Friday, October 7, 2022 | Vol. 5, No. 8, Fall 2022 Semester

MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT DAISY COCCO DE FILIPPIS

My Dear Colleagues and Students,

I share with you brief remarks this week in the form of a one-page document about the history of Hostos, as we prepare to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the signing of the founding document establishing the college, this coming April 2023.

HOSTOS: THEN…NOW…ALWAYS 

The 55th anniversary of Hostos Community College is quickly approaching — a perfect opportunity to look back at an institution that was first housed in a former tire factory and is now a finalist for the million-dollar Aspen Prize for community college excellence and the recipient of a $15 million-gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. Hostos has traveled a long way in five-and-a-half decades, weathering good times and bad, but remaining as dedicated as ever to the principles of its founders.

The 1960s were turbulent and challenging times; change was in the air — and, as in any time of change, the forces of reaction battled with the forces of liberation. Great fear vied with great opportunity: it seemed as if the world could be freshly recreated every day. A visionary group of Puerto Rican and Hispanic educators, community leaders, and activists united to create an institution of higher learning in and for the South Bronx. Their goal was to provide access to high-quality education in a variety of disciplines and fields for those who have historically been excluded from higher education. Their dream was realized when Hostos was brought into existence by an act of the Board of Higher Education on April 22, 1968.

Then as now, Hostos upholds the democratic ideals of the community college system and draws strength from the ideas and spirit of Eugenio María de Hostos (1839-1903), the trailblazing Puerto Rican educator, writer, and advocate for human rights whose name the institution proudly bears. Knowledge and freedom were inextricably linked in Hostos’ thinking. The College affirms that link and does its utmost to help its students become what Hostos once called “Patriotas para la humanidad” (Patriots for Humanity).

The College cherishes its connections to the borough. It plays an active part in the social, cultural, and political life of the South Bronx in a number of ways. It has offered a home for town hall meetings of local and national interest. The Dental Hygiene program has provided free dental care for local families. The Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture has showcased some of NYC’s finest creators and performers of Hip Hop, Latin Jazz, Salsa, Chamber Music, Theater, and Dance. During the worst of the COVID-19 epidemic, Hostos worked with local businesses and leaders to help students and other members of the community who were dealing with food insecurity issues, and students in the College’s Allied Health Sciences Department served as frontline workers in the fight against the pandemic. These and other examples demonstrate the warm and long-lasting relationship between the South Bronx and Hostos.

The College is perhaps best known for its aforementioned Allied Health Sciences program, which trains some of the finest healthcare professionals in the Bronx and the greater metropolitan area. Originally planned as a health-oriented institution in 1968, the College continues to make every effort to attract and help prepare people for health professions. The College is also known for its interdisciplinary Food Studies program (the first of its kind in any community college in the United States), its Engineering dual degree program, its ground-breaking Digital Design & Animation program, and its innovative and cutting-edge Game Design program.

Much has changed in the last 55 years, but the College’s commitment to access, diversity, equity, and social justice has never faltered or faded. The Book of Proverbs tells us that “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.” Helping its students to fulfill their hopes for an education, their desire for a better way of life, and their dreams for the future was, is, and always will be the purpose of Hostos Community College.

Mil gracias y bendiciones, Daisy 

Daisy Cocco De Filippis, Ph.D.

President

POEM

POWER IS KEY to the Mind

Mind power today seems to be a world of adaptation. All the mindsets keep changing. Everywhere you go it seems there is a new lead. We all deserve a higher force. The force is good energy, it provides answers to a questioning mind. Do not question when and where you adopt the common astute spirit but bind the energy you come with. It is like the sun and moon. The sun steals the moon while they work together. It all makes stars. 

The star you are is of immaculate conception. Now, why is the mind's power and strength of character? A character that comes to life is a mentality that is awake. The shadow is a silhouette of music because behind the light is a kindled force. The light is central, a symbol of positioning and appropriation. This enactment of inner strength creates a spirit of the mind.

CAIMAN CLUES

The “Caiman Clues” for the  Fall ’22 semester | Week 6

Dear Students,

October is here! This week’s clues include some important dates for you to know. And don’t forget to check in with tutors and yourself to make sure you’re on track for a successful semester.  

• Earn a higher grade in your class! Tutors are available in the HALC and Writing Center (C-596) to assist you with your study skills.
• Stop by the C Building lobby to ask a question from a Writing Center Tutor without an appointment every Tuesday between 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
• Improve your mental productivity with Mindful Coloring on the Go from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the A-Atrium, Oct.11-13. 
• No Classes on Monday - The College will be closed on Monday, October 10 for a federal holiday. Review the Academic Calendar for important dates and deadlines. 
• Schedule Builder Workshop - Join a tutorial on October 14 at 1 p.m. to learn how to use the CUNY registration tool so that you can independently create your Winter/Spring 2023 class schedule. Access event here. Zoom Meeting ID: 8547980586

Every week, for the Academic calendar year, read the Caiman Clues  for helpful tips and reminders. 

Simply follow our Facebook (@HostosCC), Twitter (@HostosCollege) and Instagram (@HostosCollege) for helpful hints you can use all year round.

Don’t Miss Your Caiman Clues — Your Hostos Helping Hand to Success 

Submitted by Sofia Oviedo, Ph.D., Director of Research Programs

Dear Students and Colleagues,

I hope that you are having a good start to the month of October. This week I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in a special event celebrating the life and poetry of renowned Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos, hosted by President Daisy Cocco De Filippis who was joined by highly regarded poets and artists who draw inspiration from Julia de Burgos’ illustrious work. I had the pleasure of reading one of her beautiful poems, Poema con Destino/Poem with Destiny, and enjoyed the readings of her poems by several of our students. It is events such as these that make Hostos such an exciting and vibrant learning community where we can come together to learn about our inspiring forerunners in the arts and literature, and keep our cultural legacy alive through reflection and remembrance. As we continue to celebrate Hispanic/Latinx Heritage month, I hope that we can all continue the celebration by participating in the many cultural events that are being offered on campus.

Activities are gearing up for the Ms. MacKenzie Scott’s Gift: President’s Initiatives and I have two important announcements to share. The deadline for the Ms. MacKenzie Scott’s Gift: President’s Initiatives Request for Proposals (RFP) is on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, and all applications are to be submitted online via the portal link that is included in the application. I encourage anyone interested in applying to review the application and reach out to me if you have any questions. As a reminder, students, faculty and staff are welcome to apply. Student applicants will need to apply with a full-time faculty/staff member as a mentor. For more information, please view the recording of the information session held last month if you did not have the opportunity to attend.

Download the Ms. MacKenzie Scott’s Gift: President’s Initiatives RFP guidelines and application here.

RFP Information Session Resources:

Presentation Deck

Video (It is available through CUNY Microsoft Office platform. You may log-in with your CUNY log-in.)

The application deadline is Tuesday, Oct. 11, by 11:59 p.m.

I also want to announce that the Hostos Research Center is hosting its first Grant Writing Workshop for the fall semester: IRB Application Process | Research and Ethics on Thursday, Oct. 13 from 2 – 3 p.m. via Zoom. The workshop will be facilitated by Professor Antonios Varelas and Professor Yoel Rodríguez. Professor Varelas will guide participants on the IRB (Institutional Review Board) application process including how to use the IRBManager software to create, submit and amend applications. Professor Rodríguez will discuss research misconduct and the responsible conduct of research. This is an important workshop that you will want to attend especially if you are planning new research and need to embark on the IRB application process.

Hostos Research Center Grant Writing Workshop Fall Series

IRB Application Process | Research and Ethics Workshop

Thursday, Oct. 13, from 2 – 3 p.m. via Zoom

Please click here to join the seminar.

Meeting ID: 844 8511 5854

Passcode: 190712

For more information about the Ms. MacKenzie Scott’s Gift: President’s Initiatives, please email or call Sofia Oviedo at soviedo@hostos.cuny.edu | Tel: 718-518-4309.

INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS, RESEARCH AND ASSESSMENT

Submitted by Dean of Academic Affairs Institutional Effectiveness,

Research, and Assessment Babette Audant, Ph.D. 

An Update: Hostos’ Key Performance Indicators

At the Stated Meeting of the College, by invitation of President Cocco De Filippis, I had the opportunity to present an update about Hostos’s Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Student Profile.

(For reference, slides used at the Stated Meeting of the College are found on the President’s webpage; the key performance indicators and student profile slides specifically are numbered 40 through 48.)

The KPIs (including first-year credit accumulation and retention) serve as benchmarks by which we can evaluate college-wide efforts to support students. They are nationally recognized measures that help us gauge our progress in relation to our peers at CUNY and across the United States.

Hostos students have historically, and continue, to trend female-identifying. In Fall 2020 and Fall 2021, female students represented 69.4% and 69.8% of total enrollment, respectively. Nationally, female-identifying students outpace male-identifying students in college attendance and college completion (60% versus 40%). The gap is starkest at community colleges and is consistent with Hostos enrollment patterns.

While it is important to recruit and enroll more male-identifying students, retention gaps are a persistent concern nationally, across CUNY, and at Hostos (where our gender retention gap is smaller than at most CC’s).

More than 95% of Hostos students are members of under-represented minorities (URM), namely Hispanic and Black. Like our gender distribution, the distribution of Hispanic and Black students has remained consistent over the past decades. Gradual shifts reflect the dynamics of the South Bronx: In Fall 2015, 60.6% of students were Hispanic and 32.6% were Black. In Fall 2021, 52.6% of students were Hispanic and 37% were Black.

The demographic shift we need to watch carefully is the change in FT versus PT enrollment. While the vast majority of first-time freshmen are full-time students, historically total enrollment has been 42% to 47% PT between Fall 2015 and Fall 2020. In Fall 2021, 51.2% of students were enrolled PT. If this change sustains, there are implications for everything from course sequencing and scheduling, to financial aid, to revenue from full-time equivalent (FTE). That said, the national standard for reporting community college graduation is 3 years, or 150% time, which assumes PT enrollment or 20-credits/year. The challenge is helping students sustain their pace of credit accumulation.

Lastly, for now, retention continues to be a challenge and one that requires multi-vectored responses including financial supports, academic supports, and meaningful engagement through advisement, mentoring and other high-impact practices. For context, the Fall 2015 cohort attained a first-year retention of 68% (a high). One-year retention of the Fall 2019 cohort was a relatively strong 57% (the pandemic began in March 2020). Preliminary data for the Fall 2021 cohort shows they were retained at a rate of 50.1%. That is sobering, and is motivation to act:

• Several of the initiatives funded by the Ms. MacKenzie Scott gift specifically target student retention, and Dr. Sofia Oviedo presented a summary of early findings at the Stated Meeting of the College.

• Platforms like Succeed@Hostos and practices like mid-term progress reports can support better retention.

• Faculty conversations with students in their respective degree programs about next semester courses supports retention.

• Advocating more paid work-based learning opportunities in collaboration with Career Services supports retention.

In short, there isn’t an office or department that doesn’t have a role in retention. And by demonstrating to students that we collectively have their backs, it sends a powerful message that Hostos is where they belong.

POLICY OF THE WEEK

Submitted by Executive Counsel and Labor Designee Eugene Sohn, Esq. 

This week’s policy is the Jury Duty policy, which states:

JURY DUTY POLICY

Employees summoned to jury duty must notify their immediate supervisor and the Human Resources Office as soon as possible that they have been summoned and must submit a copy of the jury duty summons at this time. While serving jury duty, employees must keep their supervisors updated on a daily basis regarding the expected duration of service. When returning from jury duty, employees are required to submit a copy of the completed jury duty certificate to their supervisor and the Human Resources Office. A completed jury duty certificate will include the employee’s name, dates of jury duty service and the signature or stamp of the appropriate court clerk. If all of the above requirements are met, full-time employees except for certain skilled trade titles will be paid for their time serving jury duty without charge to leave credits. For federal and out of state jury service (as opposed to local or New York state jury service) the same procedure applies, but employees who received pay while performing jury service must reimburse the college if they receive a per diem jury service allowance from the federal or out of state governmental jurisdiction. Reimbursement may be done through the Human Resources payroll unit. 

Certain skilled trade titles not entitled to be paid for their jury duty may at their discretion request the use of annual leave instead of receiving the per diem allowance from the court. Part time employees including college assistants, adjuncts, and other hourly employees will be paid either $40 for each of the first three days of jury service or their regular pay if less, if such employees perform jury service during their regularly scheduled hours of work.

Submitted by Director of Governmental and External Affairs Eric Radezky, Ph.D.

On Wednesday, October 19 from 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. on Zoom, I will host the first-ever Hostos Participatory Budgeting event for students. What is participatory budgeting (PB)? It is a process in which everyday New Yorkers can give ideas and suggestions for how a certain amount of money in the New York City budget should be spent next year.  

The City is expanding their PB program in next year's budget, and we want Hostos students to participate and have their say! There will be raffle prizes for students, Visa gift cards valued at $25 each. To be eligible for a gift card you must be a Hostos student, attend the PB event on Zoom and stay until the end for the drawing. There will be upwards of 35 gift cards available, so your odds of winning are pretty good!

Zoom link: https://hostos-cuny-edu.zoom.us/j/87874750411 

So come, learn about PB, how it works, and how to make your voice heard (and maybe win a prize)!

If you have any questions, please email them to me at eradezky@hostos.cuny.edu.

Submitted by Provost and VP of Academic Affairs Shiang-Kwei Wang, Ph.D.

New Associate Professors at Hostos

The Office of Academic Affairs is very pleased to share news of the recent promotions of three of our Hostos faculty to associate professors. Professors Juno Morrow, Eugena Griffin and Laura Andel have been leaders in teaching, research, and service within and outside of the college. A snapshot of their achievements during their tenure is shared in the descriptions below. Please join us in congratulating them.

Juno Morrow is an Associate Professor of Media Studies in the Humanities Department. During her time at Hostos leading up to this promotion, Professor Morrow has been active in both her creative practice and in service to the Hostos community. While at Hostos, she has released six digital games, which have been shown across the U.S. and abroad, including Conspiracy Theories About Myself, which was exhibited at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 2019 and featured in an NPR News segment. In 2020, CLASH Books published Marginalia, Professor Morrow's hybrid memoir exploring her experiences and feelings regarding otherness, race, sexuality and gender, which received critical acclaim. Her photography and non-game digital artwork have been in six refereed exhibitions in the U.S. and Greece and have been featured in numerous publications including her conceptual photography book, after dark, released in 2016. During this time, Professor Morrow spoke at six academic conferences and numerous other events, including the Game Developers Conference, which is the largest gathering in the field (~28,000 people), in which her session was ranked in the top 10% of summit talks. In an administrative capacity, Professor Morrow has been overseeing the Media Design unit as unit coordinator since 2018 and the Game Design A.A.S. program, which was awarded "Best Game Design Program" by Intelligent.com in their list of Best Community Colleges in NY in 2022. As a Media Design faculty member, she has organized student showcases, guest speaker events, an annual game design competition, workshops, extensive surveys and assembled handbooks, posters, websites and numerous resources for both Game Design and the other Media Design programs. She has served on the College-wide Senate, as an advisor for the Video Game Club, Game Design Club and Phi Theta Kappa, participated in events such as SPA Day, the Ed Tech Innovation Celebration and numerous committees, including the Instructional Evaluations Committee, which yielded a peer-reviewed article published in the Hispanic Educational Technology Services (HETS) Online Journal as a co-author. Lastly, along with colleagues in Media Design and Modern Languages, Professor Morrow has developed or co-developed six new courses, four in Game Design and two in Modern Languages (Japanese), and helped redesign the three Media Design programs to streamline student degree progressions.

Eugena Griffin is an Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Behavioral & Social Sciences, and recalled feeling excited to have achieved such an academic career milestone. During the past seven years at Hostos, she had the opportunity to develop strong collegial relationships, and also a strong work ethic and balance to her personal life. To achieve promotion to Associate Professor, she worked diligently to develop and maintain an instructional track supportive of the Hostos community student population, including participating and developing honors, Open Educational Resource (OER), and asynchronous courses. She maintained a research and publication schedule that allowed her to publish three peer-reviewed articles; two more are under review surrounding psychosocial applications to captivating nontraditional students, as well as the impact of racial oppression on the lives of Blacks & Hispanics. Through her research and publication opportunities, she presented at numerous national and regional conferences and was offered several guest lecturer opportunities. Furthermore, she served on several department and college-wide committees, along with the CUNY University Senate Faculty, representing Hostos. Additionally, she participated in different volunteer opportunities, including serving as a mentor to many Black and Hispanic high school and college youth from inside and outside of Hostos who were interested in furthering their education. She is looking forward to new opportunities for growth as an academic, researcher, and mentor.

Laura Andel is an Associate Adjunct Professor of Media Studies in the Humanities Department. Professor Andel has been teaching at Hostos since 2016 for the Hostos Media Design Unit, where she has taught music theory and ear training. Since 2016, she has created, presented, and published a number of artistic works in the USA, Argentina, and Brazil. She has also shared her scholarly and creative work at conferences, panel presentations, and workshops in the U.S.A., South Africa, and Argentina. Some of the presentations include: “Youth as Creator” (Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts), “Music Career Talk for Teens” (NYC Department of Education), and “Music Composition and Graphic Notation” (Decolonial Aesthesis Creative Lab at Rhodes University in South Africa). At Hostos, she presented three faculty development workshops about “Learning with Eyes Closed” and one workshop about “Self-Assessment Using Smartphones.” Professor Andel also presented her work at CUNY EdTech and CUNY IT Conferences. At the New York state level, she served as panelist for the Music and Sound Fellowships of the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Music Fellowships at Art Omi in New York. In 2017, her essay “Artistas inventores e inventores artistas” was published in Spanish in “Touchstone,” the Hostos Community College journal. This essay reflects upon the creative processes after the vision of poet Federico García Lorca, composer Igor Stravinsky, and inventor Nikola Tesla, among other personalities, and immerses in the moment of inspiration, or as García Lorca would say, the “arrival of the duende.” Professor Andel holds a Master’s in Musical Creation, New Technologies, and Traditional Arts from Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (Argentina), a Bachelor of Music in Film Scoring & Jazz Composition from Berklee College of Music (U.S.A.), and a Bachelor of Popular Music Performance from Escuela de Musica Popular Avellaneda (EMPA) in Argentina.

NEWS FROM THE DIVISION OF STUDENT DEVELOPMENT AND ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

Submitted by VP of Student Development and Enrollment Management (SDEM) La Toro Yates, Ph.D.

Financial Aid

Welcome to 2022–2023 Federal Work-Study (FWS) season. Our program and students need you!

Become a Federal Work-Study Supervisor, by completing the form in the link: FWS Supervisor Request.

• Give students an opportunity to earn while they learn.
• Help develop our students’ skills.
• You can make a difference by providing a valuable experience.

There will be a Supervisor Orientation on October 20 for new and returning supervisors — more information to come.

For additional questions, email to FWS@hostos.cuny.edu or call the Office of Financial Aid at 718-518-6555.

Transfer Services

The divisions of Student Development and Institutional Advancement collaborated on a grant and were awarded $100k (over 2 years) for Peer Mentors. These Peer Mentors will work with students that are transferring to senior colleges to facilitate smooth and seamless transitions. 

Congratulations!  

Scholarships

The Scholarship Office facilitated an Information Session with the Glaelle Mathurin Community Foundation. GMCF offers financial assistance to outstanding students attending one of the City University of New York (CUNY) colleges within the GMCF member-school network. Three (3) scholars will be selected to receive a fall scholarship of up to $2,000 for the academic school year (which can only be applied to verifiable costs associated with average tuition and usual fees). The Hostos session had 105 students attend, we will keep everyone posted.

Poem submitted by VP La Toro Yates

I Want To Write

By Margaret Walker

I Want to Write

I want to write

I want to write

the songs of my people.

I want to hear them

singing melodies in the dark.

I want to catch the last floating strains

from their sob-torn throats.

I want to frame their dreams

into words;

their souls into notes.

I want to catch their sunshine laughter in a bowl;

fling dark hands to a darker sky

and fill them full of stars

then crush and mix such lights till they become

a mirrored pool of brilliance in the dawn. 

Campus Planning and infrastructure projects in progress

Chances are you may have heard about capital and other infrastructure projects on campus for a long time but don’t necessarily see any of that work happening. The reality is that capital and infrastructure projects take a long time — to perform the initial planning, get the necessary approvals, request and obtain funding, go through the project bid process, approval of bids, etc. — all before any actual work can be started. There is a lot of behind-the-scenes work in progress for many projects, however, there have been some long anticipated ones that have begun or are in process. Below are some updates on those projects.

The Advisement Center at 429 Grand Concourse

Design for the new, leased Advisement Center space began in February 2019 and continued throughout the pandemic. Construction of the 429 Grand Concourse space has been completed and the project has moved into the process of finalizing details. The space was turned over to Hostos and the first phase of furniture and equipment installation began over the summer. Due to supply chain issues, installation of the major furniture walls was not able to begin until late in August; this is proceeding well and is expected to be completed by the first week of October at which time the office furniture and wayfinding signage will be installed. Supply chain issues have also resulted in delayed delivery of critical IT equipment. As a result, occupancy of the space will be delayed to minimize program disruption for ASAP and SSCU during the busy fall advisement and registration period.

The second phase of furniture and equipment purchase and installation, which includes furniture, IT, audio/visual equipment for the conference and training rooms and equipment for the ARC, is being finalized with the CUNY Project Manager’s assistance. 

Hostos Research Center

Planning for transforming the old bookstore on the first floor of the C-Building into the new Hostos Research Center is well underway. Campus Planning and Campus Operations is working with the Research Programs Director Sofia Oviedo and Professor Yoel Rodriguez to develop an idea of how this space will be used to guide furniture and IT choices. The team is working with the furniture vendor on the furniture layout as well as with a graphic designer for signage for the space.

Air Handling Units Project

The nine Air Handling Units Project in the A Building kicked off in August. This is a critical infrastructure project which will ensure the functioning of the HVAC system in the A Building for years to come. The contractors have surveyed the space and will be sending a project schedule shortly. Construction is expected to start in January 2023.

Other Infrastructure Projects

The façade replacement on the south wall of the A Building has begun. The contractor was selected in late spring. The bricks for the wall replacement have arrived, and now the work has started. There is an estimated two-month construction period for this project. In addition, the B-Building’s sub-cellar emergency generator project is near completion. 

We will keep the community updated as these and other major projects move forward.

NEWS FROM THE DIVISION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Since 2008, Career Success Scholarship - Helena Rubinstein has supported scholarships for continuing education students who are seeking career advancement by obtaining an industry recognized credential from CUNY colleges. In 2011, the Foundation made a one-million-dollar gift to CUNY to endow this scholarship fund, making it possible for continuing education students at CUNY to access funding for their occupational training programs in perpetuity. The Career Success Scholarship - Helena Rubinstein is open to continuing education students who seek to advance their careers through education and training, and who do not have access to other sources of funding that can pay for tuition and fees. Scholarship applicants may also be individuals who are unemployed or seeking a career change. The Scholarship covers up to 90% of certificate program tuition. 

This semester, two students from the Division of Continuing Education and Workforce Development (CEWD) are recipients of the scholarship:

• Jordanne Nesbeth (awarded $7,598) for Credentialed Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) Program. 

• Maria Thomas (awarded $1,140) for Phlebotomy Technician Certification.  

Spread the Word

Please share information about CEWD’s current scholarships and no-cost programming opportunities, which can be found by clicking here and selecting the scholarships & tuition assistance programs link in our online course catalog. 

For additional information, please encourage prospective students to sign up for one of CEWD’s upcoming summer Virtual Information Sessions by visiting https://tinyurl.com/HostosCEWD.

Hostos Annual Golf Outing Classic

Thank You for Supporting the 16th Annual Scholarship Fund Golf Outing Classic!

It was a beautiful day on the course yesterday at the Hostos Community College Foundation’s 16th Annual Scholarship Fund Golf Outing Classic. Thank you to all of the faculty and staff who joined us or supported the event, which raised over $130,000 in support of scholarships and success initiatives at Hostos. To see pictures from the event, follow @HostosCC on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter or visit www.hostosgolfouting.com.

Changes to CUNY Tuesday



It’s hard to believe that Giving Tuesday, the national day of giving, is just a couple months away! This year, our CUNY-wide “CUNY Tuesday” campaign will not include a payroll deduction option for CUNY faculty and staff. Instead, we encourage our giving community to make a pledge or enroll in recurring payments via the CUNY Tuesday website between October 8 and November 29. Setting up a pledge with recurring payments is the easiest way to support students with a manageable, monthly payment. Contact Idelsa Méndez if you have questions or want help planning your gift.

To set up your recurring gift at any time, visit www.givetohostos.com enter your donation amount, then click “add donation.” When more options appear, select “recurring gift.”

Support the Gerontology Student Scholarship

Gerontology Unit Seeks to Establish Scholarship Fund for Aging and Health Studies Students  

In honor of Professor Flemister’s retirement, the Gerontology Unit has started fundraising for a Gerontology Student Scholarship. Help the unit reach the $5,000 threshold to set unique scholarship criteria by making a gift here.

If your unit would like to learn more about establishing a scholarship to directly support your students, contact Colette Atkins to learn more.

The Division of Continuing Education and Workforce Development (CEWD) at receives $3 Million from the US Department of Health and Human Services to support their Community Health Worker Training Program

Hostos Community College’s Division of Continuing Education and Workforce Development (CEWD) was recently awarded a three-year $3 million Health Careers Opportunity Program grant to support its Community Health Worker Training Program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW). Over the three-year grant period, Hostos CEWD will train 270 new and/or incumbent workers as Community Health Workers. Trainees will have the opportunity to participate in either a CHW field placement experience or Hostos CEWD’s New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) Registered CHW Apprenticeship Program. The Hostos CHW Training Program will also help eligible participants obtain credit for prior learning that can be applied to their college transcript when they enroll in a Hostos degree program. 

Learn more here.

VIRTUAL EVENTS

SAVE THE DATE

DSA2022 Virtually@Hostos: X Biennial Dominican Studies Association Conference

December 1-3, 2022

The College is co-sponsoring the DSA Conference, which will consist of 18 panels and 7 roundtables over the course of three days. More details to be shared soon. We to hope you will join us virtually by Zoom!

El Inolvidable Tito Rodriguez: A Tribute Concert

Saturday, November 12 | 8 p.m.

Sunday, November 13 | 4 p.m.

Location: Hostos Theater

Buy tickets here.