Around the World in More Than 80 Days

Grad Receives Prestigious Award 5 . . . B&G Being Green 6 . . . Gifts Expand Middle East Offerings 7 . . . QC Launches QC Venues 13

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Have passport, will travel—and teach, History) with the assistance of Mohamed study, or conduct research. That’s becom- Grand finale for Tabrani (Education Abroad). During ing the norm at QC, which saw impressive Year of China their week in Chengdu, the QC team met numbers of faculty, staff, and students with counterparts at Sichuan University, head overseas in the spring and summer. QC’s spring semester had just ended when developing professional bonds in areas First at the airport was Fred Gardaphé 14 faculty and staff—selected through such as English/foreign language instruc- (English/Italian American Studies), who a professional development program tion (Donna Gruber, Jacqueline Davis, and spent the spring semester at the University connected to the Year of China initia- Eva Fernandez), educational leadership QC collection specimens of (l-r) of Salerno in Italy thanks to a Fulbright tive—regrouped in Chengdu, the capital (Nathalis Wamba), drama (Susan Einhorn, botrioidal goethite, fuchsite, and teaching fellowship. Conducted in Eng- of southwestern China’s Sichuan Province, tourmaline crystals in pegmatite Continued on page 3 lish, his course—which covered American for a two-week humor from Benjamin Franklin to Chris trip led by QC’s Rock Rock—simultaneously acquainted stu- Marleen Kassel dents with American academic practices. (Institutional Collection Finds a “I made my students write papers, but Advancement/ when I first asked them to do so, they Home at American looked at me like I was cra- Museum of zy,” observes Gardaphé. “I use the Socratic method and Natural History I expected them to challenge me. That didn’t happen.” In Back in the 1960s and 1970s, Eugene addition to his 42 hours of Alexandrov, then a professor of class time, Gardaphé toured economic geology at QC, regularly led around the country, giving 25 student field trips to mines and rock lectures, several in Italian. The quarries throughout the U.S., Canada, educational process operated and Europe, where they collected in both directions. “I learned mineral and ore samples. Before so much by living day to day in retiring in the early 1980s, Alexandrov another culture,” he says. meticulously numbered, labeled, and In addition to meeting counterparts at cataloged the specimens—more than Sichuan University, members of the Year 5,000 in all—and assembled them into of China team saw iconic ancient carvings and contemporary pandas. Continued on page 2 Rock collection - from page 1 at least a ton and essentially unmovable.” So nine workers from a moving company Recognition Day “a spectacular collection,” according to emptied drawers from the cabinets, Allan Ludman, chair of QC’s School of (Top to bottom) Leo Chalupa ’66 carefully labeling, wrapping, and boxing Earth and Environmental Sciences (SEES). was honored as Doctor of Science each specimen. The preparations lightened “Gold, silver, copper, platinum, chromium, honoris causa at Commencement the cabinets enough to move them onto asbestos, trace elements of rare metals, 2011, while two students happily a truck for the trip to a temporary site one-of-a-kind crystals—you name it, the waited for receipt of their degrees. in Brooklyn; later they’ll be taken to the collection had it.” Anita Sonawane, who plans museum for research and display. But last year, with storage space in a career seeking to address “We all worked with Eugene,” says desperately short supply, Ludman and social issues through more Ludman. “We want to make sure this is his colleagues faced a hard decision: The enlightened economic policy, done right.” Once it is settled in its new collection would have to go. gave the Graduate Address. home, the collection will initially be used “We had no choice,” Ludman says. “But Economic empowerment for research. If it is placed on exhibit, it will was also the theme of this there was no way we would discard or be labeled, “Eugene Alexandrov Mineral year’s Commencement break the collection up. We needed to find Collection: Queens College of the City Address provided by John a new home for it.” With mining activity in University of New York,” per an agreement Hope Bryant, CEO of the U.S. today a shadow of what it was a between QC and the museum. Operation Hope. generation ago, he adds, “this is a collection The transfer of the collection frees that can’t be duplicated.” much needed storage space. But it marks So, last fall, SEES reached out to the a bittersweet transition for Ludman and American Museum of Natural History and others with warm memories of Alexandrov, asked if it was interested in acquiring the now in his 90s. collection. A few months later, the museum’s “Eugene is a big, gruff, Russian bear with curator of mineralogy came to the school, a heart of gold,” says Ludman, who has looked over the holdings, and said yes. taught at QC since 1975. “Generations of The transfer took place in the first week students accompanied him on his field trips of August; in terms of complexity, the and he remains a beloved figure to this day. logistics and advance planning requirements His collection was a true labor of love and lie somewhere between those for an estate we’re sad to see it go. But we’re happy that sale and a moon launch. it’s going to a good home.” “This was an intricate operation,” Ludman says. “The rocks are stored in 15 metal cabinets, each weighing

Former QC geology professor Eugene Alexandrov and a specimen of tourmaline crystals in pegmatite from the vast rock and mineral collection he assembled.

FYI October 2011 | 2 around the world - from page 1 Searching for “a fish by the South East Asian Ministers of who also led a master class for acting stu- Education Organization. The interns co- dents, and Jeffrey Rosenstock), and library with crocodilian taught classes to children ranging in age science (Benjamin Alexander). Cynthia tendencies” from 7 to 15 and had opportunities to Lashley (EECE) visited a master’s class tour the city and other attractions. “This and kindergarten and talked with teachers John Waldman (Biology) and Peishi was a pilot paid international internship and administrators. Christopher Greaves Wang (ECP) also traveled to Asia out of Queens College, a joint effort of (Alumni Relations) researched emerg- this summer to continue projects the Provost’s Office and ELI,” reports ing models for private fundraising within initiated in previous visits. Waldman Donna Gruber (ELI), who was de- Chinese higher education and discussed Si- went to Mongolia to study taimen, lighted with the results. chuan University’s fundraising model with which he describes as student services staff, while John Andrejack “a fish with crocodilian From the Black Sea (Student Life) interviewed undergraduates tendencies.” A threat- about their expectations for study in the ened member of the to Ghana United States. Serinity Young (CMAL) salmon and trout family, established a relationship with In Asia Minor, Joel Allen (History) got the university's Institute for a head start on the 2011-12 “Year of” Tibetan Studies and worked program, concentrating on Turkey, by on a virtual tour of Dazu, site leading an Education Abroad course of rock carvings dating from there during the month of July. “East and the ninth to the 13th century West in Istanbul,” new this year, attracted and a stop on the group’s week six students, two of whom arranged to two itinerary. Leslie Jay (Com- leave after a few days to join Alexander munications), who moonlights Bauer (Anthropology) in an archeologi- as a clarinetist, blogged about cal project along the Turkish Black Sea the trip and played in a joint coast at Sinop. The remaining participants recital with a Sichuan music learned about the Byzantine and Otto- From top: QC students take a break professor; Townsend Harris man Empires, visited Roman ruins on the from teaching English in Ho Chi Minh classical languages teacher An- Aegean Coast, and in the fourth week, at- City; Alexander Bauer and team survey tended lectures at QC’s partner institution, drew Hagerty did research for a site at Sinop, Turkey; John Waldman a unit on ancient monuments. looks at two that didn’t get away. Bahcesehir University. The students’ eth- Before leaving for the rest nicities—they or their families came from of their journey—comprising Greece, Albania, Kosovo, and territory a daytrip to Dazu, a three- five interns—QC grad students in special contested by Pakistan and India—“made day cruise on the Yangtze education. From July 1 to August 8, they for interesting perspectives in a lecture on River, and a brief stopover in transformed two classes at BWCC, which cosmopolitanism,” notes Allen, a scholar Beijing—the Year of China has a partnership with QC: They incor- whose work focuses on the provinces of contingent crossed paths with other QC the taimen eats small mammals and can porated evidence-based interventions into the Roman Empire. “The trip opened new people in Chengdu. Ann Davison (Eng- weigh more than 100 pounds. Waldman, the curriculum, rearranged personnel so perspectives in my own work, too.” lish) and her husband, Len Rubin, were who was accompanied by QC biology parents wouldn’t assist their own children, The projects Rikki Asher (SEYS) at the university to give six lectures on major Ivana Roman ’12, documented his and decorated the rooms with visual sup- pursues have a signature flattened perspec- American short stories and culture to trip on CUNY’s Decade of Science blog, port materials. “Needless to say, BWCC tive: She’s a muralist. This year, she and graduate students in English literature, which features dispatches from CUNY was extremely pleased with the outcome of three fellow members of Brooklyn-based translation, and American studies. David scientists on expeditions to the far ends this internship,” says Wang. Artmakers Inc. made individual presenta- Leventhal (BALA) was teaching a busi- of the earth. Meanwhile, Wang returned At roughly the same time, six QC tions at Ghana’s second Kumasi Biennial ness course at the same school, and QC to the Beijing Wucailu Children’s Center students were selected to travel to Ho Chi Symposium, a three-week event that’s students were taking classes there through (BWCC), a school for children with autism Minh City, Vietnam, as interns in an Eng- concerned with the gap among contempo- lish as a foreign language program hosted Education Abroad. and other developmental disabilities, with Continued on page 4

FYI October 2011 | 3 around the world - from page 3 rary African artists, the international artist Save the Date! 23 community, and rural areas. In connection with the symposium, Artmakers created a site-specific piece for rustic Abetenim Homecoming Village, where Asher and her colleagues adorned three walls of a new multipurpose is Sunday, building with a mural and stencils. October 23.

When in Bosnia: QC student Emily Monaco (far left) donned a head scarf to attend a memorial and funeral service.

Alluding to the demonstra- University of Rijeka. “We worked with tions that rocked Athens over administrators there to help them develop the summer, Alexiou observes, a good strategic plan,” says Henderson. “Our students have witnessed “Like all institutions, Rijeka has to deal some memorable social move- with change and help its departments deal ments, and responded to all with change as it moves forward. As at this extremely well.” Queens, it’s important for Rijeka to build Sarajevo, where Julie George on its institutional strengths.” (Political Science) went to do A country that remains steadfastly Local people preliminary fieldwork on Bosnia, Communist will be the subject of the lat- figure promi- was comparably calm. But with est global educational initiatives, at QC nently in a its dual systems for the majority and off. This fall, Cuban scholar Carlos project Muslim population and the Ser- Alzugaray Treto is visiting the campus as created in bian enclave within it, the country a guest lecturer. And in January, Study Ghana by Rikki Asher is a logistical nightmare. “It’s Abroad is planning to offer “Cuba: The (bottom right) and colleagues. stunning to realize just how com- History and Culture of an Island Nation.” plicated and difficult the politics are when The location: Havana. Artists’ Inspiration former enemies are forced to collaborate,” The many elements shown Travels in Europe says George, who studies ethnic conflict above comprise a work by and state building in former Communist Europe remains a center for Education Will Corwin, the lead artist of countries; she’s about to go to Georgia for Abroad, conferences, and research. Nicho- the upcoming QC Art Center her sabbatical. One of her students, Emily exhibition, in perpetuum | las Alexiou (Sociology) participated in all Monaco ’12, joined her in Sarajevo, and together. Nine artists, writers, three. He taught a course titled “Greece found it eye-opening to enter discussions and the curator will be exposed through the Eyes of Travelers,” gave poetry on topics ranging from politics to food. to Corwin’s “research” in this readings, and attended the 22nd World Elsewhere in former Yugoslavian terri- collaborative effort illustrating Poetry Conference—one of his poems won tory, Vice President Sue Henderson and how artists learn directly from recognition in the category of Greek Poets administrators from other U.S. schools other artists. The exhibition Abroad—and did a series of interviews re- went to Croatia to assist executives at the Cuban scholar Carlos Alzugaray Treto is begins Oct. 20. garding the Afghan community in Greece. visiting QC this fall.

FYI October 2011 | 4 Two ACE Fellows of President Renu Khator, who is also chan- interest in the welfare of individual students. Always active in meetings at QC, Hendrey cellor of the University of Houston system. At Brownsville’s 13,000-student school right often found herself a silent observer at Return to QC with Bertolino returned to QC in spring 2011, but on the Mexican border, he learned much Lehigh meetings. “It was a strange feeling, but spent one week a month at the University about issues related to students who are it was surprisingly useful.” Lessons Learned of Texas, Brownsville, where his mentor was undocumented immigrants. She also used her fellowship to visit cam- While QC’s two recent American Council President Juliet Garcia. “And I really learned something about the puses in South Africa with two other ACE on Education (ACE) fellows were absorb- “They were two very different institutions importance of fit,” says Bertolino. “Neither of fellows. “It was fascinating,” she says, “some- ing lessons at schools in Texas, Pennsylvania, with very different presidents with very dif- these women could do the other’s job.” thing I’d hoped I could fit in and it proved and South Africa that could enhance their ferent styles: two amazing women,” observes very worthwhile.” skills as future college presidents, they were Bertolino. “I learned a lot.” With only a In Pretoria they visited the equivalent also gleaning information they could use At Houston’s 40,000-student campus, semester available of QC’s ACE program, Higher Education immediately on their return to Queens. Joe observes Bertolino, he learned about issues to be away from South Africa, and UNISA, a 300,000-student Bertolino (VP Student Affairs) discovered related to enrollment management and QC, Hendrey, who distance-learning program that serves ideas that would help in fulfilling his new role student and academic affairs. He also took wanted to study students all over the African continent. as director of enrollment services; Betsy away a belief that less emphasis needs to be strategic plan- Additionally, they visited the University of Hendrey (Dean, Social Sciences) found ways placed on the manner in which we process ning at a school Capetown, University of the Western Cape, to help develop QC’s new strategic plan. students applying to QC and more on how well along in the and Cape Peninsula University of Technology. we counsel them. Hendrey implementation “We were looking,” she says, “at how a Brownsville offered a great contrast to process, followed university functions after a huge, huge change In pursuing his fellow- Houston. While Houston’s Khator was very advice to pursue her fellowship at a smaller in society,” the change in this case being the ship, Bertolino elected to much “the boss,” says Bertolino, Brownsville’s college (“but not too small”) where she end of apartheid. spend a semester each Garcia was “the mom.” Born in Brownsville could quickly find her way around. She chose “Also, South Africa has huge amounts of shadowing presidents and educated in Texas, Garcia has led Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, where poverty,” she says. “So, we were interested in of two colleges in Texas. Brownsville for 18 of its 20 years. Selected her mentors were President Alice Gast and how they work with these students; how do During the fall 2010 by Time magazine as one of the country’s Provost Patrick Farrell. “They have a strategic they get them the resources they need.” semester he was at the 10 best college presidents, she served on plan in place and a very methodical way Hendrey hopes the contacts she University of Houston President Obama’s transition team. Yet, says to implement it. I thought that would be made will prove helpful when QC Bertolino under the mentorship Bertolino, she found time to take a deep interesting to observe and participate in.” pursues the Year of South Africa. Recent Grad Receives Prestigious Art Award Kimberly Sheridan ’11 is one of only A resident of Rego Park, Sheridan is Sheridan has exhibited her 15 winners of a $15,000 Joan Mitchell motivated by the sights she sees during work at Flushing Town Hall; Foundation MFA grant. Artists graduat- her daily commute, when “art and life Fountain Art Fair at Pier 66 in ing from MFA programs are eligible for merge seamlessly.” In particular, her work New York City; Dorsky Gallery the awards, which are designed to help has come to reflect the city’s street furni- Curatorial Programs in Queens; painters and sculptors advance in their ar- ture. On walks home along Queens Boule- and, most recently, at FIG- tistic careers and make the transition from vard in Forest Hills, especially on rainy MENT on Governors Island, academic to professional studio work. nights, she finds inspiration in the dark an annual event and exhibi- “I am excited, grateful and thankful form of garbage cans grouped together tion for emerging artists across for this award,” says Sheridan, an art with a lone object, such as an umbrella, several disciplines. Through the teacher at Richmond Hill High School. protruding from it. A series on antiquated Joan Mitchell Foundation grant, “As artists, we make art because we have fire alarm call boxes draws on her interest Sheridan will participate in 2012 Artist imitates daily life: Joan to—regardless of whether we receive in New York City relics and pays tribute in a group exhibition of grant Mitchell grant winner Kimberly recognition—so to have this validation is to her father’s 47 years of service as a recipients’ work. Sheridan makes pieces inspired significant and deeply inspiring.” volunteer fireman. by city street furniture.

FYI October 2011 | 5 College Focuses on Being Greener QC Wins Green Infrastructure Grant

Henceforth, when ing information to help Queens College is among 15 groups who trees. This will help mitigate storm water people think of B&G, their own green efforts. will share some $3.8 million in funds to overflows that ultimately result in more in addition to Build- “The site,” says Grimes, build green infrastructure projects to sewage flowing into Flushing Creek. The ings & Grounds, B&G “is going to be migrated reduce sewer overflows and improve Queens College Alumni Fund will provide Chief Administra- from the MyQC Intranet water quality in New York Harbor. The $75,000 in matching funds for this project. tive Superintendent to an Internet site so more announcement of the award was made “It is an exciting time to be at Queens Sidney Grimes would people will be aware of in June by the NYC Department of College,” notes Dave Gosine (Director, like them to think of what we’re doing.” Environmental Protection. Facilities Design, Construction & something else: Being Future plans include The college is receiving $375,000 to Management). “And when we align our Green. That’s because solar-powered chargers for retrofit three areas on campus to manage capital projects to incorporate sustainable Grimes’s office is tak- cell phones and laptops; over 707,000 gallons of storm water design principles, the results are a better ing the lead in QC Be- renovated bathrooms with per year through the use of permeable quality of life experience for our students. ing Green, a campus- technologies that minimize pavers and rain gardens that will infiltrate At the same time, working to improve the wide effort to help the hot water usage and paper and retain water using native plants and environment benefits us all.” college comply with towel consumption (so the goals of Mayor far 40% of the college’s Michael Bloomberg’s 380 bathrooms have been CUNY Sustainability renovated); white roofs Project, which aims to diminish the effects of to reduce CUNY’s Flashing lights powered by intense summer sunlight; carbon footprint by 30 a solar panel illuminate the and an e-recycling effort percent in 10 years. stop sign at the Kissena Blvd. for cell phones and laptops “Everybody talks entrance to campus. people wish to discard, about going green,” which would then be given says Grimes. “But Being Green means to organizations that refurbish and send that we’re already there and we’re going them to countries that need them. “Later to maintain that standard in everything this fall you’ll be seeing bins where they we do.” can be dropped off,” says Grimes. Communicating what they’ve done and He also mentions plans to enlist stu- plan to do is an essential part of B&G’s dents to both beautify QC and improve Being Green effort. Grimes cites the its carbon footprint by planting more example of this summer’s Peak Load Man- trees. “There’s so many things that we can agement (PLM) program, which helped the do, and we want to make sure that the college avoid possible electrical brownouts students have some input into them.” The plaza area at the by strategically reducing power consump- Wherever feasible, recycling is a consid- rear of Kiely Hall and tion on extremely hot days. Via email eration, Grimes emphasizes. “For ex- the space between messages, posters, and digital signage, the ample, we’re recycling light posts from the Rosenthal Library and campus community was alerted to why, reconstruction of the Kupferberg Center the parking deck will how, and when PLM events would occur. into the main campus, which is saving see changes that con- “And very important: We’ve got a site,” some $65,000. We’ve been very successful stitute both ecological Grimes says, referring to the Being Green with our campus recycling efforts, overall. and aesthetic improve- website supervised by Project and Energy This year we’ve collected about 15,000 ments, thanks to NYC Manager Staci Hope Cohen. Visitors tons in scrap metal and maybe 11,000 Dept. of Environmental Protection grants. can learn about QC and CUNY sustain- tons of paper.” ability efforts here, in addition to find-

FYI October 2011 | 6 Visiting Professorship and Museum Website Enrich QC’s Middle Eastern Offerings

Two substantial gifts will help QC expand moves toward establishing a its offerings in Middle Eastern studies, chair in Islamic and Middle building on existing classes in languages, Eastern Studies,” says Presi- history, and culture. Nasser Khalili ’74, dent James Muyskens. “We co-founder and chairman of the Mai- are very grateful to Professor monides Foundation—a London-based Khalili for his generosity and organization that promotes peace and his pursuit of peace among understanding among Jews, Christians, people of different ethnic and and Muslims—has donated $200,000 to religious backgrounds, which A calligraphic composition in the form of a lion is among the support a visiting professorship in art aligns perfectly with the col- images of objects from the Islamic art collection of Nasser D. history, with an emphasis on Islamic art. lege’s priorities.” Khalili ’74 to be found at www.artsoftheislamicworld.org The Iranian-born alum is an expert in the Meanwhile, the Shelley & field: He has assembled the world’s largest Donald Rubin Foundation—established ages from the Khalili Collections, this vir- This fall Gopal Sukhu (CMAL) will teach private collection of Islamic art. by the husband-and-wife team behind the tual, interactive museum was transferred a course on East Asian civilization at the “The Nasser D. Khalili Professorship Rubin Museum of Art—has contributed a to QC to further the study of Islamic arts. Rubin Museum, a Manhattan institution will allow us to attract a major scholar as 21st-century gift: a website devoted to the But the relationship with the Rubins is al- that focuses on the Himalayas. the college, with Dr. Khalili’s assistance, arts of the Islamic world. Filled with im- ready fostering scholarship in other areas.

South Asian Partnership

QC has won a coveted slot in an University; Colorful Handiwork initiative designed to promote academic Thomas College; “The road to ethnic diversity has partnerships between the United States the University been paved, so let’s join hands,” and India. College staffers will receive of Kentucky; and reads the inscription on one of training through the International the University of the panels of this colorful quilt Academic Partnership Program (IAPP), Oregon. Each of created by freshmen in the SEEK which is run by the nonprofit Institute of these institutions is program to reflect the theme: College Class of 2015: Embracing International Education. expected to form Cultural Identity in a Changing Early next year participants will travel a campus-wide World. Created in partnership to India—which will be the focus of the task force to work with InterRelations college’s 2012-13 “Year of” initiative—to on prospective Collaborative, Inc. meet counterparts at campuses that partnerships, (www.inter-relations. seem like promising matches. The other conduct an institution-wide inventory of org) and inspired by U.S. schools chosen for the program activities pertaining to India, and develop a the work of artist Faith are Fort Hays State University; George strategic plan focused on partnership with Ringgold, the quilt is Mason University; Northern Illinois India. Activities may include joint programs, on display at the SEEK University; Rollins College; Rutgers, the student exchanges, and faculty linkages for Learning Center. State University of New Jersey; Suffolk collaborative research and teaching.

FYI October 2011 | 7 CBNS Moves to Campus Never to Be Forgotten Thirty years after moving to QC, the Center, asked CBNS to operate a real- Muslim Chaplain Dr. Ali Mermer Center for the Biology of Natural Sys- time pollution-monitoring station at the and Rabbi Moshe Shur partici- tems (CBNS) has set up shop in Flushing. event as an example of what technology pated in QC’s ceremony in obser- Since April, this research institute—which can do. “The air pollution monitor will vance of the 10th anniversary of specializes in environmental and oc- provide real-time analysis of what people the 9/11 attacks. The Student cupational health—has been housed on are breathing at that location,” Markow- Association provided over 3,000 the third floor of Remsen Hall. “We’re itz says. “It’s a chance to showcase our flags representing the victims of thrilled to be here,” says CBNS Director unprecedented street-level monitoring of the 9/11 attacks; they were dis- Steven Markowitz, who plans to hold an some of the most important pollutants.” played on the Quad in the shapes open house early this semester. “We an- Meanwhile, with passage of the James of the World Trade Center towers. ticipate a closer relationship with students Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensa- and faculty.” tion Act, CBNS is partnering with North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System to provide health monitoring and care for those who worked at the sites of the terrorist attacks. In addition, the Zad- roga legislation covers people who lived or worked in the vicinity of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and students who were attending schools in the area on that date. CBNS was a likely candidate for the project. “Since 2002, we have conducted a health program for workers involved in WTC cleanup,” explains Markowitz. Queens will continue to provide monitoring and treatment to about 2500 World Trade Center workers, although the clinic, currently at 163-03 Horace Harding, will Steve Markowitz is pleased to have on- relocate to another address by early 2012. campus accommodations for the Center Markowitz’s expertise in this topic for the Biology of Natural Systems. makes him a sought-after speaker on the tenth anniversary of 9/11. On September 16 he participated in Protecting Worker Of course, the research institute’s work and Community Health: Are We Prepared isn’t limited to Queens. In collaboration for the Next 9/11, a conference presented The Queens College with the New York City Department of by the New York Committee for Occu- Health and Mental Hygiene, it conducts pational Safety and Health. On October campus will be the New York City Community Air Sur- 13, he and others are organizing a major smoke- and tobacco-free vey, which measures pollutants at about scientific conference,Health Impact of 150 sites in the five boroughs. Now CBNS 9/11: The First Decade, co-sponsored by starting January 1, 2012. is venturing into a high-profile neighbor- Queens College, the Fire Department of hood. IBM, which began celebrating its New York, New York City Department of Learn more at: centennial in September with four weeks Health and Mental Hygiene, and Mount www.cuny.edu/about/resources/tobacco-policy.html of lectures, films, and exhibits at Lincoln Sinai School of Medicine.

FYI October 2011 | 8 Legislation Alert Summer in the City Legislation set to expire on December 31, Madhulika Khandelwal (left) and 2011 allows individuals aged 70½ or older to make direct participants in the 2011 Summer transfers to qualified charitable organizations (like the Institute offered by QC's Asian/ Queens College Foundation) from an IRA or Roth IRA. This American Center are all smiles as is a wonderful way to use a portion of your retirement plan they prepare to indulge in some culinary cultural exploration as to make a gift to Queens College, without having to count part of this year’s weeklong pro- your distribution as part of your taxable income. You only gram Redefining Asian Americans: have until December 31, 2011 to make this transfer, which Youth, Culture and Community in must come directly from your plan administrator. For more Multicultural Queens, NYC. information on how to make this or other year-end gifts, please contact the Development Office at 73920.

Staff profile China Jude Appointed Assistant VP of Athletics Early on, China Jude was focused on a ference—and, hopefully, come back and be In four years, Jude moved the university very specific goal in broadcast journalism: great alumni.” past a three-year NCAA probationary “I wanted to take Robin Roberts’s place at Jude was a standout athlete in her native period, restored the athletics program ESPN,” she says of the well-known sports- Alabama, winning an athletic scholarship to a competitive state, and strength- caster who also co-anchors ABC’s “Good at age 16 to play volleyball at Alabama ened the booster club through success- Morning America.” State University. She earned Southwestern ful fundraising. Under her leadership, That never happened, but some years and Athletic Conference (All-SWAC) hon- she had two Pennsylvania State Athletic a few other career experiences later, Jude ors and later competed in the Midwest Conference (PSAC) Basketball Coaches has arrived at Queens College, succeeding Volleyball Professionals. of the Year, 30 All-PSAC athletes, eight Rick Wettan as Assistant VP of athletics. And Earning a BA in broadcast journalism at PSAC Championships, two Academic All- even though she’s never met her predeces- Alabama, Jude initially sought work in that Americans, and other regional and national sor, who retired last year, Jude says she field: “One thing led to another and I started honors. The department also earned a admires what he accomplished in taking the getting into entertainment, and I became 2010 NCAA Division II Game Environment QC athletics program from NCAA Division a radio disc jockey. That led to television, Award. (The United States Sports Academy III to Division II. some infomercials, talent show emceeing, recently acknowledged her accomplish- porate athletics into campus life. We are “In Division II we put the student first nightclubs, and things like that.” ments by selecting her to receive its 2012 delighted that China has joined the team.” and the athlete second,” explains Jude, Her continued interest in athletics, how- Alumna of the Year Award.) Jude, who runs 5K races, has kept her who spent the last four years as athletic ever, eventually drew her to the United States “Queens College has an excellent reputa- own competitive skills sharp in Tuesday night director at Division II Cheyney University Sports Academy in Alabama, where in 1996 tion for its accomplished scholar-athletes— volleyball leagues. A certified strength coach, in Pennsylvania. “We also give them the she earned a master’s degree in sports man- the cornerstone of Division II athletics,” she was honorably discharged in 1994 from opportunity to tap into community service agement and began a series of sports admin- says Vice President Sue Henderson. “China’s the U.S. Naval Reserve and has worked projects. We appreciate those students; we istration positions that led to her first athlet- proven experience building effective athlet- for 10 years at the U.S. Naval Academy’s know that they’re going to be well-rounded ics director appointment in 2007 at Cheyney, ics programs is exactly what’s needed to Summer Camps. and go out into the world and make a dif- the county’s oldest historic black college. build on our strengths and more fully incor- Continued on page 10

FYI October 2011 | 9 China Jude - from page 9 12 black female athletic female directors in Jude is pursuing her EdD in athletic admin- Faculty “I don’t want anyone to think that I’m sit- the entire country. And less than a handful istration at Northcentral University in ting in an office and I don’t understand ath- of those are at traditional institutions, as Prescott, AZ. Scholars Create letes—because I really do,” she says. “I still opposed the historic black colleges or uni- She says she initially plans to spend a lot Scholarships live the life myself. I just made the decision versities,” she observes. “As females we’re of time talking to QC’s athletes, coaches, already a minority in a male-dominated and officials. “To everyone who wants to be an athletic director and I love every Not content with limiting their contribu- field, but when you zero in on black females, to share, I keep an open mind, an open second of it.” tions to the classroom, two QC profes- we’re a minority within a minority. We have heart, and definitely an open ear. I want She’s also proud to be among the coun- sors have endowed scholarships in their to show that we know what we’re doing.” to see what’s out there, see where I can try’s very select group of black female ath- respective fields. A participant in Harvard University’s contribute, and continue strengthening this letic directors. “There are 1200 NCAA insti- Last December Frances Curcio (SEYS) Management Leadership Education Program, brand—and it’s a wonderful brand.” tutions and there are probably fewer than made a gift of $25,000 to sponsor the TIME 2000 Graduate Scholarship Award. The prize is earmarked for a graduating TIME 2000 senior who has applied to Athletes Team Up for Community Service and been accepted by QC’s graduate program in secondary mathematics “QC’s teams compete Raising Funds and Awareness—QC’s la- education. The rest of the criteria are within division II of the crosse team turned its April 9 game into a top grades (math GPA of 3.5, education NCAA, which adopted fundraiser for the Lax-4-Life suicide-pre- GPA of 3.75) and a record of service to its ‘Life in the Bal- vention program. The men’s and women’s the TIME 2000 program. ance’ mission in 2005,” basketball teams participated in the Pink “For all the things that Queens has says Jennifer Robbins, Zone to raise awareness and funds for done for me, I wanted to give something coordinator of student breast cancer research. back to the students,” says Curcio. services and assistant Playing for a Cure—For the second year About half a year later, Alexander coach on the women’s in a row, the women’s softball team raised Kouguell (Music, emeritus)—a cellist basketball team. In this money for epidermolysis bullosa and who combined an active performance context, she explains, Parkinson’s disease. Robbie Twible, son of schedule with teaching at the college for “balance involves QC’s assistant director of athletics, suffers more than 40 years—donated $25,000 community service as from EB; assistant softball coach An- to establish the Alexander and Florence well as academics and thony Coladonato was recently diagnosed Kouguell Cello Award. The scholarship sports.” with Parkinson’s. is for a junior or senior undergraduate QC athletes have Eat to Educate—Members of the cross cellist who has demonstrated excellence Members of different teams, these QC athletes are bring- long engaged in com- country and track team participated in in solo performance, orchestral playing, ing the same fervor to a variety of community service munity service, but the Eat to Educate program, which fos- and chamber music, and has good projects that they bring to their individual sports. participation—and ters global understanding through expo- grades in academic music courses. The enthusiasm—this year sure to the foods and mealtime customs other requirement: He or she must Late one April evening this year, some 15 were at an all-time high. “Some of the of other cultures. have studied at Queens QC athletes piled into a van and drove athletes were initially hesitant about College for several into Manhattan, where they made fre- committing the time,” Robbins says. “But Basketball Buddies—For the third year in a row, the women’s basketball team taught semesters. quent stops to hand out sandwiches and afterwards, their reaction was always the “I wanted to do clothes to homeless men and women. The same: ‘This was great—when can we do basketball fundamentals to children with autistic spectrum disorders as part of the something good for the relief effort, organized by the Midnight it again?’” college—it’s been good Run program, was one of many com- This year’s volunteer activities ranged Basketball Buddies program at the Samuel Field “Y” in Little Neck. to me,” says Kouguell, munity service activities in which all QC from park cleanups to fundraising for adding that he hopes Kick for a Cure—Men’s and women’s athletic teams took part throughout the medical research. Highlights include: the first recipient will be soccer players had a key role in Kick for a academic year. chosen soon. Kouguell Continued on page 11

FYI October 2011 | 10 A Winning Review for QC

Once again, the Princeton Review has named QC one of the country’s top undergraduate institutions. The renowned education services company features Queens in the 2012 edition of its annual college guide, The Best 376 Colleges, and in its 2012 Best in the Northeast. In a nod to our extraor- drugs, hours of study each day, and the dinarily diverse learning environment, the popularity of the Greek system.” college ranked 11th in the United States Meanwhile, a report by the Education for “Lots of Race/Class Interaction.” This Trust, a research and advocacy group, iden- category reflects how frequently and eas- tified QC as one of only five U.S. schools ily students from different class and ethnic that do a good job of serving low-income backgrounds interact with one another. students. The group evaluated 1,186 four- QC saw improvement in our Quality year colleges, looking for institutions Tarry Hum (front row with hands clasped) and her students visited the of Life rating, outperforming Fordham where tuition does not exceed $4,600 a Flushing waterfront, where planning efforts are underway to help revive the University, St. John’s University, Hofstra, year after factoring in all grants for under- area through extensive redevelopment. Cooper Union, Bard College, and all the graduates from households earning up to SUNY colleges. That’s no mean feat, given $30,000 a year. In addition, half or more of our consistent top-20 finish in three other the students have to graduate within six Students Research Plans to categories: “Got Milk?,” which lists cam- years, and at least 30 percent of the enroll- puses where beer is scarce; “Scotch and ees have to be on Pell Grants. Revitalize Flushing’s Waterfront Soda, Hold the Scotch” (no hard liquor); Baruch College, CUNY made the cut; so and “Stone-Cold Sober Schools,” which is did the Fullerton and Long Beach branches Tarry Hum (Urban Studies) goes beyond community and the opportunities and “based on a combination of survey ques- of California State University, and the service-learning in her classes, giving challenges for a revitalized waterfront. The tions concerning the use of alcohol and University of North Carolina at Greensboro. students the opportunity to work with students and MinKwon Center surveyed community-based organizations. Through over 150 Flushing residents and 100 small this partnership, her students have businesses. The results were highlighted in athletes team up - from page 10 breast cancer research and services for researched some important challenges a 38-page PowerPoint presentation the stu- patients and their families. Cure, an East Coast Conference fundrais- facing their neighborhoods. dents gave at the Flushing Library last May. ing initiative for disease research. Last semester two of Hum’s urban “These rich educational experiences are A former QC basketball player her- studies classes joined with the nonprofit invaluable. . . . My students learned so much Sharing Stories—Members of the men’s self, Robbins says that one of the great MinKwon Center for Community Action by going outside the classroom, collaborat- tennis team were frequent visitors to the rewards of community service is “the to study planning efforts to revital- ing with great community organizations college’s daycare center, where they read opportunity to use our skills not just com- ize Flushing’s waterfront. Their resulting like the MinKwon Center, and speaking to books to the children. petitively, but to benefit others.” Swim- report examined the plans of the city and Queens residents,” says Hum. Earth Day—The women’s tennis team mer/diver Brittany Schuler, one of five the Flushing–Willets Point–Corona Local Building on this work with the center, spent Earth Day assisting in the Spring QC athletes taking part in College Dream Development Corporation to revive the Hum is preparing an Environmental Justice Cleanup at the Queens Botanical Gardens. Day at the Adam Clayton Powell Elemen- area, as well as residents’ suggestions. Community Impact grant application Make-a-Wish—The men’s and women’s tary School’s College, says the experience Coupled with in-class sessions based on for the New York State Department on swimming and diving teams and the men’s of speaking to the students about going reading, discussions, and lectures, the stu- Environmental Conservation. She is pro- water polo team hosted a novice swim to college and pursuing their dreams was dents—all but one undergraduates—were posing another class next spring that will meet to raise money for the Make-a-Wish motivating and heart-warming. involved in research, meetings, data-gather- engage QC students and Flushing youth in Foundation. “The kids were grateful to us for ing, surveys, and other fieldwork designed studying the environmental risks to down- coming,” she says. “If I could visit every Dig Pink—Women’s volleyball team mem- to assess the needs and concerns of the town Flushing. Friday, I would.” bers took part in Dig Pink to support

FYI October 2011 | 11 Montessori Summers at QC The Center for Montessori Teacher Education/ New York (CMTE/NY) conducted its summer teacher education program in mock elementary classroom spaces created in the QC Dining Hall (left). Making this possible were (l to r) Jacquie Jewitt (Assoc. Dir. CMTE/NY), Rebecca Pelton (Exec. Dir., Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education), Carole Wolfe Korngold (Founder, Exec. Dir., CMTE/NY), Josephine Gesuale (Professional and Continuing Studies), and Robin Breiman (Elementary Coordinator, CMTE/NY.)

Students Respond to Disasters As they have on the occasions of other Emanuel Avila, QC’s Coordinator of major disasters, QC students responded Judicial Affairs and Service-Learning, generously when northern Japan was cites another continuing effort to raise devastated last March by an earthquake funds for the quake and tsunami victims: and tsunami. Japanese Hope Cards. Inscribed with Mari Fujimoto (CMAL), who teaches a message of hope in Japanese against Japanese language, says that about a week a rising sun background, these can be after the event she received a request from purchased for a donation at the Student the Science Fiction and Anime Club she Life office, bookstore, and Corner Pocket serves as faculty supervisor. “It’s a pretty in the Dining Hall. big club with about 100 members and a “The buyers write a message on the great president, Marco Ynoa. They asked back and we display them on a wall oppo- me if they could do a bake sale to raise site Starbucks in the Student Union,” says funds, and I said ‘Go for it.’” Avila. “We’re still collecting money and Fujimoto obtained baked goods from plan to send it to the Japanese Red Cross. Members of QC’s Science Fiction and Anime Club took time from their fundraising Costco for the members to sell. “They “We also launched a Haiti relief effort efforts to pose for a picture on the Quad. The club members sold baked goods to also baked cakes, cookies, and flan, and that consisted of several projects,” he says, raise money for victims of last spring’s earthquake and tsunami in Japan. did a really good job.” The club collected referring to last year’s quake that devas- over $1270 from the bake sale and a Game tated the Caribbean island nation. “We dents participated in two programs for closer to home: “When we had the torna- Night, which they sent to the Japan Soci- collected clothes and canned food and gave New York Cares last year. They helped in do, we sent students to help NYC Service ety in New York. “They were the closest at least 1,000 items to Haitian Ameri- the restoration of a local school, and more plant trees in a local park in Queens. group and didn’t take any money for it.” can Care, Inc. We also participated in a than 20 students helped one day a week to “These volunteer efforts on Noting the long-term aftereffects of the CUNYwide fundraising show with Hunter clean up Flushing Meadow Park.” campus,” Avila says, “are all part of disaster—especially around the devastat- and City College students at City College.” Additionally, students have made three our continuing effort to make service- ed Fukushima nuclear plant—Fujimoto Avila notes QC students have also been trips to New Orleans to work with Habi- learning a central component of the says it is likely that additional fundraisers part of relief efforts that involve contribu- tat for Humanity, helping restore homes Queens College experience.” will take place this semester. tions of service instead of funds. “Stu- destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. And

FYI October 2011 | 12 Intranet Bulletin QC Venues: A Space for Every Need Board Debuts Want to share a ride to work? Sublet an apartment? Find an office that can use supplies your department doesn’t need? QC’s Intranet bulletin board can help you do all this, and more. Created last spring by the Purchasing Office, the board is open to all faculty and staff members. To access it, users login to MyQC and paste in the fol- lowing URL: https://myqc.qc.cuny.edu/ AdminServices/Purchasing/InquiryForms/ Bulletin%20Board.aspx. Whether it’s a large-scale ceremony with hundreds in attendance or an Listings can be posted in six catego- intimate gathering of a few, the QC campus offers a variety of spaces and ries—Classified Ads, Ride Share, Office amenities available for rental by outside organizations. Supply Exchange, Real Estate, Lost and Found, and Misc. Notices—by clicking on Add New Item. To read someone What had more or less been an ad hoc ap- and, soon, New York & Company’s else’s post, click on the blue hyper- proach to making Queens College facili- nycgo.com. Additionally, a Venue linked text in the left-hand column of ties available for rental by outside groups Rentals page is now part of the QC each entry. (If you need help, complete has become considerably more formalized website (www.qc.cuny.edu/about/ instructions are available on Purchasing’s this past summer with the establishment business/rental), offering photos MyQC page, under Documents.) of QC Venues. and descriptions of rental options, Notes Purchasing Director Lorraine Wendy Lee (Events, Facilities Requests, including athletic facilities, perfor- Prasad, “We created this to have an and Space Reservations) indicates that mance spaces, and lecture halls. easy forum for college folks to get their more outside groups have been finding “I’ve gotten requests to do personal information out to others, and their way to the campus for purposes rang- major trade shows, which I direct we hope more people will be using it in ing from trade show to religious services. towards the gym on any weekend the future.” “This past summer we had the Mon- or day that works for the athlet- tessori group and St. Giles, so we really ics department,” says Lee. “Brian had a full house over at The Summit,” DeMasters has told me we’ve had days she says, referring to a teacher education with 5,000 people circulating there. And The Student Union’s fourth floor ball- program and English language immersion corporate programs are interested in room—which can be subdivided into three program that made use of both class- renting our computer training labs on a spaces—is also popular. “In fact, just this rooms and residential facilities. one-day basis.” morning,” says Lee, “I was working with In the case of the Montessori program, Friday, when many classrooms are a local synagogue who were considering administered through Professional and vacant, is a particularly good day for using the space for the high holy days.” Continuing Studies, one of the dining conferences: “I can put a keynote speaker When the major part of campus con- halls was converted into mock Montessori in some place like Rosenthal 230 and struction is finished this fall, Lee plans to classrooms. “They really had a successful then have breakout sessions in classroom host an open house: “I’d like event plan- experience here,” says Lee. spaces,” says Lee. ners to come here and tour the campus.” She thanks QC’s Marketing Director QC’s unique Campbell Dome is a popu- In the meantime, not losing sight of the Steve Whalen for helping to market the lar request, she notes. “Another space basics, she says, “We’re encouraging all concept of “QC Venues: A Space for Ev- that’s been fun to put meetings in is the our professors to recommend our campus ery Need” via websites such as Cvent.com Flex Space by The Summit.” for academic conferences.”

FYI October 2011 | 13 Found in Translation Student Explores been loaned him by an archival librarian who found it in her in-laws’ belong- ings. His QC advisors, including Kristina MFA program, which the First English- Richardson (History), an Islamic scholar offers a track in literary Language Koran who is fluent in both French and Arabic, translation,” says Sedarat. have encouraged him to use this Koran as “Though we primarily In 1649 an Anglican brother named a basis for his PhD focus on graduate students, Alexander Ross enjoyed the distinction dissertation. He we seek to mine the obvi- of producing the first English-language hopes to publish Koran; unfamiliar with Arabic, he translated ous pedagogical benefits of his translation of from a French version. Now QC history literary translation as well the sacred text graduate student Ilker Ucaner is turning as our incredibly linguistic- and Ross’ letters, Ross’ volume into modern English, and in diverse students at the along with his the process, exploring a theory about the undergraduate level. This explanation medieval monk’s view of Islam. prize speaks to our mission of their Ross had supplemented his edition with of using literary transla- function. tion to cross cultures and letters he wrote to the French translator, languages through litera- discrediting Islamic beliefs and Turkish culture at QC.” ture. In a twist reminiscent of The Da Vinci Applicants had to sub- Code, Ucaner suspects that the monk’s mit five pages of poetry or project put him at risk of blasphemy 10 pages of fiction, nonfic- charges, and that the letters served as a tion, or drama in English, preemptive cover-up. accompanied by a note Ucaner has had the luxury of relying on summarizing the author’s original source material: A Ross Koran— biography, the significance one of only seven in existence—has Ucaner of the translated work, and Batya Septimus has translated works by the particular challenges of putting it into Israeli poets Yehuda Amichai and Ronny English. Septimus was awarded the prize Someck; she read one of her efforts at for her lyrically phrased rendition of three last spring’s Phi Beta Kappa ceremony. poems by Yehuda Amichai and Ronny A Timely Proposal Someck. At last spring’s Phi Beta Kappa QC alum Yitchak Lockerman Batya Septimus ’12 took a practical word- ceremony, she had the opportunity to read ’09 and his betrothed, QC stu- for-word approach to her first attempt at one of the poems to her fellow inductees, dent Rachel M. Stern ’12, smile literary translation. “In a project for an an experience that was both scary and from the stairway of the library English class, we had to look at one topic rewarding. “Even though it’s a translation, clocktower minutes after she explored by different poets,” she recalls. it’s my own work,” she observes. “It’s a accepted his marriage proposal. “The professor said I could use Israeli po- collaboration, and part of it is mine. They met at the college three ems if I translated them.” Eventually, Sep- “I plan to continue translating poetry years ago and Lockerman man- timus became more ambitious. “I wanted for fun,” concludes Septimus, an English aged to convince campus officials to analyze the alliteration, and realized major who will add a Middle Eastern that the clocktower, a place that that I had to recreate it,” she says. Studies major to her resume once it of- always fascinated them, was the Roger Sedarat (English), her teacher in ficially becomes a major. She has studied perfect location for the event. several classes, encouraged her to con- Arabic and is now studying Farsi. “Each They agreed and assisted in a tinue her efforts. Then, after QC created country that I study, I like to read its ruse to help lure her there for the Gregory Rabassa Prize in Literary poetry,” she adds. “It’s an essential part of his surprise June 30 proposal. Translation, he urged Septimus to apply. the culture and enriches my understand- “The prize originated out of our unique ing of politics and history.”

FYI October 2011 | 14 Music Library Presents Three Exhibits This year, instead of mounting a single ex- about when I realized that ACSM had from ACSM’s dedication ceremony, have hibition, the Music Library is presenting several anniversaries in 2011-12.” The yet to be unearthed. “There was a lot of three smaller ones on unrelated subjects: third topic was suggested by head music ‘I think I have a few photos,’ followed by, musical and artistic sketches; important librarian Jennifer Oates, who had put ‘I thought I had photos, but I can’t find events in the history of the Aaron Cop- together the library’s inaugural display them anywhere,’” Hyams notes. “When land School of Music; and Louis Arm- last year. the images do surface, I’m sure they’ll strong. In her curatorial debut, librarian Working on a limited budget, Hyams show up in a future exhibit.” Rebecca Hyams assembled all the shows, browsed the archives of QC and the Louis In the meantime, she has gained new in- conceiving two of them herself. Armstrong House Museum and bor- sight into her alma mater. “I learned a lot “Sketches: A Musician’s Hand came rowed items from the personal collections about the history of ACSM,” says Hyams. about because I wanted to pick a theme of music faculty members. The process “I did my BA and MA in the school, that was both intellectually and visually involved months of sleuthing. “My search but there was much I didn’t know, start- interesting,” says Hyams. “The Music for materials led me all around campus,” ing with the name of the sculpture that is Building at 20 and Other Milestones came she recalls. Some things, such as photos outside our building: Ode to Tatlin.”

Wednesday, October 12 Objects? Discussion of Lawrence Kaye’s talk December 7 Music Building, Room 226, 12:15 pm led by Professor Alexander Bauer. Powdermaker Hall, Room 156, 12:15 pm LECTURE–PERFORMANCE Windows into Turkey Discussion Wednesday, Turks and Turkish Influence in Bach’s World, What Is Sufism and Why Is Rumi So Popular? November 9 a free illustrated lecture by QC Professor Presentation and discussion by Professor Powdermaker Hall, Emeritus Raymond Erickson, followed by a Mark Pettigrew. Room 156, 12:15 pm performance of Bach’s Coffee Cantata, led by Windows into Professor Emerita Drora Pershing. EXHIBITS Turkey Discussion Monday, October 17 The Turks: From Through Campbell Dome, 5–6:30 pm Empire to Nation- December 16 A Conversation with Students State—A Journey Benjamin Rosenthal Library Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk. through History. A Panorama of Art in Yearof Moderated by Professor Gloria Fisk. Presented by Professor Elena Frangakis-Syrett. Turkey: Documents of Visual Culture in the Wednesday, Monday, November 14 Queens College Libraries. October 26 Campbell Dome, 12:15 pm Turkey November 19– Campbell Dome, Windows into Turkey Lecture Exploring Past, Present, Future 12:15 pm Stephen Kinzer, author of the acclaimed January 19, 2012 Windows into book Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Flushing Town Hall Turkey is a country with a rich Turkey Lecture Worlds, will speak. 137-35 Northern Boulevard and diverse history, people, and Lawrence Kaye will Ceramics Material and Material Culture. Wednesday, November 16 environment. Throughout the 2011- address Turkey’s Curated by Professor Sin-ying Ho. Powdermaker Hall, Room 156, 12:15 pm 2012 academic year, the college will cultural heritage. Windows into Turkey Discussion present lectures, live performances, Visit www.qc.cuny.edu/YearOfTurkey Wednesday, November 2 The Role of Turkey in Today’s Political World. and art exhibits that will explore the Powdermaker Hall, Room 156, 12:15 pm Discussion of Stephen Kinzer’s talk led by many facets of Turkey: its politics, Windows into Turkey Discussion Professor Joel Allen. society, economy, ethnicity, art, Official Airline of Year Who Owns Cultural Antiquities: The Country of Turkey: Exploring literature, music, and film. of Origin or the Museum Housing the Past, Present, Future

FYI October 2011 | 15 QC Authors Roger Sedarat by their congre- the animal game has its darker sides, cor- (English), an Iranian- gations. As a reg- rupting police officers and politicians even Excerpt from Ghazal Games American, fuses an ular observer of as its proceeds subsidize day-care centers, Eastern poetic form outreach activi- soccer clubs, and lavish Carnival celebra- with contemporary Sonnet Ghazal ties, Elisha often tions. Chazkel looks at all sides of Brazil's Western content in ended up par- clandestine lottery, examining it as both For Janette his newest collection, ticipating in them work and play, both a crime and a game. Ghazal Games (Ohio Hafez, the baker, himself, feeding University Press). could see what I mean; the homeless, In researching his landmark series “Jazz” Says Sedarat: “The ghazal If she were a spice, making repairs at for public TV, filmmaker Ken Burns came comprises autono- she’d be cinnamon. a shelter for vic- to the inescapable conclusion that Louis mously closed couplets, tims of domestic Armstrong was the most important figure in which each stanza It’s both terrifying and exciting, violence, and in the development of America’s indigenous stands independently. The idea that she’d see other men. driving a church art form. If anyone else remains to be per- A recurring rhyme fol- van of teenagers around poor neighbor- suaded, they need lowed by a repeated phrase concludes Oh, God, I’d sell my soul hoods in Washington, D.C. His ethnographic only read Ricky both lines of the first couplet as well as the to watch her walk; account highlights the dilemmas and contra- Riccardi’s second line of the remaining couplets. The Hear my prayer, dictions that arise in churches where mul- (Louis Armstrong convention calls for the poet or persona to and grant me this sin, Amen. tiple religious and social ideals collide. House Museum) include his or her name in the final couplet. wonderfully read- Emerging in seventh-century Arabia, the I heard the great poets of Shiraz sing Lots of inner-city Americans play the num- able account of form became well known through the verse Through olive vein-lines bers. The equivalent in Rio de Janeiro is the last 25 years of of Persian poets such as Rumi and Hafez, of her Persian skin. jogo do bicho (animal game), a lottery that the musical icon’s making its way to later poets writing in emerged just after the founding of the career, What a Urdu. It has been adopted by poets writing I know; this ghazal objectifies her, Brazilian republic and persists today, despite Wonderful World: Ignoring feminist criticism. in Hebrew, Turkish, German, Spanish, and its illegal status. In Laws of Chance: The Magic of Louis English. The late Agha Shahid Ali did much Brazil’s Clandestine Lottery and the Armstrong’s Later Reversing the Cinderella story, to popularize the form in English, through Making of Urban Public Life (Duke Years (Pantheon). She turns all princes into cindermen. a critical introduction as well as his own University Press), Amy Chazkel traces A jazz historian and verse. In addition to the Persian masters, jogo di bicho’s origins from a late-19th- archivist, Riccardi reconstructed Satchmo’s “Your next patient, Doctor. whom I continue to translate with much century zoo raffle—each day’s ticket buyers life from 1946 to his death in 1971. For jazz It’s Roger S.” humility, Shahid Ali’s work has been a pro- were automatically entered in a drawing for fans this book offers details about perfor- found influence, as have the original ghazals “The one lovesick for his wife? Send him in.” cash prizes—to mances, recording sessions, and Armstrong’s and literary translations of Marilyn Hacker.” a widespread relationships with musicians and personali- operation that ties of the day. For anyone eager to learn Evangelical megachurches tend to be con- anticipated more about one of the 20th century’s servative in their theology and politics. Latin America’s larger-than-life figures, Riccardi presents a Nonetheless, some of these institutions Evangelical Megachurches (University of lively infor- portrait of the man that is lively and candid. are getting involved in sustained social California Press). Over 16 months of exten- mal economy. And for some there will be surprises in welfare projects in their communities, sive fieldwork in Knoxville, Tennessee, he Ultimately con- learning the extent of Armstrong’s feelings initiatives previously associated with pro- studied the efforts of two pseudonymous solidated, like about the injustices suffered by African gressives. Omri Elisha (Anthropology) suburban churches—stately, historic Marble the drug trade, Americans and the lengths to which he— examines this trend in Moral Ambition: Valley, and the younger, less formal Eternal in the hands of often unrecognized—went to address them. Mobilization and Social Outreach in Vine—to develop social ministries backed a few kingpins,

FYI October 2011 | 16 QC People AMMIEL winners from a field of over 130 applicants GAP MIN’S (Sociology) book Preserving appeared in over 10 international festivals. ALCALAY (CMAL) . . . JOSEPH GROSSO (Calandra Ethnicity through Religion in America: Korean Vetere directed Katalina Mustatea’s new gave a reading at Institute) published his seventh edition Protestants and Indian Hindus across play The Model, which opened at the the Gloucester of Il Giornalino. The journal highlights the Generations won honorable mention in the Incubator Theater on August 18. His new Writers Center that writings of New 2011 Thomas and Znaniecki Best Book 10-minute play The Kids Menu was a finalist included excerpts York City students Award competition from the International at the Weathervane 8 x 10 TheatreFest from his two most studying Italian at Migration Section of the American in Akron, OH in mid-July. Another new recent books, the the college and Sociological Association. The section play, Bird Brain, his first children’s play, was novel Islanders and a high school levels formally recognized the winners of both recently published by Dramatic Publishing collection of writings . . . HEATHER the Best Book Award and the honorary . . . The World Meteorological Alcalay and photographs, HENDERSHOT mentions with plaques at the ASA’s Organization’s 2012 neither wit nor (Media Studies) spoke annual meeting in August . . . STEPHEN Norbert Gerbier– gold . . . TOM BIRD (ELL) was a faculty about her new book PEKAR (SEES) participated in four panel MUMM International member in the National Endowment What’s Fair on the Air?: discussions September 15 as part of Al Award was given for the Humanities’ Summer Institute Cold War Right-Wing Hendershot Gore’s Global Climate to CHUIXIANG America Engages Russia: Studies, Teaching, Broadcasting and the Reality Live project, a YI (SEES) and 150 and Resources, held at Columbia University Public Interest (Univ. Chicago Press) at 24-hour worldwide co-authors for their in June . . . JOE BERTOLINO (VP, the NYU Bookstore on Sept. 23 . . . multimedia event. paper “Climate Enrollment Management) was honored in JENNIFER JARVIS (Student Life) Additionally, he was control of terrestrial June by his alma mater, the University of was named one of 2011’s Top Women selected by the carbon exchange Scranton, with the 2011 Frank J. O’Hara in Business by the Queens Courier . . . Consortium for across biomes and Yi Alumni Award in Education. It is the highest JUDITH KIMERLING (Political Science) Ocean Leadership continents,” which honor bestowed jointly by the university received the 2011 Albertson Medal in to be a distinguished was published in Environmental Research and Alumni Society for outstanding Sustainable Development in August from lecturer for the Letters (2010, Volume 5). The authors Village Earth, an NGO that works for the come from 116 academic institutes on achievement in a particular field or Integrated Ocean Pekar endeavor . . . STEPHANE BOISSINOT empowerment of Drilling Program. He six continents. Yi was senior author (Biology) was one of several co-authors rural and indigenous will be traveling to eight universities and and conceptualizer of the paper, which of the paper “The genome of the green communities. educational organizations in the course of examines relationships between climate anole lizard and a comparative analysis with Kimerling was the year; he is the first CUNY professor and the carbon exchange of land-based birds and mammals,” which was accepted recognized for to be selected for this prestigious honor ecosystems to predict future levels of for publication in Nature. Several of his her defense of the . . . MIHAELA ROBILA (FNES) was atmospheric carbon co-authors hail from Amazon rainforest invited to participate at the June United dioxide . . . JACK Harvard, Stanford, and and the human Nations Expert Group Meeting organized ZEVIN (SEYS) MIT . . . ANNMARIE communities that by the U.N. Division for Social Policy and MICHAEL S. DRURY (English) depend on it for and Development on Assessing Family KRASNER (Political received a 2011 their culture and Policies: Confronting Family Poverty and Social Science) published Kimerling PEN Translation survival . . . A five- Exclusion. She presented on “Assessing a special edition of Fund grant for a channel video installation, cedarliberty, by Family Policies across the World: A the journal Social collection of poems LESLIE MCCLEAVE (Media Studies) Focus on Eastern Europe” . . . The Italian Studies in July, devoted by Tanzanian poet and Elena del Rivero is on view at the Academy has secured the opera rights to to lessons that Euphrase Kezilahabi, International Center of Photography in RICHARD VETERE’S (Media Studies) could be taught by Krasner Drury an acclaimed Swahili Manhattan through January 8 as part of stage play Caravaggio for a presentation classroom teachers in writer whose work its exhibit Remembering 9/11. It is also and production in Italy in 2012 and later connecting with the tenth anniversary of is only now becoming widely available being exhibited concurrently at the New in New York. A short film Vetere co-wrote 9/11. It included articles from several QC to other readers. Drury was one of 11 York State Museum in Albany . . . PYONG and co-produced, You and Me, has grads who are now teachers.

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getting a marriage license and complet- Education about the response to their Faculty Experts ing the ceremony; she also participated in book, Higher Education? and an article in GEORGE AREVALO “Good Divorce,” a radio call-in show host- the Atlantic—paraphrased with enthusiasm (LAHM) was cited by brook- ed on WUNC . . . MELISSA CHECKER by philly.com—about the rising debt crisis lyneagle.com for his exper- (Urban Studies) had shared credit on a at colleges. Meanwhile, the Huffington Post tise on Woody Guthrie—he Gotham Gazette piece about Mayor Michael quoted Hacker in a story organized the songwriter’s Bloomberg’s Greener Greater New York about the value of attend- archives in Manhattan . . . plan and bylined separate stories about ing college . . . SAMUEL TESFAYE ASFAW (Career the city’s program for redeveloping brown- HEILMAN (Sociology) was Development) commented fields and its history of turning former quoted in a Jewish Week article Asfaw industrial sites into schools . . . NANCY about lawsuits filed against on improved paid internship Croll opportunities at QC in a Daily COMLEY (English) was cited in a Los leaders of two Hasidic com- Angeles Times essay about Ernest Hemingway munities in upstate New News story that reported a dearth of sum- Museum, the reading was covered by the mer jobs for teens . . . ABDURRAHMAN on the 50th anniversary of his death . . . York . . . Public radio sta- NICOLE COOLEY (English) partici- Daily News, Queens Chronicle, and Times tion KSKA-FM interviewed Heilman ATCIL (CMAL) explained Islamic burial Ledger . . . SUSAN CROLL (Psychology), practices to the Queens Chronicle follow- pated in a reading from the new anthology MATT HUENERFAUTH Forgotten Borough: Writers Come to Terms who received stellar reviews on Rate My (Computer Science) for a program called ing the death of Osama bin Laden . . . Professors, was asked by Metro to explain ALEXANDER BAUER (Anthropology), with Queens. Held at the Godwin-Ternbach “Kids These Days.” He discussed his efforts what makes her a good teacher . . . MARA to create software that animates American who has studied Cleopatra’s Needle in EINSTEIN (Media Studies) was quoted in Central Park, was quoted in a New York Sign Language on computer screens . . . a Huffington Post piece about an ad cam- CHINA JUDE’s appointment as QC’s new Times story about the maintenance and paign by the Church of Latter-Day Saints ownership of the monument . . . ANDREW Storm Warning: assistant VP of athletics was reported by . . . SUJATHA FERNANDES (Sociology) the Queens Ledger, Queens Courier, and NY1; BEVERIDGE supplied the demographic Interpreting Irene was featured in the Daily News for her new information for a New York Times article book on hip-hop around the world. She about African Americans leaving New York for the Media also published an op-ed piece in the New for the South; yournabe.com asked him York Times on Cuban rap and its relation to about the same subject. Salon.com cited the embargo . . . JOSHUA FREEMAN him in an analysis of Westchester County’s (History) was quoted in a New York Times compliance with a 2009 agreement to build story about Governor Andrew Cuomo’s affordable housing in affluent white neigh- Heilman deal with the state’s public unions and in borhoods. Beveridge was also quoted in a a Huffington Post item about the decline New York Times piece about the graying of of organized labor in the United States . . . Manhattan, a Queens Tribune story about the HARRY GAFNEY (Chemistry) was cited 2010 Census, and Jewish Week articles about in a story on YourNabe.com about a local Khandelwal the heated race for the 9th Congressional entrepreneur’s plan to sell custom-blended District Seat in Queens ice cream that’s frozen Queens Chronicle profiled Jude during her and Brooklyn. He Nicholas K. Coch (SEES)—the on the spot with a also wrote an article college’s resident hurricane first month on campus . . . MADHULIKA device that uses liquid KHANDELWAL (Urban Studies) was about the census for expert—was much in demand nitrogen . . . ANDREW the Gotham Gazette . . . by the media in the days leading quoted in a New York Times piece about HACKER (Political the growing political power of the city’s KRISTIN CELELLO up to Irene’s hit on NYC, with Science) was the co- (History) provided appearances on CNN, Fox News, surging Asian population and was profiled author, with Claudia in the Queens Chronicle . . . MICHAEL context for a New York ABC Evening News With Diane Dreifus, of a column in Times article about the Sawyer, CBS Early Show, BBC KRASNER (Political Science) published Celello Gafney the Chronicle of Higher waiting period between Radio, and a Weather Channel Continued on page 19 special on the storm.

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Faculty experts - from page 18 significant sewage Times, Queens Courier, Queens Chronicle, contamination of the News and Events Queens Tribune, and Queens Ledger . . . an opinion column on the Anthony Weiner Hudson River, although EXPRESS+LOCAL: NYC Aesthetics, an exhibi- case on cnn.com and was interviewed Queens: Multiple Visions, an exhibition put there has been general tion at the Queens College Art Center, was about the same subject on National Public together by the QC Division of Education improvement in water featured in the Daily News, metro US, Queens Radio’s “All Things Considered” . . . HARRY and the Queens Museum of Art, was quality. The study took Tribune, Queens Courier, Queens LEVINE (Sociology) made observations place before a waste Chronicle, and NY1 . . . As reported about marijuana arrest treatment plant was in the Chronicle of Higher Education, statistics for a report O’Mullan temporarily disabled in a study by the Education Trust aired on WNYC-AM and July by a fire. O’Mullan’s found that QC is one of only five an unrelated article in comments about this incident were cited colleges in the nation doing a the New York Times in a New York Times article and by WCBS good job of serving low-income . . . ALLAN LUDMAN radio and NY1 . . . STEPHEN PEKAR students—a fact repeated in (SEES) told the Daily (SEES) was among the sources for a piece a New York Times op-ed by News how New York in the Observer about the impact of past University of Connecticut profes- City might be affected Ludman and current global warming on Antarctica sor Gaye Tuchman about dismal if an earthquake of 5.8 . . . In a letter published in the New York graduation rates for the same magnitude were to hit Manhattan’s Fifth Times, Francine Peterman (Dean, population . . . The college’s 87th Avenue, and put the actual event in perspec- Education) assailed the practices of Relay Commencement was followed tive in a comment for the Queens Courier Graduate School of Education, an institu- extensively in the press, including . . . STEVEN MARKOWITZ (CBNS) was tion launched earlier this year by leaders of broadcast media (NY1 News) quoted in an article in the online magazine Rikki Asher (SEYS) and two student artists who the charter school movement. “While Relay contributed to Queens: Multiple Visions and print coverage in the New Guernica about the U.S. Army’s practice of may prepare teachers who plan lessons and York Times, Daily News, Sing Tao burning its waste in manage children’s behavior, it eschews the Daily News, Clarion, and five Queens week- Afghanistan in open mentioned in the Queens Chronicle and theoretical foundations and academic rigor lies . . . A photo in the nationalherald.com pits . . . Innovative was the subject of a cover story in the and engagement that define graduate work,” showed President Muyskens with guests and choreography and Queens Courier . . . The Louis Armstrong she wrote . . . Andrew Rosenberg honorees at the 33rd annual Certificate of multimedia work House Museum has been much in the (Computer Science) was featured in an epi- Achievement Awards Dinner for the Center by YIN MEI news as an icon of Queens diversity on sode of CUNY-TV’s “Study with the Best.” for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies (Dance), and her WABC Eyewitness News and included in He talked about his work as a member of . . . A talk by Seth Pinsky, head of the city’s recent receipt of arts listings and calendars in the New York the team that prepared the IBM computer a Fulbright U.S. Continued on page 20 Watson to speak its answers on “Jeopardy” Scholar grant, has . . . RICKY RICCARDI (LAHM) did a been the subject Q&A with the New Orleans website nola. of articles in the First Hamdani com in connection with his appearance at Mei Queens Chronicle, the Satchmo Summerfest . . . SUZANNE Scholarship Awarded the Queens Tribune, STRICKLAND The awarding of the first Salman and the Queens Courier . . . PYONG GAP (Sociology) was Hamdani Scholarship—in honor of a MIN (Sociology) was cited in a New York among the authorities QC alumnus and emergency medical Times article about the dwindling number of explaining a possible technician who died at the World Trade Korean grocers . . . NY1 News and the web- undercount of the local Center on 9/11—was widely covered. sites DNAinfo.com and LoHud.com report- Afghani community in a WNBC, WNYW, NY1 News, and CBS ed that a four-year study conducted for the Queens Chronicle story News Radio 880 as well as the New environmental organization Riverkeeper about the 2010 Census. York Times, Daily News, Newsday, and by GREGORY O’MULLAN (SEES) and five Queens weeklies ran stories on Columbia University researchers showed Strickland the event at QC. The recipient, Anam Ahmed, is a pre-med student here. FYI October 2011 | 19 in the media in the media in the media in the media in the media in the media in the media in the media

News and events - from page 19 funding, QC and LIJ are offering medical and mental health services to 9/11 first respond- ers from Queens . . . QC’s top rankings by the Princeton Review were reported by the Daily News, Newsday, Queens Chronicle, Extra N.A., and Jewish World. In the 2012 editions of both The Best 376 Colleges and Best in the Northeast, the college received high marks for race/class interaction (diversity), green standards, the accessibility of the faculty, higher admissions standards, financial aid, and fire safety . . . The Asian/American Center, under the direction of Madhulika Khandelwal (Urban Studies), hosted 20 students. at its weeklong Summer Institute, as reported in Seth Pinsky, President of the NYC Economic Development Corp., receiv- the Queens Gazette and Queens Ledger. The ing a few gifts from VP Sue Henderson students learned about the multicultural at May’s QC Business Forum. neighborhoods of Queens, with an intensive program of lectures, workshops, discussions, The lobby of Goldstein Theatre is being reconstructed as part of the second and guided tours on which they met busi- phase of the renovation and expansion of Kupferberg Center, made possible by a Economic Development Corporation, at ness and community leaders . . . Ongoing $10 million dollar gift from alumnus Max Kupferberg ’42 and his wife, Selma. the Queens College Business Forum break- renovations of the Kupferberg Center were fast in June, was covered in detail by the described in an article in the Queens Chronicle Queens Gazette, Queens Examiner, . . . QC’s second Daily News column “Caribbeat” celebrated Queens Chronicle, Queens Courier, and Students annual Summer the achievements of four local Caribbean- Times Ledger . . . A green grant to Performing Arts MICHELLE CHAN, American members of the class of 2011 . . . Queens College was reported in Festival received who holds a prestigious ROSSE MARY SAVERY, who completed the Times Ledger and YourNabe.com. mention in the Jeannette K. Watson her BA this year after a series of setbacks, The grant, made by the New York Queens Courier, Fellowship, was fea- including homelessness, was the subject of City Department of Environmental Times Ledger, and tured in yournabe. stories in the Daily News and El Correo. Protection, supports construction of yournabe.com com. Her fellowship Chan innovative green sidewalks to divert . . . Genocide: The is helping her serve storm water away from Queens’s Armenians 1915- three summer internships at the Gotham overburdened sewers . . . Queens 1922, an exhibition Gazette, an immersion in researching and College’s expanding program of presented in the reporting news and issues that she feels will Islamic and Middle Eastern stud- library’s Barham help her in her career path toward public- ies was the focus of articles in the Rotunda, was cov- interest law . . . JOSHUA Queens Courier, Queens Tribune, Jewish ered in the Times NIAMEHR came clean World, and am NY (see story p. 7) . . . Ledger . . . The QC in the Daily News, which A new partnership between QC’s Choral Society’s wrote about his busi- Center for the Biology of Natural performance of ness LaundryLocal.com, a Systems and the Long Island Jewish CUNY’s Summer Beethoven’s Missa growing web-based laun- Medical Center was reported by Performing Arts Festival Solemnis got a dry service . . . OLIVIER the Long Island Business News, Times featured QC’s production write-up in the FRANçOIS NOEL Ledger, Queens Chronicle, and Queens of Shakespeare’s Measure Queens Tribune. was touted when the Tribune. With the help of federal for Measure. Noel Savery

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