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Hunter Final New P1to8 Fall02 @ FALL 2002 www.hunter.cuny.edu Richard Pizer Named New Provost ichard Pizer, former dean undergraduate programs through his teaching and adminis- program evaluation and executive officer of the chemistry of graduate studies and trative work. In addition to collaborating with Brooklyn doctoral program at the CUNY Graduate Center. Rresearch at Brooklyn Col- College’s provost and dean of undergraduate studies on a “Throughout my long affiliation with Brooklyn Col- lege, is Hunter College’s new range of overlapping undergraduate/graduate concerns, lege and the Graduate Center, I have had a deep commit- provost and vice president for ment to the mission of the City University of New York,” academic affairs. Pizer was responsible for such prestigious research pro- Pizer said. “In pursuit of that mission, I have collaborat- “Dr. Pizer’s portfolio is broad grams as Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) ed with members of the faculty and administration in scope and includes areas that and Alliance for Minority Participation (AMP). will be of direct and immediate Pizer has provided leadership in the development throughout the CUNY system. It is a privilege now to benefit to Hunter,” President Jen- of a wide range of academic programs including per- join Hunter College as provost, and I am looking forward nifer J. Raab said. “We are very formance and interactive media arts, public health, to working with the Hunter community in addressing the pleased he is joining us and look forward to his energy, intel- urban education, organizational principles, and bio- challenges and opportunities before us.” lect and leadership as our new provost.” chemistry. He also worked with other administrative Pizer has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Pizer has been a faculty member at Brooklyn College offices to recruit and retain a diverse faculty and stu- Johns Hopkins University and a PhD in chemistry from and a member of the doctoral faculty of CUNY since 1973. dent body; developed multi-year plans for academic Brandeis University. He is married to Lynda Miller Pizer, During the past 12 years he has held several administrative department and program evaluation; and supervised a psychotherapist, and has two children, three stepchil- positions at CUNY’s Graduate Center and Brooklyn College. the academic and administrative services offered to dren and two grandchildren. As dean at Brooklyn College he worked closely with graduate students. Pizer replaces Ann Cohen in the position, who left in faculty on technology issues linked to scholarship and In addition to holding faculty and administrative posi- May to become acting dean for institutional advancement research. Pizer also had considerable involvement with tions at Brooklyn, Pizer has served as director of doctoral at Queens College. ■ Special Edition: Hunter Offers New Interdisciplinary MFA in Integrated Media Arts TheThe ArtsArts nlike other graduate media programs, which focus would take a graduate-level course on that subject,” says atat HunterHunter on developing skills in a particular media craft— Ewen. The students’ final thesis projects will incorporate Utypically, film, journalism, or graphics—Hunter’s new media such as animation, Web design and production, new MFA in integrated media arts is the first to take a mul- and digital imaging. Internships in the media industry or at Learn about Hunter alumni, faculty tidisciplinary approach, educating students to work across a nonprofit organizations are also an essential educational and students and their groundbreaking range of media. The program is being offered for the first component of the MFA program in integrated media arts. time this fall. Word of the new program quickly work in the arts. “Over the past 10 to 15 years, new spread. “The quality of the candidates digital technology and increasing media was high,” notes Ewen. Of the 15 stu- In this Issue: industry consolidation have broken dents admitted, most have significant down boundaries that used to exist professional media experience. among the various media,” says Distin- The Scholarship and Welfare Fund guished Professor Stuart Ewen, former has awarded two students, Lila Place chair of film and media studies. Ewen, and Cortlan McManus, scholarships of who played a key role conceptualizing $10,000 each. and developing the program, now serves Place, a Boston native and 1997 as its director. graduate of Barnard College, is a film “Our goal is to educate profession- editor who has worked for Woody als who will possess a diverse range of Allen, as well as independent filmmak- media skills; have the ability to conduct ers. She has also made a few short films serious research; and understand how of her own. “I want to learn more about the media affect society. Our graduates experimental media,” she says. “I’d like will be eloquent and informed media- to make video art more accessible by Tom Finkelpearl Heather Griffith makers who can use their skills to edu- mixing it with mainstream media. It’s Outstanding Graduates page 4 cate the public about important issues.” very exciting to be part of the The innovative curriculum, the program’s first class.” culmination of four years of planning, McManus, who attended Arizona features workshop courses in three dif- State University, has degrees in anthro- ferent clusters. WORDS emphasizes pology and Spanish—knowledge that he journalism, script and treatment writing has already used in his career. For the and other nonfiction media writing; past several years, McManus has worked VISIONS, the visual communication of with children at the Casita Maria settle- stories, ideas and information; and ment houses in Spanish Harlem and the CHANNELS, the means of distributing South Bronx, helping them create narra- and exhibiting media work, publicizing tive, documentary films about their ideas, and using media to enhance community interaction. neighbors in local housing projects. Students are also required to take 12 credits in analyti- “There are no MFA programs like this,” says cal seminars that provide a historical and social context for McManus, who wants to continue to make films and, eventually, begin a distribution collective to sell the Gary Shteyngart mass culture and the media. Research projects must be inter- disciplinary. “For example, if a final project is the creation of works of independent artists. MFA Program in Creative Writing page 5 a historical documentary on a certain subject, the student “This is one of the best programs in the country.” ■ NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Hunter College of The City University of New York New York, N. Y. and the Alumni Association of Hunter College Permit No. 8754 695 Park Avenue New York, NY 10021 @ Page 2 Calendar of Events SCHOOL OF NURSING RECEIVES MAJOR GIFT he Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing recently received a significant gift from the Dec. 3 –Dec. 8 Dec. 12 @ 7:00 PM Estate of Leo A. Shifrin/Viola S. Shifrin Trust to create the Viola S. Shifrin Labo- ratory and the Viola S. Shifrin Lecture Series. The generosity of the estate Zooman and the Sign by Charles Fuller Chamber Music Workshop T trustees, Loren and Shelley Ross, will allow the school to add a new laboratory featuring FREDERICK LOEWE THEATRE Steven Graff, director Schedule and tickets: (212) 772-4448 LANG RECITAL HALL state-of-the-art equipment and technology. In addition, through the lecture series, stu- dents will have the opportunity to hear leading experts in the field of palliative care. Dec. 4 @ 7:00 PM Jan. 3, 2003 @ 7:00 PM These enhancements to the comprehensive program offered by the Hunter-Bellevue Jazz Concert, The Hunter Jazz Ensemble Alumni Association Book Club School of Nursing will strengthen the school’s ongoing efforts to alleviate the severe Things Fall Apart by C. Achebe and Jazz Vocal Workshop, Richard Faulkner nursing shortage that affects the New York metropolitan area, along with the entire nation. and Priscilla Owens, directors RSVP: (212) 772-4087 LANG RECITAL HALL Jan. 30 @ 5:30 PM Dec. 6 @ 3:00 PM Opening Reception for “Seeing Red: Dean of Students Retires Athletic Homecoming An International Exhibition of Non-Objective ylvia E. Fishman is retiring after serving the college and its stu- B3 GYMNASIUM Painting, Part I.” Exhibit open through May 3 RSVP: (212) 772-4783 THE BERTHA AND KARL LEUBSDORF ART GALLERY* dents for nearly four decades. Fishman came to Hunter as a fac- Sulty member in 1964 and was vice president for student affairs Dec. 9 @ 7:00 PM Feb. 3 @ 7:00 PM and dean of students from 1979 until her retirement this semester. She Master of Arts Recital Alumni Association Book Club was, said President Jennifer J. Raab, a “tireless motivator and cham- Barbara Banacos, piano, When We Were Orphans by K. Ishiguro pion of students.” LANG RECITAL HALL RSVP: (212) 772-4087 Under Fishman’s direction the Office of Student Services—one of Dec. 11 @ 6:00 PM Feb. 20 @ 5:30 PM the college’s busiest and most essential sectors—grew constantly in Opening Reception for MFA Thesis Reception for The College Art Association scope and responsibility. The office’s services, which are available to Exhibition. Exhibit open through Jan. 11 New York Area MFA Exhibition, held Hunter’s 20,000 undergraduate and graduate students, include person- THE TIMES SQUARE GALLERY** concurrently with the CAA 88th Annual al and academic counseling, career development and placement, health Conference. services, dormitory life, student extracurricular activities, intercollegiate athletics and recre- Dec. 11 @ 7:00 PM Exhibit open from Feb. 1 to 22 Hunter College Symphony and Choir ation, the children’s learning center, the honors convocation, and commencement exercises. THE TIMES SQUARE GALLERY** Paul F. Mueller, conductor Eija Ayravainen, who was assistant provost for undergraduate studies, replaced Fishman. Ayravainen will be profiled in the next issue of @ Hunter.
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