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4 e Dr. Raymond Bowen Joins College ,As It's Second President September 1st

D r. Raymond C. Bowen, who for nearly twenty years has been a lead· Assemblywoman ing fi gure in two-year coUege educa­ tion, joined laGuardia September 1st Nolan to Receive as its new president. President's Medal Or. Bowen, who has served as At Commencement president of Shelby State College in Memphis since 1982, succeeds Dr. Martin C. Moed, the college's vice president, who for the past year has been acting president. Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, In announcing the appointment, a long-time LaGuardia supporter, will City University Board of Trustees receive the college's prestigious Presi­ Chairman James P.Murphysaid: "Dr. dent's Medal during the Seventeenth Bowen is an outstanding academic Annual Commencement ceremonies leader who will head thecollegewith on September 24. distinction and purpose." Also during the exercises State President Raymond C. Bowen Dr. Bowen comes to the institution Commissioner of Social Services on the eve of its 20th anniversary, an marks a return to a college where he Cesar Perales will deliver the key­ event which will celebrate one of the has already served four years. In note address to some 1.000 graduates most successful experiments in 1971 he came to laGuard ia as associ­ and their guests in Queens College's American higher educa tion. Since its ate deanoffaculty. During his tenure Colden Auditorium. founding in 1971, laGuardia has been he also served as dean of the Sa tellite Awards will also be bestowed the fastest growing college in New College and then d ean of academic u pon th ree cooperative education York State and a nationaUy recog­ affairs, w hich post he held in 1975 employers for their role in the col­ nized innovator in the areas of coop­ ~hen he left to become vice president lege's interns hip program. Receiv­ erative education, basis skills devel­ of the Harbor Campus of Commu­ ing Co-op Recognition Awards will opment, high school! collegeroUa b

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New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and Virgin Island's area. Prior to his current position, Mr. Perales served as president and gen­ eral counsel of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense Education Fund. The commissioner is also chair­ man of the Governor's Inter-Agency Task Force on Immigration Affairs, which monitors the implem !ntation of the federal Immigration Reform Act of 1986. He serves, w th Mrs. Matilda Cuomo, as co-<:hair of the Citizens Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect and is co-<:hainnan of the state's Emergency Task Force on the Homeless. Mr. Perales is also AsKmblywoman Nolan chairman of the American Public Commissioner Perales Welfare Associations Employment Commencemenl.. Committee. He also serves on the land High School and went on to COn/inlled from page one Governor's Task Force on Poverty New York University as a University The President's Medal is the high­ and Welfare and is a memb 'r of the Scholar. Upon completing her bache­ est award presented at graduation. Governor's Task Force on Jt.IDS, the lor's requirements in three years, Ms. Past recipients of this coveted award State Developmental Di ~a biliti es Nolan attended NYU Graduate were Assemblyman Saul Weprin, Planning Council, theStateCommis­ School of Public Administration. former Congresswoman Geraldine sion on Child Support and the State Ferraro, and the Ford Foundation. Commission on Child Care. President Bowen... Commencement speaker Perales Since 1985 Assemblywoman No.­ Continu~d from pag~ on~ was appointed commissioner by lan has represented Sunnysid e, Ridge­ Under Dr. Bowen's leadership at Govem orCuomo in 1983. As head of wood, Astoria, Long Island City, Shelby State, the college established Social Services, he is responsible for Maspeth, Queenbridge, Hunter's an on-campus high school for poten­ all public assistance programs, in­ Point and Blissville. tial dropouts based un Middle Col­ cluding Medicaid and Child Support In the Legislature, she serves on lege High School, a mltionally recog­ Enforcement, as well as Disability the committees related to aging, vet­ lized alternative high school devel­ Detenninations,AdultHomes,Child eran's a nd consumer affairs, corpora­ )peel at LaGuardia du ring the period Protective Services, Foster Care and tion commissions and authorities, and he also served at the l.."Ollege. Adoption. economic development. In another innov; live move, Dr, Mr. Perales began his ca reer in Prior to holding public office, Ms. Bowen established al Shelby the En· public service upon graduation from Nolan was appointed by Governor trepreneuriai Development Institute, Fordham University School of Law Cuomo in 1983 as the Queens Om­ which enables minorities and women when he becamea neighborhood legal budsman for the Department of Sta teo from small businesses in Tennessee services lawyer. And from 1970 to In this role, she worked with Secre­ to bid competitively on the state's 1972, he served as general counsel for tary of State Gail Shaffer investigat­ multibillion dollar highway construc­ the New York City Model Cities in'g complaints by citizens and com­ tion projects. Those who have com­ Administration. In 1975, he was munity groupsconceming the deliv­ pleted the program have won con­ a ppointed director of the city's Crimi­ ery of services by state agencies. She tracts worth more than $16 million. nal Justice Coordination Council. also dealt with citizens questions and Dr. Bowen, 55, received his Ph.D. During the Carter Administration, comments on state la. I/S, policies and in parasitology and biochemistry Mr. Perales served as assistant secre­ programs. Prior to h~r oml"iudsman from the University of Connecticut, ta ry of Human Development position, Ms. Nolan worked for the his M.s. in biology from the Univer­ Services-the social services arm of New York City Department ofHous­ sity of New Mexico and his B.A. in the U.s. Department of Health and ing Preservation and Development zoology from the University of Con­ Human Services. He stepped into in an administrative capacity. necticut. that post after serving as head of the The life-long resident of Queens, He has also served as assistant department's regional office for the she graduated from Grover Cleve- Continl/ ed on page eight, column on~ selor will be available to work indi­ $250,000 Liberty Grant Funds vidually with each student on career and educational plans. [n addition, a Local School Collaboratives social worker at 1.5. 126 and a com­ munity liaison person at Newtown will provide counseling on such T he college has received a $250,000 from succeeding. For each school the matters as school attendance and State Liberty Partnerships Program college has developed a comprehen­ performance, substance abuse, teen­ grant to establish a collaborative sive and replicable model. age sexuality and family neglect or program with two local publicschools Students at the intermediate school violence. designed to improve academic will integrate the regular academic An integral part of the program achievement and retention among curriculum with a variety of enrich­ are activities designed to increase high-risk students. mentand remedial activities, such as parental involvement in their child's The schools participating are 1.5. com pu ter literacy, computer assisted education. 126in Long IsiandCity, which serves instruction, research and study tech­ "For example, we discovered that primarily minority and disadvan­ niques, and long range planning. one of the biggest choices junior high taged youngsters, and Newtown Classes in the performing and visual school students ha ve to make is which High School in ElmhW'St, which en­ arts will also be scheduled. high school to attend," said Dean rolls many recent immigrants who The high school program is mod­ Greenberg. "Intermediate schools possess few English language skills. eled on the college's International simply do not have the resources to The program began this fall and will High School, an alternative school educate parents, and as a result, they run for three years. which has been successfu l in serving often make the decision ina vacuum." 'The Uberty Partnerships program recent arrivals to this country whose Parents will also have access toon ~ gives the college an opportunity to severe English language deficiencies site guidance services for themselves. work closely with local schools in an force many to drop out. Built into the program is a "Liberty effort to assure that students at risk Like International High School, track" component where the college nol only complete school, but go on Newtown will place students in a will monitor students' progress re­ to college or a career," said Dean self-contained mini-school where gardless of whether they remain in Arthur Greenberg. the project coor­ English language training will be the partnership program. "Students dinator. directly incorporated into the con­ who decide to transfer to schools with The college plans to combine aca­ tent areas. which laGuardia does not have a demicand enrichment programs with "By creating this alternative envi­ pact will still be able to take advan­ support services thai include coun­ ronment," said Dean Greenberg, tage of the college's diverse support seling. tutoring and mentoring. The "students will havean opportunity to services, programs, and counseling," program also contains a support net­ develop their English language skills said Dean Greenberg. work for parents which provides them and master content area concepts." with information on theirchild'sedu­ He indicated that by the second or cation as well as help with their own third year they should possess the International High development. skills needed tobemainstreamed into Cited as 'Exemplary' laGuardia was one of 11 CUNY regular classes. units to receive funds under this state­ Classes are taught by I.S. 126 and By Federal Study wide dropout prevention program Newtown teachers who attended a that will serve 10,000 students this seven-day intensive training session year. The University was awarded conducted by laGuardia faculty. over $3 million in funds. Eight col­ Complementing the academic A nation-wide study funded by the leges outside of the city university program in both schools are an arTay U.S. Department of Education to system also received monies. of support services. identify successful alternatives to Under the 1.5. 126 arrangement 'The effort is designed to give bilingual education has cited inter­ the program will enroll 120 seventh support where typically there is very national High School as an "exem­ and eighth graders whose academic little for students who are at risk," plary program" for students with and personal profiles indicate that Dean Greenberg said. limited English language skills and they are potential dropouts. The tar­ A mentoring program will match will analyze the components that get population at Newtown are 120 students with paraprofessionals and contribute to its success. recent immigrants whose limited members of the local business co m ~ Theschool is oneof nine programs English language skills prevent them munity. An o n~ si t e academic coun ~ nationally selected to participate in a Theatre Program Announces Events For FalllWinter Season

T hetheater programhasannounced a fall/winter season of live perform­ ances. puppetry and dance, The curtain will rise October 28 when the Lady Bug. Annie Hickman. leads the coUege in its Halloween celebration. Adorned in dazzling costumes. the Lady Bug will tell ex­ three-year study condUded by The freshman class graduated June of 1988 tiling tales through mime and dance. Southwest Regional Educational and all of those graduates were ac­ The event. including cartoons and Laboratory. cepted to college. Mr. Nadelstern trick-or-tfeatsurprisesforallchildren, 'The findings," said Study Direc­ indicated that this year's graduating is scheduled for 1\ am and 1:30 pm. tor William J. Tuikunoff, "will pr~ class has achieved similar results. The writing of the United States vide researchers and practitioners The dropout rate over three years Constitution will be told in a musical with information about instructional has been below 4 percent. compared perfonned by the Hudson Vagaoond programs where English is the pri­ to a citywide high school dropout fig­ Puppets. These larger-than-life pup­ mary mode of instruction." ureof nearly 30 percent. Theaverage pets will perform "Guess Who Signed According to Assistant Principal daily attendance rate has exceeded 90 the Constitution." November 13--17 at Eric Nadelstem. the Department of percent. compared to 78 percent for lOam. Education funded the project be­ city high schools generally. The Hudson puppets will reap­ cause of the limited amount of re­ Asa result, theschool was awarded pear on stage November 18 to per­ search on the effectiveness of the a gold medal by the Council for the form the masterpiece of music and nation's small but growing number Advancementand Support of Educa­ puppet ballet, Peter and the Wolf. The of alternative programs. Since 1984, tion in a national search for institu­ performance will be based upon the when Congress allocated 10 percent tions demonstrating "effectiveness original Prokofiev story and music. of the $140 million bilingual educa­ with a new or improved partnership Following this children's classic will tion budget for alternative programs. between a high school and a college." be another puppet play based on the an estimated 7Oschoolsand programs In addition. the National Council of music of Respigi. The performance have been operating nationwide, Teachers of English conferred its will begin at 1.:30 pm. The study began last September "Center of Excellence" status on the Universal Langua~ ,e. a troupe that when 147 officials familiar with the school for outstanding educational bridges a wide variety of musical programs were invited to submit efforts in the teaching of English com­ styles from traditional to contempo­ nominations. Each candidate sub­ munications arts. rary will perform on December 4 mitted information describing impor­ During the current phase of the through the 8th at 10 am. The group tant program features. as well as study. which began this fall. a repre­ will perfonn jazz.calypso. reggae and documentation indicating better­ sentative will visit the campus to African music. than-expected performance from describe and analyze significant fea­ The National Theaueof the Deaf's their students. Each finalist also re­ tures of the program's success. A Little Theatre Tour returns on Janu­ ceived a two--day visit by a study comparison will be made between ary 13 for the sixth a nsecutive year team seeking additional infonnation. these findings and effective prac­ to provide a unique theater experi­ International High School reported tices that have been identified in ex­ ence by telling stories, fables. and that 90 percent of the school's initial isting research. jokes through a combination of spo­ "With these findings" said Mr. ken words. sign language and mime. In a iJeRinner piano class (above), an Nadelstern. "the department will The show will feature an adaptation Infunalional High School sludelll determine which approaches should from lIXn Arabian Nights. The cur­ praclices in a col/t!gt! music labs. be replicated. " tain will rise at 10 am. National Theatre of the Deaf, one of the fin est children's theater com­ panies in the United Sta tes. has per­ Federal Grant Funds Classroom formed throughout the world and Cooperation to Aid Retention has been honored for its unique style. In 1972 the company was chosen with other theater groups to represent the U.S. at the World's Children's Con­ ference in Albany. The group also A new coUege program to increase ideas and conduct research. performed in 1977 at the first Na­ student retention by pairing teaching Whateach team brings totheclass­ tional Children's Art Festiva l at the faculty and counseling faculty with room is a curricu.lum package that John F. Kennedy Center fo r the Per­ students in the classroom has won a exposes students to a three-stage forming Arts. $250,000 Fund for the Improvement learning approach. In the first stage, The season's finale, featuring the of Post Secondary Education grant. students learn toask themselvesques­ Incredible Merlin Magic Show, will The strategy is to teach a special tionsdrawnfromclassroom lectures, take place January 27th. The ancient curriculum that not only covers basic presentations, and reading assign­ sorcerer of Camelot will amaze his skills or a particular content area but ments. In the second stage, they learn audience with original and astound­ also shows students how to acquire to arrange information into under­ ing effects. The magic will begin at the necessary learning skiUs needed standable components, to compare 1:30 pm. to achieve academic success. Called concepts, and to think in terms of The programs were made possible, the "Iearning-to-learn" (LTL) strate­ flow charts and informational maps. in part, with a grant from the New gies, this approach has proven effec­ In the third stage students follow sys­ York City Department of Cultural ti ve, particularly among under­ tematic procedures for working Affairs, with the support of the prepared students. through problems based on the prin­ Queens Borough President Claire "This approach," said Associate ciples of prior stages, Shulman. Fundingwasalso provided Dean Carol Jackson, who developed 'This learning approach has been by the Queens Council on the Arts, the project, "will enable faculty to shown to help students develop both Alban EnergyCorporation, Brooklyn maintain academic standal ds, and the affective and the cognitive skills Union Gas, Chase Manhattan Bank, with counselor support, enable stu­ needed to a succeed," she said, "pro­ Chemical Bank, Q.P.'s Marketplace, dents to master course content." ducing improved grade point aver­ Silvercup Studios, and numerous Shealso pointed out that by incor­ ages and retention," individuals. porating the LTL method in the class­ In this unique partnership, Dean room, "we meet the students where Jackson explained that the counsel­ they are, rather than lsking them to ors provide a model for good learn­ add on something which they have ing beha vior. For example, to make no time to do. It gives learning strate­ SUTe that students understand a par­ gies the place that they deserve: at the ticular point in a lesson, the coun­ core of the curriculum." selor may address questions to the The project began this fall when professor. three instructors in the basic skills "Often, students do not ask ques­ areas-Cail Green of the English tions, even when they have not fully Department, Dehlly Porras of the grasped the concept," Dean Jackson Math Department, and Carolyn Ster­ said. "Here the counselor will show li ng of the English Language students how to illicit more informa­ Center-and threecounselors: Michael tion fro m a teacher." Horwitz, Leo Newball, and Olga She went on to say that the coun­ Vega-Malloy- attended a two-day selor's presence in the classroom is training session at the college con­ also beneficial to the professor. 'The ducted by Susan Shapiro, a trained counselor serves as an observer who profesSional in the learning-to-learn provides important information on approach, from the State University the lesson's impact," she said, of New York at Buffalo. The training The program is an outgrowth of period. is being followed by weekl y initiatives taken by the counseling LmJyBug will begin tk college'sfall study groups held throughout the department over the past few years. theatre season October 28th. quarter where the teams will discuss The LTL methodologies havealready been introduced iniormally in Fresh· try ~ rela ted vocabulary. And for the tunity for advancement ." man Seminar, the Pre ~ Freshman New York Medical Society, it offered She added that as a resuJt of in· Summer Program, and an informal a one--day seminar in practice man· creased demand for language skills colla borati ve between counselors and agement for medical office support training, Programs for Business has faculty teaching basic skills courses staff. developed a new ESL/ESP Work· in reading, ESL, math and writing Over the past decade, the program place Literacy program. This course has also been implemented. has served over 150 unions, hospi· requires ESL instructors to visit the By the end of the three-year grant, tals, manufacturers, retailers, and workplace and conducla preliminary Dean Jackson said that six full ~ tim e local development corporations, and needs assessment of the English pro­ faculty and six counselors will have trained over 2,000 workers. ficiency level of the workers before been trained in the LTL approach, One appealing factor is its cost. teaching. and an estimated 400 students will "Because we are part of City U nive r ~ "By working side-by·side with the have gone through the program. sity we can offer courses at much employees who will become their In appraising the impact of the lower cost than other training ins titu ~ students," said Ms. Gazianis·Stough, program, she believes that "the apo lions," she said . "the teacher builds an important bond proach is likely to change the way Another attractive fea ture is the of friendShip." Some companies in· teachers teach, and how counselors program's ability to design custom· volved areAbe Munn Picture Frames, impact on the educational en v ir on ~ made courses in sh: major areas: TamaSportswear,and Prints Charm· ment. And among the students who management/supervisory skills, ing. have gone through the program, we computer science, communication/ A companion program to the lit er~ will see an improvement in perform· language skills. one-day business acy course is the Cross-Cultura l ance both in mastering the course workshops, workshops for small Communications Workshop for content and in making satisfactory business owners, and technical train· upper management. Under this ar ~ progress toward their degree". ing. rangement, a company couples ESP To insure that a course meets the classes for its lower level employees needs of the client, Ms. Gazianis· with specialized training sessions for Programs for Business Stough said she reviews the job de­ its supervisors. scriptions of the participants before "We discovered that to train the Celebrates Ten Years developing of the course. low level employees and not bring Of Custom Designed "Wecan say to the employer, 'This their supervisors into the loop was Workplace Training is what your employees need and counterproductive," said Wiu Sa un ~ this is how wecan design a course fo r ders, coordinator of grants for the them,'" she said. "We don't just give program. "We feel much of the bene­ them a generic package." fit of ESP is lost if the supervisors do Still another fea ture is the ability not know how to encourage l eam ~ to hold courses on company premo ing." "Th e way I like to descri be the pro. ises at convenient times. Looking to the future, Ms. gram," said Oespene Gazianis· In describing the program offer· Gazianis· Stough noted that the pro­ Stough, directorof Programs for Busi· ings, Ms. Gazianis·Stough said that gram received funding to initiate a ness, "is that we bring education into cu rrently the fastest growing offe r ~ min i~ m a n age m e nt institute fo r the work ~ pl ace . " ing is an English as a Second l..an ~ women executives in public relations. Celebrating its tenth anniversary guage course that teaches fore i gn ~ Th program is also offering a se-­ this year, the program specializes in speaking employees specific jot>--re­ ries of basic business seminars fo r tailor·madecourses to meet the needs lated vocabulary and languageskills. Korean small business owners. of employees at a variety of busi· The course, called English for Spe­ And with Citicorp adding 4,000 nesses throughout the Metroplitan dfic Purposes (ESP), has been con· employees at its new Long Island area in a way that is unique. ducted at Eastern Airlines, The Mar· Cityoffices, Ms.Gazianis·Stough sees For example, it has provided busi· riott MarquiS, Peerless Instrument it too as a potential client. She indio ness writing classes for supervisors Company, Queens Hospital Center cated that the bank already has re­ of the Girl Scouts of the U.S. of Amer· and Coach Leatherware. quested that the program submit a ica. At Coach Leatherware, a major "Companies are attracted to this proposal. manufacturer of leather handbags program," said Ms. Gazianis·Stough, "We are thinking of developing and wa llets, the program developed "because it improves employee Ian· management training, lunch·ti me an English asaSecond Languageclass guage skills, self confidence and seminars and health workshops," she that teaches fa ctory workers indus· provides employees with the oppor· said. ture and writing. Built into the pro­ planned on going toCity College," he LaGuardia High gram was a support group that in­ said. "Now I'm applying to Vassar." School Students Get cluded a Vassar counselor, who pro­ Middle College administrators vided basic skills instruction, two hope that this nucleus of students, Taste of College at Vassar students who served as peer who are returning to high school with Vassar Program counselors, and Mr. Rosenberg, who new values regarding a college edu­ conducted group and individual cation, will ignite an enthusiasm (or counseling sessions. learning among fellow classmates. Thestudentsbeganeachacademk "We hope that this condition is infec­ day with a three-hour class that tious," said Mr. Rosenberg. A midst the beauty of the Hudson combined environmental issues in Middle College and Vassar are River Valley, Ruby Correa, a student science with English. already deciding what the future from LaGuardia's International High 'The team teaching approach pro­ holds (or the program. ''The ques­ School. carefully gathered gypsy vided more information than we tion is not whether to run it next moth specimens for a project that would have received if there was only year," said Mr. Rosenberg.. "but how examined the insect's effects on the one instructor," said Kevin Valentin, to expand it." environment, while at a nearby lake, a MiddleCoUege studenl. 'The teach­ Middle College High School student ers demanded a great deal from us, Angie Falquez observed how chemi­ but Ileamed more in two weeks than LaGuardia Wins More cal dumping pollutes this once pure in 10 months in high school." CASE Publications body of water. 'The residential experience taught Awards Than Any Such environmental issues were the students how to study," said Dr. explored in July by Ruby, Angie and Janet Lieberman, special assistant to College in the Nation 15 fellow Middle College and Inter­ the president for educational coUabo­ national High School students at ratives, "and how to effectively man­ Vassar College's Summer Institute. age their time and establish a balance "The students", accordil)g to between work and play." P ublications produced during the Middle College Principal Cecilia The students spent afternoons past year by the college's Communi­ Cullen, "were part of an experiment working collectively on research cations Office won more prizes in the funded by the Ford Foundation tosee projects in the library, attending labo­ annual competition sponsored by the howat-risk students fare in a private ratory sessions, or participating in Council for Advancement and Sup­ four-year academic environment." field trips that aided research. Every port of Education (CASE) than publi­ 'The idea was to take them away night students could be found in their cations from any college or univer­ from their environment- their fami­ dorm rooms pouringovertheir books. sity system in the country. lies and neighborhoods, H said Burt Each evening the students also The college won 17 CASE medals, Rosenberg, administrative assistant took a short break from their studies including a Gold Medal in the cate­ of gUidance at International High to participate in a group gathering gory judging the best total publica­ School who served as a program conducted by Mr. Rosenberg. At in­ tions program. It was the sixth time counselor, "and put them ina college forma l sessions, students had the op­ in the past eight years that laGuar­ setting where they would live and portunity to discuss academic and dia's overall program placed among work with each other. If they com­ personal subjects. the nation's top. muted, the program would not have Mr. Rosenberg pointed out that This year, however, marked the had the same impacl. " one of the outcomes of the program first time that the total number of For two weeks the eleventh grad­ was that students discovered the medals awarded to the college (or ers took on the challenges of a highly many educational options open to publications exceeded the number intensive college-level program and them. "All the students have a desire won by any other institution. got a real taste of campus life. to pursue a college education, but The competition, the most pres· The course, created and team because of their deep roots in their tigious in the field, annually attracts taught by Middle College teachers neighborhoods, they do not look 10,000 entries from some 250 colleges Hector Lopez and Yvonne Hilton, in beyond City University. Now in­ and universities. Second place fin­ conjunction with Dick Hemmis, a stead of going to Hunter, (or example, isher for total number publication senior biologiston the Vassar faculty, they may go to a residential college." awards was Emory University, fol­ covered three major environmental Mr. Valentinisonestudentwhois lowed by SUNY I Buffalo, Penn State­ areas-noise pollution, toxic chemi­ going to reexamine his college plans. University and the University of cals and acid rain-as well as Iitera- "Before I attended the program I Pennsylvania. Continlled from poge two professor of biology, assistant to the president and associate dean of stu­ dent development at Cleveland State University. Before that he held the post of Kettering Fellow and assis­ tant professor of zoology at Ohio Wesleyan University. He was named an honorary member of the Tennessee General Assembly in 1983 and was cited as an Outstanding Educator by the Mem­ phis Board of Education in 1982. In 1981 he was awarded the City of Baltimore's Citizen's Citation. His alma mater, the University of Con­ necticut, selected him as a distin­ guishro alumnus in 1976. Gov. Cuomo Supports Deaf Program Funding Last year he served as a consultant to the Ford Foundation under a pro­ And No Thition Increase During College Visit gram which selected colleges around the country as sites to replicate laGuardia's Middle College High A t a borough community forum term hospital care, and the Hunters School model. He is the author of hosted. by the college August 3rd, Point redevelopment project. numerous papers on both biology Governor Mario Cuomo confirmed Responding to a question by a and higher education. his support for the college's deaf pro­ laGuardia deaf student on state fund­ Dr. Bowen was selected as gram and his opposition to future ing for the college's Program for Deaf laGuardia's chief executive follow­ tuition increases. Adults, the Governor said that he is inga nationwide search which lasted At what was the fi rst of five such committed to the college's program nearly one year. The post became forums, the Governor met with hun­ and assured that funds will continue vacant last July 1st when the college's dreds of Queens residents, loca l poli­ to be included in the budget. founding president, Dr. Joseph Sh­ ticians, and college faculty and stu­ The Governor a Iso allayed another enker, resigned the position to be­ dents who gathered in the college's student's concern over possible fu ­ come president of Bank Street Col­ gymnasium to voice their concerns ture tuition increases by reiterating lege of Education. on such issues as the homeless, long- his opposition to any future increase.

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