instruction is story was seri- higher than they can accommodate, and ously flawed for the much more prepared students often- the following times are bored, and they want to see a reasons. It is much higher level of instruction. So what I not where you was hoping to do by this reform was to start, it is reduce variance in the academic prepared- where you ness of the students so that we can target end up with a qual- the educational experience… and I think it degree, and ifying for college level was exactly the right thing to do. Our that’s what work. Is that 80 percent CUNY’s own retention rates are much higher, our grad- our reforms number, your own number? uation rates are higher, and students are ultimately going on to do important things. So I think succeeded in A: That is our number. Eighty percent of it was one of the most progressive things doing. If a student is not the students, approximately, who enter that we did here at the University during ready to get into, say, Baruch College our seven community colleges need some class, my tenure. where today the average SAT scores are form of remediation. These are students but when you look probably around 1230, but ultimately coming from largely the public schools but Q: A New York Times article last May concluded at the graduating class of these wants to get a Baruch degree because it is other institutions as well. It is a number that the effect of the changes that you were just institutions, Hispanic enrollment has viewed in so many quarters as a valued that is much too large. It is a number that describing has been what many on both sides of gone up and black enrollment has gone degree, we give students an opportunity to concerns us, and it is a number that neces- the 1990s debate predicted. The top four-year down a bit but not very much at all. So at start in an institution within CUNY that sitates a lot of money that we have to colleges — Brooklyn, Queens, Baruch, City the end of the day, for me it is where you will prepare them and remediate their spend to remediate these students to get College and Hunter — rose in status, but black get your degree, not where you enter the backgrounds and then go on and finish at them ready for college-level work. So and Hispanic enrollment declined, and that has institution. become more pronounced during the recession Baruch, for example. those are the facts as we know them today. And remediation is still a huge issue. It was … as more middle-class, higher-achieving high If you look at the overall racial balance Q: Q: Does that suggest an ongoing failure of the reported just recently that 80 percent of New school students apply to CUNY because it is so of the top four-year institutions, they look K-through-12 education system in the city even York City high school grads entering the commu- affordable. How true would you say that is and very different than the entering class. Yes, after 12 years of the Bloomberg administration, it is less black and Hispanic in the entering nity colleges today need remedial courses before how much of a concern? Continued on next page ‰

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including the William E. Macaulay Honors College, the CUNY School of Professional Studies, the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, the CUNY School of Public Health, and the Stella and Charles Guttman Community College, the first in the city in more than 40 years. The Macaulay Honors College, launched in 2001, offers a globally competitive program for some of the most academically talented stu- dents in New York. Guttman Community College, which opened in Fall 2012 as the New Community College before being formally named in May, is based on the University’s suc- cessful ASAP (Accelerated Study in Associate Programs) initiative to improve community college graduation rates. Today CUNY comprises 24 colleges and pro- fessional schools throughout New York City. Chancellor Goldstein initiated the systemwide Pathways to Degree Completion reform initiative, enhancing general education at CUNY and bringing it more in line with national norms; streamlining student transfer; and ensuring University-wide learning outcomes. His leadership at CUNY brought Dr. Goldstein to prominence as a national advocate

for public higher education and a civic leader. PHOTO BY GEORGE M. GUTIERREZ FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES He has served on the U.S. Teaching Commission and the New York State Commission on Higher A: One of the things that I am concerned depth way and decide to come and avail Education, and led two national summits on the 14 Years of about and I am very supportive of, is the themselves of other kinds of scholarships future of public universities. Mayor Michael new common core curricula that will be that we provide. So it has had a wonder- Bloomberg appointed him to chair the 2010 instituted in most states … and certainly ful effect and something I am deeply New York City Charter Revision Commission; at Big Challenges, in New York State. When the students proud and excited about. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s appointment he co-chairs take these examinations, I suspect that the New York City Regional Economic Q: One of the critiques of the Honors College the preparedness metric is going to point when you launched it was that the City Development Council and is a member of the Bigger Victories much more south than not. So when you New NY Education Reform Commission. University is primarily for those students without say what more can we do, I think we must other financial means, and students who did In announcing that he would step down, be vigilant in working with … the com- Chancellor Goldstein said, “Serving this excep- Continued from previous page that well in high school can always get financial mon core curricula even more aggres- aid at other schools. So why spend tax dollars tional university alongside so many extraordi- when as we know he came into office saying his sively than we were before. and limited CUNY resources on them? nary colleagues has been the greatest privilege big legacy would be improving K through 12? of my professional life. … As the first CUNY Q: Another of your initiatives at CUNY has been A: I will go back to what I said to you ear- What it means to me is that the graduate to lead the University (City College, A: to establish an Honors College that requires a lier in our discussion: We are here to edu- University has to work even more closely Class of 1963), I take enormous pride in what we high school average well over 90 and SAT scores cate the “whole people” and by the whole with the DOE schools. We probably have have accomplished together to ensure an unpar- … close to 1400 out of 1600 to get in. That people I don’t mean their ethnicity or greater linkages and channels of commu- alleled educational experience for every CUNY means you are competing for students who their race. I think the “whole people” also nication with the schools that feed into student.” could get into prestigious private colleges or means the full spectrum of academic CUNY than any other university in the “I think few of us could have imagined . . . other colleges. Who goes to the Honors College ability. Much of what we do at the United States. We cannot ignore the con- that he would accomplish so much in so many today? Honors College is funded with monies nections that we need to make to ensure ways that have lifted CUNY beyond our highest developed through fundraising and yes, that students in K through 12 understand A: We get about 10,500 applicants for the expectations,” Chairman Schmidt said of there is some tax levy money, but we what they need to do Macaulay Honors College, and we are Chancellor Goldstein at spend a lot of money for people who are to prepare only able to provide seats for about 400. the April 23 Trustees poorly prepared and there is no reason themselves. I am not So it is a very selective institution, highly meeting. “I have said on why we shouldn’t spend money for peo- pointing fingers at sought after. I go to every graduation, and several occasions that ple who are very well prepared. anybody. What I I am just delighted when I see these stu- he is the finest public dents getting into the best medical higher education chan- think we need to do is Q: About five years ago, you told the Center for just to communicate schools, law schools, coveted Ph.D. pro- an Urban Future that you have been able to cellor in the country, grams, into the best training programs of and that is no exaggera- and make sure that make your biggest changes through “enlight- the teachers, the cur- major corporations. ened management,” and I know you didn’t just tion. I also believe it is Who goes to Macaulay? Some of the fair to say he is the ricula, at the schools mean yourself, but meaning with little private … need to be aligned finest, most well-prepared students money and no real investment on the public greatest chancellor in across New York City. Many of them are the history of The City with what the expec- side. Those were your words. But most people tations are at a uni- immigrant students, the first in their think of CUNY as a publicly funded school. So University of New class and first in their families to go to York.” versity. what did you mean by no real investment on the college. It is a wonderful, diverse group of public side and would you characterize it that The Trustees will You say the University Q: students, and it is a great shot in the arm way today? conduct a national needs to work even more to the University to attract these extraor- search for a permanent closely with the public dinarily talented students. It has had a A: Well, you know we haven’t had strong chancellor, consistent Matthew Goldstein, co-chair of the New York City K-through-12 system. residual effect as well in that many of the investment over a sustained period of with established Regional Economic Development Council, as Gov. What more can the students who are rejected find out about time for our operating budget, but I must University guidelines. Andrew Cuomo announces funding for the regions. University do? the City University in a much more in- say that Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and I must

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couple of comments coming in, I guess, from A Historic Commencement Chancellor CUNY faculty members who think on the opposite Goldstein teaches side of what we were talking about before, a calculus course whether it is too restrictive for lower-income or Continued from Page 6 relinquish the deadening status quo.” at Hunter College black and Latino students to get into the four- than New York for anything progressive.” King held the audience as he always did, years, that the transfer from community college King accepted the invitation the day he his soaring, poetic, prophetic rhetoric lead- to the four-year schools for junior and senior got it, and Gallagher was overjoyed when he ing to hope for a time “when all of God’s chil- year has become too easy and in accomplishing heard the news. He wrote to King the same dren … will be able to join hands all over this that, you’ve watered down the curriculum for the day: “It will be good to renew an old friend- nation and sing in the words of the old four-year schools so that people could succeed, ship, and particularly appropriate to do it Negro spiritual, ‘Free at last! Free at last! and I gather there is a faculty lawsuit about this. publicly at this critical moment in our com- Thank God almighty, we are free at last!’” Can you comment on that? mon struggle.” It was a precursor to the iconic words A few weeks later, Gallagher escorted that were to ring out to 250,000 people at A: I think that is totally ill-informed by King, in cap and gown, into Lewisohn the Lincoln Memorial two months later: “I the data. Let me give you just a metric Stadium, the college’s coliseum-style land- have a dream… ” that will vitiate that comment totally. mark on Convent Avenue. There were 3,541 In his own Commencement address 50 When you look at what happens to stu- graduates and another 12,000 guests, and years later, Chancellor Goldstein recalled for dents who start at our community col- what they experienced together was a this year’s graduates what it was like to be in leges and then transfer to our senior moment sharply juxtaposed with history. their seats that day, hearing words that are colleges on a going-forward basis, the suc- In the month since the turbulent days in no less relevant today. cesses of the students who transfer rela- Birmingham, the focus had moved to “Dr. King wasn’t at City College that day tive to the successes of the students who Tuscaloosa, where Wallace was defying a to suggest prestigious professions we might started as first-time freshmen, are almost federal court order, personally barring two enter, or how to achieve personal success, or indistinguishable. That’s why I said it is black students from registering for the sum- how our degrees would impact our income,” not where you start. It is where you get mer session at the University of Alabama. said the Chancellor. “No. Dr. King was there your degree. And the new Pathways ini- The day before King’s commencement to tell us what our education was really tiative, which has had a fair amount of address in New York, President Kennedy for. And none of us who listened to him that faculty push-back, and I am not debating sent Deputy Attorney General Nicholas day ever forgot it. We live in a day of great that, but I think this is again one of those Katzenbach, accompanied by federal mar- crisis, Dr. King told us. … A complete educa- reforms that over a period of years — like shals and National Guardsmen, to enforce tion, he said, bestows not only ‘the power of the changing of the number of credits the court order. In one of the most famous concentration,’ but also ‘worthy objectives from 128 to 120, like remanding remedia- images of the civil rights era, Wallace finally upon which to concentrate.’” tion to our two-year institutions — will stood aside as the students were escorted in. But it was the feeling, more than the mes- show over time that it was the right and That night, in a historic address from the sage, that the Chancellor says was most proper thing for the University, and that White House, Kennedy declared segregation affecting and impactful. “His speech, inter- the students are going to succeed in a national “moral crisis” and announced what estingly enough, was not something that all of greater numbers with no dilution. And, in was to become the Civil Rights Act of 1964. us fully understood at the time,” he said in an fact, I think the entire process is going to give a shout-out to him … he allowed both And then, early the next interview a few weeks before be accretive. CUNY and SUNY to generate levels of sup- morning, Medgar Evers, the the Commencement. “He was You know, at the end of the day when port in ways that we were never able to do field secretary of the shaking us to be aware that the you force so many students to take an before … by allowing us to have a more NAACP, was shot to death in world was changing very quick- inordinate amount of general education predictable tuition policy, and second, cre- front of his home in ly in front of our eyes.” courses, you restrict their ability to be ating a maintenance-of-effort provision, Jackson, Miss. He was Bert Mitchell was sitting much more bold and imaginative in taking which meant that in year two our operat- returning home from an next to Goldstein that night much more rigorous courses that they ing budget from the state would not dip early-morning meeting with and remembers the speech may not have had the options to take, and below the operating budget that the state NAACP lawyers and carry- from a different perspective. that’s what these reforms are ultimately gave in year one. That has given us a sense ing a stack of T-shirts that Mitchell was among CCNY’s doing. So I dispute that quite aggressively. of stability that we have been able to capi- read “Jim Crow Must Go.” relatively few black students, talize upon. It has enabled us to develop Q:: Very briefly, congratulations on the Graduate It was against this back- one of a handful in what was what we call the CUNY Compact, a new School of Journalism. That’s only been in exis- drop, only 12 hours later, then the college’s Baruch financing model that requires various tence for a few years and I can tell you we that Martin Luther King Business School. But for him, stakeholders to participate in the develop- already get some of our best news employees addressed the City College too, it was the fact of King’s ment of our operating budget. When I from the Graduate School of Journalism as they Class of ’63. There were oth- presence, and the force of his came in in 1999, the University was raising finish up and also as interns while they are going. er prominent Civil rights activist Medgar voice that he remembers more under $50 million a year where now, So we can talk from WNYC’s perspective, at least Commencement speakers in Evers, murdered June 12, 1963. than the particular words he because it’s in a very different place, it’s from my perspective of that as a recent CUNY New York that same day — spoke. “His cadence, his into- raising close to a quarter of a billion dollars success. Just tell us how you see the job ahead Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver at nation … It was a powerful thing,” says a year. So that fundraising has become a for your successor? Fordham, Supreme Court Justice Arthur Mitchell, who went on to found what is now significant component of supporting our the nation’s largest minority-owned account- A: You know, The City University of New Goldberg at Yeshiva — and Adlai Stevenson operating budget. ing firm. Years later, his son was preparing a York is a complicated place. It is a big was speaking up at Radcliffe. But none was So when I say “enlightened manage- graduation speech as president of his high place. There are going to be a number of in King’s league as a speaker, or appearing ment,” it is starting almost tabula rasa in school class. “He didn’t want my help, and I challenges that my successor will have to under such compelling circumstances. the way in which we find creative ways to said, ‘I’ve heard some great speeches. The confront. One is the vigilance in getting The graduates would be “moving into a not only manage the institution through speaker at my college graduation was Martin more and more private money … given the world of catastrophic change and calamitous productivity measures that never were Luther King — how do you like that?’” weak balance sheets of states in general, uncertainty,” King said in his opening used before, but also to find different Five years later, on the night of King’s especially after this very nasty recession moments. A few minutes in, he veered from mechanisms to generate revenue and cap- assassination in Memphis, Gallagher came that we’ve experienced (private money) the speech he had traveled with. ital to invest in the University. out of his house to speak to a crowd of stu- will be necessary in order to keep the “Less than 24 hours ago, a dastardly act On the other hand, we’ve had wonderful dents and Harlem residents. A reporter for a University going. occurred in the State of Mississippi which input of capital dollars, and the University CCNY student newspaper, The Campus, I think technology must have a much revealed the moral degeneracy to which when you look at it today looks so differ- recorded the scene: more prominent position in this universi- some will sink on the question of race,” he ent than it was, say, 15 years ago, because “‘Ghandi was the same type of man and ty as it is with other universities and we said. “In the death of Medgar Evers, America we’ve literally spent billions of dollars on he died the same way,’” whispered Dr. must be very, very vigilant to our very has lost one of those pure patriots whose the capital side of our budget, which has Gallagher. For a few moments the president basic mission, and that is to educate to most passionate desire was to be an been quite robust and made the was very far away. In barely audible tones, the best degree that we can this full spec- American, and to be acknowledged as an University look and feel so different than he recalled commencement exercises some trum of students. That’s going to require American. Truly Mr. Evers died in the it was a few years ago. years ago which Dr. King had attended.” care and imaginativeness and doggedness trenches, on the front line where the issue is That night in 1963 echoed again in 1970, Q: Circling back for a minute to the two-year in the way in which we manage the insti- now joined between that which our when CUNY opened a new senior college in versus the four-year colleges, we’ve gotten a tution. President has called for and the last ditch stand of the segregationists who would pre- Brooklyn. The Board of Trustees voted to fer to create a bloodbath of violence than to name it Medgar Evers College.

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GRANTS&HONORS COURSEWORK

Continued from page 4 “Basic Mechanisms Underlying Species-Specific Trypanosome Resistance.” The College of Staten Island has received $243,418 from the N.Y. State Education Department for the “Workforce Investment Act,” under the direction of Hugo Kijne. Natalie Bredhikina of Kingsborough Community College has received $105,000 from the N.Y. State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance for “Educational Resources.” Elizabeth Cardoso of Hunter College has received $615,296 from the National Science Foundation for “MIND Alliance for Minority Students with Disabilities in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics.” The National Institutes of Health has awarded $346,500 to Shireen Saleque of City College for research concerning “Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Hematopoiesis.” LaGuardia Community College has been awarded $324,226 from the N.Y. City Department of Housing Preservation & Development for “Family Self-Sufficiency,” directed by Gibney Sandra Watson. Brian Ruben Felix, right, with financial adviser Gibney of Brooklyn College Adalberto Jaimes at the Neighborhood has received grants totaling $883,195, one from Trust Federal Credit Union the National Institutes of Health for “Thermodynamic Evaluation of the Coupled Binding of Zn(II) and DNA to a Zinc Finger Protein Tumor Suppressor,” and another from the European Commission for “Peptide-based Diodes for Solar Cells.” Helping Raise Financial Savvy “Reducing Socioeconomic CUNY course prepares city advisers to aid low-income clients in reducing debt, repairing credit and creating a budget Disparities in Tobacco Dependence Treatment Outcomes,” a project directed by HEN Neighborhood Trust Asian American/Asian Research Institute. As Commissioner Jonathan Mintz said: Christine Sheffer of City College, has been financial adviser Adalberto CUNY officials began working with DCA and “Financial counseling and education has awarded $318,772 from the National Institutes Jaimes first met Ruben Felix in became aware of the course’s importance, the become too critical a service to not have gen- of Health. Nathaniel Cruz and Maria Cano of September 2011, Felix was University adopted it in 2011 as a three-credit uine standards of quality and excellence, Hostos Community College have received drowning in nearly $17,000 in class that counts toward either a CUNY including delivery, content and impact.” $231,144 from the N.Y. City Human Resources Wdebt, living paycheck to paycheck and feeling degree or a financial studies certificate. The CUNY course is an outgrowth of a Administration for “College Opportunity to overwhelmed by expenses that surpassed his The city requires counselors at its net- December 2008 citywide call-in project: Your Prepare for Employment (COPE) at Hostos.” The earnings as a tailor. work of nearly 30 Financial Empowerment Money Helpline, in which the University part- U.S. Department of Education has awarded After negotiating with creditors and cre- Centers to take and pass the CUNY course. nered with the city and The Daily News to give grants totaling $976,425 to Anthony Carpi and ating a strict budget, Jaimes was able to low- But increased demand for the course has people free advice by phone. Nathan Lents of John Jay er his client’s debt to $193 — in 10 months. also led to enrollment from social workers Two hundred volunteer experts in all types College for “Creating Though wealthy executives regularly seek and staff members at nonprofit community- of financial issues staffed phone banks for a Hispanic Scientists: A Model financial advice, few financial counseling based organizations and government agen- week. They came from banks and credit unions Articulation Program options have existed for low-income workers cies that assist low-income families. and CUNY’s business, finance and economics between Hispanic Serving struggling with money. But, skilled advisers In addition to helping their clients, many faculty, staff and student financial aid experts Institutions” and “PRISM – like Jaimes, based at New York City’s counselors said the course has been helpful and trained volunteers — including Chancellor Carpi Program for Research Financial Empowerment Centers, are now in improving their own finances. “This Matthew Goldstein. Initiatives for Science Majors working to pull the city’s poor out of debt. course was an eye-opener for me personal- Moy developed and led training sessions for at the Hispanic-Serving Institution;” Anthony Like the hundreds of other advisers, ly,” said Judith Albury, program specialist for the call-takers in live classrooms and through Carpi and Kate Szur have received $641,211 Jaimes received his financial education and the Administration for Children and webinars. from the U.S. Department of Education for “Title counseling skills from a rigorous training Families, “to see how ineffective I was in Nearly 9,000 people called the Helpline. V: Success through Engagement: Development of program developed by a CUNY professor managing my money, dealing with creditors “We had teachers, office workers, retirees, a Comprehensive Program to Promote that is now offered as a course through the and most important my fear of even having a young people with problems with student Undergraduate Research and First Year University’s School of Professional Studies. discussion about my finances.” loans. We helped them with their mortgages, Transition Toward Increasing Persistence and “The class focused on giving us these The course’s popularity is due mainly to credit card debt, and referrals to legal Graduation Rates of Hispanic Students.” Queens tools to be sure that our clients can under- the passion of Moy. She said her interest in assistance,” Moy said. “It was very moving. We College has received $303,400 from the National stand and manage their debt,” said Jaimes, financial education came about when she had no idea there would be so many people in Institutes of Health for “Research Genomics of who advises more than 600 clients a year was head of a Small Business Development distress.” LINE Retrotransposons in Vertebrates,” under the from his Washington Heights office. Center at LaGuardia Community College As a result, she said later, the city realized direction of Stephane Boissinot. “Everything that I learned in that class, I use that opened after 9/11. there was a need to provide expert help to the The National Science Foundation it every day.” “We had counselors who spoke English, general public — particularly the working poor. Recognizing a critical need to provide Spanish, Korean and three Chinese dialects,” At the Neighborhood Trust offices in has awarded $600,000 to Lynn Francesconi, low-income residents with expert financial she said. “Many of the new immigrants had Washington Heights, adviser Jaimes said coun- Charles Michael Drain and Pamela Mills of guidance, the city Department of Consumer no credit and didn’t understand how to build seling low-income clients requires unique Hunter College for “IGERT: Returning the Radio Affairs (DCA) teamed up with CUNY in 2009 credit, so we worked with them on those skills such as building a credit score from to Chemistry: Integrating Radiochemistry into a to establish a course for advisers at the city’s issues. We served more than 1,000 clients scratch and communicating complex financial Chemistry Ph.D. Program.” Lynn Francesconi Financial Empowerment Centers. The and community members in seminars, one- terms in a different language. has also received $100,000 from Sloan- course standardized procedures for helping on-one sessions, and in workshops.” Felix, the Washington Heights tailor who is Kettering Institute for Cancer Research/ clients reduce debt and repair credit; create “The need to professionalize the field is a native of the Dominican Republic, said the Department of Energy for “Integrated Manhattan a budget; and handle debt collection and critical given widespread variability in the one-on-one counseling sessions with a finan- Project for Excellence in Radiochemistry harassment problems as well as investments quality and consistency of current financial cial adviser were essential in helping him (IMPER).” Wendy Woods of New York City and retirement. education and counseling programming and understand credit and building his confidence. College of Technology has received $211,217 Initially, the course was taught indepen- the importance to recipients of counseling He is now saving up to make a down payment from the U.S. Department of Education for dently by Joyce Moy, professor of small services,” a DCA Office of Financial on his first home. “Childcare Access Means Parents in School.” business management and entrepreneur- Empowerment report states. “When you receive the right support, you ship and executive director of CUNY’s In a recent statement, DCA can change your life around,” Felix said.

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BOOKTALK Keep On Keeping On — A Life of Rosa Parks

By Gary Schmidgall against poll taxes. Bus resistance had begun Detroit. The rest of the book is devoted to The last image of her in Rebellious Life in Montgomery in 1945 (the system had showing that Parks continued her advocacy osa McCauley Parks finally got been segregated since 1900), and Parks was for racial justice for nearly 50 years in that is true to that spirit; it is of Parks postal justice back on February 4, not the first whose resistance drew the city. Her first full-time job in her chosen when the Postal Service issued her police. Parks also attended the Highlander field was in the office of newly elected Rep. stamp (the day was her centennial). marching against apartheid at the Folk School in ————————————————— John Conyers, where she That honor was bound to come, for Tennessee, a training- The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks fought segregated housing, South African embassy in 1985. afterR Parks died in 2005 at the age of 92, she place for activists, just unequal public schools and Jeanne Theoharis became the first woman to lie in state in the months before the red- Beacon police brutality. “I can’t say we Capitol rotunda. letter day, which evoked ————————————————— like Detroit any better than “did not favor direct confrontation.” But But before you start congratulating a storm of red-baiting from furious segrega- Montgomery,” she said. toward the end of her study, Theoharis America on becoming a post-racial society, tionists. “Women,” Theoharis notes, “provided the chooses several assessments of Parks that read Brooklyn College professor of political Rebellious Life adds some odiously color- backbone of the boycott,” and one theme of tell the real story. Conyers says “she had a science Jeanne Theoharis’ The Rebellious ful details to the arrest story and the 382-day her book is the back seat — pun intended — heavy progressive streak that was uncharac- Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (Beacon), which black bus boycott that ensued. Two exam- that women were relegated to within the teristic for a neat, religious, demure, church- seethes with cool eloquence — as Parks her- ples of the exquisite cruelty of segregation: black social justice movement. She notes going lady.” A prominent Detroit black self did over a long life of political activism. Black bus patrons had to enter the front that Parks was not invited to speak at the nationalist put the paradox more succinctly: That Rebellious Life is the first full-dress door, pay their dime fare, disembark, then MIA founding meeting. Later, she also icily She was “quiet and sweet ... but strong as scholarly Parks life is itself telling, and the re-enter by the back door; when Parks was observes how prominent women leaders acid.” A friend perhaps put it best: “She’s author stays loyal to her discipline, focusing arrested, she asked for water but was at first were eased to the sidelines at the 1963 quiet ... the way steel is quiet.” on the political and leaving discussion of her denied it — only the jail’s “white” fountain March on Washington. Lena Horne was sent (I spotted one typo in the book, but it is a friends, family, faith, and daily life as “a task served it. We also learn that the bus driver to her hotel when she started introducing very scary one! Theoharis says “19 senators for others.” insisted on Parks’ arrest, not merely the Parks to reporters, “This is who started the and 892 congressmen” issued a “Southern Theoharis writes in an exhilarating, let’s- ejection the police Manifesto” in response to Brown v. Board of set-the-record-straight mode, as you will would have been happy Education. A mere 435 of them, I do believe, gather in her acerbic take, in the final pages, to perform. (Parks can create quite enough havoc.) on Parks’ coffin lying beneath the rotunda: refused to board that Parks was increasingly irked in her later “An avalanche of congressmen, senators, and driver’s bus for the next years by reporters — seemingly frozen in presidents rushed to honor Parks, hoping 12 years.) And yes — time — asking her to retell how she wore her perhaps that ‘a tired old woman’ lying in the the courtroom in which black badge of courage. A lifetime of Capitol would cover up the federal travesty Parks eventually activism taught her that resting on her lau- of inaction around Hurricane Katrina two appeared was also seg- rels would not do: Eternal vigilance is the months earlier.” Theoharis is referring to regated. price not only of liberty but also racial jus- the “fable” that Parks’ famous refusal to Within a week the tice. She made this point when she returned relinquish her bus seat was due to her being Montgomery black to Montgomery in 1975 for the 20th anniver- a “simple tired seamstress” after a hard day’s community roused to Rosa Parks sary of the boycott. From the same pulpit work. Later, Parks would say her bus resis- action, led by a 26-year- on the where the MIA was founded, she urged a tance was “just a regular thing with me and old newcomer to town, courthouse cheering crowd, “Don’t stop. Keep on. Keep not just that day.” She would also later say, “I Martin Luther King, steps, on keeping on.” The last image of her in didn’t move because I was tired of being who was soon elected Montgomery Rebellious Life is true to that spirit; it is of pushed around.” to the newly formed Alabama, Parks marching against apartheid at the That iconic Look magazine photo of Parks Montgomery 1955 South African embassy in 1985. on The Bus (it is now in the Ford Museum in Improvement Parks in the end made peace with the fact Dearborn) was part of the smoke-and-mir- Association (MIA), that her 15 minutes of famous resistance rors media coverage: It was staged — the which organized the civil rights movement, not Martin Luther were indelibly engraved in the national stern white man behind her was a UPI boycott (it ended after 382 days when the King. This is the woman you need to inter- memory. “Interviewers still only want to talk reporter. It is not included in Rebellious Life. Supreme Court declared bus segregation view.” about that one evening in 1955 when I Theoharis’ thesis is simple: The fateful dead). The boycott put King on the national Another recurrent theme for Theoharis is refused to give up my seat,” she wrote in her day of Dec. 1, 1955, was no act of resistance map, and you can see him beginning to prac- the extent to which Parks’ “unassuming” 1992 autobiography, “I understand that I am by miraculous immaculate conception. It tice for his speech on the Mall eight years personality contrasted with the brasher, a symbol.” Rebellious Life fills in vividly the had been prepared for through two decades later in his speech urging the boycott. more in-your-face demeanor of her (mostly other days of her life. of work for racial justice. Redneck backlash made life in male) activist colleagues. She was at heart a Raymond Parks, whom Rosa married in Montgomery difficult and dangerous. Parks humble, well-dressed, devout (American 1932, was, she said, “the first real activist I soon lost her job as assistant tailor at a Methodist Episcopal), and dignified woman ever met.” He joined the NAACP in the early Montgomery department store, and eight — unthreatening markers for all the “spin” CUNY Matters welcomes information about new ’30s and worked to support the notorious months after the boycott ended, Rosa and doctors to revel in after the bus incident. books that have been written or edited by facul- Scottsboro Boys. Both worked for voter reg- Raymond moved to be near family in Though Parks was “a woman of action,” she ty and members of the University community. istration and anti-lynching legislation and Contact: [email protected] NEWTITLES / CUNYAUTHORS Mrs. Earp at Coming of Age Tale of Two Harlem’s Reflections the O.K. Corral In Cambridge Cities Promised Land on Sylvia Plath Lady at the O.K. Harvard Square, New York and Los Making a Promised American Isis: The Corral: The True by Andre Aciman. Angeles: The Land: Harlem in Life and Art of Story of Josephine The author’s third Uncertain Future, Twentieth-Century Sylvia Plath, by Marcus Earp, by novel centers co-edited by Photography and Carl Rollyson, Ann Kirschner, is around a Harvard Andrew Beveridge, Film, by Paula offers a modern the definitive biography of a University graduate student in provides in-depth comparative Massood, examines the intercon- view of her work and tragic death Jewish girl, born in New York and 1977, a Jew from Egypt, as he pre- studies of the two largest cities nected histories of African- 50 years ago. Rollyson, a professor raised in San Francisco, who won pares to become the assimilated and metropolitan areas in the American representation, urban of journalism at Baruch College, the heart of the famous lawman of American professor that he longs United States. Written by leading life and citizenship as documented has published more than 40 the Old West, Wyatt Earp. to be. Aciman teaches compara- experts, the chapters discuss and in still and moving images of books, including a biography of Kirschner is dean of Macaulay tive literature at the Graduate compare a host of economic, social Harlem over the past century. Marilyn Monroe. Honors College and the acclaimed Center, where he also directs the and political issues. Beveridge is a Massood is a professor of film St. Martin’s Press author of Sala’s Gift, a memoir of Writers’ Institute. professor of sociology at Queens studies in the department of film her mother’s wartime rescue from W.W. Norton & Company College and the Graduate Center. at Brooklyn College and the doc- Nazi Germany. Oxford University Press toral faculty in the Program in HarperCollins Theatre at the Graduate Center. Rutgers University Press

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FORYOURBENEFIT TIMING RETIREMENT Pilot Program Allows Faculty, Staff To Work Part Time Over Three Years

ENTION THE WORD careers at a particular college. “Their iden- “retirement” and you’ll hear tities are embedded in those colleges and some say, “Yes, I’d like to do the important work they have done there. it. But not so quickly!” Envisioning what they will do next is not In recognition of this cau- always easy. This program will help faculty tiousM approach, the University has to explore other options while keeping launched a voluntary, three-year pilot pro- their ties to their research and their stu- gram for faculty and other instructional dents for a while longer.” staff. It will enable eligible, permanent Faculty members who are at least 65 full-time instructional staff to “phase” their years old and have worked continuously for retirement over a period of time. The pro- the University for at least 15 years may now gram is in keeping with CUNY’s implemen- phase their retirement. They can work on a tation of other employee friendly policies. part-time basis for up to three years, as they The agreement is between CUNY and plan ahead. A modified version of this pilot the Professional Staff Congress, and partic- program will also be available for HEO or ipants are required to be PSC members. CLT-series employees for up to a year. Those who do participate will be required “We have had an expansion of benefits to retire at the end of the phasing period. in general over the last five years that are Vice Chancellor for Labor Relations family friendly and people friendly, such as ing on a catastrophic bank for sick leave. Other universities have similar programs, Pamela Silverblatt notes that many dedicated sick leave pay and parental This is in that spirit — to be more respon- Silverblatt noted, and CUNY decided to University faculty have spent much of their leave,” Silverblatt added, “and we are work- sive to our workforce.” explore the possibilities after Executive Vice

ATYOUR Assisting Colleagues After Superstorm Sandy N DIFFICULT TIMES, CUNY employees are also hard hit by Sandy, at first Sanders couldn’t live in SERVICE there for others in the University community. her home or get back to work because of IThe Central Office’s Computing and transportation problems. But “my colleagues Information Services took up a collection for three pitched in,” she said, and “the support I got from employees. And the University gave employees an Hunter was phenomenal.” opportunity to donate annual Sanders’ dean at the school, leave days to a bank that and Hunter President Jennifer Work/Life Ready to Help After could be tapped by other “But for the president of Raab, heard about her Trauma of Boston Bombing employees in need who didn’t difficulties, and President have enough accumulated the college to reach out to Raab arranged for the HEN THE WORST HAPPENS, CUNY is time of their own. University to provide the there for its employees. After the According to Gloriana B. you and say, ‘We can help.’ interest-free loan to her. Wbombing incident at the Boston Waters, vice chancellor for When Sanders was able to Marathon, CUNY employees received the human resources — it was amazing!” return to work, she realized following email from Corporate Counseling events management, “Over 100 days that many others, including Associates: is often were donated to the bank and her own students, were in far “In response to the incident at the Boston far-reaching. “In about half were used by employees worse shape and needed help. Marathon today, we wanted to reach out to our experience, whenever a tragedy such as the needing the time to address Sandy One had lost her house in a remind you that CCA is available to assist you Boston Marathon bombing occurs, the related issues.” hurricane-related fire. or any of your employees who may be impacted incidence of members contacting the program In another act of kindness, Sanders said she by this tragedy. During times such as this, it is for stress and anxiety-related issues increases Lorraine Sanders, associate didn’t lose income, and helpful to remind employees and their families significantly for a period of time. Although we professor at the Hunter- by giving the loan back, that the EAP & Work/Life Assistance Program is can’t reveal details, some callers were Bellevue School of Nursing, “I could help someone available to provide confidential support and impacted.” returned an interest-free loan she else.” assistance, 24 hours a day. Even if none of Kochman said that this year, “Hurricane received from the University so the “But for the president of the your employees were directly impacted by this Sandy had probably the most impact on calls.” funds could be used by others. college to reach out to you and event, please remember that events such as Superstorm Sandy also set off a flurry of Like many in Long Beach on say, ‘We can help,’ – It was this can trigger memories of past traumas that fundraising in CUNY offices. The Office of Long Island, a community amazing!” employees may have experienced.” Human Resources Management, for example, Michael Kochman, CCA manager of business raised $3,785 for New York Cares Hurricane development, said that the effect of traumatic Sandy Relief.

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Faculty members who are at least 65 years old and have worked continuously for the University for at least 15 years may now phase their retirement. They (More) can work on a part-time basis for up to three years, as they plan ahead. On the Web at cuny.edu

Chancellor and University Provost percent of their full-time salary. They can Alexandra Logue suggested that phased phase for six months or a year. SLICING AND SCHMOOZING AT RUSS & DAUGHTERS retirement might work well here, too.  Faculty will be required to begin the Requisites for participation are process on the first day of the fall ostalgia buffs tend to romanticize it, but for detailed and some are described below. semester, while HEO or CLT employees generations of immigrants who were forced to But those who are interested should dis- N may begin on the first day of either the live in its jam-packed tenements, the Lower East cuss plans with their college human fall or spring semester. Side was a place to leave as soon as possible, resources officers. Those considering according to Mark Russ Federman. “Today you have hotels, bars, clubs, phased retirement will need some time to  Faculty members serving as depart- restaurants — it’s a vibrant place,” says Federman, who was at the Graduate consider the program, Silverblatt said. ment chairs or as executive officers of Center to discuss his new book, “Russ & Daughters: Reflections and Recipes From the “We are not expecting a huge response for Ph.D. programs will need to resign from House That Herring Built.” A third-generation, former owner of the venerable appetizing this coming September,” she added. those positions before participating. store, Russ & Daughters, Federman says that people are feeling nostalgic for the few Here are some of the requirements and Faculty members serving in predomi- iconic institutions that remain. “You’ll find pockets of the old Lower East Side — like details regarding participation: nantly administrative positions, such as Russ & Daughters and Katz’s — people come from all over to recapture that scene.” directors of institutes or centers, must  To be eligible faculty and staff must consult with their college presidents — or search.cuny.edu “Herring” be participants in the Optional their designees — to determine whether Retirement Program — TIAA-CREF participation in the phasing program is (including alternative offerings from feasible. MetLife and Guardian). This program is not available to members of the Teachers’  Eligible faculty who want to use up IMMIGRANTS MEET WITH ESL STUDENTS AT BCC Retirement System. their accrued sick leave (Travia Leave Program) can do so in the final spring  Tenured faculty members who par- his spring, as in past semesters, Bronx Community College’s intermediate English As A Second semester of their phasing period; eligible TLanguage students read a nonfiction book: Muddy Cup: A Dominican Family Comes of Age in a ticipate will work 50 percent of their con- HEOs and CLTs may take Travia Leave tractual full-time workload, including New America. In May, students met in person — and via Skype — three of the immigrants immediately following their phasing peri- portrayed in the book, published by Scribner in 1997. teaching and other professional responsi- od. Alternatively, faculty and staff may bilities. Their compensation will be 50 Muddy Cup author Barbara Fischkin met the subjects in 1986, when they were living in Puerto choose to be paid for their Travia Leave Plata. Mauricio and Elizabeth Almonte and Flor Seecharan now have successful careers in the percent of their full-time salaries. They in a lump sum, following their phasing can phase into retirement over one, two United States, and the students asked them all for advice. Fischkin organized period. the event with ESL teacher Nancy Gear, who inspired BCC student Franky Beras or three years. Tenured faculty including A webinar for administrators who will librarians, counselors, and lecturers with to email the author and ask her to do this. “It is important to advise about the program was held in ear- a certificate of continuous employment us that you wrote about a typical Dominican family,” he noted. ly May by the Office of Human Resources are eligible to participate. “Many of the students in our class are Dominican.” Gear has Management, and earlier, Silverblatt met invited Fischkin to return, and Muddy Cup will soon be  HEO or CLT-series employees can with college presidents and other high- available as an e-book. phase their retirement by working 80 per- level administrators. The pilot program cent of their full-time workload for 80 she said “has been roundly applauded.” search.cuny.edu “Muddy Cup”

HOW MUCH DO STUDENTS REALLY OWE? Campus Wellness Fairs NOTHER BENEFIT for CUNY employees, Wellness ROOKLYN COLLEGE ECONOMICS PROFESSOR Robert Cherry says that while CUNY faculty members Fairs, are held on many campuses, typically once Bhave protested tuition hikes on grounds that student debt is unacceptably high, his recent survey of Aor twice a year. BC students “found that few have significant loan indebtedness.” Only 15.2 percent of 402 students “Our fairs link people to information,” says Serafina surveyed took out loans of at least $1,000 for the current academic Rutigliano, human resources director at Hunter College. year, with only 7.2 percent having current loans of at least $4,500, The college holds its fairs in the fall and spring, and Cherry says in a blog published on the Manhattan Institute’s “Minding the more than 300 employees attended in April. Campus” page. Reports of high CUNY student indebted- The fairs link people to lifelines, too. At a recent ness “reflects the indebtedness of non-NYC high fair, an employee had his blood pressure taken, found school graduates, especially when the data that it was dangerously high and went immediately to includes the loans transfer students took out see his physician. at their former schools,” he continues. Tier 6 Plan Contribution The services offered at the fairs are usually similar but colleges often provide some extras, as well. search.cuny.edu “College Debt” RE YOU ENROLLED in a At Hunter, employees could also obtain information retirement plan with CUNY about pension plans — thus boosting their financial Aunder the new Tier 6 plan? If health — as well as information on Social Security, so, you may have noticed a higher Medicare, and mental health support. A Queens WE REMEMBER — STANLEY SNADOWSKY contribution deduction in your first College fair offered information on smoking cessation paycheck of April 2013. Because of a and on union welfare benefits. The school’s athletic new state law, Tier 6 employees’ program had information regarding gym membership UNTER COLLEGE ALUMNUS Stanley Snadowsky, co-founder of the landmark Greenwich Village night- contribution rates regarding benefits for employees, and the college’s nursing staff Hclub the Bottom Line, died recently at age 70. The club’s legendary 1974 opening-night concert drew retirement plans are based on the and healthy eating and cooking staff also provided a star-studded audience including Mick Jagger, Carly Simon and Stevie Wonder — who all took to the annual wage paid to them by their information. York College’s fair had representatives stage for a jam session with the featured headliner: New employers. The deductions for those from BJ’s Wholesale Club and Costco. York usually Orleans R&B artist Dr. John. It set a tone that made the in Tier 6 now range from 3 percent holds its fair in October to coincide with health plan Bottom Line a premier showcase through the 1970s and for those who make $45,000 or less enrollment and transfer periods. ’80s for rising stars including Bruce Springsteen, Miles Davis and Billy Joel. A cavalcade of folk, to 6 percent for those earning more Human resources officers also strive to make the jazz, rock and country performers crossed than $100,000. If you have fairs fun Hunter’s fall fair has a Zumba class. — its stage until Snadowsky and his partner, questions about this change, please And, yes, while getting a massage at work does sound childhood friend Allan Pepper, closed it contact your campus Human like something out of Silicon Valley, it can happen at in 2004. Resources office. CUNY, too – at a Wellness fair. search.cuny.edu “Snadowsky”

CUNY MATTERS — Summer 2013 15 LECTURES/PANELS Steve Earle THEATER/FILM MUSIC/DANCE SPECIAL EVENTS July 24 Speaks Candidly June 8 of His Life in Music Through Aug. 4 Willie Colón Aug. 14 MAYORAL CANDIDATES FORUM ‘AS YOU LIKE IT’ BY Lehman College MMR Vaccination Clinic Mayoral contenders will To write a good song you have WILLIAM 8 – 10:30 p.m. The Graduate Center discuss higher education, to find a connection between SHAKESPEARE health care, affordable $50, $45, $30 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Free what you Tom Waites presents Search.cuny.edu housing and economic the play, a happy know and June 13 “Vaccination” development in BCC’s comedy for summer Gould Memorial Library what the The George Gee Swing >>Go to search.cuny.edu In the World & on the Web fun and great music, Orchestra Auditorium. NY1 political audience and one of Aug. 20 Kingsborough Immunization Clinic anchor Errol Lewis will be knows, Shakespeare’s most ART/EXHIBITS Community College York College moderator. admired works. Bronx Community College according 8 p.m. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Free to three- Waites drew national 6:30 p.m. acclaim for his short film Search.cuny.edu Free time “Pandora’s Box,” winning “Immunization” Grammy award winner Steve Best Director and Best Earle. “Early on, I wrote a Screenplay for a Short Film Aug. 28 song called ‘Little Rock on in the Atlantic City Film Winning the ‘God’s CLASSES RESUME June 18 the Road’ — about my Festival. As You Like It Celebrate The Naming of opens July 12 and runs Particle’ Lottery then 3-year-old son — through Aug. 4 at the For physicists, it’s like hitting Guttman Community College while I was on the road,” Baruch Performing Arts Although announced in April, the naming the megamillions jackpot said Earle. Center’s Bernie West Through June 15 of the new community college as the over and over. “After decades Search.cuny.edu Theater. Palaemon: A Survey of Stella and Charles Guttman Community Baruch College of thinking and searching, it Paintings by Jon Imber College becomes official with a celebration “Steve Earle” seems that one of the major Queens College on June 18. 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. The University received a $25 million gift building blocks of our under- Free from the Stella and Charles Guttman standing of what the world is June 14 From the Beginning, A Father’s Day Weekend Through June 27 Foundation that includes a $15 million made of has fallen into a War to End Slavery endowment for the new community college, place,” says Neal Weiner, pro- Celebration with June 13 Graduate Center history pro- Year of India Exhibit: a $9 million endowment for scholarships to Ramsey Lewis Art from the Land help academicallyfrom qualified all seven students CUNY fessor of physics at New York community col- The City College of New through Aug. 12 fessor James Oakes shatters of the Peacock University. leges transfer to York a widespread belief that the Queens College Summer CUNY senior Search.cuny.edu 7 – 9 p.m. Civil War was first a war to 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. Free Stargazing colleges, and $1 “Neal Weiner” $40 & $20 for students The Astrophysical restore the Union and, only million to expand gradually, when it became a the University’s Observatory at the June 20 College of Staten Island military necessity, a war to Dreams for Accelerated Study The Hot Sardines in Associate Kingsborough will be open to the public end slavery. “Liberty and a Cuban Free Press Programs (ASAP) Community at the following times: union, now and forever, were Cuban dissident Yoani initiative. June 13 Much of the College - The planet one and inseparable,” says Sánchez gained international Saturn, the crescent Moon work of the 8 p.m. Oakes. “That is what Lincoln recognition for her eloquent founda- 8:30 p.m. and the Republicans tion and outspoken opinions on June 18 - Solar Observing believed.” Oakes, whose focuses July 27 11 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. Cuba in her blog, Generación David recent book, Freedom Through June 27 on educa- Y, translated into 20 languages. tional Oswald’s Contemporary Artists Group Also, there’s a lot going on National: The Destruction of Show In her visit to City College in programs Louis Slavery in the United States, and Armstrong in your own backyard! Queens College March, Sánchez praised blogs June 12 1861-1865, is a powerful 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. social Centennial Band - Mercury at its and social media as “vital” Kingsborough greatest distance from the history of emancipation, Free journalistic tools and described Community sun after sunset appeared at the Graduate Through Aug. 16 her dreams for a free press in services to support low-income New York College July 27-28 - Delta Center as part of the Staten Island Through the her country: “In this future City children, youth and families. The son of 8 p.m. Aquarids meteor shower Conversations series, along Lenses of CSI Students Cuba, I expect that words will immigrants, Charles Guttman was raised on Aug. 17 peaks the late evening of with Sean Wilentz, professor College of Staten Island the Lower East Side and attended public July 27 12 - 5 p.m. be more common and more school until age 13, when he began working A Life of Salsa , morning of July 28. An average of about 20 of history at Princeton powerful than military uni- odd jobs to help support his family. In adult- with Ismael Miranda. Lehman College an hour. University. forms, that information will be hood he built a successful business, The Search.cuny.edu Paddington Corp. In 1959, he and his wife, 8 - 10:30 p.m. Aug.11-12 more common than ideology.” $45 - $60 - Perseids “James Oakes” Stella Rappaport Guttman, established the meteor shower. Up to 60 an City College professor Carlos foundation for the “improvement and benefit hour. Peaks late evening of Riobó, chair of Foreign of mankind, and the alleviation of human Aug. 11, morning of Aug. 12. Languages and Literatures, suffering.” Upon their deaths in 1969, with- Best after midnight. was moderator for the event, out leaving descendants, the Guttmans bequeathed substantially all of their assets Bring a beach chair and Baruch College professor of to the foundation. Black and Hispanic Studies Ted Guttman Community College and look up! Henken served as translator. 9-11 a.m. Free Search.cuny.edu Through Sept. 1 Search.cuny.edu “Stargazing” Laura Del Prete Exhibition Search.cuny.edu “Guttman” College of Staten Island “Yoani Sanchez” 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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