Friday, September 23, 2022 | Vol. 5, No. 6, Fall 2022 Semester

MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT DAISY COCCO DE FILIPPIS

My Dear Colleagues and Students,


As another week comes to a close, I am happy to share my remarks from Wednesday’s Stated Meeting of the College:


Eugenio María de Hostos Community College, CUNY

Stated Meeting of the College, September 21, 2022

 

Dear Members of the Hostos Family,


It is good to be with you all, sharing my first Stated Meeting of the College gathering in person in a few years. It is particularly memorable because this academic year marks the 55th Hostos Community College Anniversary. 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 at our College. As it was established the past two years, we will continue to schedule four All College gatherings this year, one at the beginning and the end of each academic semester. This practice is also in keeping with our Hostos Weekly, in its fifth edition now, designed to have frequent sharing of information with the college community to hear from multiple voices.


Here at Hostos Community College we are all working hard to support the dreams and achievements of our students, appreciating the great potential of Hostos students. This past May we celebrated in two in person commencements the achievements of over 1,000 graduates who completed their associate degree or certificate. A remarkable and noteworthy achievement, considering the challenges our students faced the past two years. Some shared with me that they had achieved their degree in two years because of the opportunities provided by our online offerings. This semester we are fortunate to have our first in person Stated Meeting of the College since 2019. Surveys conducted by OAA and OIERA show that students’ preference is an in-person experience, yet they persisted online when necessary. Bravi!


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 supporting the work taking place in preparation of our 2023-2028 Strategic Plan. Thank you all who have accepted to participate actively in the preparation of the plan, about ninety of us are participating, and the many who have agreed to participate in the Aspen Institute Top Ten Finalist visit and preparation in the upcoming team evaluation participation on campus scheduled on October 25-26.


To that end we will hear very thorough presentations this afternoon from colleagues about the work taking place to support students and faculty in significant ways, from the SGA President, College Senate Chair, and different leaders who will discuss the wonderful initiatives offered by the Ms. Mackenzie Scott President’s Initiatives, the hiring of new faculty and how our enrollment and fiscal stability are being managed, planning for winter and spring class schedules ongoing at this time, and many other informational items. In October we will also hold the first meeting of the HCC Community Advisory Council’s Industry Summit which will take place at Albert Einstein School of Medicine, sponsored by Montefiore Hospital. We will present and discuss opportunities for our Nursing program at a morning meeting which will include members of the college community and a number of leaders among health care providers. This event will also be attended by colleagues in community, industry, educational, business and other sectors.


Additionally, the 2022–2023 Priorities and activities are being finalized by each division leader in consultation with colleagues in their respective areas. Dean Audant and OIERA colleagues are being consulted on the assessment piece. Updates on this work will be presented at each All College meeting this academic year.

 

  • Ensuring a continued re-opening that is safe, and puts at the forefront the health of the college community, and at the same time that it is also focused on quality instruction and academic and student support;
  • Putting intentionality at the forefront when it comes to students’ recruitment, enrollment, onboarding, assessment of prior learning for credit and continued programming-from orientation to advisement by strengthening student advisement for all-incoming, transfer, and target populations, identified in need of additional support; accelerating application to registration process; clearly communicating graduate requirements and deadlines; promoting a culture of “College Going” with First Year Experiences.
  • Growing of stackable credentials for our workforce programs with non-credit and credit certificates; partnering with community advisory councils for the disciplines to assist us in linking programs to jobs and increasing educational opportunities tied to employment.
  • Regularizing assessment-particularly academic program reviews and other means of assessing how effectively our degree programs and support services help students learn and achieve career and transfer success; mapping out all component elements that contribute to student transfer with special emphasis on touchpoints and assessment of students’ progress; using environmental scanning information to assist us in determining what programs need to be revised or created.
  • Creating support to encourage faculty and staff members to conduct research and enhance a culture of grants writing at the College by means of the engagement of the Committee on Sponsored programs and grants, and the soon to be opened this fall — Hostos Research Center.

 

There is a lot to be done as we aspire for continued success for our students and ourselves. Let us also find time to enjoy family and friends and, perhaps, a hobby or two. Finally, I end my brief remarks with a quote you have heard 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 birthright of all.


Mil gracias y bendiciones, Daisy


Daisy Cocco De Filippis, Ph.D.

President

POEM 

Working Together

By David Whyte

 

We shape our self

to fit this world

 

and by the world

are shaped again.

 

The visible

and the invisible

 

working together

in common cause,

 

to produce

the miraculous.

 

I am thinking of the way

the intangible air

 

passed at speed

round a shaped wing

 

easily

holds our weight.

 

So may we, in this life

trust

 

to those elements

we have yet to see

 

or imagine,

and look for the true

 

shape of our own self,

by forming it well

 

to the great

intangibles about us.




From “Teaching with Fire.”

MESSAGE FROM SGA PRESIDENT LEAGHTON N. OZORIA 

We now have an “open meeting law.” We are currently gathering explanations and seeing a future that is ambivalent. On the one hand, we are less distant. As we move in on technology, we have to move out. Oh well, my eyes and I do see everyone here no matter the year. What could come of this? More in-person is what I see. Well, if it is not for the gainful result of Zoom than in-person; which will lead the way? This could bring a more open school. And many more new ideas are welcome. 


The meet and greet of the BBQ went well. Next time, a meet and greet of alumni meetings with the students of today and yesteryear; how about alumni day? How about learning about other programs? Can the alumni teach us about the programs they had in the higher learning world and how to use it in our real world? As they can teach us we can teach them of ourselves and our pious duties. We should give them awards.

CAIMAN CLUES

The “Caiman Clues” for the  Fall ’22 semester | Week 4


Dear Students,


Welcome to week 4. Now that you have settled in your courses, it is time to look into different opportunities such as scholarships, technology, and career workshops. 

 

Here are the Caiman Clues: 


  • CUNYfirst Notifications – On Saturday, September 24, WA grades will be assigned for immunization (MMR) non-compliance. Login to CUNYfirst and select the student center “tasks and holds” tile where you will see the immunization notification indicating where to upload your documents.   
  • Seeking Scholarships? – Be sure to check out the Scholarship Office’s Academic Works website for year-round scholarship opportunities. Also, the Hostos Engineering Academic Talent (HEAT) Scholarship is open until October 9. Program details can be found here
  • Student Technology Workshops – The Educational Technology office offers different virtual workshops. Check out the weekly calendar and register here. The CUNY “Are You Ready?” virtual class only takes 30 minutes; access it here
  • Professional Development for Students – Free self-paced skill-building courses and training in high demand sectors: Business, IT & Software Development, Healthcare Administration, Data Analytics, and Professional/workplace skills are available on the CUNY’s 90-Day Upskilling Challenge


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


Read past issues of the Caiman Clues for helpful tips and reminders.


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



Sincerely, 

Hostos Community College 

PRESIDENT’S INITIATIVES

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


Dear Students and Colleagues,


I hope that you have been enjoying the various events that are being held in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, especially the week-long series of activities that celebrated the pioneering work of Dr. Evelina Antonetty. Her life serves as an inspiration to us all and is a testament of the impact that a life dedicated to public service and community activism can have. As we continue to honor the legacy of inspiring individuals who have made significant contributions to support Hispanic/Latinx communities, let us continue in the Hostos tradition of building bridges with our community and extending our hand to those in need.


The new Ms. MacKenzie Scott’s Gift: President’s Initiatives Request for Proposals (RFP) is an excellent opportunity to propose new initiatives that address community service and engage our students in roles that increase their civic engagement and build leadership capacity. I am excited about the prospect of the new ideas that will be generated that can address community service, as well as many other critical areas of need to support our students and strengthen our college community. I encourage everyone interested in applying to review the RFP to learn how you can apply and propose a new project that will further enhance the impact of the President’s Initiatives and make a difference in our community. Students, faculty and staff are welcome to apply. Student applicants will need to apply with a full-time faculty/staff member as a mentor.


I also want to share that in the coming weeks, the Ms. MacKenzie Scott’s Gift: President’s Initiatives will be issuing a call for student artists for the Hostos Research Center Mural Design Competition. The new Hostos Research Center, the former bookstore that has been renovated to serve as the central hub for research development and faculty-led student mentorship, will feature two student-created murals. We will be inviting students to create this new artwork that will depict their love of learning and make a lasting contribution to the development of the Hostos Research Center. I look forward to the submissions that our talented students will be inspired to create!


To download the Ms. MacKenzie Scott’s Gift: President’s Initiatives RFP guidelines and application, click here


The application deadline is Tuesday, October 11, 2022.


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. 



Introducing Associate Director of OIERA, Vitus Tindana


The Office of Institutional Effectiveness, Research and Assessment (OIERA) welcomes Associate Director Vitus Tindana to the Hostos team. He brings an array of data analysis skills, and a healthy patience with the numerous acronyms we throw around at meetings. We — Piotr Kocik, AJ Stachelek, and Babette Audant — asked Vitus a few questions as a way of introducing him to the Hostos community, and he graciously accepted our offer (his answers have been minimally edited):


What is your life story? I grew up in a family of four in Ghana. I made fond memories during my childhood, and I was particularly close to mom because I was, and I am still, the last born of my parents. I moved to America at age 21 through the American lottery visa and this is the best decision I have ever made in my life. I went to BMCC for a couple of semesters then transferred to Baruch College, where I graduated with a bachelor’s and a master’s degree.


What’s your favorite sport? My favorite sport is soccer because I grew up playing and watching the sport on TV, and the team I support is Chelsea football club.


What got you interested in data? During my undergraduate degree, I took a class in Research Methods, and I really loved the class. We were looking at how we can use data to tell a story. Once I was ready to start my master’s degree, I went to speak with Baruch College’s IR director and that really convinced me to follow the IR path.


What’s your favorite location on the Hostos campus? On campus, my favorite spot is the corridor that overlooks the Grand Concourse. I love to sit there on my free time* to just look at the cars passing underneath it.


What do you do for fun? I love to go bowling in my free time with friends and learning new things such as cooking.


Please join us all in welcoming Vitus. He will be joining several working groups and committees (*see the note about “free time” — that gets diminished quickly!) including the Degree Program Assessment Committee (DPAC), the Starfish/Succeed@Hostos Working Group, and the CUNY IR Council — providing opportunities to meet and work with staff and faculty. 

POLICY OF THE WEEK

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


This week’s policy is the CUNY Policy on Equal Opportunity and Non-Discrimination, which states:  

 

The City University of New York (“University” or “CUNY”), located in a historically diverse municipality, is committed to a policy of equal employment and equal access in its educational programs and activities. Diversity, inclusion, and an environment free from discrimination are central to the mission of the University. It is the policy of the University — applicable to all colleges and units — to recruit, employ, retain, promote, and provide benefits to employees (including paid and unpaid interns) and to admit and provide services for students without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, partnership status, disability, genetic information, alienage, citizenship, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence/stalking/sex offenses, unemployment status, or any other legally prohibited basis in accordance with federal, state and city laws.1 It is also the University’s policy to provide reasonable accommodations when appropriate to individuals with disabilities, individuals observing religious practices, employees who have pregnancy or childbirth-related medical conditions, or employees who are victims of domestic violence/stalking/sex offenses. This Policy also prohibits retaliation for reporting or opposing discrimination, or cooperating with an investigation of a discrimination complaint.

 

Read more here.

DIVERSITY AND COMPLIANCE

Submitted by Chief Diversity Officer, Title IX Coordinator, and 504/ADA Coordinator Latoya S. Jeffers, Esq. 



This semester, the Office of Compliance and Diversity will be hosting training on the CUNY Policy on Sexual Misconduct and CUNY's Equal Employment Opportunity Policy. We encourage all employees to attend. Sign-ups will be sent via email. Please save the following dates:  


•September 30, 2022 (Sexual Misconduct) – 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

•October 27, 2022 (EEO) – 2 p.m.-3 p.m.

•November 10, 2022 (Sexual Misconduct) – 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

•December 8, 2022 (EEO) – 2 p.m.-3 p.m.

OFFICE OF GOVERNMENTAL AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

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


New Concealed Carry Regulations Take Effect


This week’s updates come from Mayor Eric Adams’ Community Affairs Unit.


Mayor Eric Adams announced that New York City is launching a comprehensive outreach plan to educate and inform New Yorkers about a new state law governing concealed carry regulations across New York State. The provisions of the legislation will require concealed carry license applicants to meet revised eligibility requirements and complete a state-regulated firearms training course, as well as define certain “sensitive locations” where concealed carry licensees are not permitted to carry guns such as Times Square.


The new law was created in response to the US Supreme Court’s Bruen decision this past June that struck down a 100-year-old New York State law requiring applicants for concealed carry gun permits to show proper cause.

NEWS FROM THE OFFICE OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

Submitted by the Office of Academic Affairs


Submitted by Mr. David Primak and Office of Academic Affairs


Hostos Community College census enrollment is approximately 24% (6,455/4,903) lower than it was 10 years ago. This means the college is serving approximately 1,552 fewer students in Fall 2022. Fall 2022 census enrollment data reflects that 4,903 students are enrolled. Compared to Fall 2021 when 5,441 students enrolled, Fall 2022 enrollment represents a 9.9% (4,903/5,441) decrease. Census enrollment hit a peak of 7,371 in 2015 and 7,331 in 2018 and has been steadily declining since then. The most dramatic decline can be seen in the last five years as census enrollment has fallen approximately 33% between 2018 (7,331) and 2022 (4,903). The 10-year census enrollment trend chart is below:

YEAR

ENROLLMENT

2012

6,455

2013

7,006

2014

6,985

2015

7,371

2016

7,210

2017

7,211

2018

7,331

2019

7,120

2020

6,136

2021

5,441

2022

4,903

The campus community worked hard together to reach this year’s census enrollment number. Academic Affairs and SDEM professionals sent emails, made phone calls, and met with students individually and in groups to welcome them back to a more lively college environment and encourage them to enroll. As the campus continues to expand in-person classes, services and activities for students, faculty, staff, and our surrounding communities, the College family should remain focused on identifying and implementing strategies to increase enrollment of new students, re-enroll stopped-out students, and retain continuing students. It will be our collective efforts and dedication that help our college emerge from the consequences of the pandemic. We are Hostos.

NEWS FROM THE DIVISION OF STUDENT DEVELOPMENT AND ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

Submitted by VP of Student Development & Enrollment Management 

La Toro Yates, Ph.D


Children’s Center: submitted by Cathy Garcia-Bou


On September 14, 2022, at the Children’s Center, children and staff celebrated with parents and guests the 100th birthday of Dr. Evelina Antonetty. Below are some highlights of the celebration:

  • Elba Cabrera, the late Dr. Antonetty’s sister, presented an introduction of Dr. Antonetty to the children and parents of Hostos Children’s Center, through a slideshow and story.
  • Dr. Antonetty’s daughter, Anita Antonetty, joined Cabrera in the presentation.
  • Children’s artwork of Puerto Rican flags and portraits of Dr. Antonetty were displayed throughout the Center.
  • The children sat enthralled while Cabrera went on to tell stories of her childhood growing up with her family in first Harlem, and then the South Bronx, where she lives today.
  • There was participation from staff, and faculty; Dr. Nydia Edgecombe, Wallace Edgecombe, two of Dr. Antonetty’s nephews and grandnephews, along with six student-parents.
  • Ms. Cabrera and her family took a tour of the Center.

Transfer Services: Submitted by Rocio Rayo

 

I am humbled to introduce the next chapter of transfer services at Hostos Community College. To say that this is the "new" transfer services office would erase the foundational work this office has championed for decades. Thank you, Mercedes, Theresa, and Marsha, as well as all of the college assistants and work studies, for building this platform of excellence. 

 

Community colleges are far more than bridges to higher education. We exist as portals into and out of material realities. Access to higher education and mobility from poverty are foundational principles for CUNY. Hostos has a deep-rooted commitment to the South Bronx community at large. Hostos' commitment to social justice and equity shapes how we value our critical role as an engine of advancement. This engine is oiled by the understanding that socio-economic mobility is a pillar of success. Research on student success at Hostos has consistently focused on how to help students achieve economic mobility for themselves and their families (Self-Study 69). This mobility comes from degree attainment, transferability of credits and majors, and degree attainment at a four-year college. This single most significant obstacle is retainment.

 

As an institution we are welcoming more and more students back to campus. As a division, we are welcoming a new Dean — and with these changes, we are welcoming new norms. My goal is that transfer services will be part of the fabric, the connective tissue that weaves recruitment, admissions, advisement, and retention together, so students don't fall through the cracks. 

 

The introduction to transfer services starts on a student's first day in classes at Hostos Community College. Every trip, every obstacle, transfer services will operate as the guiding light that inspires, catches, and supports students through their inevitable challenges by redirecting them back to their goals: graduation and transferring. For the Academic year 2020-2021, Hostos granted 1,223 associate degrees. It is the ultimate goal of this office to not only engage with those students graduating, but to develop systems and means of communications via the website, social media, satellite offices, tabling, online meetings, classroom visits, and walk-in hours, where all 10,269 students registered in the Fall and Spring of 2020-2021 would have been served. 

  

In "It's Too Much" by Lawrence Lanahan, the article speaks to the interlocking ways that the transfer services offices can, on "day one — hour one," create a plan and path for students so that there is a structured place students can see themselves in — a delicate balance between a structured pathway to the holy land and their agency in making decisions that serve their goals and aspirations. At Hostos, our day one-hour one plan with students must include transferring into four-year schools and the labor market. 

 

I am empowered by this opportunity for both the programmatic and theoretical growth of this vital SDEM unit. First, I would like to introduce our new transfer service webpage — which, while it is in its infancy, will soon teleport the user into a virtual interactive space that reflects the stories of Black, brown, and immigrant excellence. This excellence that was nourished and supported at Hostos but continued at CUNYs, SUNYs, HBCUs, and PWIs is the tenet of our success as a transfer services office. Videos, media, and photographs will reflect where the students were and where they are — the focus being on the enormity of where they can ultimately be. Students don't have to believe me (although they should!) because the success will be the student. 

 

Their stories, their voice — that is our legacy. 


Please check out our website: https://transferserviceshostos.wordpress.com.

And follow us on IG: @hostostransferservices

Poem submitted by VP La Toro Yates


New Day’s Lyric

By Amanda Gorman

 

May this be the day

We come together.

Mourning, we come to mend,

Withered, we come to weather,

Torn, we come to tend,

Battered, we come to better.

Tethered by this year of yearning,

We are learning

That though we weren’t ready for this,

We have been readied by it.

We steadily vow that no matter

How we are weighed down,

We must always pave a way forward.

 

This hope is our door, our portal.

Even if we never get back to normal,

Someday we can venture beyond it,

To leave the known and take the first steps.

So let us not return to what was normal,

But reach toward what is next.

 

What was cursed, we will cure.

What was plagued, we will prove pure.

Where we tend to argue, we will try to agree,

Those fortunes we forswore, now the future we foresee,

Where we weren’t aware, we’re now awake;

Those moments we missed

Are now these moments we make,

The moments we meet,

And our hearts, once all together beaten,

Now all together beat.

 

Come, look up with kindness yet,

For even solace can be sourced from sorrow.

We remember, not just for the sake of yesterday,

But to take on tomorrow.

 

We heed this old spirit,

In a new day’s lyric,

In our hearts, we hear it:

For auld lang syne, my dear,

For auld lang syne.

Be bold, sang Time this year,

Be bold, sang Time,

For when you honor yesterday,

Tomorrow ye will find.

Know what we’ve fought

Need not be forgot nor for none.

It defines us, binds us as one,

Come over, join this day just begun.

For wherever we come together,

We will forever overcome.

NEWS FROM THE DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE

Work Order Request Process


The beginning of the semester is a good time to provide an overview of how faculty and staff can request facilities services. For those members of the college community who may be new to Hostos and to serve as a reminder for those who are not, please refer to the below guidance when you need assistance from our Campus Operations team.


Facilities services include: room setup (for events, office moves, classes, etc.), moving of office furniture, and maintenance tasks such as light bulb replacement, installation of shelving, and painting. Please note that Campus Operations does not provide furniture assembly services; assembly services must be procured from the furniture vendor.


For non-urgent service requests

1.   Each unit/department in the college has at least one designated individual who is authorized to submit a work order. Please be sure to find out who the designee(s) is/are for your respective office.


2.   All non-urgent requests for service must be submitted by a designated individual through the Facilities Work Order System 7-10 days in advance.


The work order system organizes tasks for each member of the Campus Operations staff. Service requests cannot be sent to individual members of the engineering, maintenance, or custodial staff.


For Emergency Situations

For emergency situations, please call Public Safety (ext. 6888) or 911.


For Immediate or Urgent Needs

Please call the relevant extension only to report the following conditions or needs; do not create a work order.


Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning: ext. 4488

Unusual Odors or Malodors: ext. 4488, ext. 4349 or ext. 6888

Leaks, Floods or Spills: ext. 4488, ext. 6888

Bathroom Supplies: ext. 4488

Electrical Outage: ext. 4488

Health and Safety Concerns: ext. 4349

Exterminator Requests: ext. 4488


Our Campus Operations team is happy to assist our college community members, so please help them help you by remembering to submit your requests in advance and through the appropriate methods as mentioned above.

NEWS FROM THE DIVISION OF CONTINUING EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

For the last five years, the Division of Continuing Education and Workforce Development (CEWD) has received funding from Phipps Neighborhoods, Inc. to support our Career Network program, a career exploration program for underserved and unemployed young adults between 18 and 26 years. This year, CEWD was awarded $233,232 from Phipps Neighborhoods, Inc. This contract will allow CEWD to serve 95 young adults from July 1, 2022 thru June 30, 2023. It will provide participants with career and college exploration in the healthcare and building services fields, access to employment opportunities at Montefiore Medical Center and Phipps Houses, and/or the opportunity to enroll in a CEWD certificate program or degree program at Hostos. This year, we received an additional $90,000 to include the building services field.


CEWD’s partnership with Phipps Neighborhoods, Inc. and the Montefiore Health System began in 2017. 


In September, CEWD will launch its twenty-ninth (29) cohort. Since 2017, Career Network has enrolled 629 students of which 553 or 88% completed our Introduction to Careers in Healthcare Seminar. We have successfully transitioned 155 students into certificate programs in healthcare.


For more information on CEWD’s Career Network Program please contact Javier Saldana, Senior Associate/Train and Earn Director at 718-664-2541 or jjsaldana@hostos.cuny.edu

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 and 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. For those interested in information technology, please click here to learn about the Hostos Information Technology (IT) Academy. This self-paced online course is being offered at no-cost to students. 

NEWS FROM THE DIVISION OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

Updates:


Register today! Hostos Annual Golf Outing Classic is just two weeks away!


The 16th Annual Scholarship Fund Golf Outing Classic is just a couple weeks away! Join us at the scenic Pelham Bay & Split Rock Golf Courses for friendly competition, an opportunity to network with local leaders, and, most importantly, a great way to help the Foundation expand opportunities for Hostos students. If you would like to learn more or purchase tickets, visit www.hostosgolfouting.com or email Idelsa Méndez

Changes to CUNY Tuesday



It’s hard to believe that Giving Tuesday, the national day of giving, is just a couple of 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 enroll in recurring payments via the CUNY Tuesday website between October 8 and November 29. Recurring payments are 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.”

BRAVO NEWS

Foundation Board Member and Niece Visit and Share Story with Children’s Center


On Wednesday, September 14, Hostos Community College Foundation Board member Elba Cabrera visited the Hostos Child Care Center to share the story of her sister, Dr. Evelina Antonetty as a part of the Evelina 100 series of events. Cabrera, joined by Dr. Antonetty’s daughter Anita, spoke about her sister’s legacy in the Bronx and how the activist movements she started helped efforts in both the founding of Hostos and the establishment of the Hostos Child Care Center, which has been a crucial part of the College since 1983. As Cabrera put it, spending time talking with the children of Hostos students is the best way to honor Dr. Antonetty, whose first priority was always the children of the South Bronx.

IN-PERSON EVENTS

Roy Brown: Distancias… Featuring Zoraida Santiago

Friday, September 23 | 8 p.m.

Location: Hostos Theater

After a magnificent and sold-out performance at the Centro de Bellas Artes de Santurce, singer-songwriter Roy Brown returns to Hostos Center with Distancias: Recordando a Juan Antonio Corretjer, a tribute to one of the most important and immortal poets of Puerto Rico. Joining him is the beloved singer Zoraida Santiago. Together they bring us a beautiful evening of music, exquisite voices, harmonious duets and timeless poetry. Buy tickethere


Luego de una magnífica actuación a sala llena en el Centro de Bellas Artes de Santurce, el cantautor Roy Brownregresa al Hostos Center con Distancias: Recordando a Juan Antonio Corretjer, un homenaje a uno de los poetas más importantes e inmortales de Puerto Rico. Acompañandolo como artista invitada estará la querida cantante Zoraida Santiago. Juntos nos presentarán una hermosa noche de música, voces exquisitas, duetos armoniosos y poesía eterna.


An Afternoon of Art and Literature: Celebrating the Works of Julia de Burgos

Monday, October 3 | 3-5 p.m.

Location: Art Gallery

Join Author Chiqui Vicioso, Poet Urayoan Noel, Translator Jonathan Cohen, Ph.D. and Artist Alí García for an event honoring the pioneering Puerto Rican poet and activist.

Sponsored by: Office of the President


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.


Celebrating 55 Years of Hostos 

Saturday, April 22, 2023

This coming spring, we will celebrate the College’s 55th anniversary. Suggestions about how we mark our 55th anniversary this coming spring are welcome. Please send a note to Executive Chief of Staff Diana Kreymer by the end of September.

**Correction: Last week’s “Assessment of Student Transfer – CUNY's Transfer Explorer” article was submitted by Rocio Rayo, Manager of Transfer Services and AJ Stachelek, Director of Assessment.

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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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