Q Fall 04 Webzine 2

Q The Magazine of Queens College Webzine Update Vol. 2, No. 1 Winter 2004-05 QueensQueens CollegeCollege ReceivesReceives High High MarksMarks inin CollegeCollege GuidesGuides StudentsStudents TackleTackle WorldwideWorldwide HealthHealth ProblemProblem QC Ranked #6 in U.S. as a “Best Bargain-Public College” Q The 2005 edition of The Princeton ■ “People get ‘very active in after-school Review’s The Best 357 Colleges has activities’ to forge a sense of social con- QC in the News ranked Queens College sixth on its list nection.” of America’s “Best Bargain – Public Colleges.” The rating, based on a combi- AMERICA’S BEST COLLEGES Admissions Director Vinny Angrisani nation of academics and tuition, puts The 2005 U.S. News was quoted extensively in Newsday’s QC ahead of the College of William America’s Best Colleges Oct. 14 special education section. Large and Mary (#9) and the University of rankings were also photos of the campus appeared on the California-Berkeley (#11). released in mid-August. cover as well as inside . Alice Artzt’s Queens is consistently As always, CUNY col- (Secondary Ed) TIME 2000 program, among the top 10% of the leges are in the category “Master’s Universities – designed to increase the number of nation’s colleges covered Regional/ North.” The math teachers, was the subject of a June by this guide. Hunter, schools in the top half of the rankings 2 story in New York Teacher. Artzt was Baruch, and Brooklyn are the only other CUNY col- (formerly categorized as Tier 1 or Tier 2) also cited in a May 25 Daily News article leges that make the grade. are now numerically ranked from #1 about the Newton Fellowship grants The Best 357 Colleges (Villanova) to #83 (College of Mount St. for MA degrees in math at QC and bases its ratings partly on written student Vincent). QC is #50, tied with Hunter, NYU . A story in the Sept. 2 Queens surveys, usually distributed at each col- Springfield College (MA), and SUNY- Tribune about the Republican National lege every three years. QC students, who New Paltz. Convention and President Bush’s visit were surveyed on campus this past to a Queens Italian-American social club spring, had very positive opinions over- QC is rated among the “Top Public quoted Andrew Beveridge (Sociology) all. Some excerpts published in the guide Universities – Master’s,” tied with . Nicholas Coch appear below: (Earth & Environ Sci) Hunter and SUNY-New Paltz for ACADEMICS offered a grim sce- ■ 19% of QC freshmen graduated in the #10 position, and following nario for the Aug. 26 the top 10% of their high school class. Baruch, ranked in seventh place. Queens Chronicle of ■ “Students say their college has ‘the the effects of a hurri- best academic reputation out of all the Coch cane on the metro- CUNY schools.’” OTHER HIGHLIGHTS politan area. He dis- ■ “The faculty ‘encourages students ■ We have the highest graduation rate cussed the same topic Sept. 25 on a to excel and seek their help.’” (45%) of the CUNY colleges ranked by half-hour special on WABC-TV entitled ■ “Although professors don’t spoon- America’s Best Colleges. “Hurricane: Eyewitness to a Storm feed you, they really care about you as ■ Our students’ SAT scores are the high- 2004” . Josh Freeman (History) pro- an individual and make you feel like est at the beginning of the range (1010- vided his assessment of the sometimes you matter.” 1070). ■ Despite snags such as the difficulty ■ At 17%, our alumni-giving rate ties contentious relationship between labor of registering for needed classes, with that of Hunter College for the groups and the city’s billionaire mayor, “students believe that ‘you can get highest in CUNY. Michael Bloomberg, for a June 10 story an amazing education if you try.’” ■ We are also included among the 11 in the New York Times . colleges with the highest “campus Bonnie Gersten’s STUDENT BODY diversity” rating. Our largest minority (Chemistry) receipt of a ■ “In today’s higher education landscape, group is Asian Americans, who represent $200,000 research grant Queens College stands out as a paragon 21% of our student population. was reported Sept. 1 in of diversity.” ■ In addition to serving as a major the Queens Courier and “For the most part, different groups Gersten mix both in class and out of it.” source of information for students, Sept. 2 in the Queens America’s Best Colleges, The Best 357 Chronicle . In a May 10 Newsday arti- CAMPUS LIFE Colleges, and other major guides receive cle about the Investigative Science In this category, QC’s rating jumped to wide media coverage, influencing the Symposium/Fair held April 29 at three stars out of a possible four. opinions of parents, guidance counselors, (continued on page 3) ■ “ . clubs provide a viable substitute and others in the higher education com- for residential life at Queens.” munity, as well as the general public. 2 (continued from page 2) with religious or spiritual themes. She grant workers through the Queens Queens, Provost Evangelos Gizis noted also explained the appeal a TV evangelist Worker Health Protection Project . the high quality of work presented by the holds for city residents in an Oct. 16 The May 12 Queens Courier carried a high school participants. Event organizer Newsday story . Leo Hershkowitz report on choreographer Yin Mei’s Mark Miksic (Physics) made a similar (History) discussed his book Tweed’s New (Dance) $38,000 fellowship from the John observation in a May 4 Daily News fea- York: Another Look on May 29 on NPR’s Simon Memorial Foundation to subsidize ture. New India-Times reported on the “Weekend Edition” (aired over WNYC) research in China for the final portion of event on May 14 . The May 12 Daily . Madhulika Khandelwal (Asian/Amer her theatrical trilogy, Nomad. All the News and July 15 Queens Chronicle report- Ctr) was quoted in the major Chinese papers, including World ed Jeffrey Halperin’s April 29 Queens Tribune Journal, covered the story . The Journal (Psychology) receipt of a and May 5 Newsday News of Westchester, Rockland, and $2 million grant from the describing the growing Putnam Counties featured remarks Sept. National Institutes of South Asian community 20 offered by Paula Middleton-Lalande Health to conduct a clinical in Queens . Michael (English) at a forum on youth violence . study on attention deficit Khandelwal Krasner (Political Science) President James Muyskens was quoted in Halperin hyperactivity disorder . offered his assessment of how term limits an Oct. 6 story in the New York Times on Heather Hendershot’s (Media St) book were affecting the effectiveness of City plans to build a dormitory at City College Shaking the World for Jesus: Media and Council members from Queens for a . Eugenia Paulicelli’s (European Langs) Conservative Evangelical Culture was June 11 story in Newsday . The July 29 book Fashion Under Fascism: Beyond the reviewed April 18 in the Washington Post. Queens Chronicle reported that Steven Black Shirt was listed in the July 30 issue It was also featured in an April 2 story in Markowitz (Ctr Biology Natural Systems) of the Chronicle of Higher Education . the Marion Star about best-selling books provides free medical screenings to immi- (continued on page 4) Husain Brings World of Experience to OIT Having worked in Israel, Somalia, Croatia, Mogadishu, Husain says of his new assignment, “I see OIT as a Italy, and Iraq, Naveed Husain brings a place where we’ll have a lot of challenges in the near future.” world of experience to his new job as OIT’s He points to the successful launch prior to his arrival of wireless assistant vice president for information Internet access on campus as an indication of his staff’s ability technology and chief information officer. to tackle those challenges. Formerly with the Department of A challenge he’s particularly looking forward to is implemen- Peacekeeping at the United Nations, Husain tation of the Enterprise Research Planning system (ERP). “That sees much potential “to dynamically change process,” explains Henderson, “will allow all of our functions – OIT.” Having recently reviewed the 100- such as human resources, administration, budgeting, and the day plan and the one-year plan with Sue student information system – to work more effectively with one Henderson (Executive Assistant to the another and within CUNY. ERP will give us more flexibility President), he observes, “OIT is going to be and the power to provide us with better data.” Husain very busy.” Husain has been given a new title reflecting a new approach UNITED NATIONS AND CORPORATE EXPERIENCE to technology that will see OIT taking responsibility for telecom- Husain brings more than 15 years of IT experience to his new munications as well as computer technology issues. “OIT is position, including work with law firms, Fortune 500 companies, going to be re-branded,” he says. “It’s going to have a new name and seven years in different assignments at the UN as communi- and a new approach in how it deals with campus clientele. cations information systems officer. He has an MS in distributed There’s going to be a greater emphasis on customer service.” information systems engineering from New York Polytechnic University and a BBA from Hofstra University. STUDENT EMAIL AND INTERNET KIOSKS Husain, who came to the United States at age five from Whereas OIT previously focused on the technical concerns of Pakistan, believes he is well-prepared to address the needs of the faculty and staff, Husain sees student services as an integral part diverse Queens population: “I think the UN has given me addi- of the department’s future. Among the changes he expects to tional understanding of people of different backgrounds and dif- oversee are campus email for students by early next year and the ferent work ethics.

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