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Photo of the Week
A snowless February campus scene by Maria Sanchir
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Black History Month Continues! 🌟 | |
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Blueprint to Success Welcome Reception and Black History Celebration 🌟
Today: Wednesday, February 15, 3-6 p.m.
All are welcome at this event in the Music Building Faculty Dining Room! Food and drink will be served. Hosted by the Urban Male Leadership Program the Department of Africana Studies. RSVP here.
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Learning Through Art: Black History Month 🌟
Today: Wednesday, February 15, 4-6 p.m.
The Office of Campus Life invites you to celebrate Black History Month with an afternoon of music, spoken word, theatre, and food in the Music Building East Dining Room. The featured artist is Lacresha Berry, creator of the one-woman show “What Would Harriet Tubman Do?" RSVP here.
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Git & GitHub Workshop
Friday, February 17, 1-5 p.m.
Software teams manage changes to source code over time using version control systems. The most widely-used modern version control system is Git. In this practical workshop, students will create a Git account and install the software on their laptops, while learning the best practices for version control using a UNIX terminal with web files. Takes place in Gillet Hall, Room 231. Email lehmancsclub@gmail.com with questions.
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Ain't Misbehavin' 🌟
Saturday, February 18, 8 p.m.
Celebrate Black History Month at Lehman Center! This musical is a tribute to the black musicians of the 1920s and 1930s who were part of the Harlem Renaissance, an era of growing creativity, cultural awareness, and ethnic pride, and takes its title from the 1929 Fats Waller song “Ain’t Misbehavin'." Click here to purchase tickets or stop by the box office where tickets are only $10 for Lehman staff and students with Lehman ID.
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Urban Male Leadership Program and Department of Africana Studies Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute 🌟
Wednesday, February 22, 3-6 p.m.
Come to the Music Building East Dining Room to hear words of inspiration from keynote speaker Reverend Dr. Raschaad Hoggard and more. Food and drinks will be served. RSVP here.
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Van Cortlandt Project
Thursday, February 23, 6 p.m.
Learn about enslaved people's history in the Bronx and Van Cortlandt Park. Enjoy free food and seminar by speaker Dr. Judy-Lynn Peters. Event organized by the Office of Prestigious Awards. RSVP here.
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The Amen Corner 🌟
February 22-24
The Department of Music, Multimedia, Theatre & Dance presents this classic play by James Baldwin, directed by Susan Watson Turner with music direction by Dorothy Colon. Reserve your free tickets here.
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Sara Little Turnbull Visiting Designer Speaker Series: Queer Design
Begins Friday, February 24 at 12 p.m.
This six-part lecture series will examine queer and binary representation within the world of art and design, as well as its audiences. The series coincides with and is conceptually aligned with Lehman College Art Gallery's spring exhibition. Details and registration info to come next week.
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Job and Internship Fair
Tuesday, March 14, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Students and alumni are invited to drop in any time to speak with recruiters offering full time, part time, fellowship, and internship opportunities. Organizations include Bloomberg, Teach for America, and New York Presbyterian. Organized by Lehman's Career Exploration and Development Center. Click for details.
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Wildlife at Lehman College! 🦅
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News, Updates, and Opportunities | |
In the News: ‘Queer Love’–A new exhibit opens at the Lehman College Art Gallery
The Bronx Times talked to Lehman's gallery director Bartholomew Bland about the exhibition in advance of the opening reception. Read the story here.
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Become a Commuter Assistant (Mentor) and Help New Lehman Students Thrive
The Lehman College Commuter Assistance Mentorship Program (CAMP) will match upper-year commuter students called Commuter Assistants with first-year commuter students or transfer commuter students to assist with their transition to Lehman.
Learn more and sign up for an info session.
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Student Leadership Programs Presented by the Office of Campus Life
Explore the five practices of exemplary leaders, leadership identity, and team building in the Introduction to Leadership certificate program. (Mondays, February 27-March 27, in person in Student Life Building Room 111A, and online asynchronous)
Explore core ideas in storytelling using journalism and podcasting tools in the Leadership and Multimedia: Voice is Power program. (Thursdays, February 23-March 23,Student Life Building Room 121)
Register for these opportunities here.
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Great Event: Members of the Black Male Initiative from across the CUNY System visited Lehman College last Friday for a breakfast forum on educational policy. CUNY chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, Lehman College president Fernando Delgado, and director of Lehman's Urban Male Leadership Program Michael Deas were among the speakers. (Photos by the Lehman College Multimedia Center) | | | | |
