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Hostos Prepares For "Life After Wally":
Edgecombe is set to retire as
Director of the Hostos Center for the Arts and Culture after nearly 40 years with College
Wallace Edgecombe likes to produce art "from the bottom to the top," says Edgecombe's wife Nydia, who is the Alumni Relations Director at Hostos Community College. The couple met at a Christmas party given by the College's Radiology Department in 1977 and they have been together ever since.
For nearly 40 years, "Wally" has done just that, produce art and culture, as the Director of the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture (HCAC). Now 63, Edgecombe is retiring and will be a tough act to follow.
His Hostos story started when Edgecombe saw the South Bronx as better than just burning and more than Fort Apache. He saw it as culturally fertile ground.
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Lina Cruz Selected for Special Intern Program with New York Yankees
Lina Cruz always swung for the fences when she was a student at Hostos Community College studying business management.
Now, the 22-year-old is getting the chance to hit one out of the park for the New York Yankees after becoming the first Hostos student to be a part of the New York Yankees Latino Affairs Internship Program.
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Another Year, Another Milestone For
Eugenio María de Hostos Community College
The Class of 2012 not only celebrated it's 41st commencement on June 1, it celebrated being the largest group of graduates to date at Hostos Community College.
The commencement speaker, New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, had some simple advice for the 770-member class: seize every opportunity, be the most prepared person in the room and never be afraid to ask for help.
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Hostos Takes Over
National Puerto Rican Day Parade
 Hostos Community
The parade celebrated its 55th year in New York City and adopted the theme, "Puerto Ricans in Higher Education."
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Hostos History Professor Uncovers the Radical Past of Italian Immigrants
 Dr. Marcella Bencivenni has been teaching history since 2004 at Hostos Community College, but she has been studying Italian immigration for much longer.
When Bencivenni emigrated from Italy to the United States in 1995, she was disappointed in the predominant stereotypes of Italian Americans.
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Notice of the Annual Bronx Borough Hearing
and June Public Hearing
The CUNY Board of Trustees' Bronx Borough Public Hearing will be held at Hostos Community College, 3rd floor cafeteria at 450 Grand Concourse on Monday, June 18 at 5 p.m.
The purpose of this meeting is to provide an interaction between the Board of Trustees, the Officers of the University and the communities and constituents of the CUNY colleges.
Persons wishing to speak are to notify the Office of the Secretary at (212) 794-5450 prior to 4:30 p.m., Friday. June 15.
For more about the hearing, click here.
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Congratulations to our President,
Dr. Félix Matos Rodríguez, Grand Marshal of
The National Puerto Rican
Day Parade.
We are So Proud of You!
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Monday, June 18, 2012
Bronx Borough Public Hearing
5 p.m.
Hostos Cafeteria
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Paul's House Annex - Adoption Forum
3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Hostos Cafeteria
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Friday, June 22, 2012
KIPP Academy Annual Awards Dinner
6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Hostos Cafeteria
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2012 Valedictorian
Herminio Torres
Herminio Torres was the Valedictorian for the 2012 graduating class of Hostos Community College.
Torres, 47, returned to college a couple of years ago after working in both the fields of investment banking and construction. He said a knee injury forced him out of construction work and the Hostos Community College name helped bring him back into the classroom.
"My father actually came from the same town (Mayagüez, Puerto Rico) as the man the college was named after, Eugenio María de Hostos," Torres said. "That kind of initially drew me here."
Always having a love for the sciences, Torres thrived at Hostos and also became involved in Student Government, the Honors Program, and the Hostos Leadership Academy.
Torres graduated in June with a 4.0 GPA in Liberal Arts and Sciences and will transfer to Columbia University in the fall where he will study biochemistry.
Speaking just before Friday's 41st Commencement from his Student Government office, the former Marine said he had to "retrain himself" when he decided to return to college after a nearly 30-year layoff, but it was worth it.
"Hostos was great. It totally changed my perspective on life. I came in here hoping I could do it, but now I know if I put in the work, everything will go exactly as I planned."
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2012 Salutatorian
Christine Roth
The Hostos Community College Salutatorian for 2012 was Christine Roth. Roth is 52 years old, lives in Harlem and is a married mother of three children. Roth is a unique example of the diversity celebrated by Hostos as she graduated from Lycée Emile Duclaux High School in Aurillac, France just over 30 years ago.
Roth enrolled at Hostos two years ago after deciding she wanted to try her hand at teaching after being an accountant for several years.
Roth studied Liberal Arts at Hostos and boasts a 4.0 GPA. She plans to continue her education and major in French and minor in adolescence education as she follows a new dream of becoming an educator.
She said while the first two years was a challenge being the mother of three children, she thoroughly enjoyed her time at Hostos.
"You hear some of the negative things people say about community colleges, but I loved it. Although I didn't meet too many people from France, I ran into French speaking (people) from Africa here. It was a great experience." |
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