Thursday, February 11, 2021 | Vol. 2 No. 4, Spring 2021 Semester
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MESSAGE FROM INTERIM PRESIDENT DAISY COCCO DE FILIPPIS
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My Dear Colleagues and Students,
I am happy to share with you my opening remarks from Tuesday's All College Meeting. I am so grateful for the commitment of students, faculty and staff who will continue to work together throughout this new semester. Please stay safe. Mil gracias y bendiciones, President Daisy
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All College Meeting, February 9, 2021
Dear Members of the Hostos Family,
It is good to be with you all, sharing Our All College Beginning of the Semester Gathering. Thank you Diana Kreymer, our moderator, and the wonderful team of speakers this afternoon. This presentation is intended to feature a rich array of diverse voices, underscoring the generous team efforts taking place in our college. It is also in keeping with now established practice in the Hostos Weekly, designed to share information often and widely and for the college community to hear perspectives and information from multiple voices.
In last Friday’s (February 5, 2021) submission to the Hostos Weekly on progress on our Middle States self-study, Professors Nelson Nuñez Rodríguez and Professor Kate Wolfe, make a poignant reference to what it takes to engage in this Herculean labor that is striving to support our students, even in the face of the devastation brought about by the spread of the COVID 19, coronavirus, the illnesses and deaths, the economic hardships, and increasing existential uncertainties. Quoting the Cuban poet and patriot José Martí:“La enseñanza ¿quién no lo sabe? Es ante todo una obra de infinito amor. (Teaching, who does not know this? Teaching is above all a work of infinite love).
It takes infinite love to engage with generosity and hope in the labor of teaching us all about the progress being made at Hostos, documenting this work, questioning in thoughtful ways areas that need improvement with the expressed purpose to shed light and to continue to make progress in this journey of love that is teaching and learning at Hostos. Professors Nuñez and Wolfe and about 100 colleagues have been doing just that, as they endeavor to provide instruction, guidance, support and opportunities to enjoy and celebrate what it means to be a part of the Hostos family.
During the holiday break, a number of us had the absolute joy of viewing screenings of the work of students in our media design classes: Quarantined film screenings. Professors London, Zhao and Iglehart, and students in Digital Design 108, 113 and 250 exemplified understanding the importance of engaging students in meaningful strategies and projects, and the importance of relationships, connections among students, their peers and their professors. Director Kreymer will be introducing a selection of these important works later at a later point in the program. These strategies were also evidenced in the engagement of faculty and students in the Honor classes presentations. These are celebrations of the spirit. Celebrations of the spirit but also deep explorations of societal failings were evident as well in the Town Hall on Black Lives Matter and the subsequent activities this coming semester. Our Hostos stance in support of racial justice will be to celebrate Black Lives and to engage students and faculty in a deeper understanding of the need to address how racial disparities have impacted the ability of communities to deal with the powerful devastation of COVID. We will also continue to explore new pedagogies in both the President’s Office and in Academic Affairs. Colleagues in Academic Affairs report that “During the January 2021 Retreat, faculty and staff expressed an interest in learning more about how to address issues related to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the classroom and with their colleagues.” Please look for opportunities to engage and participate as Academic Affairs rolls out this strategy.
In a number of our presentations and updates this afternoon, you will hear about the generous engagement of SDEM and OAA that mitigated some of the attrition here at Hostos. As we know, this is a challenge faced right now at sister institutions throughout the nation, underscoring in so many ways that there is an absolute necessity to redress these disparities, if we are to move forward as a democratic nation.
The Fall 2020 semester saw us organize and re-structure committees in response to the needs that had begun to unveil as we prepared for our Middle States self-study. To that end, the generous team- work of Provost Drago,SVP Rodriguez-Chardavoyne, Assistant Dean Audant, Director of Academic Assessment AJ Stalechek with the very talented Chairs of our MSCHE Self-Study Committee and many colleagues has proven significantly beneficial. This could also be said for the creation of the Hostos Weekly, as a means to enhance communication and disseminate information on our work in the preparation of the Self-Study. This was noted by our MSCHE Liaison Dr. Starkey when he met with the College community.
The need to support and enhance a sense of a cultural, educational and inclusive life at Hostos outside of the classroom, led to the establishment of the Veladas Hostosianas (Hostos Culture Talks). Additionally, the establishment of the Hostos Community College Community Advisory Council communicated effectively our intentionality to be known as an open campus, a community hub for conversations, mutual support, enhancement of our students’ learning experience and job placement opportunities. After invitations were sent in the hope of constituting the Council with about 30 community leaders, to our absolute delight we received about sixty positive responses. After our first meeting, a survey was distributed with the design to ascertain community interest; over forty responses were received. The outcome of that activity was the creation of roundtables to engage the community in a conversation where we at the college would mostly listen or provide information in response to questions posed by the community. Five Roundtables were created in response to community partners suggestions, with the goal to have these roundtables attended by 12-15 participants. In less than two weeks, all seats had been filled, finding ourselves in the position to open two of the panels to 18 participants to accommodate interest. I look forward to the mutual benefits these exchanges will yield.
Additionally, to support interest on the part of colleagues and recommendations of the Senior Leadership Council, we began a series of Hostos Serves workshops. These past few weeks, a survey was shared with members of the SLC, and I anticipate that other staff development opportunities will be created and count on the leadership of members of the Senior Leadership Team to provide facilitation.
This semester we will begin a beautiful project of recognizing Hostos Champions, a way for us to say that we know that we are standing on the shoulders of giants. We will be recognizing the first president of Hostos Community College Dr. Nasry Michelen, and working with the College Senate on a recognition for Congressman Jose Serrano. One of our Veladas Hostosianas/Hostos Culture Talks for Women’s History Month will honor Evelina Antonetty, as our own Dr. Nydia Edgecombe and our own Doña Elba Cabrera will engage us all in a discussion of the powerful impact of Evelina’s educational work in the community.
Dear Hostos family, Hostos Community College is committed to live its mission in generous and talented ways. Let me just affirm the six pillars of our HCC Mission Statement:
- Provide access to higher education
- Serve as a community resource
- Celebrate diversity and multiculturalism
- Facilitate socio-economic mobility
- Develop linguistic, mathematical, technological and critical thinking proficiencies
- Foster intellectual growth and lifelong learning
These pillars are supported by the work taking place to support our Institutional Self-Study Priorities:
- Systems Alignment: Enhance our coordinated efforts to better support student academic momentum and completion.
- Academic Competencies: Foster student development of General Education competencies and language and math skills to support success in subsequent academic steps and in the job market.
- Community Resource Hub: Sustain and strengthen Hostos’ role as a resource hub for our community.
Please continue to read updates on academic assessment alignment, the work of OAA and of OIERA and progress reports on some of our activities by Senior Management and colleagues. The work is framed by the following priorities:
- Ensuring a re-opening that is safe, and puts at the forefront the health of the college community and at the same time is also focused on quality instruction and academic and student support.
- Strengthen student advisement for all-incoming, transfer, and target populations, identified in need of additional support.
- Accelerate application to registration process.
- Clearly communicate graduate requirements and deadlines.
- Promote culture of “College Going” with First Year Experiences.
Finally, I end my brief remarks with a quote you will hear me bring up often from Pablo Neruda’s Nobel Laureate speech: “All paths lead to the same goal; to convey to others what we are…but in this dance or in this song there are fulfilled the most ancient rites of our conscience in the awareness of being human and of believing in a common destiny.”
I believe that our common destiny is that of a community of purpose; an academic community that partners with multiple stakeholders and works closely together in harmony and in concert, to ensure that Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College will live up to the promise made in our mission to embrace diversity and opportunity as the birth right of all.
Thank you for your support. Mil gracias y bendiciones, Daisy
Daisy Cocco De Filippis, Ph.D.
Interim President
Eugenio María de Hostos Community College
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A QUOTE TO REFLECT ON AS WE HONOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
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“Freedom is an endless horizon, and there are many roads that lead to it. We must walk arm in arm with other men, and we must struggle toward goals which are commonly desired and sound. We must give and lend to the youth for stronger voice and encourage their individuality. We must look to the schools and constantly work for their improvement because that is where the future leadership of the country will be coming from to a large extent, particularly in the black communities.”
Shirley Chisholm’ speech at Howard University, April 21, 1969. Full speech can be accessed in America Radio Works | American Public Media. Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972). Her motto and title of her autobiography—Unbossed and Unbought—illustrates her outspoken advocacy for women and minorities during her seven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Read here for full biography.
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A POEM IN HONOR OF THE UPCOMING LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAY (02/12/2021) |
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Attributed to Ch’ű Yüan (c. 350-315 B.C.) From Ch’u Tz’u (Elegies of Ch’u)
From THE HEAVEN QUESTIONS
In the beginning of old,
all is yet formless, no up or down,
Light is still dim,
dark is a blur the only image is a whir.
When bright gets brighter,
and dark gets darker, the yin couples with the yang,
Then is the round pattern manifold.
What an achievement that was!
Around turn the cords on the pivot of Heaven.
Eight pillars are the buttresses;
Spread out are the nine fields of Heaven
with their many angles and edges.
The heavens mesh with the twelve Earth branches,
the sun and moon bond, and the stars line up.
One leaves from Bright Valley and rest at Shroud Shore
on its journey from bright to dark,
While the orb of Night flourishes after death
and harbors a rabbit in its gut.
Nu Qi got nine sons without a husband.
Old Qiang is there, and the benevolent nimbus.
Dark as its closes, bright when it opens,
before the Horn rises the great light is hidden.
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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION BRIAN CARTER |
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Hello to my fellow constituents of Hostos. Being a student of this wonderful community has its own challenges during this unique semester amidst a pandemic. Have hope, we will no longer continue to live in despair, but rather continue to embrace and empower one another despite these rather unusual conditions. Since it is Black Excellence Month, we will continue to celebrate those unique individuals that set the standard by blazing a trail to set forth a path in whose footsteps we will follow on the pathway to success. There will be struggle that we we continue to endure along the way, which we will observe and hold paramount as constant motivation throughout our endeavors. We will continue to rise into the horizon and will not be blinded by the light of mediocracy. We will rather be enlightened by this unlimited will and become heroes for each other Overcoming all adversity that we may encounter.
So to my fellow students and colleagues of the community of Hostos, as we continue to encourage love and incorporate awareness, never forget that we are all human beings at the end of the day, with unique abilities to conquer and triumph over anything. Continue to dream as big as possible and let positivity reign supreme. There is no such thing as “I can’t” because negatively is the opposite of ability, and in life we have to be able to have accountability for our actions. There will be some days that may appear to be more overwhelming than others, but over time we must continue to look at the bright side and embrace challenges for they have the ability to build character. Life is like a movie; the stage is set and we are all stars of the cast playing the leading role in our own version of Hostos Community College. May our legacy be unlimited because greatness inspires success. So my dear students and colleagues, continue to become as great and successful as you know you can be.
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MIDDLE STATES SELF-STUDY UPDATE |
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Submitted by MSCHE Steering Committee Co-Chairs Professor Kate S. Wolfe and Professor Nelson Nuñez-Rodríguez
The Learning Experience provided by Hostos’ Joint Dual Engineering Degree Program Embodies the Rigor and Coherence expected by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education
The Joint Dual Engineering Degree Program with The City College of New York (CCNY) is the type of learning experience that shows Hostos’ mission fulfillment at its best. In 2004, two students enrolled in the program after Interim President Daisy Cocco De Filippis, in her former role as Provost, signed this agreement with Dr. Zeev Dagan, Provost of CCNY, in 2003. Today, the program enrolls about 250 students and more than 270 students have graduated from the program at Hostos.
Fifty percent of the Hostos engineering students who have transferred to CCNY’s Grove School of Engineering (GSoE) have received a bachelor’s degree in Engineering. This steadily increasing population of graduates is evidence of a program that keeps its promise: to provide a strong foundation of knowledge in science and mathematics for our multicultural and underrepresented student population as well as providing them with a high-quality general education background. Five Hostos students graduated this last Spring 2020 from CCNY’s GSoE with Summa Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude and Cum Laude honors. Our program record indicates that a quarter of Hostos students receiving a bachelor’s degree at CCNY’s GSoE have continued their Master and Ph.D. studies at institutions including Drexel University, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, CUNY, Princeton, UPenn, Stanford, NYU, Columbia and Lehigh University.
The remarkable effort by Professor Yoel Rodríguez, college-wide program coordinator; Karla Contreras, program advising coordinator; and a cadre of faculty members from the Mathematics and Natural Sciences departments includes an intrusive advisement approach, and a tutoring model that creates a learning continuum beyond the class period and provides student with access to a myriad of high impact educational practices. These opportunities comprise Service Learning, Writing Intensive courses in Science and Technical Writing, and undergraduate research opportunities supported by LSAMP, CSTEP and CUNY Scholars Research Program, faculty NSF grants, NASA, MIT, BNL and other nationally recognized institutions.
The program’s tutoring model has tutors working with the students and instructors during class and then staying to continue working with the students after the class period has ended. This learning continuum model was built in collaboration with Title V and BMI TEAM programs. The technical writing course, designed by Professor Carl Grindley in consultation with Natural Science faculty, provides an experiential learning opportunity to the engineering students: They encounter the powerful role of writing skills in today’s science world where the funding process depends on strong writing skills. These various aspects of the Joint Dual Degree programs have attracted the attention of the Natural Sciences Foundation (NSF) and are recognized as national best practices in the STEM undergraduate field.
Professors Rodríguez, Nieves Angulo, Clara Nieto-Wire, and Antonios Varelas received a 2019-2024 NSF grant - Hostos Engineering Academic Talent (HEAT) Scholarship Program - to support the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low income engineering students with demonstrated financial needs for up to four years; up to two years at Hostos and up to two years at CCNY’s GSoE. Indeed, two HEAT Scholars have already been accepted to Cornell University to continue their bachelor’s degrees in Engineering last Fall 2020.
The institution looks forward to receiving similar recognition from Middle States as the evaluation committee members will ask about the processes that support and advance institutional success. In essence, the engineering behind this program simply believes in our students’ right to knowledge. During her Nobel Acceptance Speech, Doris Lessing compared students who will never receive prizes with students that will receive prizes just because of their varying access to education and knowledge (Lessing, 2007). The student-centered approach of Hostos’ Engineering Program firmly believes in our student right to receive prizes.
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INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS |
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Submitted by Associate Director of Institutional Research and Assessment, Dereck Norville-Bowie
New AES Assessment Webpage!
Last academic year and this year there have been many improvements in the College’s administrative and educational support (AES) assessment infrastructure at Hostos; these improvements include the implementation of the college’s annual planning and assessment reporting process, piloting the newly redesigned periodic assessment activity called the “AES Program Reflection Process”, and the establishment of the AES Assessment Committee (AESAC). Today, AESAC and the Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Research, and Assessment (OIERA) are excited to announce another long-awaited improvement: the newly developed AES Assessment webpage on our Hostos website!
Though still under construction, OIERA and AESAC are happy to share this new webpage focused on AES Assessment at Hostos; it is our hope that the webpage will make it much easier for AES units across the college to access information and resources related to AES assessment. The main webpage can be accessed here; on this page you will find more general information about AES assessment and clarity on Hostos’ two primary AES assessment processes: annual assessment and periodic assessment. From the main webpage you can access two subpages (one for annual assessment and one for periodic assessment), where you’ll find more information and resources specific to each type of assessment.
Again, these pages are still in development, but contain important information that we hope will aid AES units in engaging in these activities; AESAC and OIERA will soon be improving these pages. Stay tuned for future updates and feel free to reach out to AESAC with suggestions!
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A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENTAL AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS ERIC RADEZKY, Ph.D. |
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NYC Health & Hospitals "Take Care" Program (Recurring Notice)
The NYC Test & Trace Corps will make sure that anyone who tests positive for COVID-19 and their close contacts will have the resources needed to safely separate in a hotel, free of charge, or at home to help prevent the spread of the virus. NYC Test & Trace Corps Contact Tracers can refer to the hotel program or anyone can call 1-212-COVID19 (212-268-4319) to book a room.
Take Care Hotels are FREE, Safe, Comfortable, and Convenient.
New Yorkers who test positive for COVID-19 or who may have been exposed to the virus can qualify for a FREE hotel room for up to 10 days to safely separate and protect their loved ones. You may be eligible for a Take Care Hotel, even if you have not received your COVID-19 test results or a call from the Test & Trace Corps.
If you think you have been exposed to COVID-19 or are experiencing symptoms, don’t wait. Separate! COVID-19 transmission is common in households, and it happens fast among families and roommates living together.
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NEWS FROM THE DIVISION OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS |
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Office of Grants and Research Administration (OGRA) | OAA Connection, Acting Assistant Dean Olen Dias
OAA PROGRAM OFFICE
PROFILE OF THE WEEK
The Office of Grants & Research Administration (OGRA) at Hostos is committed to supporting the college’s faculty and staff in their efforts to secure external funding for faculty research projects, college-wide special programs, academic support services for students and community collaborative projects. We assist faculty and staff in their efforts to secure funding to implement these activities via the submission of applications to federal agencies and private foundations or non-profit organizations. It is important to note that we are the college’s authorized organizational representative for the submission of all electronic grant proposals to the U.S. Department of Education, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and other federal government agencies.
Once an award has been made, OGRA serves as the liaison to the funding sponsor and, with the participation of the Research Foundation of CUNY, the University’s fiscal agent for all sponsored programs, assists Program Directors with post-award administrative matters such as the hiring of project personnel that are essential to carrying out the scope of work in your grant, guidance on the purchasing of materials, services and equipment, the processing of all summer salary requests as well as faculty and staff effort on the project. Our office is comprised of three full time members. Further information about each of our roles is highlighted below. Although we are working remotely, all staff members are readily available and look forward to engaging with you!
OGRA Professional Staff
Ms. Kelba Sosa, M.P.A., Director of Grants and Research Administration
Ms. Sosa has over 20 years of experience in grantsmanship and has served as grants administrator at Columbia and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Before joining the Hostos grants office, Ms. Sosa served as the Associate Director or Research Administration at Lehman College. For proposal development inquiries such as the development of your budget, review of application guidelines, researching the application process, compiling application data, and coordinating deadlines, along with institutional approvals and organizing and supervising the way that an organization or institution functions with federal, state and city funding.
Ms. Amanda Howard, M.P.A., Associate Director of Research Administration
Ms. Howard has worked at the Hostos Grants Office for eight years. Prior to joining Hostos, Ms. Howard worked at the Office of Research Administration at Hunter College and served as the college’s human research protections coordinator. In her role at Hostos, Ms. Howard works with RF-CUNY to set-up accounts once an award has been made, provides guidance to sponsored program personnel and offers one-on-one training to faculty on the RF’s electronic systems.
Ms. Isabel Diaz, Office Administrator
Ms. Diaz joined the Grants Office in 2014. She assists with departmental reports and assists faculty that are the recipients of PSC-CUNY research awards with reconciling purchases made with those grant funds. Isabel also assists with the onboarding of project personnel.
FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS
Professor Ann Genzale’s book, “Nationhood and Improvised Belief in American Fiction,” was published by Lexington Books, an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield.
FROM THE WRITING CENTER DIRECTOR PROFESSOR TRAM NGUYEN
Shortly before the start of Spring semester, the Writing Center hosted four (4) "How to College" orientation workshops for students, with resounding success. Over 140 students joined our tutors for conversations on navigating Blackboard and Hostos email, creating community with their peers and professors, and formulating a college identity with pride and intention. Throughout Spring we will host 16 other reading and writing workshops. Please encourage your students to attend!
SUCCEED@HOSTOS TRAINING SESSIONS FOR FACULTY
Succeed@Hostos progress surveys are open for the month of February. Training sessions will cover topics including: how to log in; how to complete your progress surveys; how to raise flags manually; how to find your student’s assigned Success Coach or ASAP Advisor.
Upcoming Training Sessions:
Wednesday, February 17 at 1 p.m.
Monday, February 22 at 12:30 p.m.
Complete the sign-up form to let us know you will be there. The form requires that you use your office.com account. If you have not claimed your free office.com account you can do so using this link. If you have any trouble with office.com, please contact IT for support at ithelpdesk@hostos.cuny.edu. If you have any questions about the training, you may send an email to sbrennan@hostos.cuny.edu
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NEWS FROM THE STUDENT DEVELOPMENT AND ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT |
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Submitted by Director of Health and Wellness, Fabian Wander (Recurring Notice)
In an effort to deal with the effects of the pandemic on students’ mental health and wellness, the Hostos Counseling Center, in collaboration with the Health and Wellness Center, has received funding from the Federal Cares Act to address those effects.
The Counseling Center is putting together a series of professional development opportunities for students, staff, and faculty to help repair the hardships inflicted by the pandemic. Funding will also be used to incorporate various apps and platforms that will assist students in managing COVID-related stressors. In addition, a case manager has been hired and the Counseling Center is seeking to hire a part time Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner.
For additional information please contact the Director of the Counseling Center, Linda Alexander at 718-518-4432 or email lalexander@hostos.cuny.edu
The Health and Wellness office has hired a part time Domestic Violence Specialist, a part time Family Empowerment Social Worker, and a part time Registered Nurse. These new staff members will assist in supporting the wellness of any students feeling the impact of COVID-19.
If you need any COVID-19 related wellness support, please contact the Director of Health and Wellness, Fabian Wander, LCSW at fwander@hostos.cuny.edu or call 718-518-6567.
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NEWS FROM THE DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
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Submitted by Director of Campus Planning & Development, Elizabeth Friedman
Capital Projects – NYC and NYS release funds for CUNY construction! (Recurring Notice)
We received some good news last week! First the State and then the City began to release funds so that we can move forward on some of our building projects. At the outset of lockdown, Hostos was moving forward on several major capital projects to enhance and upgrade our campus. Several of our projects were halted in March and, while we won’t be able to get them all started immediately, we are very excited! People who have been on campus over the past 6 months have seen the 425 Grand Concourse Building going up on the site of the old PS 31; this 26-story building, which just “topped off” last week, will have 277 affordable housing units AND one floor devoted entirely to the Hostos Advisement Center (ASAP, SSCU and ARC). Other projects include the continued renovation of the B Building, specifically the 3rd floor, which includes offices for the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, and new, state-of-the-art classrooms. While we won’t be seeing anything as dramatic as the 425 Grand Concourse Building for quite some time (capital projects take a long time to go from conception to funding to planning and design to construction), the release of our capital dollars and the resumption of this work is a huge step forward!
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NEWS FROM THE DIVISION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
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CEWD provides career training and certificate programs for individuals entering the job market for the first time, seeking to change their professional field, or looking to advance in their current field.
OSHA/Site Safety Courses:
CEWD provides entry-level Occupational Safety and Health Administration certifications as well as NYC Department of Buildings approved Site Safety courses for individuals entering the construction industry.
7 students completed Site Safety courses for the 32BJ labor union
20 students completed Site Safety & OSHA courses for Living Redemption
4 CUNY Fatherhood Academy students completed OSHA training
8 students completed Site Safety & OSHA for Osborne Association
11 students completed OSHA training funded through NYCHA
Adult Learning Center:
Hostos's ALC provides both tuition and tuition-free High School Equivalency (formerly GED) and ESOL courses.
52 students currently registered in Spring HSE tuition
74 students currently registered in Spring HSE grant-funded
67 students completed tuition-based HSE from the Fall semester
34 students completed grant-funded HSE from the Fall semester
18 students currently enrolled in ESOL Advanced from the Fall semester
19 students currently enrolled ESOL High Intermediate from the Fall semester
24 students currently enrolled ESOL Low Intermediate from the Fall semester
Certificate Courses:
CEWD's various certificate and licensure programs prepare participants for in-demand careers in a variety of sectors, including healthcare, information technology, education, trade skills, transportation, culinary arts, business and professional development.
9 students completed Plumbing from the Fall semester
9 students completed Basic Electrical I & II from the Fall semester
24 students completed Microsoft Office from the Fall semester
23 students currently enrolled in Microsoft Office
9 students currently enrolled in Business Administration Management
14 students currently enrolled in Teacher Assistant
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NEWS FROM THE DIVISION OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
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Support the Hostos 20.21 Class Campaign and Student Success
The Hostos 20.21 Class Campaign, culminating at the College’s Spring Commencement Ceremony in May 2021, invites you to celebrate our newest graduates while enabling student success. Gifts of $20.21 or more will make a significant and collective impact on our students, helping them to persist and earn their degrees. Hostos equips its students to create their own pathways and launch their futures – and now the next generation of Caimans is preparing to soon go forth and achieve their goals!
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OAA UNSUNG HERO OF THE WEEK
Assistant Professor in the Allied Health Sciences Department Jarek Stelmark stepped up his game after a last-minute clinical adjunct resigned. Without hesitation, Stelmark took the additional class in addition to maintaining his own courses and continuing his responsibilities as the Radiologic Technology Unit Coordinator. Professor Stelmark’s actions protected the student experience and advanced student learning making him the first Office of Academic Affairs Unsung Hero of the Spring 2021 semester.
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Office of Educational Technology (Recurring Notice)
EdTech has developed a series of workshops which offer resources to help students familiarize themselves with Blackboard and other technologies used for online learning. To enroll for an instructor-led online workshops, click here.
Neglected Healers: The History and Future of Black Medical Doctors
Black Studies Unit Celebrates Black History Month | Tuesday, Feb. 16, 3:30 p.m.
Zoom Meeting ID: 886 0752 3764
The Stories We Tell: Race in America
Office of the President | Wednesday, Feb. 17 from 3-5 p.m.
A town hall discussion where we ponder, "Who is an American?," "Who gets to decide?," and "What factors shape that definition?" We will cover three distinct periods in history—the Constitutional Convention, the Reconstruction Era, and the Civil Rights Era. Participants will be asked to define Americanism, citizenship, and who gets to claim the American Dream.
The Politics of Black Beauty: Embracing a Sankofa Consciousness
Black Studies Unit Celebrates Black History Month | Monday, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m.
Zoom Meeting ID: 820 0787 7778
Black History Month Velada Hostosiana/Hostos Culture Talk
A Historical Conversation on Blackness | Tuesday, Feb. 23 at 3:30 p.m.
African Dance Workshop
Black Studies Unit Celebrates Black History Month | Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2 p.m.
Zoom Meeting ID: 873 0343 8584
Executive Management Certificate Program (Eighth Cohort)
Center for Bronx Nonprofits
Thursday, Feb. 25 - Thursday, Nov. 18 from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
A nine-month training program to help emerging leaders address present organizational and leadership challenges.
Zoom Link: Forthcoming closer to date
Dominican Heritage Month Award and Scholarship Ceremony, with Special Plaque Unveiling Ceremony
Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 2 p.m.
Dominican Heritage Month Lecture
Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 5 p.m.
Becoming Jim Crow: A Long, Legal History
Tuesday, Mar. 9 from 3-5 p.m.
This town hall will examine the long history of anti-black racism and its codification in the laws of the United States. Taking a visual journey through America's history, we'll explore the question, "Despite all of this, how do we continually survive and thrive?"
Save the Date - Third Annual Women’s Resilience Conference
Center for Bronx Nonprofits | Friday, Mar. 12 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
The Center for Bronx Nonprofit’s annual conference celebrates women and their place as leaders in their communities.
We Too Sing America: From Experimentation to Participation
Office of the President | Wednesday, Apr. 14 from 3-5 p.m.
This town hall is focused on a most timely and critical issue— race, medicine, and healthcare in the United States. Detailing the country's long and reprehensible history of medical experimentation on Black Americans, we'll discuss the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine and what it means for historically marginalized communities.
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ABOUT EL SEMANARIO HOSTOSIANO/THE HOSTOS WEEKLY
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El Semanario Hostosiano/The Hostos Weekly is a weekly communication vehicle designed to unite our multiple voices as we share news about members of the Hostos family, provide updates on our work and upcoming events, and disseminate policy that impacts our work.
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