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Civil Rights Archive Acquisition click here Queens College Faculty | Stafff NewsyFebruariy 2011 Something to Sing Armstrong Archives: Now Available Around About: Choral Society Celebrates the World Louis Armstrong, one of America’s 70th Anniversary jazz greats, lived for almost three decades in a modest house in the working-class neighborhood of Corona, just four miles from Queens College. After the death of his wife, Lucille, in 1983—a dozen years after Louis’ passing in 1971—the house became the property of NYC’s De- partment of Cultural Affairs. Queens College was given the job of operating it as a museum. Members of the QC Choral Society When caretakers entered the house, in performance in December. they discovered a treasure trove of materials left by Armstrong in the attic It had been a long wait—since 2006. and closets: photos, home music tape- But on December 11, those soaring recordings, scrapbooks, manuscript hallelujahs in Handel’s Messiah band parts, and five trumpets—several resounded once more in the packed of them gold-plated. Colden Auditorium. Poised to conduct That collection, along with three A photo of Louis Armstrong playing with 171 performers, Queens College other Armstrong-related collections clarinetist Joe Muranyi is among more than 25,000 photos in the Louis Armstrong Archives. Choral Society (QCCS) musical subsequently acquired by the museum, director James A. John (Music) was forms the world’s largest archives devoted relaxed, centered, smiling. to a single jazz musician. On Dec. 16 the scrapbooks, and 20 linear feet of letters “There’s a lot of subconscious com- museum announced that a catalog of its and papers. munication between the podium and the three largest collections had just been put The museum’s holdings offer “an group,” reflects John. “People pick up on online at: http://www.louisarmstrong- intensely personal look at who he was,” house.org/collections/online_catalog.htm. says Michael Cogswell, a one-time profes- Continued on page 3 The archives include more than 5,000 sional jazz saxophonist turned archivist sound recordings, 15,000 photographs, who directs the Louis Armstrong House the 30 films Armstrong appeared in, 100 Continued on page 2 Armstrong archives - from page 1 Museum. The archives are routinely used one, and putting them online along with Making Do with Less by jazz scholars, authors, and docu- generous amounts of digitalized photos Like other publicly funded institutions, QC are reducing their offerings. “Given the mentary filmmakers. All the Armstrong and text, was funded by a $105,384 two- has had to tighten its belt in the current diversity of this borough, we want to photos in Ken Burns’s epic 2000 filmJazz year grant from the Institute of Museum economy. “We had a 2.5 percent overall increase our foreign language instruction,” came from the LAHM. and Library Services. reduction in our budget, which is a cut of says Muyskens. The painstaking work of combining the close to $3 million,” reports Kathy Cobb The administration also remains com- various paper and computer catalogs into (VP Finance & Administration). “We’ve set mitted to providing an affordable educa- aside another 1.25 percent—nearly $1.5 tion, despite the recession; for full-time million—to cover anticipated midyear cuts. undergraduates from relatively affluent Progress on Armstrong House Visitors Center In addition, personnel costs have risen over last year’s.” The Armstrong Archives, currently been increasing, going from 10,500 in Some of these losses may be recouped housed at the Rosenthal Library, are 2009 to an estimated 12,000 in 2010. through increased tuition payments and slated to be moved to a new visitors The museum has raised $15 million savings realized from the early retirement center to be built on an empty lot to build a 14,000-square-foot, two- of staffers and faculty. But these adjust- across the street from the Armstrong story structure, designed by Caples ments are not enough to balance the bud- House. The lot was acquired and do- Jefferson Architects. The visitors center get. Consequently, bathroom, classroom, nated by the Louis Armstrong Educa- will provide “state-of-the-art exhibition and floor upgrades are being deferred; no tional Foundation, a nonprofit entity space” for the museum’s collections. It technological upgrades are in the works established by Louis that took over his will also have “a little jazz club with a apart from changes needed to implement estate after Lucille’s death. stage for performances, lectures, film CUNYfirst. In the next fiscal year, starting Nearly four decades after Arm- screenings, class visits, and many other July 2011, QC will move to zero-based strong’s death, Cogswell says, “the uses,” says Cogswell. Construction is budgeting, in which each expenditure, no world seems to be more interested than scheduled to begin this year and be matter how small, will have to be justified ever in Louis Armstrong.” Visits by the completed in 2013. in terms of the college’s goals. Issues will public to the Armstrongs’ house have be discussed this spring in meetings of the budget committee of the P&B and in a President James Muyskens will hold a town hall meeting on Feb. 14 at 12:15 town hall session on campus. pm in Rosenthal 230 to discuss budget “All of public education today is fac- challenges. ing the same challenge we are,” explains President James Muyskens. “State govern- ments are depleted, so we get less funding. households, the tuition increase equals Even before this latest sharp downturn, only $115 a semester. With financial aid, things were trending this way.” To compen- many of our students get what is essen- sate, the college has been putting a high tially a free ride, the president notes. emphasis on fundraising and outreach to “QC may be a little better off than alums, QC’s best source of philanthropy. other CUNY schools,” he observes. “Our The news isn’t entirely grim. Although enrollment has grown each year, which the college is hiring very few faculty mem- brings enhanced revenue. We’re always bers, private funding is supporting several looking at efficiency and how to deploy positions in areas that have been identi- our resources in the best way possible. fied as critical to the Strategic Plan. Other We are trying to follow the objectives in outside resources, such as the Mellon our Strategic Plan. But, given the crunch, A digital representation of the planned visitors center at the Louis Armstrong Foundation, are helping QC add foreign some things may have to be deferred to a House Museum. language professors while many colleges later time.”

2 Asian-American Program Launches Community Collaborations One participant called it “history in the Asian/American Center, which is adminis- making” as leaders from 13 Asian com- tering this program. “This is the beginning munity organizations gathered recently at of a larger initiative as we work closely the college to launch a partnership with with our partners in the months to come, QC’s Asian-American Pacific Islander drawing on their expertise and experience Community Studies (AAPICS) program. to better serve the needs of Asian-Ameri- The organizations— including the Queens can populations in Queens and the rest of Museum of Art and the Organization of City.” Chinese Americans—were chosen to col- Nearly a quarter of QC students laborate on community research projects are first- or second-generation Asian with QC faculty and to offer internship Americans. opportunities for students. The involvement of community-based Among the joint projects planned are advocacy groups is the most innovative as- Asian-American literary readings and oral pect of the AAPICS program, which was histories, children’s and senior citizens’ established in November 2009 through a arts and culture programs, citizenship and $1.2 million U.S. Department of Educa- crime-prevention workshops, needs-assess- tion grant awarded to the Asian/American ment surveys, and roundtables on gender- Center. A minor in AAPICS is expected It was all smiles as representatives of more than a dozen Asian community based violence among domestic workers. to be available to students this fall. organizations gathered on campus to launch a partnership with QC's Asian- “We are very excited about this col- American Pacific Islander Community Studies program. laboration,” says Madhulika Khandelwal (Urban Studies), the director of QC’s

something to sing - from page 1 That 1961 concert was one of 25 consecu- community organization must raise about tive Messiahs conducted by John Castellini, $10,000 a year to cover expenses, including that confidence and joy, and I really felt that the society’s founding director. QCCS now hiring an orchestra for the Winter concert. was present. They were singing new energy presents the oratorio approximately every As a conductor, John “wants the music to into the piece.” four years. be authentic,” explains Bob Braine, including John, who has guest-conducted Messiah In their two concerts annually, members making sure that their 17th-century Latin sing-alongs at Avery Fisher Hall, has beautifully blend voices that range from 16 has a Germanic accent where appropriate. directed the QCCS since 2002. He also James John conducts a rehearsal years to 80-plus. Community residents, many “Professor John is very good. He teaches. of the QC Choral Society. is director of QC’s choral activities and of them QC alumni, sing side-by-side with He has patience,” he observes, and the director of the Manhattan-based chamber QC students, faculty, and staff and a small music director was a wonderful counselor toire that has never been performed before choir Cerddorion. number of talented high school students for Messiah. “A complicated four-part fugue at Queens College, like Beethoven's Missa Handel’s 1741 masterwork launched that participate in the Choral Society's high like that is difficult to execute,” Braine notes. Solemnis,” John explains. His mentor, Maurice QCCS’s 70th anniversary season. The school outreach program. For its 70th annual Spring Concert on Peress (Music), “encouraged me to program oratorio had been its inaugural offering in These polished singers are amateur in one May 14, the QCCS takes on Beethoven’s some of the greatest, most demanding December 1941, a dozen days after Pearl sense only: They receive no pay. Members Missa Solemnis. The Queens College Choir works in the repertoire, like Britten’s War Harbor and four years after QC opened its (students excepted) pay $85 annual dues. and Chorus will amplify vocal power to 200, Requiem, because of the significant artistic doors. “Born in World War II, the Choral Last fall’s two-for-one dues deal, along with accompanied by the QC Orchestra. and spiritual rewards for everyone involved,” Society gave significant support to commu- excitement about the Society's 70th anniver- “There are two sides to the Choral John says. “I took his advice. The War nity morale,” wrote Bob Braine ’57 in the sary season, boosted membership from 100 Society in terms of its traditions—perform- Requiem was an exceptional challenge, and society’s website history (www.qcchoralso- to 147. What inspires John is “the joy that ing the standard repertoire like Messiah as turned out to be one of our best concerts. ciety.org), and that still holds true. comes forward in that amateur spirit.” well as expanding the group's horizons into On this occasion of our anniversary, to John based the anniversary Messiah on QC sponsors his position as director new areas, like premiering works by QC have another monumental project like Missa the version inaugurating Colden Center. and provides rehearsal space. However, the faculty members, or taking on new reper- Solemnis is very exciting for everybody.”

3 A Global Look Ed Division Gets Title of Its Own For College’s Since the Division of Education began offering graduate classes about 60 years Winning Women’s ago, it has provided advanced training to more than 18,000 students—a figure Tennis Team that increases every year. Now those Asked to explain why his team has men and women have a QC alumni so many foreign-born players, QC magazine of their own: .edu. women’s tennis coach Alan Nagel Making its debut this winter, the doesn’t hesitate to concede that it 16-page publication has stories doesn’t hurt to be located in one of about the work of division faculty the world’s great cities. and graduates, as well as reports on “In many cases, such as with Maria signature initiatives, from the college’s Perevezentseva who’s from Moscow, Ranked 35th, nationally: QC's Women's partnerships with local high schools coming to New York is their prime Tennis Team and Coach Alan Nagel. to TIME 2000, our acclaimed program objective,” says Nagel, whose power- for preparing secondary school math house nine-member team currently these kids do—they see that we’re either teachers. Future issues will include boasts four foreign-born players. number one or number two in the East. alumni notes. Plans call for .edu to That, combined with QC’s high aca- And right now we’re also ranked 35th in be produced annually. demic standing and willingness to pro- the country. So the players see we’re not vide scholarship assistance, makes for an only in New York, we’re also ranked in unbeatable recruitment package, he boasts. the country. And last year we made it into  READ .edu NOW “If you want to play tennis in New York, the final 16 in the country.” there are only three schools: NYU, Colum- Somadi Drucker, a South African and bia, and Queens. And NYU and Columbia one of the players who helped get the don’t give scholarships to tennis players.” Knights to last year’s Sweet 16, forged Some players, notes Nagel, will even such strong ties to the people and the forgo scholarship offers for the opportu- place that she has stayed on with the team nity to play in New York. “Take Andrea as a coach while doing graduate work, Art Center: Salvetova,” he says of the Czech junior says Nagel. who has impressive academic credentials For one native-born player, junior Cheap Shots (4.0 GPA) in addition to being an ac- Taylor Barber of Salt Lake City, coming complished flutist and painter. “She had a to Queens was initially like coming to a During a trip to Beijing in April full scholarship at Texas-Pan Am, which foreign country as it was her first experi- 2009, New York-based photog- is a Division I school. Yet, she wanted to ence living in a place where everyone rapher and performance artist come to New York, and when she looked wasn’t a Mormon. But Nagel is happy to Tommy Mintz shot a surrepti- us up and saw we had a strong academic report that “Now, she’s like a native New tious series of images of pedes- program and good tennis team, she got a Yorker all the way.” trians and bicyclists navigating release to come play here.” Though temporarily lost to storm dam- a construction site. A selection Senior Maria Mendes from Sao Paolo, age, QC’s impressive indoor tennis facility is being presented by the QC Brazil, who had a full scholarship at Uni- Art Center in Cheap Shots: has also aided recruitment—as has the Made in China; Beijing Bicyclists versity of Arkansas at Fort Smith, also new residence hall, The Summit. “All our and Pedestrians: Photograph chose to transfer to Queens, says Nagel. student-athletes room together in a suite Installation by Tommy Mintz, on With both players, he notes, the that has two bathrooms, a living room, view through May 27. Knights’ reputation as a perennial kitchen, and dining area.” contender was a significant draw. “Every And yes, reports Nagel, the players year, when you look at the rankings—and practice sprints in the halls.

4 Strategizing Spurs important,” says Dorf. “When ing,” she says, before describing her own the economy sank in ’08–’09, success in reaching out to an alum who, Fund-Raising Growth the size of individual donations along with her husband—another QC shrank, but this was offset by the alum—founded the Alaska Permanent Despite the gloomy economic climate, increasing number of donors.” Fund, which provides annual cash pay- Queens College remains on course to achieve Growing the fund-raising ments to every Alaskan from the state’s many of its initiatives, thanks to better utili- stream, says Henderson, will oil revenues. “I told her I just happened zation of donor funds and a more strategic require more effective outreach. to be in the neighborhood.” approach to fund-raising. “We have at least 500 well-placed “Yes,” laughs Dorf. “Our VP just hap- “We know state budgeting is tighter alumni we need to be contact- pened to be in Alaska—in January!” than ever, that we have no slack,” says Sue Henderson (VP Institutional Advance- ment). “Consequently, we are looking more carefully at other sources that make up about 30 percent of our funding: the bookstore, food services, entrepreneurial activity, and fund-raising. We’d like to make fund-raising a bigger part of the pie. “Laurie Dorf [Asst. VP Institutional Advancement] and I have discovered that The estate of QC alum Virginia Frese across campus in various departments Palmer continues her generosity there are some 500 of these individual toward her alma mater. funds,” she continues. “We have to work with departments to see that these are ex- pended so that we can go back to donors The college is also focusing on planned and ask for more funding.” giving. A particularly significant be- This year each dean received $10,000 quest was recently made by the estate of from the Queens College Foundation for Virginia Frese Palmer ’42, amounting to activities that benefit faculty or provide some $11 million in unrestricted funds. seed funding for activities that attract “The foundation also would like to get more potential donors, such as events our endowment—currently about $35 mil- that bring alumni back to campus. lion—up to $50 million,” Henderson says, “We’ve brought some very hard-to- explaining how an endowment of $50 to reach alums back into the fold,” says $75 million spins off enough money every Dorf. “The CEO of Maidenform, the year to allow for things such as a contri- High-Tech Hillel executive VP of the Jets, the executive VP bution that was made toward construction Made possible with substantial funding of the NFL, the head of the senior coun- of The Summit. “The foundation provid- provided by Councilman James Gennaro, cil at the NBA. These are people who, ed $1 million, which I’m sure accounts for QC Hillel opened a new media lab Nov. once they come back here and have lunch why the lobby looks so nice.” Foundation 29. On hand for the official ribbon- with the students, say: ‘How can I help?’” money also has allowed QC to remain cutting ceremony were (l to r) QC A strategy for securing more unrestricted on track with its Strategic Plan, funding Hillel Student President Stephanie Pere, donations has also kept the campus moving initiatives such as the MFA in creative Gennaro, Pres. James Muyskens, QC forward, says Dorf. She cites as examples a writing and Year Of programs. Hillel Exec. Director Rabbi Moshe Shur, 22 percent increase in funding for scholar- There also have been increases in both Hillel board members Ellen Koppelman, ships and a gift to the new Center for Eth- the total amount of money donated by Jerry Waxman, (Computer Science), nic, Racial, and Religious Understanding. alumni and the number of alumni making and Samuel Heilman (Sociology). donations. “That latter number is really

5 QC Center Hosts a Night of Dialogue on Proposed Islamic Center They arrived at Queens College one eve- spoke, a panel of six students would ning in November from opposing view- question them about the issue as part of points: a Muslim leader looking to build the center’s process of finding common an Islamic center in lower Manhattan a ground on tough issues. few blocks from Ground Zero, and a fa- “We’re hoping to get something of a ther whose son died on September 11 and win-win here tonight,” Rosenblum said. wanted the project moved farther away. Khan, who was born in Kashmir, India, Daisy Khan, executive director of the and raised a Muslim, told the audience American Society for Muslim Advance- that she welcomed the dialogue, noting A forum on the controversial proposed Park51 Islamic Cultural Center, presented ment, and former NYC Fire Department that she has long honored all religions: by QC’s Center for Ethnic, Racial, and Religious Understanding, brought former Deputy Chief Jim Riches had come to the from her childhood attending Catholic NYC Fire Dept. Deputy Chief Jim Riches and Daisy Khan, executive director of the Student Union’s fourth floor ballroom in schools in India, to her arrival in Jericho, American Society for Muslim Advancement (both seated), to campus in November. a community-wide dialogue sponsored Long Island, where she lived in a predom- Center Director Mark Rosenblum looks on. by QC’s Center for Ethnic, Racial, and inantly Jewish neighborhood. Religious Understanding (CERRU). “We’re here to pave the way across the The Queens College students then Khan, meanwhile, stressed that it was It’s an issue that vaulted onto the na- divide,” she told the audience. “When we helped focus the discussion, with ques- important for Americans to support tional stage after the Muslim group pro- proposed the project, we didn’t realize it tions that got to the heart of the issue. Al- moderate Muslims like herself, who are posed developing a high-rise Islamic Cen- would create such pain. There’s a national exandra Ruiz, a history graduate student, looking for common ground, and want to ter called Park51, which would include a conversation we haven’t had yet, and we asked the opposing sides how they might become more a part of our nation’s fabric. community center and prayer space. Many need to have it.” find a compromise that wouldn’t compro- “It’s important for moderate Muslims politicians joined the 9/11 families to de- A decade after his son’s death, Riches mise our nation’s liberties. Sahar Khatri to have a platform from which to speak,” nounce the project, while others countered said the pain remains palpable. He asked ’12 asked how society could stop the she said. “A center like this [Park51] that it was wrong to discriminate against a Khan to consider relocating the project demonization of Muslims. And Charlie will amplify voices of Muslims involved religious group with a right to build there. farther away, in recognition of the feelings Wohlberg ’12 asked Riches just how far in peace-building. Otherwise, we’ll be Mark Rosenblum (History), who directs of some 9/11 families, and his contention away from Ground Zero was far enough. drowned out by the extremists.” CERRU, told the 200 students and com- that the site two blocks from the World Riches said that a couple of block far- The consensus among the participants munity members that the evening was Trade Center towers was “sacred ground.” ther away would satisfy him. “That would at the end of the evening was what Rosen- an opportunity to initiate, and sustain, “We are the victims too,” Riches said. be fine with me, but I know it might not blum had hoped it would be: a win-win respectful dialogue on this difficult topic. “We lost our loved ones. They will never be possible,” he said. situation, with both sides agreeing that He noted that after Khan and Riches come back.” they should talk together again.

Honoring African-American Heritage A noted authority on African-American culinary tradi- tions, the English Department's Jessica Harris (left, in blue print dress) presides over December's event in observance of Kwanzaa, the annual weeklong celebra- tion honoring African-American heritage and culture. In addition to traditional foods and giving gifts, the ceremony includes the lighting of seven candles.

6 environment. Prompted by these questions, Lud- Year of China Celebration Continues man and his colleagues initiated a makeover. Halfway through the Year of China, the At the end of the semester, three “We re-intellectualized college is looking forward to a second different groups will travel to China for an the foundations of the semester of Sino-centric activities. “This in-country experience. QC students will geology department and has been an extremely successful program go to Szechuan University; some faculty turned it into the School that has reached into every pocket of and staff members will visit sites in the of Earth and Environ- campus, involving students, faculty, and provinces of Szechuan and Beijing as part mental Sciences,” he ex- staff,” says Director of Asian Initiatives of a professional development seminar; and plains. The work involved Marleen Kassel. “We’ve presented Morris Rossabi (History) will lead a tour collaboration with 14 lectures, seminars, performances, of Silk Roads destinations for QC alums departments, from biology exhibitions, and student-sponsored events. and friends. and chemistry to econom- Some of the most distinguished experts Based on the success of the Year of ics, political science, and on China have given talks and met with China, QC is already planning similar Students take notes on a trip into the field with SEES journalism. Reconstitut- faculty and students privately. This program multidisciplinary programs that focus on Professor Patrick Brock (left). ing some courses and has solidified existing collaborations and other nations. Turkey, India, Brazil, and introducing others, SEES opened new channels.” South Africa—chosen by consensus from Rocking the began offering under- This spring promises more of the same. a list of nearly 20 countries—will be the graduate degrees in geology, environmental Chinese New Year was celebrated with a subjects of the next four Years to come. World of Geology science, and environmental studies, as well luncheon in the Student Union on February 2. A show by classically trained Chinese About 12 years ago, QC’s geology depart- as master’s programs in geological and artist Mansheng Wang will open February ment found itself under pressure to evolve. environmental sciences, and in applied 15 in the Godwin-Ternbach Museum. The Now, its successful transformation into the environmental geosciences—a non-thesis Short Course on Contemporary China, School of Earth and Environmental Sci- degree providing credentials for environ- a series of public lectures, will resume on ences (SEES) has been highlighted on the mental careers outside academia. March 3 with a presentation by Carl Riskin website for the Science Education Resource As a result, SEES more than doubled (Economics) on human development in Center (SERC), an organization funded by its majors and increased both the quantity China. The rest of the schedule includes the National Science Foundation (http:// and quality of applicants to its graduate additional talks, performances by the New serc.carleton.edu/departments/makinga- programs. (In addition to offering master’s Shanghai Circus and pianist Joel Fan, and case/QC-CUNY.html). “This couldn’t degrees, SEES participates in a consortial the U.S. premiere of a ballet choreographed have come at a better time for us,” says CUNY doctoral program.) SEES also by Yin Mei (Dance). SEES Director Allan Ludman, “just before forged enduring alliances with local, state, meeting with President Muyskens, Provost and federal agencies. Stellar, and Dean Liebovitch to develop an These developments attracted new action plan for our self-study. attention last fall when Ludman fielded “We currently rank second on campus in a questionnaire from SERC about the the number of grants received and the ex- health of his department. “We responded ternal funding we bring to the college, and and agreed to answer further ques- number one in scholarship measured by tions,” he says. Now SEES is the first peer-reviewed papers per faculty member,” of four case studies serving as how-tos continues Ludman. That wasn’t always for building stronger geoscience depart- the case. “At one point,” he recalls, “Allen ments; other schools featured on SERC's YEAR OF Sessoms, then the president, said, ‘What website are Rutgers University, Newark; do we need a geology department for? University of Florida; and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. “It’s a A concert by pianist Joel Fan (left), a lecture series We’re an urban school.’” In a subsequent chaired by Carl Riskin (Economics), and dance per- CHINA conversation, Sessoms asked if geology recognition that our strategy worked,” formances are among QC's Year of China offerings. professors were doing anything with the says a delighted Ludman.

7 Survey Notes performing arts events to dynamic Diversity at teaching. By participating in iTunes U, we join the nation’s leading higher Graduate Level education institutions.” Terrone and QC Marketing Director Queens College’s responses to the Steve Whalen have been overseeing 2010 Council of Graduate Schools’ efforts to identify existing QC content International Graduate Admissions that can be uploaded to the iTunes site. Survey confirm what we all have Additionally, recording for iTunes U will observed: that even at the graduate be a consideration for many campus level, the college’s student popula- events going forward. QC’s observance tion is exceptionally diverse. of the Year of China, for example, is “The CGS sent us comparative bringing a number of expert speakers data, and they again illustrate how to campus, and recordings of those ‘international’ and ‘diverse’ this cam- events will be available at iTunes U. pus is, in this case, for applications In collaboration with Casey Williams and admissions to graduate schools,” and Bryan Chan of OCT’s digital video/ says Richard Bodnar (Dean, Re- webcast productions department, search and Graduate Studies.) Terrone and Whalen have established “It appears that the source of this a set of procedures for recording and increased application and enrollment placing content on iTunes U. Content is China and India. And in addition coordinators have been appointed to our robust applications in Educa- campuswide to help facilitate this tion, strong gains are shown in Math process. Along with Whalen, they include and Natural Sciences,” he says. Jennifer Jarvis (Student Union), Wendy Data compiled for the survey by Lee (Special Events), Maria Matteo Graduate Admissions Director Ma- (News Services), Patty Price (Kupferberg rio Caruso and his staff was com- Center), and Janice Smith (GSLIS). pared with data from 229 other CGS QC's iTunes U page can be found by clicking Colleges & Universities in the iTunes U section of the iTunes Store. Learn how to get started at “Today’s students demand the ability members. The survey, the 2010 CGS www.qc.cuny.edu/itunesu. to tailor the way they search, share, International Graduate Admissions Sur- and interact with online information,” vey, Phase III: Final Offers of Admission notes Whalen. “iTunes U provides a and Enrollment, shows for all partici- Joining the iTunes University platform for sharing the Queens College pants that “offers of admission to pro- The online vehicle many students use to available free of charge to anyone using experience in ways that today's students spective international graduate students enjoy music, movies, TV shows, and other Apple’s free proprietary digital media are familiar with—through online streams increased 3% between 2009 and 2010, forms of entertainment is now a means for player application. (Mac and Windows and downloaded podcasts to laptops, reversing last year’s 1% decline. . . . Queens College to offer them content that versions are available for download at smartphones, and now ebooks.” First-time graduate enrollment of can be both entertaining and educational. www.apple.com/itunes/download.) Of course the concept of “student” students from China continued to soar In January QC joined dozens of “It’s well known that ‘visual’ and ‘digital’ is relative with respect to iTunes U, as in 2010, with a 20% increase; this is the colleges and universities around the are the driving forces behind 21st-century content is available to anyone with Internet fifth consecutive year of double-digit world—including fellow CUNY colleges communications,” says Maria Terrone access using the iTunes media player. growth. In contrast, first-time graduate Baruch, Lehman, City, and John Jay—in (Asst. VP Communications). “iTunes and Apple launched iTunes U as part of its enrollment of students from both India using Apple’s popular online medium iTunes U are hugely popular video sites popular iTunes digital content delivery and South Korea fell 3% in 2010, but iTunes U to make podcasts of lectures, among young people, and so QC is using service in May 2007. It now hosts more these declines were much smaller than lab demonstrations, musical performances, this opportunity to showcase and market than 75,000 files. those experienced in 2009.” sports events, guest speakers, and more the best of Queens College—from

8 A designed by the tech- nology firm Oracle Recalling Rathaus to streamline and Now on display at ACSM, this standardize functions painting of Karol Rathaus was performed by other recently donated by his son, electronic programs; Bernt. The early years of music at for QC for registration, Campus Solutions QC were substantially shaped by Rathaus, a Polish-born composer Late last fall QC became the first senior replaced eSIMS. who immigrated to the United college in the university—and the sec- More than 17,000 QC students used States during WWII. Rathaus ond institution, after Queensborough Campus Solutions to sign up for spring courses during a three-week period that joined the faculty as a professor Community College—to handle student of composition in 1940, a posi- registration via Campus Solutions, a com- began November 22, a week after the rollout at Queensborough. The staggered tion he occupied until his death in ponent of CUNYfirst. An acronym for 1954. In 1961 the music depart- “fully integrated resources and services launch allowed Oracle and a team at CUNY’s central office to give individual ment moved into its own building, tool,” CUNYfirst is an integrated package Karol Rathaus Hall. Continued on page 10

student Profile Gabriella Berrezueta says, has been whether—and by how Union, and (best of all, she says) has on- much—to raise tuition fees in response to campus parking. In exchange for those perks Student Association President Gabriella reductions in support from New York State. she works more or less full-time represent- Berrezueta says her job representing the Berrezueta brings hard work and an ing students’ interests with the administra- interests of the college’s students has international perspective to her role. She tion and working with the other officers of brought her a huge amount of work, and was born and raised in Quito, Ecuador. At the Student Association, as well as with the unexpected insight into how much students age 12 she immigrated to the U.S. with her presidents of various student organizations. can affect what goes on at the college. family. A senior at Queens, she has a double After she graduates this spring, Berrezueta “I’ve been surprised,” she says. “We have major: political science and Latin American is considering remaining at Queens to earn a lot of power on campus.” More than at studies, and still finds time to work one day a bachelor’s degree in French and Spanish, or many other colleges, says Berrezueta, who a week as a waitress at the Bistro Citron, enrolling at the CUNY Graduate Center for was elected in April and assumed office in a French restaurant in Roslyn, where her a degree in public affairs. Her goal after that June, students at Queens are on many of family settled. is to establish a nonprofit organization to the committees that shape academic and Her “political career” started in 2009 help disadvantaged children in Brazil. A native campus life; on some committees students when Berrezueta was elected as an official Spanish speaker, she learned Portuguese are voting members. of the Student Association from the United from her boyfriend and from watching Their role is much more than window People campus party. She liked it and decid- Brazilian films. dressing. Even at the most enlightened cam- ed to run for president in 2010. Her plat- But for the time being, she is working pus, students may not always see eye-to-eye form included improving the student printing hard to finish her studies while represent- with college administrators, says Berrezueta. policy, bringing more healthy food options to ing students’ interests. Her job as Student “I definitely think the administration cares campus, and fighting the likely tuition hike. Association president keeps her constantly deeply about students. But there are ques- As Student Association president, Gabby, in the spotlight, says Berrezueta. “People are tions where we have different opinions.” as she is often known, receives a small always looking at what you do.” One of the most contentious issues, she stipend, has her own office in the Student

9 a cunyfirst for qc - from page 9 College Obtains attention to the two schools, which are the budget modules two years ago and the testing the new system for the university. finance people have been developing the Personal Library of To manage the transition, QC fielded system,” says Henderson. “Last summer, a crew of its own. “Campus Solutions we implemented the hiring process for Civil Rights Leader took two years of many people’s lives to Human Resources; all hiring is now done Forman complete,” reports Sue Henderson (VP In- through CUNYfirst.” stitutional Advancement). “Those in the In future phases, CUNYfirst will The announcement in November that Admissions, Registrar's, Financial Aid, connect HR to the scheduling system to Queens College’s Civil Rights Archive had Bursar, OCT, and Degree Works areas help faculty with their workload. It will acquired the library of one of the major are to be commended for the persistence also connect HR with Budget, giving the figures of the Civil Rights Movement and hard work that got us here. They had college an easier way to see its complete marked not only a major coup in efforts to assist in designing the system, decide financial picture. Meanwhile, all students, to build the collection, but also significant how the structure should work, and faculty members, and staffers will be recognition of the commitment the college figure out what business processes would assigned a CUNYfirst number, so Social has made to seeing that materials related change and which ones would remain.” Security numbers will not be used for to this chapter of the nation’s history are James Forman (right) with another Civil Rights legend, Julian Bond. For example, students now put classes in a identification purposes. “This is much preserved for future study. shopping cart before registering. more secure and follows best practices,” James Forman, who died in 2005, is CUNYfirst has been introduced in notes Henderson. best known for his work as the execu- that. They like their materials being used stages. “CUNY implemented a portion of tive secretary of the Student Non-violent permanently. They become a living legacy.” Coordinating Committee (SNCC). The collection covers subjects ranging He was also involved with the Black from history, biography, and politics to Panthers and went on to lead the non- poetry, mathematics, and self-help books. profit Unemployment and Poverty Action Some volumes are in French and Spanish. Committee. His collection contains rough- And many of the boxes in which they ly 2,000 books, over 2,100 pamphlets, were received, says Alexander, have not academic journals, and printed ephemera, been opened since Forman sealed them, as well as a variety of audio and moving himself, over 25 years ago. image material. Given Forman’s stature as a figure “The acquisition was a textbook exam- within the movement, interest in the ple of how to build an archive,” says Ben archive will expand considerably with this Alexander (GSLIS), explaining how the acquisition, says Alexander. “Until now, school’s creation of the archive—which we’ve had this tremendous resource, but began with acquisitions from alumni who it was largely from a northeast liberal per- were active in the civil rights movement— spective. We’ve now advanced to a much along with a related website have generat- more national presence. We can advertise ed considerable interest among historians. to a much broader audience and a much “It was a combination of word of mouth broader group of scholars. And once you and the demonstration on the part of the break that ice, it’s really exciting.” How to Succeed in Show Business department and the institution that we’re Julian Bond, one of the founders Actor Danny Burstein ’86 (holding wine glass) visited his alma mater in serious about this,” he continues. “We’re of SNCC, will be speaking at QC on November to break bread with students who aspire to achieve the suc- getting these materials made public quickly Thursday, February 17, in Rosenthal cess he has had on Broadway (The Drowsy Chaperone, South Pacific), in film, and democratically, and they’re enter- Library, Room 230, at 5 pm. The event, and on television, where he can currently be seen in HBO’s “Boardwalk ing our curriculum from the moment of which celebrates the acquisition of the Empire.” He will appear in May with Bernadette Peters at the Kennedy acquisition, as our graduate students are Forman Collection, is co-sponsored by the Center in Follies. His father Harvey is a QC philosophy faculty member. working with them. And donors really like Archives and Africana Studies, timed to the observance of Black History Month.

10 QC Ad Wins Award The Office of Communications picked up a bronze at the most recent Council for the Advancement and Support of Educa- tion (CASE) contest for Mid-Atlantic District II. CASE, a professional asso- ciation of educational institutions and the people who promote them, issues click here to play 30 sec. click here to play 60 sec. Accolades Awards every year; QC faces QC's award-winning 30-second and 60-second promotional videos can be seen on particularly fierce competition in a region YouTube. that comprises Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New spots advertised the college as a place local cable television stations. Says Ter- York, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, where people can prepare for their future; rone: “Our students and campus were the the U.S. Virgin Islands, and West Virginia. by featuring students who live in The stars of these ads, which aired in such new The college took third place in Cat- Summit, it also highlighted the campus’s markets for QC as Connecticut and New egory 8, for public service announcements residence hall. Jersey.” Now they can be seen round the and commercial spots. The honored entry, Produced in spring 2010 by Grand View clock on YouTube. Click photos above to submitted in 30-second and 60-second Island, a commercial video firm, and the access both ads. versions, was “Queens College: From Office of Communications’ Maria Terrone right here . . . ” Targeted at high school (Asst. VP) and Steven Whalen (Marketing juniors and seniors and their parents, the Director), the spots ran for two weeks on

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Eddie Shoureck Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, a GTM: Art and large performance venue that includes the B&G Administrative Superintendent McCann Ice Arena that is affiliated with the Artlessness New York Rangers hockey team. This retrospective of over 70 On the day Eddie Shoureck was inter- Additionally, Shoureck has served as works, organized in conjunction viewed at Queens College for the position energy manager for the Galleria Crystal with QC’s Year of China, reveals of building and grounds administrative Run, a large shopping facility in Middletown, the inspiration for Mansheng superintendent, the campus was struck by NY. Previous to that he was the director Wang’s serene, contemplative a tornado. When he returned weeks later of maintenance at Cardinal Spellman High creations in relation to cen- for a subsequent interview, the area was School in . turies-old Chinese art, which under a tornado warning, prompting B&G Originally from Eastchester, Shoureck Wang interprets in a modern Director Sidney Grimes to ask, “What is it resides with his wife and two children in idiom. The exhibit includes about you and the weather?” Poughkeepsie. The Shourecks have a vaca- landscapes, botanical studies, Actually, weather—more specifically, cli- tion home in the Adirondacks, and when he iconic Buddhist imagery, and mate control—is a large part of Shoureck’s can find the time, Shoureck enjoys hunting. calligraphy, as well as Wang’s resume as he deals with HVAC (heating, Asked his assessment of Queens College ink and color works on paper ventilation, and air conditioning). For the from the perspective of his new position, and canvas. past seven years he has been the director he observes, “It’s big, and I’m motivated.” of facilities and operations for the Mid-

11 QC People QC Authors Dunbar. In early October Second-wave femi- Western medicine, GEORGE HENDREY he was invited to give a nism of the 1960s and Hindu, Islamic, (SEES) was moderator talk at the International and ’70s is often and Christian rituals. for Is Nuclear Power Panel on Climate Change thought to have Case studies illustrate a Plausible Long-term Conference in Seoul, emerged as a reac- what patients select- Option for New York and in early November Pekar tion to sexism in ed and how they State?, a discussion of he was invited to attend the civil rights and responded. Their deci- the potential future of two workshops in Brisbane and Sydney, leftist movements. sions depended not Hendrey nuclear power in New Australia, sponsored by Tipping Point, a According to this only on family prefer- York State hosted Jan. UK-based organization that brings climate explanation, women ence—in India, a rela- 20 by the New York Academy of Sciences scientists and artists together to discuss began pushing for tive typically accom- . . . PYONG GAP MIN (Sociology) is and form collaborations about climate gender equality at panies a psychiatric patient to his or her the first recipient of the Best Book Award change and sustainability . . . MIHAELA home, at work, and appointments—but also on the sensations from the Association for the Studies of ROBILA (FNES) has been invited by in other spheres after being relegated to and aesthetic qualities of the cures them- Overseas Koreans (Jaewe Hanin Hakhe) the United Nations Department of the sidelines in male-dominated organiza- selves. Many of the people in Halliburton’s for Preserving Ethnicity through Religion Economic and Social Affairs and by the tions. In Freedom for Women: Forging study found a course of ayurvedic treat- in America: Korean Protestants and Indian United Nations Population Fund in the the Women’s Liberation Movement, ment, with its purgatives and applications Hindus across Generations. The association Republic of Moldova to be a consultant 1953-1970 (University Press of Florida), of medicated oils and other mixtures, to be is the major professional organization in on national family activist-scholar Carol Giardina preferable to the electroshock and medica- Korea that maintains networks among policy at the invitation (History) turns this theory upside down: tions of Western psychiatry. scholars studying overseas Koreans. of the Moldovan She profiles many feminist leaders, includ- Every two years, the new award selects Ministry of Labor, Social ing those from the African American In an installation for the Coney Island the best among all books Protection and Family. community, who developed their skills by Museum in 2009, Zoe Beloff (Media focusing on overseas Koreans The former Soviet holding prominent roles in the campaigns Studies) assembled drawings, films, and an published in the previous republic is elaborating for civil rights and against the Vietnam War. architectural model of a Freudian-inspired two years . . . JIM MOORE a National Strategy for Robila Based on interviews, published writings, theme park purportedly designed in the (Anthropology) was a Demographic Security, and organizational documents, the book 1930s by members of the Coney Island discussant for the forum and as part of this process it is also also draws on Giardina’s personal experi- Amateur Psychoanalytic Society. The Emancipation Landscapes and developing a family policy framework . . . ence. A lifelong feminist, she attended the Adventures of a Dreamer (published by Moore Public Space in Early New HAROLD SCHECHTER (English) has first national meeting of the Women’s Christine Burgin), a companion project, York, presented Dec. 6 by been appointed editor of the True Crime Liberation Movement in Sandy Springs, represents itself as the work of that fic- the Anthropology Section of the New History series from Kent State University Maryland, in 1968. tional society’s founder, Albert Grass. A York Academy of Sciences . . . STEVE Press. The author of more than 30 books, journal in the form of a hand-drawn comic PEKAR’S (SEES) recent activities Schechter was described by the press as Rich in natural resources, from its fertile book, Adventures is a bravura perfor- include a keynote address at the Scientific "one of the world's leading true crime soil to its beautiful beaches, the southwest mance—an elaborate production that rev- Committee for Antarctic Research historians" . . . Pablo Tinio (EECE) Indian state of Kerala has attracted els in period details, Conference in Buenos Aires, where he also has been recognized as an outstanding settlers and traders for thousands such as its stitched led a scientific session. He also gave an researcher by the American Psychological of years. Today, that diversity is binding. Beloff’s invited talk at the International Conference Association, Division 10: Society for the reflected in the multiple options for mother, a noted on Paleoceanography in La Jolla, CA—a Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and individuals suffering from mental ill- psychologist, was once-in-a-lifetime event, as speakers are the Arts. He was cited for his research on ness. Murphy Halliburton among the people asked only once to give a talk at this arts in education, learning and engagement (Anthropology) sorts through the who were fooled. prestigious conference. Both events were in cultural institutions, and empirical therapies in Mudpacks & Prozac: “But surely Albert in August. He was invited in September aesthetics. His most recent work looks at Experiencing Ayurvedic, Biomedical Grass was real,” she to do his sabbatical at Stanford University, students’ and teachers’ experiences within & Religious Healing (Left Coast said to Beloff. working with one of the world’s leading the museum setting. scientists on climate change, Robert Press), comparing traditional cures,

12 People in the Media A program of piece by JESSICA LOPEZ, was the poetry and dance HARRIS (English) subject of a separate at QC organized by about traditional feature on the difficul- NICOS ALEXIOU African-American ties encountered by (Byzantine & Modern New Year’s food the visually impaired Greek Studies) and rituals appeared in in negotiating sub- Astoria book pub- . . . ways . . . The tremen- lisher Sam Chekwas BroadwayWorld.com dous growth in the Min Alexiou celebrating the cul- Harris featured an article Korean population tural relationship of about the presenta- of Palisades Park, NJ, Greece and Africa was the subject of a tion at Theater for the New City of Starry was the subject of a New York Times story story in the Queens Messenger, a new play about Galileo written that featured observations from PYONG Gazette . . . ANDREW GAP MIN (Sociology) . . . MICHAEL BEVERIDGE NEWMAN Liberman (Sociology) was (Linguistics) was quoted in a New York quoted in a New York concerning the prospects for reforming Times story concerning Times story about drug policy and an article in the online New York State’s loss Gov. ’s magazine CityLimits.org concerning racial of two congressional distinctly Queens- disparities in drug arrests cited research by seats as a consequence rooted Beveridge HARRY LEVINE (Sociology) . . . PETER of the latest census manner of speaking LIBERMAN’S (Political Science) article in figures. He was also the source for demo- Newman . . . STEVE PEKAR the New York Times concerning gubernato- graphic data used for a Times story about (SEES) appeared in a rial candidate Carl Paladino’s use of a foul- growing immigrant populations in American program about climate change on PBS’s sci- smelling substance in a campaign mailing suburbs . . . A story ence series “Nova” . . . to bolster his message: “Something Stinks in the online magazine ROBIN ROGERS’S in Albany,” was cited in “Carl Paladino’s Miller-McCune con- (Sociology) act of Smelly Politics” article at HuffingtonPost.com cerning disparities in turning her canceled . . . QC’s Committee for Disabled Students the quality of health wedding reception was recognized by NY1 as New Yorkers of between enlisted into a fundraiser for Hauptman and Einhorn the Week in December. One of the com- men and officers in a soup kitchen in mittee’s members, student LILIETTE the military quoted Greenpoint was fea- by IRA HAUPTMAN and directed by tured in the Daily News Edwards RYAN EDWARDS Rogers (Economics) SUSAN EINHORN (Drama) . . . Findings Lopez and on television’s . . . Research by ANDREW HACKER by INAS RASHAD KELLY (Economics) “Good Day NY,” as well as the local news (Political Science) and Claudia Dreifus was and Dhaval Dave (Bentley U.) that people broadcasts on Channel 11 and Channel cited in an article in who are unemployed 2 . . . LEANNE the Economist question- eat fewer fruits USSHER’S ing the value of a PhD and vegetables (Economics) receipt degree. A November were the subject of of the first grant event celebrating stories in the Wall from the George Hacker’s 40 years of Street Journal and Soros-funded Institute teaching at QC was the Freakonomics for New Economic featured in the Queens blog of the New Thinking was reported Gazette . . . An op-ed York Times . . . An in the Queens Courier. Hacker article in the Nation Kelly Ussher

13 Events in the Media offered a story about the 35th anniversary of QC’s Evening Readings series . . . The Godwin-Ternbach Museum’s exhibit Windows and Mirrors: Reflections on the War in Afghanistan was the subject of stories in the Queens Courier, Queens Gazette, Queens Chronicle, Queens Ledger, and at YourNabe. com. It was also prominently listed in the New York Times . . . The Daily News and Flushing Times reported on the new Hillel Multimedia Computer Lab funded with the help of budget allocations secured Natalie Milbrodt, QC project man- by Councilman James Gennaro . . . The ager for the Queens Memory Project, interviews longtime Flushing resident Queens Tribune and Queens Courier covered John Tsavalos. the groundbreaking for the second phase of renovations at the Kupferberg Center for the Arts . . . The Wall Street Journal and reported in the Queens Courier . . . The the Albany Times Union offered substantial Queens Memory Project—a collaboration features on the Louis Armstrong House of the QC Library’s Department of Special Museum tied to the groundbreaking for Collections and Archives and the Archives Thirty-six sections of the internationally celebrated AIDS Memorial Quilt—the the museum’s new visitors center—as at Queens Library to record the personal 54-ton, handmade tapestry that stands as a memorial to more than 92,000 indi- histories of many of the borough’s viduals lost to AIDS—were on view at the Student Union on Dec. 1 did the Daily News, which also reported on the new online catalog of Armstrong residents—generated stories from NY1, recordings, photos, letters, and more. the Daily News, TimesLedger, Queens Tribune, The display of the AIDS Memorial Quilt estate executive Howard Sipzner was NPR also reported the new catalog on Queens Courier, and Sing Tao . . . The Queens at QC for World AIDS Day was the cover featured in the Queens Courier . . . The its blog, “A Blog Supreme.” The election Tribune and Queens Courier reported on the story for the Dec. 2 edition of the Queens forum sponsored by QC’s Center for of Armstrong pen pal Stephen Maitland- opening of the QC Psychological Center Tribune . . . The Dec. 1 alumni roundtable Ethnic, Racial, and Religious Understanding Lewis to the LAHM board of trustees was . . . QC’s lunchtime reception for military on the business of sports featuring alums presenting opposing views on the veterans, sponsored Frank Supovitz, Howie Rose, and Matthew construction of a mosque near Ground by the CUNY Office Higgins was featured in the TimesLedger Zero was widely covered, with stories of Veterans Affairs, . . . The online YourNabe.com and South appearing on NY1 and in the TimesLedger, was reported in the Asia Mail featured stories about the QC Queens Courier, and Queens Chronicle . . . Queens Chronicle. Asian/American Center initiative “Open QC’s Kristallnacht memorial City: Blogging Urban Change,” event, featuring a lecture by in which students holocaust survivor Nechama will train city Tec, was reported at YourNabe. Max Kupferberg residents in blogging com and in the Queens Tribune (center) joined President so they can record . . . The Queen Chronicle Muyskens and VP the oral histories Henderson for the of various Chinese Nov. 2 ground- neighborhoods . . . The Real estate executive breaking ceremony December QC Business Howard Sipzner spoke marking Phase II of at the December QC Forum featuring real renovations to the Business Forum. Kupferberg Center.

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