2011 State of the College & Foundation Annual Report

Leading the Way Since 1971: Celebrating Dr. Hankin’s 40th Anniversary A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

For forty years, it has been my honor to serve the residents of Westchester, work with the members of the business community, and help our students realize their dreams. My team of faculty, staff and administrators has worked together with business leaders and legislators to build the largest college in the county. I am proud of our roles in this joint effort and we are looking forward to continuing to find new ways to educate students for the workforce and to prepare them for transitions to four-year institutions.

Over the past four decades, the college has expanded its scope in many ways. We increased the number of academic options for The Mission of our students, adding hundreds of new courses and dozens of new Westchester Community College majors. Simultaneously, the institution reached beyond its physical borders to offer classes at new Extension Centers and more than Westchester Community College provides 100 satellite locations throughout the county. In addition, we expanded within the main campus in Valhalla, adding new buildings accessible, high-quality and affordable education and state-of-the-art facilities. to meet the needs of our diverse community. One such structure is our Gateway Center — the college’s most We are committed to student success, academic recent building. Due to generous contributions from donors, and excellence and lifelong learning. support from local legislators and government officials, we opened the doors to this building in 2010. This new landmark features cutting-edge classrooms for business students, expanded training facilities for corporate clients, and improved resources for English- language learners. Now that Gateway is thriving, we are looking toward future expansion. Opportunities for synergy between the business community and our students have always been plentiful, and Gateway has helped us do even more, but the college’s expansion will not stop there.

This year’s annual report is not only a look back at the past year and the past four decades. It is also a preview of future achievements. As the decades have come and gone, we have steadily increased the impact of our institution as an engine that has helped drive the local economy of Westchester. Community College Foundation has been with us every step of the way, raising funds and helping to plan for new programs and future innovations. Jointly, we have made tremendous strides since 1971, and we are looking forward to achieving even more in the years to come.

Joseph N. Hankin During his tenure at the college, Dr. Hankin has been responsible for more than programmatic expansion. The Valhalla campus now has five freestanding complementary Extension Centers (Peekskill, Ossining, White Plains, Yonkers, and Mount Vernon) and also offers classes at dozens of locations across the county. Meanwhile, there have been significant additions and expansions within the confines of the 218-acre main campus. The overhaul of the Harold L. Drimmer Library and Learning Resource Center, which doubled in size, and the construction of the $40 million Gateway Center, are two of the most recent physical changes to the landscape in Valhalla.

Other noteworthy innovations and improvements include the introduction of a vibrant online education effort which has grown to include distance learning classes attended by more than 7,000 students annually. Also, the college has embraced the concept of providing educational services from cradle to retirement and beyond. The construction of the Virginia Marx Children’s Center allows staff members to care for and educate the children of our students, while Mainstream, the Institute for Mature Adults offers classes for more seasoned LEADER, VISIONARY, AND EDUCATOR learners. So on many fronts, Dr. Hankin has influenced a large number of individuals who In a sense, since Dr. Hankin became president of nation. Due to his vision and the institution’s tremendous have been a part of the college community. This includes his impact on the student Westchester Community College in 1971, nothing has range of offerings and wide expanse of resources, the leader who sought the president’s counsel while wrestling with challenging Honors changed and everything has changed. While it is true college has thrived for four decades. During this time, it classes; the faculty member, unsure of her future in academia, who solicited that the institution has expanded, both physically has streamed thousands of individuals into careers and career advice and then decided to pursue doctoral studies; the administrator and programmatically, and innovative programs and into four-year colleges and universities. who oversaw a dramatic overhaul of his office after being inspired by one of projects have been introduced at a breathtaking rate the president’s witty, informative, and rousing speeches; and the manager at a over the past four decades, the college still has its roots Arriving here as one of the nation’s youngest community local corporation whose career was in the same core values. But today, those roots run college presidents, Dr. Hankin immediately began the task rejuvenated through training deeper and stronger than ever before. of increasing access to the institution. He worked with offered through the Professional faculty, administrators, and staff, along with legislators Development Center. Like many of the nation’s community colleges that and members of the business community, to address the came into being after World War II, the institution’s need to add academic programs and expand learning After four decades, first mission was to train ex-soldiers for the workplace. opportunities in order to train tomorrow’s workforce. He Dr. Hankin can look back Over the next quarter century, this role expanded as joined the boards of the Westchester County Association upon the thousands of community colleges began to extend their reach, offering and Westchester Business Council, cementing the people whose lives he has affected. With plans for the courses that handled not only vocational education college’s ties to local businesses. As he introduced more The college expanded both on the main campus and training, but also general studies and avocational and more associate degrees and certificates, additional further expansion of the (Gateway Center groundbreaking, top) and institution firmly in place, off-campus (Peekskill extension, middle) during interests. By the time Dr. Hankin arrived, colleges were students gradually populated local and regional positions the tenure of Dr. Hankin. He also was a proponent becoming not only the means of access to a better in a variety of new fields, and moved on to further their his influence on others will of the opening of the Virginia Marx Children’s continue well into the future. Center which still provides child care services future for their citizens, they were also becoming the education at advanced institutions. for children of students and members of the community (bottom). intellectual and cultural hubs of their communities. In addition, Dr. Hankin’s goal of formalizing the college’s But the primary mission of the institution, workforce training options for those already in the workplace development and transfer, has always been paramount. was realized with the introduction of the Professional

Dr. Hankin’s leadership has been responsible for an Development Center in 1984. This resource has since Shown here breaking ground for construction of increased focus on these goals, and he has positioned the helped dozens of small businesses and corporations the Harold L. Drimmer Library in the early 1970’s are former Board of Trustees Chairperson Harold institution as one of the finest community colleges in the educate and train existing employees. Drimmer himself, former Westchester County Executive Alfred DelBello and Dr. Joseph Hankin.

2 2011 State of the College Foundation Annual Report 3 The Business of Westchester’s Workforce

Dr. Hankin has always been a proponent of a cooperative effort between A Global Vision the institution and the local business community. With more than 3,500 Among the nearly two dozen business-related students majoring in various business programs, it is important that the college majors offered at the college, the Global Business administration be aware of evolving employment trends and the ever changing Program is perhaps the most relevant to today’s workforce needs of local businesses. The institution has greatly expanded its economy. “Global business is in the news every various majors in business-related fields and also has added programs to train day,” says Curriculum Chair Rick Hyland. “Our tomorrow’s entrepreneurs through both credit and non-credit classes. students are attracted to this program because it is alive, engaging, and reflects the changing Current students are now enrolled in more than sixty credit programs in Business, nature of the world we live in. In fact, a number Engineering Science and Technologies, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Health and of students bring knowledge of their home Laboratory Sciences, and Human, Public, and Food Services. Our Business countries to the class discussions, adding an enriching dimension,” he says. graduates have gone on to excel in their chosen fields and have transferred to institutions such as Baruch, Clarkson, Columbia, Cornell, Fordham, Harvard, Iona, Students in the program (previously titled “International Business”) learn how to Lehman, Mercy, Mount Holyoke, University, Pace, Smith, SUNY Albany, think about business on a global scale. Years ago, when the program was first offered, SUNY Maritime, Wellesley, and Wharton. students were exposed to this concept when it was relatively new, long before the time when the interconnectedness of international markets was taken for granted. Among the business-related associates degrees Such futuristic predictions about a globally connected world have now come true and certificates offered by the college are: and are the norm in the business world. This is a core theme of the curriculum.

Accounting Fashion Technology and Production Two of the keystone classes in the curriculum are Global Business and Global Business Administration Financial Office Specialist Computer Applications Specialist Global Business Marketing. The first covers the fundamentals of international trade and business Computer Information Systems Marketing management on a macro economics level, while the second explores how Computer Networking Medical Billing and Coding companies build relationships, promote their products, and generate sales globally. Computer Programming Office Technologies Computer Security and Forensics Paralegal Engineering Science Small Business Entrepreneurship In addition to providing courses for Global Business majors, Business Department Engineering Technologies Telecommunications Technology faculty members in the new Gateway Center have been developing other Fashion Merchandising Web Development innovative options. Hyland recently formed a unique “learning community” by linking a non-credit English as a Second Language class to his Business Organization and Management course. “I worked together with ESL instructor Lisa Hochstein to Business Program Growth Under Dr. Hankin develop interconnected assignments. I would teach the students business skills in The college has gone from offering six my class, while the English lessons were focused on the terminology of the business business-related programs in 1971, 29 (top) Global Business Club members Kwame Duodu, world. These bright and highly motivated students were able to learn English skills James Kane, and Elma Kurtovic visited the floor of the to an astounding twenty-nine! New York Stock Exchange with Professor Hyland. that related to business and the global community. Based on our evaluations, (middle) The Computer Information Systems program 20 student found this approach very valuable,” he says. has kept up with changing technologies since it was first introduced in 1971. 13 13 (bottom) Professor Phyllis Fein now chairs two With these and other programs sharing the same physical space, synergies such programs: Fashion Merchandising and Fashion Design & Technology. 6 as this will continue to emerge. 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011

4 2011 State of the College Foundation Annual Report 5 A second innovative Gateway effort was launched over the past year as the college began offering financial and economic education to its students and others in the community. The newly formed Center for Financial and Economic Education, funded by a grant from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, now serves as a resource for financial and economic education through programs for students, faculty, educators, social service professionals, and the community at large.

In launching this initiative, the college recognizes the urgent need for individuals to have access to tools and information to better manage their financial lives. Within Westchester, there are diverse populations with distinct needs for financial and economic education. This knowledge is critical. Without it, students may accumulate Students connect with finance expert Beth Kobliner at the launch of the Center for Financial a burden of credit card debt that could cripple their and Economic Education. From left to right: Olivia Davis, Betty Salinas, Professor Carolyn Christesen, Maphachada Sompor, Jesus Peraeta, Justin McKenszie, Beth Kobliner (in white), future; immigrants, lacking in-depth knowledge of our Ivanka Sevcikova, JoAnn Walters, Simone Salkey country’s financial system, can fall victim to predatory lending practices; and social service professionals may be unprepared for client requests for counseling on debt committee charged with addressing the problem of GATEWAY – THE NEXT PHASE management and asset building. financial illiteracy, shared financial tips with students. Her advice about moving cautiously into the realm The Center’s offerings have covered core personal of credit card debt, and saving for a rainy day (and Once the construction of the $40 million Gateway Center relate to business studies, the Professional Development finance topics of planning, budgeting, saving and eventual retirement), was received by a rapt audience was complete and the building opened (September 2010), Center, which provides corporate training, and the investing, and practical financial issues such as what of students along with a host of local business leaders. the focus shifted from bricks and mortar to programming. volunteer center. students need to know about repaying a student loan, Kobliner is a former Money magazine staff writer, a The 70,000-square-foot structure’s state-of-the-art buying a car, renting an apartment, etc. There have contributor to The New York Times, and a frequent classrooms and leading edge technological resources The intent was to locate all of these resources in one also been workshops for the thousands of students in commentator on CNN, MSNBC, NBC’s Today show, exist within a backdrop of architecturally dramatic and building and to take advantage of their proximity to create ESL classes, as some of the non-English speakers are and various PBS and NPR programs. environmentally friendly features. The stylings of the a synergy which would result in something that would be immigrants without a deep knowledge of the country’s renowned Ennead Architects firm helps draw visitors more than the sum of its parts. financial system or financial products. Additional new innovative programming to the building: these characteristics include a dramatic One highlight of the Center’s offerings was its launch, from Gateway: glass and steel atrium, spectacular lighted spire, and One such effort is the Institute of Entrepreneurial which included a presentation by Beth Kobliner, a n Citizen preparation classes “green” components such as bio retention basins and Studies (IES). Its mission is to support entrepreneurship personal finance expert and author of The New York bries soleils (sun screens). But over the past year, the education. Through collaborations with community n Information sessions on higher education for foreign- Times bestseller Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in building has begun to draw attention not only because of partners, local employers, business organizations, born county residents Your Twenties and Thirties. Kobliner, who was appointed architectural features befitting a new landmark but also, and government officials, the IES is a resource for by President Obama to serve on the President’s n Forums for highly skilled, foreign educated residents more importantly, for the work that takes place within entrepreneurial development at all phases, facilitating Advisory Council on Financial Capability, a bipartisan n its doors. Gateway has begun to showcase the innovative programs that respond to students’ needs and Language Exchange Program linking English speaking programmatic offerings first envisioned when the contributing to a vibrant local economy. With over 95% students with those learning English planning for the building began a decade ago. of businesses in Westchester County employing ten or n Eastview Middle School Mentoring Program fewer workers, the training of potential and existing (with El Centro Hispano) The Gateway project was initiated as a response to the entrepreneurs at all levels of business development is n Cultural events including foreign film series, growing diversity in the county and the need to better vital to the continued economic health of our region. Asian American and Hispanic Heritage events prepare students for the workplace. The building houses Along with the college’s English Language Institute, IES the college’s growing English as a Second Language is currently holding entrepreneurship classes for non- unit, which educates more than 4,000 ESL students. It native speakers of English. also includes all of the college’s academic programs that Click this code for highlights from Gateway’s first Financial Education Day.

6 2011 State of the College Foundation Annual Report 7 PDC provides training and organizational development for businesses such as Regeneron Pharmaceuticals at their own site or here at the college, depending on the client’s preference. Professional Development Center

In addition to providing education for students who seek careers or transfer to four-year institutions, Dr. Hankin felt that the college should also respond to the needs of the current workforce. He proposed the institution of the Professional Development Center (PDC), which has grown into one of the county’s leading training programs. PDC provides affordable training for small and mid-sized businesses as well as large corporations. Many of the county’s largest employers have benefited from on- and off-site educational programs.

Current and past PDC clients include: Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Metallized Carbons Emisphere Technologies IBM Learning Center Lafarge North America New York Presbyterian Hospital Progenics Pharmaceuticals Regeneron Pharmaceuticals ShopRite Stew Leonard’s Westchester County Airport Westchester County Government Westchester Medical Center Whole Foods Markets

In addition to other programs which help companies reach their goals, Professional Development Center training specialties include: Mini-MBA Program Cultural Diversity Training Quality Control The PDC partnered with the Westchester County to train these technical professionals in the basic concepts Human Resources Law Sales Training Department of Economic Development to deliver of business management. The program for scientists at LEAN Manufacturing Sexual Harassment Prevention a “Mini-MBA” Program for leading scientists from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals covered strategy, finance, Management Skills Small Business Training biotechnology companies. Over the past year, three economics and marketing. Microsoft Office Team Building iterations of this three-day intensive program were held Project Management

8 2011 State of the College Foundation Annual Report 9 Academy for Entrepreneurial Excellence The Professional Development Center's Academy for Entrepreneurial Excellence educates current business leaders and grooms tomorrow’s entrepreneurs. In partnership with the Business Council of Westchester, these affordable workshops are for the business owner who wants to reach the next level. The Academy features three-hour sessions with experts on business planning, marketing, sales, legal issues, and accounting. It also includes weekly individual counseling sessions with a professional business coach. Approximately twenty business owners take part each year, beginning with an orientation session in August. Workshop sessions begin after Labor Day and end in mid-December.

Assisting Displaced Workers The college works closely with the local One Stop Employment Center to provide assistance to displaced workers. The institution provides new career directions for those who seek employment in cutting-edge areas such as “Green” technology, web design, and computer networking.

Continuing Education Division The college’s Division of Continuing Education is the largest unit of its kind in the SUNY system. It has grown exponentially over the past year, expanding its non-credit learning opportunities through a variety of new programs including those offered through distance learning. Working with training partners such as Education to Go, Gatlin Education Services, and Cheetah Learning, it offers Internet- based classes ranging from personal enrichment to professional certificates. Course topics include Accounting, Microsoft Excel, and Six Sigma Blackbelt.

HIT The college’s new Health Information Technology (HIT) Program Classes in yoga, music, and computer skills are among the countless non-credit courses offered trains individuals to work with electronic health records. Those by the Continuing Education Division each year. admitted to the six-month, 200-plus hour training curriculum in this growing field must have either healthcare or information technology backgrounds. In its second year of operation, this program is funded by a Department of Health and Human Services grant for $650,000, and prepares individuals for roles as implementation specialists, technical support specialists, and health information technology trainers.

Professor Margi Winters instructs students in the rapidly growing field of electronic health records technology.

10 2011 State of the College Foundation Annual Report 11 Over Dr. Hankin’s four decades of leadership, commencement ceremonies have grown dramatically. Our last several celebrated the achievements of a record number of graduates moving on to careers or four-year colleges and universities. College DEMOGRAPHICS: All Students Fall 2011

By Full-Time/Part-Time Status

Full-Time % 47 Part-Time 53%

Under 18 50 and Over Unknown % 4.8% 0 .1 % By Age 2.6 18 and 19 40 – 49 % 6.2% 25.7

30 – 39 9.7%

22 – 29 20 and 21 27.4 % 23.5%

By Gender

Male Click this code 46.8% Female % to relive our 2011 53.2 Commencement Ceremony

College FINANCIALS Revenues (2010-2011) Expenditures (2010-2011) Multiracial 0.7% By Ethnicity White State Aid $31,381,639 Instructional Activities $60,209,890 40.6% Administration $8,253,511 Native Hawaiian/ Student Tuition and Fees $53,271,992 There’s nothing like Commencement Day! With Pacific Islander Institutional Services $5,494,866 music and ceremony, family and friends come each 0.2% Native American/ Chargebacks $4,450,000 May to help celebrate the achievements of their Alaskan Native Student Services $13,540,006 loved ones. 0.5% County Contributions $26,143,000 Maintenance $13,634,676 Hispanic Library $4,090,335 26.7% Other Income $925,000 Uncoded Academic Support $7,454,691 6.6% Federal and State Grants $22,305,687 Federal and State Grants $22,305,687 Black Asian Public Service $65,501 20.3% 4.5% Debt Service/Cash to Capital $3,428,155

12 2011 State of the College Foundation Annual Report 13 A Letter from the Westchester Community College Foundation SCHOLARSHIPS

The Westchester Community College Foundation spent the past year For the fifth year in a row, the Foundation awarded more than $1 million in setting new records, earning national recognition, and increasing scholarships and grants. For example, the Kathryn W. Davis Global Community its commitment to students and faculty. Having just completed Scholarship provided students with finances to help them continue their the opening of the Gateway Center, which was funded through a education. Graduates of this program, which requires students to perform combination of private donations and public monies, the Foundation community service projects, have gone on to notable four-year institutions held the largest fundraiser in its history. The celebratory “festival” including Columbia, NYU, and Cornell. which honored Dr. Joseph Hankin on his 40th year as president, raised over $1.5 million toward scholarships and other programs. More than Anna Jeschke and Danielle Demopoulos were the latest winners of prestigious 500 guests attended the event, which was planned by a committee $90,000 Jack Kent Cooke Scholarships, which are among the country’s most chaired by board members Lucille Werlinich and Betty Himmel. competitive awards for community college students. Over the past nine years, eight Westchester Community College students have won these awards. No community For the second year in a row, the Foundation received the prestigious college in the nation has had more winners. Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Circle of Excellence Award for educational fundraising. In recognition Jeschke came to the United States from Germany to work as an au pair but she of its outstanding programs, our Foundation was one of only two decided she wanted something more out of her life. Enrolling at the college, she community colleges to receive this distinction. The award recognizes maintained a 4.0 average, was a member of the Honors Program, and received a institutions that show solid program growth, breadth in the base of SUNY Chancellors Awards for Excellence. She has since moved on to Columbia support and other indications of a mature, well-maintained program. University to pursue a business degree. This year we ranked first among the SUNY community colleges and fourth among community colleges nationwide with more than $5 Returning to college in her thirties after having spent years raising her three million raised from private sources. young children with her husband, Demopoulos earned the role of valedictorian speaker at commencement. “I was honored when I received the news that I was We aim to continue our strong, upward trend in the year ahead with chosen, but it was not until I had the chance to give a speech in front of a packed continued focus on addressing the college's greatest needs including Westchester County Center audience that I realized the magnitude of this honor. those that directly support student success. This will help us encourage My entire family was there and after my address, my children came up to me and students to complete their studies here and then to either begin their told me that they never knew I could do something like that. They were cheering careers immediately or to transfer to four-year universities. You may and bragging to everyone around them that I was their mom!” Demopoulos was count on hearing from us and the board, including new members also named the Curriculum Chair Award Winner for Liberal Arts/Social Sciences and Renee Brown, Marc Huestis, Martha Nierenberg, Eve Hart Rice and earned the Vera Delgrosso Memorial Scholarship award for academic achievement Ruth Suzman, on new and innovative initiatives. These innovations and outstanding service to the college.

(top) Deborah Raizes, President, will help keep the institution in the forefront of community Star students such as Danielle Demopoulos (top) and Westchester Community College Foundation college education. Thank you for your support. The scholarship program, administered by the Foundation, has grown tremendously Anna Jeschke (bottom) earned sizeable scholarships which allowed them to transfer to prestigious four- (bottom) Eve Larner, Acting Vice President, during Dr. Hankin’s tenure. During his first year, students received $5,100 in year universities. External Affairs; Acting Executive Director, Westchester Community College Foundation Debbie Raizes, President, scholarships; today, more than $1 million is distributed annually. Westchester Community College Foundation

Eve Larner, Acting Vice President, External Affairs Acting Executive Director, Westchester Community College Foundation Click this code to witness Danielle and Anna’s emotional reaction to winning this scholarship as it is presented by Dr. Hankin.

14 2011 State of the College Foundation Annual Report 15 Needless to say, President Hankin was the most popular man at his 40th Anniversary event, so guests took advantage of “Pose with the President” photo cutouts placed around the Center. (shown at right) SPECIAL EVENTS

DR. HANKIN CELEBRATION The 17th season of the Celebrity Salon Series attracted nearly 500 individuals to the homes of local hosts. The season included talks by Stephen Lash, Chairman Emeritus of Christie's Americas; More than 300 well-wishers attended Abigail Kirsch, famed caterer; David Sanger, chief Washington Dr. Hankin’s fortieth anniversary party correspondent for The New York Times; Ambassador Paul Wolfowitz, in the newly opened Gateway Center. The festivities stretched from one Deputy Secretary of Defense under President George W. Bush; end of the building to the other with Chris Jussel, the original host of Antiques Roadshow, and Thomas a “Forty Years of Fashion” installation Campbell, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. by the Fashion Merchandising and Design Programs (A), sketches from “Our Democracy... Polarized and Paralyzed?” was the theme of the the Virginia Marx Children’s Center 2010 President's Forum. More than 400 individuals attended the (B), and an area for personal messages panel discussion which featured Dan Balz, political correspondent to the college’s leader (C). Cocktail for The Washington Post and former White House Correspondent; party tunes were provided by the Westchester Community College Jazz Dr. Alan Brinkley, historian, professor of History and former Ensemble (D) while Dr. Hankin greeted Provost of Columbia University; Bob Herbert, Op-Ed columnist at distinguished guests including County The New York Times; and Kimerley Strassel, author and member of Executive Rob Astorino (E) and Dr. The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board. The event was moderated by John and Ingrid Connolly (F). There was Lester M. Crystal, former president of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions also a bagpipe tribute (G) and a photo and former president of NBC News. montage room with historical images dating back to the early 1970s (H). The Virginia Marx Children's Center celebrated its 25th Anniversary with a Click this code to see and gala reception in The Gateway Center hear highlights from the event. on April 30, 2011. Over 250 friends, alumni, teachers, parents and former parents gathered for an evening to celebrate this milestone. Upscale hors d'oeuvres and cocktails were served as Edward and Susan David (middle) joined the sophisticated group at one of our Celebrity Salon events. This year, host Katherine Chapman graciously opened her home for the occasion. C B D

A E G

Special guests Lark Mason Jr. and Chris Jussel H F pose with host Katherine Chapman and Celebrity Salons Committee Chair Jason Shaplen.

16 2011 State of the College Foundation Annual Report 17 Conversation Partners Carol Snyder and Ji Soo Park meet every Tuesday, giving Ji Soo a chance to engage in casual conversation with a native English speaker. VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

Volunteers celebrate twenty years of service The Office of Volunteer Services celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2011. The growth of the program has been meteoric and the current task force of more than 500 individuals annually contributes over 14,000 hours of service in approximately twenty different areas including the following: CONVERSATION PARTNERS More than 100 partners work individually with students learning English as their second language, helping them feel comfortable in their newly acquired language. In addition, the “Something to Talk About” series of weekly group discussions helps those students enhance their communications skills in small group settings. TUTORS Volunteers tutor students in the Academic Support Center, Writing Center, Math/Physics Tutorial, Science Tutorial, Modern Language Lab, and Art labs. CORPORATE MENTORING This past year, twenty-one corporate women were paired with individual students, sharing the realities of the business world and helping them explore career options. ON-CAMPUS MENTORING More than 100 students were placed with faculty and staff mentors in the Connections Program, helping them navigate the campus and explore academic goals. Also, students with disabilities were helped to improve their organizational, structural, and time management skills. ADULT EDUCATION The Collegium is a lifelong learning program for mature adults with volunteers who both teach and administer the program. Through the Carole Burack and Delaram Mirali enjoy Academy for Entrepreneurial Excellence, small business owners benefit their own weekly meetings for conversation. from volunteer mentors. This particular week they met on the second floor of the Gateway Center Atrium. SPECIAL PROJECTS Volunteers help with mailings and events including Career and Transfer Fairs, Celebrity Salons, President’s Forum, Italian Club offerings, Alumni Committee events, and Cultural Events. They also support the Native Plant Center and Campus Green Thumbs group as well as serve on the Foundation Board and its committees.

Click this code for a look at the 20th Anniversary Volunteer Luncheon event.

18 2011 State of the College Foundation Annual Report 19 Professors James Werner and Dwight Goodyear with honors students Chet Preston and Fiorella Villar. ENDOWED FACULTY CHAIRS “The students are well aware that being part of an Honors Program helps their chances to transfer to these top schools,” says Goodyear. Area Chair Donor

Arts & Culture in Society Jack & Ralynn Stadler The program is flexible and students may take just Business Administration Joseph & Sophia Abeles one Honors class or the full load of four courses which & & allows them to graduate with honors. Courses such as Business Public Policy Carl Lily Pforzheimer Foundation “The American Dream” help students expand their The Honors Program Sophia & Joseph Abeles intellectual boundaries. This particular class investigates Faculty Development Joseph & Sophia Abeles the concept of promises made by America from the time Early Childhood Education Joseph & Sophia Abeles of the Puritans through the 18th and 19th centuries. Library Sciences Joseph & Sophia Abeles “What are these promises? What do they reveal about Radiologic Technology Harvey Picker the dreams of new Americans? Admissions Sophia & Joseph Abeles Which dreams are being & realized and which dreams are Mathematics Joseph Sophia Abeles not?,” asks Werner, listing the English Nancy & William Olson questions that come up in the English Dorland Russett (Carol S. Russett Chair) course. “The class discussions Economics/Business Strategy Martha & Ted Nierenberg are particularly interesting Human Services Joseph & Sophia Abeles when they take place between Biology Joseph & Sophia Abeles established U.S. students and Journalism Liane Beebe Brent (Frederick Sessions Beebe Chair) new citizens,” he says. International Business Joseph & Sophia Abeles Honored to teach at Westchester Community College In addition to the courses themselves, the program Counseling, Women’s Forum Joseph & Sophia Abeles offers field trips to Lincoln Center, Holocaust Memorial Business Management Sylvia & Leonard Marx, Jr. Museum in Washington, D.C., and the Museum of & Sixteen years into his tenure at the college, Dr. Hankin “The courses are for the intellectually adventurous,” Distance Learning Sophia Joseph Abeles Modern Art. Other activities and programs include presided over the start of one of its most influential says co-chair James Werner. “These academically Chemistry Joseph & Sophia Abeles Philosophia, an Honors Program Club which sponsors and advanced programs. The institution became one of sophisticated classes help students grow and prepare Mathematics Joseph & Sophia Abeles free-ranging student discussions on timely topics, the nation’s first community colleges with an Honors them for their next steps. By the time they leave us, they English as a Second Language Sophia & Joseph Abeles Verdandi; a bi-annual scholarly journal; and an option for Program, offering selective, intensive classes for students are up to the challenge of either starting careers that summer study at Cambridge University in England. Nursing Joseph & Sophia Abeles with a minimum 3.25 grade point average. call for a high level of intellect and cultural awareness, or Academic Support Center Joseph & Sophia Abeles transferring to prestigious four-year institutions.” The Cambridge Art and Art History Joseph & Sophia Abeles “These classes are small and they allow all students to University program participate,” says Dwight Goodyear, co-chair of the After graduation, approximately 90 percent of the Modern Languages (Italian) Joseph & Sophia Abeles provides a select program. “As an instructor, it gives me the freedom to Honors students go on to their college or university of Global Literature Joseph & Sophia Abeles group of students focus on the students completely. Since it is always such choice. That list typically includes some of the nation’s Alternative Energy Technology Joseph & Sophia Abeles with an outstanding a small group, I get to know their names on the first leading institutions. Fordham, New York University, Child Development Virginia & Leonard Marx opportunity to study day, and we start engaging in dialogue right away. The George Washington, Cornell and Columbia are several English Literature, Practical Nursing Joseph & Sophia Abeles students come to class highly motivated and the faculty of the universities with graduates of the program. After Science, or History Culinary Joseph & Sophia Abeles are excited about teaching courses developed around transferring, many have returned to Westchester to at one of the world’s Criminal Justice Joseph & Sophia Abeles their own interests and specializations,” he says. praise their professors for preparing them for study at foremost educational institutions. The students reside these renowned universities. Computer Science Joseph & Sophia Abeles at the British university for two weeks, taking special The 150 to 200 individuals who register in one or more Respiratory Therapy & Care Joseph & Sophia Abeles seminars, attending lectures, and participating in of the fourteen offerings per semester earn special Entrepreneurship Anonymous relevant cultural activities while earning college credits. opportunities to learn sophisticated concepts at an Click this code to hear Professor Werner Developmental Education Joseph & Sophia Abeles advanced rate. Students who attend these rigorous describe the college's Study Abroad European Studies Barbara A. Abeles classes reap great rewards. Program at Cambridge University.

20 2011 State of the College Foundation Annual Report 21 The first graduate of Go Native U at Westchester Community College, Jeanne A. Waful. NATIVE PLANT CENTER

During a busy year, The Native Plant Center (NPC) continued its mission to educate the community on the importance of wildflowers and native plants through lectures, membership, events, and on-campus expansion.

A grant from The New York State Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation’s Zoos, Botanical Gardens and Aquaria Program was secured, paving the way toward the future restoration and enhancement of a campus nature trail. The annual wildflower and native plant sale resulted in more than 7,500 native plants being planted in our community. Meanwhile, lecturers included Robert F.C. Naczi of The New York Botanical Garden and Jane and Walt Daniels of The New York/New Jersey Trail Conference. Raising the Canopy: Building Landscapes for Future Generations, the spring landscape conference, was well attended.

The annual Spring Garden Tour highlighted public and private gardens in Massachusetts and Maine. A day trip in spring included visits to Martha Stewart's Farm, Judy and Michael Steinhardt's garden and The John Jay Homestead. A day trip in summer to the Yonkers waterfront featured private tours of the Science Barge, Beczak Environmental Center and a behind-the-scenes tour of the Untermyer Park.

Go Native U, a certificate program in Sustainable Gardening with Northeastern Flora, celebrated the first student to complete the program. This collaborative venture between NPC and the college’s (top) Wild Columbine, Aquilegia canadensis Continuing Education Division was modeled on a similar program (middle) Blue Flag Iris, Iris versicolor run by The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas. (bottom) Stone Cottage Garden sign through blooming Eastern Redbud trees, Cercis canadensis

22 2011 State of the College Foundation Annual Report 23 FOUNDATION FINANCIALS

Total Net Assets 2010-2011 Highlights Endowed Funds ...... $15,399,441 Temporarily Restricted...... $13,775,778 Unrestricted ...... $1,609,232

Total Net Assets...... $30,784,451

35,000,000 30,784,451

30,000,000

ALUMNI ACTIVITIES…REBOOTED 25,000,000

20,000,000 The Foundation greatly The strategic planning initiative resulted in 15,000,000 expanded its alumni several immediate improvements: outreach effort over the past 10,000,000 The formation of a Student Alumni Association. year with a new director, a This student club has begun reaching out to alumni 5,000,000 new board, and a new to invite them into classrooms as guest lecturers, and to use graduates as resources for career information 0 mandate for action. 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 for existing students. 2002

Shortly after receiving the A new Alumni Ambassador Program. This program arranges for alumni to represent the institution at title of Director of Alumni Endowments college fairs and to help inform prospective students 2010-2011 Highlights Relations, John Fellas reconstituted the alumni program of the benefits of a community college education. with a series of changes that have resulted in a more Scholarships...... $7,214,398 The Alumni Office and Alumni Council expanded the Virginia Marx Children’s Center...... $2,900,852 formal and proactive alumni office. Working together number of perks and special offers available to alumni. College Development and Enhancement...... $3,031,814 with alumni, administrators, staff, and Foundation board Details of the current list of benefits are available on Gateway Center ...... $1,771,017 the Alumni Office’s Mysunywcc.org online community members, the revitalization of the alumni effort began General Purpose ...... $481,360 site, which now boasts 1,000 “friends.” with a strategic planning initiative and a significant Total Endowment Fund...... $15,399,441 change in the structure of the alumni board. 20,000,000

“We wanted to take a look at where we have been and 15,399,441 where we want to go next,” says Fellas. “The strategic 15,000,000 planning process helped us get a reading of our past successes, assisted us in analyzing our existing resources 10,000,000 and current support system, and allowed us to ‘dream big.’ We now have a plan of action and are beginning to move Meanwhile, the new Alumni Council, a governing board forward to further expand our alumni affairs program. ” which expanded to fifteen members with three-year 5,000,000 terms, adopted new bylaws, thus formalizing the alumni office’s structure. 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

24 2011 State of the College Foundation Annual Report 25 Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fabbro Ms. Maryrose Nihlen Mr. John Falk Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Nordberg, Jr. DONOR LIST FOR 2011 Mr. & Mrs. Edward Falkenberg NR/WP Kappa Alpha PSI Alumni Mr. & Mrs. Norman M. Feinberg Fraternity Foundation, Inc. Sept. 1, 2010 - Aug. 31, 2011 Anna T. Fiorino Revocable Trust Drs. Nancy & Ted Nygreen Ms. Barbara Fischer Mr. & Mrs. Morris Offit The following is a partial list of donors to the Westchester Community Mrs. Barbara A. Fogel Ms. Anna Mae O’leary College Foundation (gifts of $1,000 or more). For a complete list, Dr. & Mrs. Julius C. Ford Organization of Chinese Americans please visit www.sunywcc.edu/foundationdonors. Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Frederico The Pack Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John L. Furth Ms. Annie Patton $1,000,000+ The Marc Haas Foundation/ Mr. Mario Gabelli Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Peltz Anonymous The Helen Hotze Haas Foundation Mrs. Joan Gilbert PepsiCo Foundation, Inc. Ironwood Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Gilbert PepsiCo, Inc. $100,000 - $999,999 Mrs. Marcella Kahn Mr. & Mrs. Marc L. Ginzberg Perennial Garden, Inc. Donor and Foundation Board member Robert Kirsh, co-owner of Abigail Kirsch Catering Ms. Barbara A. Abeles Mrs. Esther Kates Mrs. Nancy Gladstone Mr. & Mrs. Mark W. Pfaff Relationships, shown at the Dr. Hankin 40th Anniversary event with his Director of Special Events Ed Steinberg. Joseph & Sophia Abeles Mr. & Mrs. John Kaufman Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Goldstein The Hon. & Mrs. Harry Phillips, 3rd Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Kirsch Mr. Edmund A. Hajim Mr. & Mrs. Peter Phillips Longtime Foundation Board member and college trustee Betsy Stern and husband Mr. Robert Schmidt Ms. Nadia Taylor Mrs. Kathryn Davis Mrs. Anne Klass Drs. Joseph & Carole Hankin Mr. & Mrs. John W. Priesing Walter Stern have been valued friends of the college for many years. Arnold & Marie Schwartz Fund for Judy and Warren Tenney Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Gruenberg, Jr. The Lebensfeld Foundation Mrs. Carla Hawryluk Ms. Diane Quincy Education & Health Research Thompson & Bender, Inc. JP Morgan Chase Bank Mrs. Marion Levy/ Heineken USA Inc. R.S. Granoff Architects, P.C. Mr. & Mrs. Carl C. Hamann $1,000 - $4,999 Prof. & Mrs. Carlo Charles Sclafani Mr. & Mrs. Seymour Topping The J. M. Kaplan Fund The Marble Fund, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Helmrich Mr. Hans F. Reiss Mrs. Joy Henshel Mr. & Mrs. Roger Aaron Mr. & Mrs. Allan M. Shapiro Turner Construction Company The V & L Marx Foundation Ms. Edith Litt Ms. Michelle Hertz & Mr. Lawrence Mr. John Remondi Mrs. Betty Himmel Dr. Joseph Agonito Mr. and Mrs. Jason Shaplen Vermilion Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Samberg Ms. Suzette Brooks Masters & Friedman Prof. & Mrs. Richard J. Rodriguez Mr. Sheldon Jacobs Mrs. Margaret Allport Mr. William Snyder Dr. Carolyn Ann Webber Skirball Foundation Seth Masters Mr. P. Daniel Hollis III The Toby & Nataly Ritter Family The Jandon Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David Arnow Dr. & Mrs. Robert Soley Mr. Donald Weigand, Sr. Mr. & Mrs. Walter Stern New York State Office of Parks, Rec. HSBC Bank USA, N.A. Foundation Kellstrom Industries Mr. & Mrs. Peter Atkins Mr. & Mrs. Peter H. Spitz Westchester Community Foundation Ms. Lucille Werlinich & Historic Preservation Hudson City Savings Charitable Rosedale Nurseries, Inc. Ms. Joanne Landau & Mr. & Mrs. George E. Austin Mr. & Mrs. William Staudt Mr. & Mrs. Doug Wilson Mrs. Martha Nierenberg Foundation Mary A.H. Rumsey Foundation Rabbi Fred Schwalb Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Batkin Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Steinman Mrs. Florence Wilson $50,000 - $99,999 Oak Management Corporation Hudson Valley Bank Ms. Cynthia Sammis Mrs. Patricia Lanza Mr. & Mrs. Tyler Beebe Mr. & Mrs. David Stern Mr. & Mrs. William I. Witkin Andrew and Judith Economos The Ruth & Jerome A. Siegel Hudson Valley National Foundation Ms. Elaine Sanders Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Levine Ms. Janine Behrman Ms. Sarah Stern & Mr. Mark Harold L. Wyman Foundation, Inc. Foundation Foundation Hungry Man, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Camillo M. Santomero III Bari Lipp Foundation Dr. Georgette Bennett Rosenblatt Entergy Services, Inc. Warren J. & Florence Sinsheimer Mr. Richard & The Hon. Anne Janiak Scarsdale Woman’s Club Migration Policy Institute Ms. Jacquelyn Bergonzi Mr. & Mrs. Sabin Streeter The Rice Family Foundation Foundation, Inc. Prof. Carla Rae Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Schlesinger, JD Mr. & Mrs. David E. Moore Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Bialkin Mr. and Mrs. Gary Raizes Mr. John Stadler Mr. & Mrs. Tod Johnson Mr. & Mrs. David A. Oestreich Mr. & Mrs. Glenn R. Bianco The Jack and Billie Schwartz Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Suzman Kamco Supply Corp. Mr. James Piereson The Birnbaum Foundation Inc. Foundation TD Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Kaplan Yvonne and Leslie Pollack Family Ms. Laura Blau & Mr. Michael Citro Walter P. Stern & Elizabeth Stern Mrs. Judy Tenny & Ms. Marjorie Kaplan Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Brown, Jr. Foundation Inc. Mr. Robert Haines Mrs. Patricia Keesee Mrs. Janice Rabinowitz Brownstone Family Foundation Mr. David Swope Tisch Foundation, Inc. Ms. Jenny Kho The Raffiani Family Foundation, Inc. Building Owners and Managers Mr. & Mrs. Charles Urstadt Mr. Thomas & The Hon. Ursula LaMotte Mrs. Margaret S. Rice Association of Westchester $25,000 - $49,999 Dr. Lucy Waletzky, M.D. Mr. & Mrs. George P. Lindsay The Frederick P. & Sandra P. Rose Mr. & Mrs. Salvatore Campofranco The Glickenhaus Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Seymour Weingarten Ms. Marianne Loffredo Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Joseph P. Carlucci Lanza Family Foundation World Education Services, Inc. The Albert G. Lowenthal Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Paul Ross Prof. Mary Ann Cassidy Mr. & Mrs. John LeVar The Hon. Nita Lowey Skanska USA Building Inc. Chapman Family Foundation The Rebecca & Arthur Samberg $5,000 - $9,999 Ms. Catherine Ludden Mr. & Mrs. Donald Stone Mr. Frank Codella Foundation Abigail Kirsch Catering Relationships The Hon. Frances MacEachron Suffolk Construction’s Red & Mr. and Mrs. John Coleman The Mary & James G. Wallach Ms. Teresa Aversa Mrs. Patricia MacGregor Blue Foundation, Inc. The College of Westchester Foundation Cambridge University Press The Mahopac National Bank Ms. Carolyn Summers & Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Connors Mr. & Mrs. Robert Wiener Ms. Leslie Cecil & Mr. & Mrs. Arthur I. Maier Mr. David Brittenham Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Cotton Mr. Creighton Michael Mrs. Barbara K. Marks Mr. & Mrs. George M. Thom Mr. & Mrs. Charles Davidson $10,000 - $24,999 Dr. Iris Cook & Mr. Donald Seymour Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. McCullough, Jr. Ms. Dorothy Treisman Mrs. Christian Daviron Mr. & Mrs. Robert Beshar Mrs. Lois Cowan Sister Kathleen McKiernan Verizon Mr. Cesare DeFeo Con Edison Co. of NY, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Lester M. Crystal Mrs. Betty Menke Mr. & Mrs. John Warden Mr. Charles Deierlein Joseph & Joan Cullman Foundation Mr. & Mrs. John P. Curran Mr. & Mrs. Lee Metzendorf Westchester County Federation of Mr. Robert DelTorto for the Arts Mr. & Mrs. Richard Dresdale Women’s Clubs, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Diker Mrs. Jane Falk Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fabbro Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Morris Ms. Susan Yubas & Mrs. Sonia Drimmer Mrs. Marian Galewitz Mr. & Mrs. Stanley L. Goodman Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Morse Mr. Michael Benenson Mrs. Claire Edersheim Generoso Pope Foundation The Eugene and Emily Grant Family Mr. & Mrs. Randall Motland Mr. Theodore Eisler Mr. & Mrs. Martin Gold Foundation Mr. Ron Newman Gracious donors Joy Henshel and Warren and Florence Sinsheimer Mr. Alan Epstein

26 2011 State of the College Foundation Annual Report 27 The Hartford Hall Society honors individuals who have included the Westchester Community College Foundation in their estate plans. Planned gifts help to ensure that BOARD OF TRUSTEES & the college will have the resources to provide quality education for future generations. FOUNDATION BOARDS OF DIRECTORS

Over the past year, the makeup of the Foundation board changed as we were saddened by the loss of board members Charlie Brown, Kay Carsky, David Moore and Jack Stadler.

College Board of Trustees Barbara K. Marks The Honorable Timothy S. Carey, Judith Z. Matson Chairperson Matthew McCrosson Toni Cox-Burns Philip J. McGrath Aleida Frederico Eon S. Nichols Jeremiah Jerome Martha Nierenberg Thank You The Honorable Angela Korniczky David Arthur Oestreich Joseph P. McLaughlin The Honorable Harry Phillips 3rd Dr. LeRoy Mitchell John W. Priesing David Swope Deborah Raizes Betsy M. Stern, Vice Chairperson Eve Hart Rice Jordan Anderson, Student Trustee Rebecca Samberg Denise C.R. Santomero Foundation Board of Directors Allan M. Shapiro David Swope, Chairperson Jason Shaplen Deborah Raizes, President Jerome A. Siegel Joseph Carlucci, Vice President Sean Simpson Jennifer Gruenberg, Secretary The Honorable Cecile D. Singer Matthew McCrosson, Treasurer Florence Sinsheimer William B. Snyder Barbara A. Abeles Betsy M. Stern The Honorable Robert Astorino Ruth Suzman George E. Austin David Swope Robert Beshar George M. Thom Glenn R. Bianco Elinor Urstadt Renee M. Brown Lucille S. Werlinich The Honorable Timothy S. Carey Joseph P. Carlucci Emeritus Directors James W. Cobb Nina Jones Fink* Susan L. Cohen Raymond Keyes Lisa W. Connors John Kley Dr. Iris M. Cook Walter Korntheuer Betty Cotton Frances MacEachron Lois L. Cowan Frank S. McCullough, Jr. Lester M. Crystal Betty J. Menke for your Planned Gifts Richard C. Dresdale Manfred Moses Theodore Peluso Students enjoy new benches and paved pathways, Andrew Economos among other outdoor enhancements added to our Virginia L. Gold Hans Reiss 218-acre Valhalla campus this year. Jennifer Gruenberg Jack Stadler* Joseph* & Sophia* Abeles Shirley A. Phillips Dorothea H. Swope Dr. Joseph N. Hankin Brooke M. Beebe Josephine Pischedda* Sarah P. Swope* Anita Helmrich Emeritus Trustees Doug* & Marilyn Birdsall Professor Phyllis Primus Phyllis L. Taffet Peter Herrero Maurice S. Curran Dr. Iris M. Cook Mr. & Mrs.* Hans F. Reiss Professor John J. Tobias* Betty Himmel Harold L. Drimmer* Patricia Keesee Theodora L. Russell* Sheldon Jacobs Gerald Harris Jane Hecht* Dorland Russett* * deceased The Honorable Anne Janiak John A. Kley Professor Pauline Herman Donald R. Schoen* Ann F. Kaufman The Honorable Harry Phillips 3rd Helen Galland Loewus* Mr. & Mrs.* William B. Snyder Kevin J. Keane William G. Sharwell* Frances D. MacEachron Jack Stadler* Robert B. Kirsch Jack Stadler* Barbara K. Marks Mr. & Mrs. Walter Stern George Lindsay Harry & Marjorie Phillips David Swope Edith Landau Litt * deceased

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