2008 CUNY Kingsborough Community College Annual Report by CUNY Kingsborough Community College

Kingsborough C O M M U N I T Y

Annual Report

C O L L E G E

2008

Board of Directors Ms. Laura Baddish (Alumna) President, The Baddish Group Ms. Joan Bartolomeo, President Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation Dr. Elizabeth Basile Executive Director (ex-officio) Assistant Dean, Office for College Advancement Kingsborough Community College Mr. Rodney O. Bolden Vice President, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. Mr. Scott Cantone Senior Vice President, Forest City Ratner Companies Mr. William Correnti (Alumnus), Secretary-Treasurer Executive Director of Budget and Financial Planning, Kingsborough Community College Mr. Kenneth D. Daly, Chair Chief Financial Officer, Global Gas Distribution, National Grid

Mr. William Keller Vice President of Administration & Finance, Kingsborough Community College Mr. John Manbeck Professor Emeritus, Kingsborough Community College Mr. Dominic Mascara Managing Partner, Mosaic Business Group, LLC Dr. Regina S. Peruggi (ex-officio) President, Kingsborough Community College Mr. William E. Rapfogel Chief Executive Officer, Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty Mr. James P. Slattery Senior Partner, Cullen & Dykman, LLP Mr. Will Schwalbe Founder and CEO, Cookstr.com Mr. Mark Seruya (Alumnus) Senior Vice President, Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Mr. Tom Early Executive Director, Health Plus Mr. Robert V. Edgar, Vice President Donor Relations, The New York Community Trust

Foundation The Kingsborough Community College Foundation’s Board of Directors draws its members from a wide range of professional and academic backgrounds. These men and women have guided some of America’s most important organizations, and they bring their expertise, their drive, and their wholehearted commitment to helping the college realize its vision of the future.

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

D e a r Fr i e n d s : At the conclusion of the 2007-2008 academic year, in his annual letter, Chancellor Goldstein remarked about Kingsborough: “Congratulations on a very successful year. I am most pleased with the strides that you, your leadership team, and your faculty have made, and I look forward to seeing the innovative work that this important community college will continue to develop.” I cite it here not to boast, but rather to point out several things about the past year at Kingsborough

Since the end of the year that is reviewed

Community College. We have experienced some

in this report, we have been confronted by

notable successes. (You’ll read about some of

both extraordinary and challenging economic

those achievements in this report.) Our success

circumstances. However, one positive note

was the result of the remarkable collaboration

in this otherwise bleak situation has been

among the faculty, administrators, and staff who

the realization of the critical importance of

work here and the amazing students who study

community colleges. As more and more youth

here. We will continue to build on that success

and adults enter and/or return to school to learn

to serve our students with innovative programs

new skills, community colleges are becoming

in the future.

the colleges of choice. Today, fully 47% of all students in higher education are studying

The changing landscape of our world, especially

at community colleges and these numbers

the changing condition of the global economy

are expected to grow rapidly in the coming

in which our students will be employed,

year. Further, it is anticipated that through

demands that we equip our students with the

their workforce and economic development

skills they will need to cope in that environment.

programs, community colleges will more

Thus, we have selected, ushering in the

and more become a driving force in helping

“Knowledge Era” for the theme of this report.

the nation recover its economic momentum.

Skills in creative thinking, communication,

Historically and currently, Kingsborough has

collaboration, and teamwork will become

played such a role. And, with dedication,

much more important in this new era in which

professionalism, and a passion for the work

knowledge and service become our primary

before us, we at Kingsborough are confident

products. At Kingsborough, we believe that it is

that, with your support, we will continue to

our responsibility to teach our students not just

provide the educational opportunities people

what they want to know but, more importantly,

need to build a better future for themselves and

what they need to know to be successful

our communities.

in the future.

Regina S. Peruggi President

‘‘

In times of change it is the learners who will inherit the earth, while the learned will find themselves beautifully equipped for a world that no longer exists. — Eric Hoffer

’’

Kingsborough Community College is fully invested in the global community and global economy. More to the point, we want to be certain that the same can be said of our students. We’ve reached a time when change is more than one of life’s few certainties. It is an all-encompassing, rapid-fire, world-wide reality. It requires a certain way of thinking to be successful. It takes a keen, agile, flexible, confident mind—the kind of mind that one develops within a dynamic, reality-driven educational environment. Such an environment is characterized by constant, immediate and total access to global information; a bubbling spirit of entrepreneurship; support for risk-taking; an appreciation for independent thinking and a willingness to take personal responsibility for one’s life and work. That is the environment that students discover at Kingsborough! Through our academic programs, student support services, and co –curricular and extra-curricular activities, the college strives to provide for each student the opportunity to fully realize their potential and secure their place in the global, changing world in which they will live. Whether it is preparation for an immediate position in the community or transfer to a four year college, a Kingsborough education sets the stage for the lifelong learning that will be demanded of each us in the rapidly changing and challenging times ahead. Look back with us through 2008 and discover what our students have come to know and experience every day.

Educating…Collaborating More and more, realizing one’s goals in work and in life is not strictly a private endeavor. Nor does it depend simply on personal drive. It is a collaborative process that involves teaming with others, negotiating with others, problem solving with others, and, ultimately, achieving with others.

Communities of Learning For every student, the first semester is the most critical and often determines his/her ultimate success. Knowing that to be true, Kingsborough has led a national movement to ensure that entering students get the positive start by enrolling them in learning communities. At Kingsborough, these learning communities are part of a program called “Opening Doors,” an apt name when you consider that this is literally what they are designed to do—open the doors to personal potential and professional possibilities. Each learning community is comprised of a group of 25 students who take three of their first-semester courses together. They are scheduled for the appropriate level English class, a general education class (e.g. history or biology) and a student success class (an orientation style class that teaches basic college study skills and use of available resources). Faculty teaching the academic courses collaborate on the curriculum so that student learning is reinforced in each class and the student success course is taught by a counselor who also assumes this role for the student outside the classroom.

This approach gives our students two key ingredients for a successful future—a “yes I can do this” confidence and an “I have people here that I can depend on” network. The results have been impressive and the model is being adopted across the country. Funded through a grant from the Ford Foundation, Kingsborough’s Opening Doors staff are working closely with five other community colleges around the country to develop their own learning community programs—Broward Community College in Florida; Delgado in New Orleans; SUNY Orange in Middleton, New York; Malcolm X College in Chicago; and Houston Community College. In addition, talks are underway with at least ten other schools to do the same.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS • The Manpower Development Research Corporation, a national policy and research non-proﬁt that set up the original design for the project with Kingsborough and has studied the results over the past three years has found that, after one semester in the program, students were signiﬁcantly more likely to pass all their courses and earn more credits. After one year they were more like to pass critical English skills

tests needed to graduate or transfer to a fouryear college and they rated their overall college experience more positively. • In 2008, the commitment was made to expand the Opening Doors project to serve up to 80% of incoming freshmen by 2010 and to participate in a new study to design learning communities for students in health career areas of study.

Being Challenged Is Being Ready Yes, students need their space. They need the room – and the encouragement – to take risks and the freedom to explore their interests and ideas. That is how they learn to not only meet – but enjoy and be motivated by – the challenges destined to come their way.

Honors Students, Hard Work There is a growing realization on the part of many students that beginning one’s college career at a community college is a smart start — and, many more of those students are seeking the challenge of honors programs. Whether it is for financial reasons, the smaller classes and personal attention, the closeness to home or a particular attraction to that campus, today over 47% of college students are studying at community colleges. What that means, of course, is that community colleges must find a way to engage the inquisitive minds of an increasingly diverse student body. At Kingsborough, those opportunities begin in the classroom with highly enriched honors courses and faculty/student research projects. But that is just the beginning. There are courses that involve trips to cultural venues like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and tours of lower Manhattan with early-American historians. There is the Dean’s Reading Circle where students and faculty meet over dinner to discuss a book of topical interest. There are Phi Beta Kappa and Honors Club activities.

There are seminars led by special guests and summer sessions in places as divergent as Vassar College and Costs Rica. And, there are Honors Contract Projects that enable students to conduct independent studies or visual projects for honors class credit. The main purpose, however, of our Honors program is to prepare graduates for a successful experience at the four-year colleges of their choice. Graduates of the KCC Honors program have transferred to senior CUNY and SUNY colleges, as well as to such baccalaureate level colleges and universities as Adelphi, Columbia, Cornell, Mount Holyoke, Northeastern, NYU, and Smith where they have received generous scholarship support for their studies. The KCC Honors program gives them the confidence, the classes, the skills and the extra-curricular experiences to be successful anywhere!

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS • The new Honors House opened in May. This welcoming environment has become a hub where students gather, study and stay connected. • Kingsborough joined the Northeast Regional Honors Consortium to give students in the program a new opportunity to present their papers and hone their public speaking skills. • Each academic department appointed a designated Faculty Liaison to the program to make sure that there are “enriched” course opportunities for students in every discipline.

Service – Because It’s the Right Thing to Do Leave it to college students. They are the ones stepping up to tackle some of society’s toughest problems with compassion, commitment and creativity. You only need to look at the important work of Kingsborough students for verification. In an effort to better organize and coordinate the current and expanding opportunities for students to be engaged with the college and their communities, the President appointed a faculty, staff and student task force charged with developing the structure for a Center for Civic Engagement on campus. Already, Kingsborough students are participating locally and globally—from taking leadership roles in student

government and giving back to the college to traveling to Africa to work with students from around the world on issues of AIDS and Domestic Violence. Kingsborough students serve as advocates with the City Council and New York State Legislature in support of higher education. They participate in the Model UN project and the Salzburg global seminar. A growing number of courses at the college have a service learning component which weaves hands-on service directly into the content of the course. Students become active participants in the learning process by using what they learn in the classroom to solve real-life problems.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS • The Corporation for National and Community Service named Kingsborough Community College to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to disadvantaged youth. Kingsborough was the only CUNY college – and the only community college in New York City – to be honored. • Kingsborough students in one of the behavioral science courses developed a domestic violence awareness presentation which has helped more than 500 individuals in the community equipping them to identify and prevent instances of domestic abuse. • One class of students, as part of their coursework, tutored young residents ages 6-12 who live in a nearby New York City Housing Project.

To I n n o v a t e I s To R e s o n a t e If you want to be noticed (in the most positive way possible), one of the surest routes to take is coming up with a new idea or a fresh take on an existing idea. The world requires creative thinkers. And the world rewards creative thinkers.

Delicious Ideas, Market Delights Fair warning: you may not want to read this section while hungry. Cheesecake. Cinnamon buns. Ten types of biscotti. Kosher cookies and candy. Garlic basil rolls. Chocolate fudge. Pickled beets. Gluten-free focaccia. Forty different frozen meals for home delivery. As you can imagine, it is impossible to walk through the commercial kitchen of Kingsborough’s Kitchen Innovations Food Product Development Program, also known as the “Incubator,” without salivating (or, more likely, trying to sneak a taste). Yes, the Incubator program is all about great food. It is also all about good business. Food entrepreneurs use the Incubator Program to perfect their products, to produce their products, to plant their feet with a solid business plan, and to get their shot at becoming the next gastronomical star. The one thing they all have in common is a “mom and pop” starting point – which usually means developing a specialty recipe or concept in their home kitchens. We help them up-size the recipe for commercial production. We give them the licensed

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equipment to use and guide their FDA compliance. We offer advice on approved safety and handling practices. We connect them to marketing support. We do, in short, everything we can to help them successfully bring their products to market – while providing the safety net they need. Amanda Jones, creator and owner of Brooklyn Fudge, is one business owner who turned to the Incubator program to expand her buying audience. She used her time in the kitchen to develop, test, refine, and finalize a kosher version of her original nonkosher fudge — and off to market it went. Of course, what goes around comes around: As these entrepreneurs succeed, they hire our culinary students to work for them. Win-win, indeed.

President’s Faculty Innovation Award

President’s Faculty Innovation Award 2008-2009 Recipients

The President’s Faculty Innovation Award encourages projects that make use of innovative pedagogies and/or instructional technology in the classroom and for development of hybrid and/or online courses; research projects that involve faculty and students in a mentoring relationship; interdisciplinary collaborations; or projects that integrate civic engagement curriculum and/or activities into existing and/or new courses. This year, six proposals were funded for up to $5,000 each, involving nine faculty members.

Proposer: Caterina Y. Pierre and Marissa R. Schlesinger Department: Art Project Title: Art Alive! A History of Western Art through New York Museums Proposer: Florence J. Schneider Department: Behavioral Sciences and Human Services Project Title: The Effect of Student Internship in Early Childhood Classrooms on Teacher Self-Efficacy and Self-Perception of Personal Characteristics Proposer: Carol A. Biermann and Gary Sarinsky Department: Biological Sciences Project Title: Incorporating Clickers as an Instructional Technology in the Classrooms and Laboratories Proposers: Amy Haas Department: Business Project Title: Developing a Repository of Podcasts to Augment Existing Curricula to Enhance Teaching and Student Learning

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS The following businesses have developed products through Kingsborough’s Incubator program: • Amanda Smith Caterers’ Good Food in a Basket • BelGiovane Gourmet Frozen Meals • Brooklyn Fudge

Proposer: Karen Denard Goldman Department: Health, Physical Education and Recreation Project Title: Between Ad Hoc and a Hard Pace: Transforming a Community Health Course into a Liberating Learning Laboratory for Aspiring Community Health Workers Proposer: Edgar Troudt and Christoph Winkler Department: Tourism and Hospitality Project Title: Peer to Peer: Social Networking for the WellRounded Student

• Delicious by Alice • Esther Faham’s Sticky Buns • Granola Jo • Karen Braha’s Cheese • Lottie Biscotti • Mazal Foods • Robyn Tobias’s Challah & Rolls

New On The Science Front Kingsborough Community College is a huge proponent of advancing science, particularly science that advances careers. The Biological Sciences Department is well into the development of a state-ofthe-art biotechnology education program in collaboration with Brooklyn College. The Program will lead to an A.S. in biotechnology from Kingsborough and a B.S. in biology from Brooklyn College. The program is front-loaded in the first two years (the Kingsborough component) with advanced courses being taken in addition to foundation classes in biology, mathematics and chemistry. These advanced courses include recombination DNA technology, cell & tissue culture cloning, cell & molecular biology, and microbiology or genetics. The core – and truly unique – advantage of taking these advanced courses “early on” is that someone who finishes the two years at Kingsborough is ready (make that sought after) for an entry-level position as a biotechnician – with pharmaceutical companies, hospital research departments, forensic labs, etc. In other words, their options are significantly expanded. They can go to work immediately and full-time. They can go directly to Brooklyn College to finish

their B.S., full-time. Or, they can opt for the best of both worlds – working and going to school at the same time. The largest employer in Brooklyn is the healthcare industry. Clearly biotechnology is on the verge of exploding in New York City. This exciting new program is a “right place, right time” way to meet the growing (and staying) demands.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS • Four professors from the biotechnology education program received a grant to attend the 3rd Annual Stem Cell Summit which brought together the largest gathering of stem cell company executives, investors and physicians in New York City. • Kingsborough Professor Varattur Reddy of the Physical Sciences Department and two students, Misbah Howard and Mickdy Milien, were selected to participate in the FaST (Faculty and Student Teams) program at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) for the summer semester. The focus of their research was Photoinduced Hydrogen Atom Transfer from Novel Ruthenium Carbonyl Clusters.

As Real As Not-Real Gets “Virtual Enterprise” might conjure up thoughts of a simplistic approximation of operating a business in cyberspace. Look closer at the Kingsborough version – coordinated by our Institute for Virtual Enterprise – and your view will be radically different. Our Virtual Enterprise students do not run their businesses with just a few points and clicks of the computer. They originate a real idea for a real business. They write a real business plan. They create real departments – marketing, production, etc. They appoint real leaders – IT Director, CFO, CEO, etc. They apply for real loans to establish financing. They set up a real bank account and generate real payrolls. They create real e-commerce stores. They float a real IPO to take the company public. We could go on, but you get the idea. These students are doing business for real without it being real. One recent example is a virtual cruise line where students organized theme cruises built around MTV. (Note: One student went to MTV to ask for promotional materials and, because of the strong impression she made, was offered an internship with the network.) Another example is an online travel magazine where students produced all the content for the magazine, promoted the magazine, and sold advertising space in the magazine.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS • The program was the winner of the 2008 Best of New York Award for the project demonstrating the most innovative use of technology. • Christoph Winkler, associate director of the Institute for Virtual Enterprise, was invited to speak and conduct at workshop at the Entrepreneurial Spirit 2008 Symposium in Linz, Australia. • The program was profiled on both CBS Moneywatch and NY1’s Money Matters. • Kingsborough was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to bring Virtual Enterprise to science and technology students all around the country. The goal is to infuse soft skills training into these disciplines. • Kingsborough Virtual Enterprise students participated in an Online Sales Training Day – pitching their products and services – to students from Austria, California, Arizona, and Chile.

Grants Grants are vital to the mission of Kingsborough. Support from foundations and corporations helps us to further the work of students and faculty. Recent grants to Kingsborough include:

$749,297 from the National Science Foundation to enhance soft and entrepreneurial skills training for twoyear college technicians using a contextualized business simulation program. Anchored in the CUNY Institute for Virtual Enterprise at Kingsborough Community College, this program trains students in information technology and virtual technology using the Virtual Enterprise business simulation platform. In addition, the grant will allow faculty at six community colleges and three Advanced Technology Education (ATE) centers to receive training on developing and installing a Virtual Enterprise program focused on IT and biotechnology programs. $651,977 from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for ongoing research by our Physical Sciences faculty in the exploration of the origins and makeup of our universe, including the formation of terrestrial planets; what comets are made of; and the origins and chemical composition of asteroids. $599,742 from the National Science Foundation for Brooklyn Biotechnology Bridge, a collaborative project between Kingsborough Community College and Brooklyn College that helps foster a pathway from high school through post-secondary education directly into employment in the growing biotechnology field. This funding supports a network of support for biotechnology students, including training high school and college faculty, comprehensive student recruitment, peer tutoring and mentoring, internship and job placement, enhanced laboratory equipment, and online instructional content. $492,400 from the New York State Department of Education for Building Bridges to Success, a program of Kingsborough’s Office of Continuing Education that provides English as a Second Language instruction in tandem with industry skill sets and content knowledge to KCC students pursuing culinary careers and food service workers at Coney Island Hospital and Net Cost Supermarkets. $481,392 from the New York State Department of Labor to allow Kingsborough, through the auspices of the Office of Continuing Education, to provide 125 food service workers in local hospitals the opportunity to learn English in a business context in order to prepare for careers in areas where bilingual staff is needed, allowing them opportunities for professional advancement and increased wages.

$265,000 from the Tortora Sillcox Family Foundation to fund the President’s Prep Program (PPP), a pilot initiative aimed at providing an educational intervention for students with developmental needs in reading, writing, and mathematics. Adapting the successful CUNY Language Immersion Program (CLIP), PPP will provide 100 students in each of the spring and fall semesters of 2009 with an intense, 6-week, 16-hour per week, pre-college enrollment course designed to improve their scores on placement exams by at least one developmental level. $224,625 from the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance in support of Kingsborough Community College’s Office of Continuing Education’s Paths to Success program, which provides adult learners with basic education (including GED and ESL) and vocational training needed to enter the workforce and qualify for jobs with a living wage and a clear career ladder. $212,000 from Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation for the evaluation of student success in our nationally-renowned Opening Doors Learning Communities program. Preliminary data show that these communities, which links two or more courses in a student’s schedule to create a cohort of students that learn together, hold promise for positive student outcomes, including improvement in movement through developmental English sequences and student engagement. $150,000 from the MetLife Foundation for the development and implementation of Health Careers Learning Communities, designed to assist underprepared students enter one of seventeen healthcare programs at Kingsborough. $112,500 from New York City Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) in support of the CUNY Youth Advancement Program, a three-school consortium including City Tech, LaGuardia Community College, and Kingsborough. Modeled on Kingsborough’s successful Project Welcome, this program provides a one-stop-shop for education, training, and access to social services for 18-24 year olds with a high school diploma or GED. $100,000 from the Ambrose Monell Foundation towards scholarships for students enrolled in Kingsborough’s highly competitive nursing program. 15

Kingsborough Supporters The Kingsborough community extends beyond our campus borders. We have a responsibility to the borough of Brooklyn, and we are proud of the role we are playing in its revitalization. A gift to the Kingsborough Community College Foundation, Inc.—a charitable 501(c)(3) organization that exists solely to benefit Kingsborough—will fund scholarships and support faculty and curriculum development. But it supports more than an institution. It supports a community.

July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008 BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLE $25,000+ Ambrose Monell Foundation CUNY Economic Development Corporation Independence Community Foundation Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation MetLife Foundation National Grid Robin Hood Foundation SPONSOR’S CIRCLE $10,000 – $24,999 City University of New York Forest City Ratner Companies Walter & Maryann Kann Khym Foundation The Coleman Foundation The Memton Fund, Inc. Dr. Ethel Lefrak, The Samuel J. & Ethel Lefrak Charitable Trust PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE $5,000 – $9,999 Mr. & Mrs. John Drucker The Honorable & Mrs. Rudolph W. Giuliani Dr. Rachelle Goldsmith Health Plus JPMorgan Chase Kingsborough Community College Association, Inc. Pepsi Cola Bottling Company of New York, Inc. Dr. Rock G. Positano Mr. & Mrs. Jack Rudin Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Schwalbe Sam & Galina Shpelfogel Mr. James P. Slattery The John E. & Jeanne T. Hughes Foundation

Victoria Loconsolo Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Paul T. Walker Washington Mutual Bank PLATINUM CIRCLE $1,000 – $4,999 Dean Peter H. Baker Ms. Joan Bartolomeo Berkeley College Borough of Manhattan Community College/CUNY Bronx Community College/CUNY Connecticut Maritime Association Inc. Consortium for Worker Education Mr. & Mrs. William Correnti Mr. Kenneth D. Daly Prof. Donald Donin Estate of Leonard Cucchiara Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. Dean & Mrs. Thomas Friebel Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Frumkes Mr. & Mrs. Seth Glickenhaus Dr. Karen D. Goldman Mr. & Mrs. Carl Goldstein Greater New York Society for Public Health Education, Inc. Hostos Community College/CUNY Juma Technology Dean & Mrs. Saul W. Katz Bill Keller & Lynn Steinberg Dr. Margaret Kibbee Kingsborough Early College Secondary School Dr. Oliver Klapper Ms. Frances Koch Dr. Frances Kraljic Curran Ms. Shelia C. Labrecque Mr. & Mrs. Alex Macari Mr. Gerard McCallion Menorah Home & Hospital

Mertz Gilmore Foundation Ms. JoAnne Meyers Councilmember Michael C. Nelson New York City College of Technology/CUNY Northhampton Community College Ms. Peggy A. Ogden Panda House at Manhattan Beach LLC Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour Dr. Regina S. Peruggi Mr. & Mrs. Peter Pobat Ms. Jennie Raffa Mr. William Schwalbe Mr. & Mrs. H. Marshall Schwarz Mr. Mark F. Seruya The Arun I. & Asmita Bhatia Family Foundation The Jarvis & Constance Doctorow Family Foundation The Marine Society of the City of New York The United Way Tides Foundation Ms. Melissa G. Vail & Mr. Norman Selby Mr. & Mrs. Paul Wagner West Indian American Day Carnival Associate, Inc. Dr. Rosemary S. Zins GOLD CIRCLE $500 – $999 Abigail Kirsch at Stage Six at Steiner Studios, LLC American Horticultural Therapy Association, Inc. Dr. Elizabeth & Mr. Allen Basile Bronx Lebanon Hospital Brooklyn Educational Opportunity Center- SUNY Dean Marilyn Chernin City College/CUNY Dean Peter M. Cohen Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, P.A. CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Ms. Judith Fink Dr. Richard Fox

Ms. Cathy Gavin Dr. & Mrs. David Gomez Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Grant Ms. Barbara Hack Dr. & Mrs. Sidney Helfant Cliff & Anne Hesse Mr. Gary Hopkins Hunter College/CUNY Klearview Appliance Dr. Joanne Lavin Dr. & Mrs. Melvin Levine Dean Thelma L. Malle Dr. Richard J. Maraia & Mrs. Karen D. Maraia The Honorable Melvin Miller & Dr. Elizabeth Miller My Turn Club National Organization of Italian-American Women, Inc. New York Harbor Club The Honorable Barbara A. Patton Powers Global Strategies, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Sachs Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Scavo Dr. Stuart & Dr. Madelyn Schulman Ms. Leslie Schultz Mr. & Mrs. Nick Sidorovich St. Francis College Dr. & Mrs. Stuart A. Suss Dr. Morton Wagman Mr. Michael Zaccaro SILVER CIRCLE $250 – $499 Baxter’s Sport Shop Inc. Ms. Catherine Behrend Ms. Linda Biancorosso Mr. Jack Bode Ms. Makeela Brathwaite Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation Brooklyn Spectator Ms. Christine Buite-Beckner Mr. & Mrs. John Burkhart Canarsie Courier Mr. Anthony Corazza Dean Rebecca F. Corrado Ms. Maureen Daly Mr. Nelson DeMille Mr. Michael Diamond DiLernia Marine Services, Inc. Dr. Loretta S. DiLorenzo District Council 37 Ms. Elena Dudko Ms. Elizabeth Dunbar Dickey Mr. Bob Edgar Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Fabrizio Dr. Mohammad Reza Fakhari Dr. Susan Farrell Mr. Hugh H. Freund

Ms. Lucy N. Friedman Mr. Jeffrey Goldberg Mr. & Mrs. Michael Goldstein Mr. & Mrs. Matthew C. Harrison Ms. Mary Higgins Clark Mr. Asif Hussain Kingsborough Musical Society Chorus Mr. Zeco Krcic Mr. & Mrs. Armstrong Lim Mr. Gino Mallamaci Prof. John Manbeck Dr. Theodore C. Markus Ms. Barbara Martinsons Mr. & Mrs. Eli Mason Dr. Thomas Meeks Mr. & Mrs. Michael V. Miranda Mr. Thomas E. Molner New York Daily News Ms. Laura S. Norman Dr. Susan O Malley Dr. Leslee & Dr. Norbert Oppenheim Ms. Joanne Palmieri Ms. Susan Paul Dr. Peter Pilchman Dr. & Mrs. Paul Proctor Ms. Ellen L. Rautenberg Dr. Barbara Ritchin Mr. Martin G. Rosenthal Ms. Ruby L. Ryles Ms. Katherine D. Schrier Mr. & Mrs. Michael Schultz Ms. Barbara Shovlin Ms. Rachel E. Singer Steiner Sports Memorabilia, Inc. Student Sponsor Partnership, Inc. The Abernathy/MacGregor Group Inc. The Baddish Group Titan Outdoors Dean Norman Toback Mr. Michael C. Tromello Verizon Foundation Wave Publishing Company

Mr. Robert Bell Mrs. Eleanor Bergonzo Ms. Marcia K. Berken Mr. & Mrs. Jay Berman Ms. Mavis Blair Dr. Gerald Borell Ms. Natalia Bredikhina Mrs. Dorris M. C. Broxton Mr. Thomas Brzozowski Dr. William R. Burger Mrs. Fatima Cabrera Mr. Christian M. Calienes Mr. Henry Cap Mr. Joseph S. Castro Mr. Edward Caulfield Dr. Hwai-Yin Chang Dr. Roberta Chapey Ms. Edith Charet Dr. Audrey J. Cohen Mr. Thomas Corichi Mr. Michael A. Correra Mr. & Mrs. Carter Craft Mr. & Mrs. Richard Dachtera Dr. E. William Davis Dr. Aleksandr Davydov Dr. Mary Dawson Mr. Dean DiMaggio Ms. Micheline Driscoll Mr. Howard S. Duchan Mr. & Mrs. Israel Egenburg Mr. & Mrs. Edward Eisenberg Ms. Rosalie Fayad Mr. David Fishman Ms. Nenita Franco Prof. David E. Frankel Mr. Kevin Freeman Mr. Alan Friedenthal Prof. Sheldon Friedland

Mr. Michael Geller Dr. Ronald Gerwin Prof. James Goetz Dr. Mary R. Goldstein Mr. Herbert Gordon Dr. Richard Graziano Dr. Janine Graziano-King Mr. & Mrs. Edward Greason Ms. Joan V. Grossman Mr. Wayne Harewood Ms. Linda Hellow Mr. Peter Hermida Ms. Linda D. Holman Holocaust Memorial Committee Mrs. Florence Houser Mr. Eugene W. Hutchinson Ms. Deborah Hyland Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Imperato Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ingenito Ms. Miriam Isaacs Mr. Robert Ivry J & R Primiano Ms. Amy Jedlicka Ms. Mary Kay Jeynes Ms. Larisa Kabbaj Ms. Merryl Kafka Mr. Walter Kaiser Prof. Laxman Kanduri Mr. & Mrs. Frank Kehl Mr. Joseph Kenner Dr. Beth E. King Dr. Miriam Kittrell Ms. Rose Krasne Mr. Harvey Krigsman Mr. & Mrs. Biligere R. Kripanidhi Ms. Georgeanne S. Kumar Dr. Susan Lachman Ms. Barbara T. Ladman

BRONZE CIRCLE $100 – $249 Mr. John L. Aaron Academy Chair Rental Co. Inc. Ms. Cindy Adelstein Mr. James Anaka Mr. Bradford Andersen Ms. Dorothea Andersen Mr. & Mrs. John M. Angelo Mr. Fred Ardolino Mr. Richard Ash Austin Travel Dr. Marcia Babbitt Ms. Isabel K. Balson Ms. Patricia Barba Dr. Carla Beeber 17

Dr. Mohamed Lakrim Lamb & Barnosky, LLP Ms. Frances Lehman Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Leibowitz Leopold, Gross & Sommers, P.C. Mrs. Phyllis Levine Prof. Rachel B. Lieff Ms. Juanita Linares Dr. Georgia Lind Ms. Rose Lood Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Losardo Ms. Carolyn Makinson Dr. Fred Malamet Ms. Valerie Malcolm Mr. Julio Martinez Mrs. Teresa Matteo Dr. Vera D. Mattingly Ms. Lavita McMath-Turner Ms. Maria Mejias Ms. Melissa Merced Mr. Frank Milano Mr. Steven Milbrod Mr. Brian Mitra Dr. John & Dr. Bonne Mogulescu Ms. Trisha Moody Ms. Iris Mule Mr. & Mrs. Lovett D. Murray Mr. Colville Nelson New York Life Foundation Dr. Gloria & Mr. Philip Nicosia Mr. Brian J. Owens Mr. Thomas Pace Ms. Laura Pagan Mr. Ronn Parker Mr. Randy Peers Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Perinelli Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Pero Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pero Ms. Neila Pierre Pinto Novelty Company Ms. Arline Pollinger Research Foundation of CUNY Ms. Barbara Riley Mr. Richard Rivera Ms. Linda D. Rizzotto Ms. Gila Rohr Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Romano Mr. & Mrs.David Rubin Mr. Joseph Sacks Ms. Sonia Saladuchin Ms. Kathleen Santaly Dr. Samuel Scherek Mr. Douglas J. Schwalbe Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Schwartz Mr. Maurice J. Schwartzberg Ms. Linda Scipione Ms. Pearl Siegelman Dr. Anne Silver Ms. Barbara A. Simmons Dr. Nicholas Skirka 18

Dr. Franceska B. Smith Ms. Leakatina Smith Ms. Dorothy S. Steier Mr. Robert Stiglitz Ms. Mary Ellen Stucchio Joseph & Frances Sturniolo Dr. Petra Symister Mr. Bernard Syrop Mr. Chee Tang Mr. Robert Tarallo Ms. Anne Alexis Cote’ Taylor TFL Party Planners Dr. Silvea Thomas Prof. August A. Tuosto Ms. Laiping Pang Wan Mr. Roger Ward Mrs. Janet J. Warnock Ms. Kathryn L. Wayler Mr. James Weaver Ms. Sandra Weinrich Dr. & Mrs. Monty Weinstein Mrs. Monica Wieboldt Dr. Harvey S. Wiener Mr. Alphonso B. Williams Dr. Arthur Zeitlin FRIENDS Ms. Fran Abatemarco Ms. Shaykhmatulu Abdurrahman Mr. Morton Abramowitz Ms. Holly Abraskin Ms. Wihelmina Abrenica Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Ahren Ms. Rita Akselrud Mr. Ayodeji Alabi Ms. Joan Alagna Ms. Rita Albergo Ms. Fortune Alboher Ms. Theresa Alessi Ms. Denese Alexander Mr. & Mrs. Bill Allen Ms. Sharon Allen Mr. Jack Alson Ms. Connie Amato Ms. Sofia Y. Anastasi Ms. Linda Andersen Anonymous Ms. Danielle Apasewicz Ms. Vivette Archer Ms. Theresa E. Arena Ms. Naomi Aronowitz Ms. Doreen Asmar Ms. Celia Astro Ms. Alice Augenbaum Ms. Maria Augustin Mrs. Marine Avanesyan Ms. Ellen Avvento-Mcguinness Ms. Esther Axelrod Ms. Alla Babakhina Ms. Johanne Badio

Mr. Mehmet Bagriyanik Mr. Abideen Bakare Ms. Fiorentsa Baldi Mr. & Mrs. Saul Balter Mr. Millard Baptiste Ms. Sarah Barninka Ms. Judith L. Baron Dr. Elinor Barr Ms. Elizabeth Barreras Mr. Seymour Baumgarten Mr. Gary Baxter Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Bayroff Mr. Charles J. Bellavia Ms. Stefanie Belmer Mr. John Benincasa Ms. Valerie S. Bent Ms. Rita Berger Ms. Frances Bergman Ms. Mary Berkowitz Dr. & Mrs. Brian Berliner Ms. Alma Berne Anita & Jeffrey Bernstein Mr. Victor Bernstein Ms. Agnieszka Bernuy Ms. Paulette Berry-Benjamin Ms. Ann Bethel Tsylya Bezelyanskaya Mr. & Mrs. Ira Bilus Mr. Mike I. Birnbaum Mr. Michael Blackman Ms. Eileen M. Blau Mr. Dave Bloomfield Ms. Leila Bloomfield Ms. Beatrice Blum Ms. Anita Blumenson Dr. John Blunt Mr. & Mrs. Edward Blutstein Ms. Andrea V. Bobrow Ms. Irene Bodenmiller Ms. Helen Bogolubov Ms. Laura U. Bohm Ms. Coeurline Bonner Mr. Arthur Borko Ms. Heather Bowles Mr. Christopher Boyd Dr. Uda Bradford Dr. Rosa Bradley Mr. & Mrs. John Bradman Ms. Cassia Brahms Mr. & Mrs. Max Braksmajer Ms. Sendele Bravet Mr. & Mrs. Olaf Bredholt Ms. Mona Bregman Mr. Seymour Brines Mr. Dimitry Brogun Mr. Joseph J. Brondello Ms. Dorothy Brosterman Mr. & Mrs. Seymour Brosterman Ms. Theresa A. Brotons Ms. Grace Brown

Ms. Roslyn A. Brown Ms. Janell Browne Ms. Marie Brucino Mr. Marcello Bruno Ms. Florence Buck Mr. Isaak Budanitsky Ms. Ilona Budovskaya Ms. Teresa Buoneto Ms. Adeline Burgess Ms. Mildred Burke Ms. Saundri Burris Mr. Mario Cabrera Ms. Yolanda Cacciolo Ms. Bernadine Cadogan Ms. Donna M. Cafiero Ms. Elizabeth Cahill Ms. Sarah Cai Mr. & Mrs. Christopher J. Calafiore Mr. Richard P. Calcaterra Ms. Elizabeth Calderon Mr. Raymond Caldes Ms. Maria Campanella Mr. Jesse Campbell Mrs. Estelle Cande Ms. Sydelle Cantor Mr. & Mrs. Julius Caputo Ms. Yvette Cardona Ms. Sandra Carlson Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Dellavecchia Ms. Suzanne C. Carothers Ms. Seanna Carter Mr. Mario Caruso Ms. Arlene L. Carver Ms. Elisa Castaldi-Moller Ms. Michele J. Catanzaro Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Catlett Ms. Mary Ann Cavallo Ms. Linda Cavicchio Mr. Mitchell Ceasar Vincent & Emily Cennamo Ms. Raffaela Cestaro Mr. Joseph A. Chaiken Ms. Elisabeth Charles Mr. Mark Chatman Mr. Kam Cheng Mr. & Mrs. Feliks Chernov Ms. Ping Su Cheung Ms. Mary Ann Chiacchiaro Ms. Patricia Chicas Ms. Ana Chinga-Pena Mr. & Mrs. Donald Chizzik Ms. Barbara Chmura Ms. Angela Chowayou Ms. Margaret Christopher Ms. Kimberly Chuck Ms. Susana Clarke Ms. Elizabeth D. Clyde Mr. Richard Cockrell Mr. Michael H. Cohen Mr. Milton L. Cohen

Ms. Rose Coimin Ms. Thelma Collins Mr. James Coluccio Ms. Anna Connolly Ms. Bernadette Connolly Mr. Barry Cooper Ms. Joan Coppolino Ms. Lisa M. Cordero Ms. Jeanie Corrado Mr. Wilson Cortes Dr. Eleanor Cory Mr. Donald Coy Ms. Donna M. Cribari Prof. Mary Crowley Mr. Carmine Cumbo Mr. Junior Cunningham Mr. Bernard L. Cure Ms. Maritza Dawkins Mr. & Mrs. Peter DeNicola Mr. & Mrs. Joseph DeBella Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel DeCanio Ms. Joan Defreitas Mr. & Mrs. Fernando DeLeon Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Delgado Ms. Maryann Delgardio Ms. Dianne DeMaria Ms. Jacqueline DeMaria Mr. & Mrs. Richard Des Rault Ms. Vivian Des Rault Ms. Collette Desiderio Ms. Anique Desir Ms. Molly Deutsch Mr. Joshua G. Dick Ms. Linda Diesso Ms. Beatrice Diligent Ms. Elizabeth Dinas Ms. Gloria DiPietro Ms. Theresa DiSalvio Mr. Salvatore DiSalvo Mr. Gregory Dobin & Ms. Faina Rubenchik Ms. Ola Doby Ms. Cynthea C. Dohse Ms. Brenda Doldron Mr. Jakub Domitrz Ms. Rita Donohue Max & Roberta Donowitz Ms. Gail Dorter Dr. & Mrs. Harvey Dosik Ms. Mary Dounis Ms. Susan Dowd Mr. Edward Downey Mr. John R. Driscoll Mr. & Mrs. Elliot DuBowski Mr. Michael Dunbar Ms. Maritza Durio Prof. Susan Ednie Mr. Ricardo Edwards Mr. Fred Einerman Mr. Moishe Einhorn

Ms. Annie Eisenberg Ms. Eleanor Eisenberg Prof. & Mrs. Sidney L. Emerman Ms. Karen M. Emma Ms. Yasmin Enoch Ms. Jacqueline Epstein Mrs. Linda Epstein Mr. Richard Epstein Mr. Stanislav Erenburg Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Eshkenazi Mr. Yves Etienne Mr. Richard Faraino Mr. Ron Farber Prof. Janice Farley Ms. Lisamarie Fasano Mr. & Mrs. Sam Feiler Ms. Elsie A. Felder Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Feldman Mr. Pat Ferrara Ms. Dolores Fiammetta Mr. Gary Fiedel Rosella & Lester Fields Ms. Miriam Figueroa Ms. Selma Fine Ms. Blanche Finkelstein Ms. Julia Fishenfeld Mr. Joseph Fisher Ms. Michele L. Fisher Ms. Miriam Fleit Florida Retirees Group Mr. Melvin J. Fontana Ms. Gloria Fonte Prof. Ron Forman Ms. Elena I. Foronda Ms. Barbara J. Forte Mr. Christian Fox Ms. Naomi Fox Ms. Lysya Foygel Ms. Susan Frank Ms. Ruth Frankel Mr. Alan E. Freedman Ms. Nettie Friedberg Mr. & Mrs. LeRoy Friedell Mr. Sidney Friedfertig Mr. Benjamin Friedman Ms. Beverly Friedman Mr. & Mrs. Irving Friedman Ms. Mollie S. Friedman Mr. Robert Friedman Mr. Theodore Friedman Ms. Susan G. Fudim Mr. Carl E. Fuller Mrs. Orli Futerman Frances & Fred Futterman Ms. Camille Gallo Mr. & Mrs. Boris Galper Ms. Charline Gannon Ms. Lyudmila Garbaty Mr. Paul Gartland Ms. Barbara Gattullo

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Kingsborough has opened many doors for me – as a student and a teacher.

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You could say Dr. Lopez has come full-circle, back to where it all began. “I was a biology major at KCC from 1984-1986. Greatly supported and motivated by the faculty here, I went on to Columbia – where, almost unbelievably I majored in English Literature.” Then, from Columbia it was off to medical school in the Philippines, where he learned a new culture, new language and found a second home. Clearly Dr. Lopez is a “happy risk-taker” who follows his passions. “Which is why,” he says, “I eventually left the practice of medicine. I didn’t want a job, I wanted joy – which is what I get from teaching. And what I hope every student is able to find, no matter his or her trade.”

Dr. John Lopez Biology Professor and KCC Alum

Mr. Asakara M. Gebreel Mr. Herbert Gecht Ms. Trudy Geisner Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gentile Mr. Robert Gerdwagen Mr. Marvin German Ms. Karen Gerry Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gevertzman Ms. Lisa Giallombardo-Cavalieri Ms. Marie Giardina-Walsh Ms. Gladys Gil Mr. Ricardo Gil Mr. Bert Gilman Dr. Barbara Ginsberg Ms. Diane Ginsberg Ms. Lorraine Goed Mr. Adam Gold Ms. Gail Goldberg Mr. & Mrs. Steven Goldenkranz Ms. Elaine Goldfine Mr. Konstantyn Goldin Ms. Frances Goldman-Levy Mr. & Mrs. Hyman Goldsmith Ms. Beatrice Goldstein Mr. & Mrs. Jason Goldstein Ms. Yurika Golin Mr. Michael Gonsavos Ms. Nelida S. Gonzalez Ms. Lisa Good Ms. Betty Goodman

Mr. Selvin Gootar Ms. Margery Gootnick Mrs. Judith Gordon Ms. Anna Gorokhovskaya Ms. Annetta Graham Ms. Aida C. Gramieri Mr. George R. Grant Ms. Caroline Greco Mr. & Mrs. George Greco Ms. Beverly Greenberg Dr. Cindy A. Greenberg Ms. Jessica Greenberg Ms. Lorraine Greenfield Ms. Brigid Gregory Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Gridi Ms. Monica Grier Ms. Rosemarie Grimaldi-Velez Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Grossman Mr. & Mrs. Julian B. Grow Mr. & Mrs. Isidore Guller Ms. Thelma Gussow Mr. James & Patricia Gustafson Ms. Carol L. Guzzardi Ms. Rosemary Gwillym Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Haber Mr. Michael Hall Ms. Sherese Hamid Ms. Leila Hammer Mr. & Mrs. Kevin M. Hanley Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Haring

Ms. Ann Harris Mr. Eugene Hartmann Ms. Elayne Hassen Mr. Derek Hayes Ms. Theresa Hayes Mary J. Healy Ms. Myra Hecker Ms. Nisha Hector Ms. Cindy Heistein Mr. Dan Henderson Dr. Steven Henkind Ms. Shameeka Henry Dr. Julio Hernandez-Miyares Ms. Gertrude Heuler Ms. Madelyn K. Hill Ms. Doris K. Hiller Ms. Gertrude Hirsch Mr. Warren Hirsch Ms. Frances Hirschberg Mr. Sidney Hirschfeld Ms. Barbara Hochberg Ms. Irene Hoffman Ms. Ellie Hofherr Ms. Helen Holland Mr. & Mrs. Norbert P. Holler Ms. Victoria Holmes Mr. & Mrs. Sol Holtzman Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Holzman Ms. Lois Honig Ms. Anne Howard

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Prof. & Mrs. Stephen R. Howard Ms. Susue Huie Ms. Ellen Hymowitz Mr.and Mrs. Milton Hymowitz Ms. Mary Iannarone Mr. Ronen Ifraimov IGIVE.COM, Inc. Mr. Errol A. Ingram Ms. Francine Isaac Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Isaacson Ms. Kathy Isler Ms. Dorothy Isola Mr. & Mrs. William Jacobs Mr. Gary Jacobs Mr. Howard Jacobs Mr. Michael Jacowsky & Ms. Donna Mostel Ms. Adelaida Javier Ms. Alanna Javors Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Jawitz Ms. Natashia Jean Ms. Luz Jean-Gilles Mr. James Jeanty Ms. Ebony Jenkins Ms. Rosa Iris Jimenez Ms. Jacqueline E. Johnson Ms. Mildred Jonas Ms. Cynthia Jones Ms. Elizabeth M. Josey Ms. Kaye Kadan

I am an accidental student fortunate enough to find a solid path forward.

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After eight years in the army, including tours of duty in the Balkans and Iraq, Catarino admits he found it surprisingly difficult to adjust to civilian life. “When I started classes at Kingsborough – actually tagging along with my friend at his urging – it helped me begin to rebuild a normal life and my social skills. And I turned out to be a good student, as well. I think the professors really like the fact I have honest, open communications with them.” Catarino sometimes has his “bad days” and gives due credit to SERVE (Services to Enhance Returning Veterans Education) for its invaluable support – psychologically and financially. “The fact that Kingsborough has a service like this lets you know this is a school truly committed to our needs and our futures.”

Catarino Rodriguez, Liberal Arts Student 20

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It’s invigorating to be a professor here. You don’t come in, hold class, go home.

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“What we do at Kingsborough goes beyond ‘teaching as usual.’ We work hard to develop students. This is the ideal place to experiment with ideas to bring excitement to the classroom.” For Dr. Opello, one of those ways is Model U.N. “What started as a club is now a full-fledged program with its own dedicated course. This past year, the students in my Model U.N. class were assigned Austria as their country. After much research and preparation, we joined student teams from around the country for five days at the actual U.N. – where they sat on various committees, built alliances with other countries, wrote and presented resolutions. Watching their confidence and skill was amazing!”

Dr. Katherine Opello, Political Science

Ms. Shirley Kafker Robert & Leah Kalipetes Mr. & Mrs. Irwin Kamen Ms. Yelena Kan Mrs. Sylvia Kanner Ms. Harriet Kaplan Mr. Leonard Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. David Karlin Mr. Keith Karon Ms. Shirley Karp Mrs. Blanche Katz Mr. Gary Katz Alan & Harriette Katz Ms. Jane S. Katz Ms. Sandra R. Katz Ms. Leanora Katzman Ms. Svetlana Kazanskaya Ms. Sandra Kazlow Ms. Stella Kea Ms. Collette T. Kean Mr. Craig Keene Ms. Eileen Kennedy Mr. Andrew Kent Ms. Amy Kessler Ms. Arlene Kessler Mr. Erwin Kessler Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Kestenbaum Ms. Anne Marie Keyes Ms. Anna Keylin

Ms. Brenda Khan Ms. Gryana Khavkina Ms. Tatyana Khorolskaya Gulnara Khujatov Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Kingman Ms. Kathleen Klobus Dr. Baroukh E. Kodsi Ms. Lyubov Koifman Mr. Yevgeny Kolyakov Ms. Sara Koprak Ms. Sondra Kortland Ms. Marilyn Kostroff Ms. Natalyis Kottyarski Ms. Caren Kramer Ms. Claire S. Kramer Ms. Rita Kramer Ms. Gloria Kranz Mr. & Mrs. Wilhelm Krapf Ms. Dorothy Krieger Dr. & Mrs. Irving Kroop Mr. Varun Kumar Ms. Svetlana Kutyrcheva Ms. Nelly Kvrivishvily Mr. & Mrs. Hugh S. Lacy Ms. Sylvia Ladner Mr. Mikalai Lahaishi Mr. Louis Lampert Mr. Aleksandr Laputsko Mr. Eric A. Latman

Ms. Constance Lauria Mr. & Mrs. Brian Lawless Ms. Phyllis Lawless Mr. Stuart Lawrence Ms. Kinna Leblanc Ms. Lorraine Lederhandler Ms. So Wah Lee Mr. & Mrs. Murray Lefkowitz Mr. Aleksej Legkovod Ms. Sarah Leibowitz Ms. Patrice M. Lenihan Mr. Raymond Lenihan Ms. Donna M. Lent Mr. Arthur Leong Ms. Michele Leonhardt Ms. Justyna Leoniuk Mr. Yefim Lerman Mr. Joseph Lerner Ms. Lorraine Lester Mr. & Mrs. Gary Levin Ms. Marilyn D. Levin-Cuff Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Levine Ms. Marian Levine Mr. Simon Levintov Marc & Jayne Levy Ms. Renee Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Warren Lewis Ms. Larisa Leyvi Ms. Claire Lidsky

Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Lillianfeld Mr. Jason P. Linetsky Mr. & Mrs. Monty Linn Mr. Efraim Lipnik Mr. Evgeny Listrovoy Mr. Jesse Litvintchouk Ms. Tiffany Liu Mr. Wenjian Liu Mr. Donald C. Loeb Ms. Joan Lorber Ms. Catherine Lorusso Ms. Marni Lowitz Ms. Helen Lowy Ms. Theresa Lyons Ms. Radmila Lyudmer Richard & Doreen MacKay Ms. Christine Maffia Mrs. Shirley Maggin Ms. Lily Mai Ms. Rita Maida Mr. & Mrs. Yasin Lerman Ms. Svetlana Manashirova Ms. Charlotte Mandel Mr. & Mrs. Norman Mandel Ms. Jennifer Mannix Ms. Carol M. Mansuetto Ms. Isabel Manzo Mr. John Manzola Mr. Patrick L. Marano 21

Mr. Dell Marbrouk Ms. Maria Marcus Mr. Paul Marcus Ms. Anne Maresca Mr. Jerome Markowitz Ms. Angelica Marrugo Mr. Barry Martin Ms. Madeline Martinez Ms. Patricia Martucci Jason & Amanda Mascia Mr. Larry Maslansky Mrs. Lori Maslow Mr. Louis Mastandrea Ms. Enza Matarazzo Rose & Stanley Matays Ms. Lynn D. Mateluna Mr. Charles Mathalon Ms. Patricia Matteo Ms. Helen Matutat Mr. & Mrs. Steven Mauceri Dr. & Mrs. Ivan Mauer Ms. Ana Maya Mr. Vladimir Mazalov Mr. Charles McBurnie Mr. Brian McHenry Ms. Carol McPhatter Ms. Inessa Medved Ms. Diana C. Melendez Ms. Geraldine Melinger Ms. Laura Messiana Mr. Irwin E. Meyer Mr. Anthony Micciola, Jr. Mr. Vincent J. Miele Ms. Anna Mifsud Mr. Victor Milian Ms. Dina Miller Mr. Edward S. Miller Mr. Grafton Miller Mr. & Mrs. David Miller Mr. Tyrone Miller Ms. Lisa R. Millsaps Dr. Maureen Minielli Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Mittleman Ms. Christine Mleczkowski Mr. Stephen Modell Ms. Pauline Moldawsky Ms. Loretta Montagnino Ms. Carol Moragas Ms. Wanda Morales Ms. Arlene Moreno Mr. & Mrs. Jack Morhaim Ms. Bibi Morium Ms. Maxine Morris Ms. Esmeralda Moscoso Mr. Joseph Moses Ms. Beth Moskowitz Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Murphy Ms. Jeanne E. Murphy Ms. Jessie Murphy Mr. & Mrs. William J. Murphy 22

Mr. Jamal Murray Mrs. Adele Nahem Ms. Phyllis E. Nathanson Mr. & Mrs. Eric Nathanson Mr. Leonid Naydorf Mike & Barbara Nejeidi Mr. Ndifreke Nenty Mr. & Mrs. Robert Newmark Ms. Sabrina Newton Ms. Chanh M. Ngo Ms. Mary Ann Nocco Ms. Christine Nolfo Mr. & Mrs. Murray Novick Ms. Diana Novo Ms. Mary C. O Hara Mr. Walter O Heeda Ms. Mary O Shea Ms. Josephine M. Oddo Mr. Jason Offner Mr. Leon Ofman Mr. Ralph Olsen Mr. & Mrs. Ron Olson Ms. Doris K. Ordan Dr. Edward Owusu-Ansah Ms. Joan Paduano Ms. Dorothy Paige Mr. Michael A. Palermo Ms. Judith E. Palmer Mr. Carmine Palumbo Mr. & Mrs. Tom Paolillo Dean Angelo Pappagallo Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas Pappagallo Mr. Nicholas Patsis Mr. Barry C. Pearce Ms. Marilyn Pearce Mrs. Alyce Pech Ms. Mary A. Pecorella Ms. Chris Pellew Ms. Frances Pellicione Prof. Judith A. Perez Mr. Ralph J. Perfetto Mr. Carl Perrera Mr. Robert H. Pertsas Ms. Denise Peters Ms. Tamaqua Pierre Mr. Lyndon Pinnock Ms. Kimberly Pittaro Mr. Wieslaw Plonski Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Plotkin Ms. Shirley Poch Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Cohen Mr. Marvin Pomerantz Mr. Albert Popkin Mr. Allen S. Popper Rabbi Joseph Potasnik Mr. Louis Powsner Ms. Ruth E. Prager Ms. Florence Preminger James & Pina Punzina Ms. Diana Quartararo

‘‘

It all began with a casual conversation on an unusually lovely spring afternoon.

’’

Dr. McCully and Dr. Weiss, friends and colleagues in the English department, sat on the KCC campus, looking out over the ocean, reviewing the just-completed semester, when the subject turned to global warming. “That is the moment, in 2005, when the idea for Eco-Festival was born. As animal lovers, natural history enthusiasts, concerned citizens, we felt we had to do something to raise awareness of the issue.” The first Eco-Festival was held the following year. It has steadily grown into a “must attend” event for environmentally-focused students, staff and the community. “We started small, but we were at the beginning of a groundswell and are now seeing significant ripple effects.”

Dr. Betsy McCully, Dr. Tara Weiss, Eco-Festival Founders

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I was 41 and had to decide what I was going to do with the rest of my life.

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No, Grace is not a procrastinator. After a successful career, progressing from lab technician to lab manager, she lost her job. That’s when the light went on. She wanted to be a nurse and had a burning desire to go back to school. “I was terrified. I hadn’t been in school since 1982 and have a math phobia! But miracle of miracles, I did so well when I began I was asked to join the Honors Program. I went from terrified to electrified.” Her experience also revealed something about Kingsborough. “This is a place where you gather momentum from the people around you. They are that supportive.” Grace, who has received two KCC scholarship awards, confidently expects to complete a master’s in nursing and become a Nurse Practitioner.

Grace Simmons Nursing Student

Dr. Morris Rabinowitz Ms. Marie Raczko Ms. Mary Raimond Mr. Emil Rakhmilov Mr. Claudio Ramos Dr. Sandra Ramos Ms. Sharon Ramsey Ms. Rosalba Randone Mr. David Rapaport Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Ratinetz Ms. Delores T. Raymond Mr. Amar Raziel Mr. Elvis Reed Mr. Isaac Reid, Jr. Ms. Bernice Reiken Ms. Natascha Reilly Ms. Abigale Renee Mr. Benjamin Resnick Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert Retrey Ms. Adele Retzkin Ms. Olga Rice Mr. & Mrs. Hy Richards Ms. Susan Richards Ms. Tania Richards Ms. Sally Ricottone Rabbi & Mrs. Martin Ritholtz Mr. & Mrs. David Ritter Mr. Jason Rivera Mr. Jonathan Rivers Mr. Berton S. Robbins Mr. Michael Roberts Ms. Shanique Roberts Ms. Esther B. Robinson Ms. Carla L. Rodrigo Ms. Shante Rodriguez Ms. Crystal Rodwell Ms. Tina Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Stan Roher Ms. Enid Roman Ms. Dahlia Romeo- Mohammed Mr. Philip E. Rosalia Mrs. Beatrice Rose Ms. Amy Rosenberg Mr. Richard Rosenfeld Ms. Lenore Rosenthal Mr. John E. Rossi Mrs. Anne Rossman Mr. Michael Rosson Mr. Mark H. Rothberg Mr. Robert Rubenstein Mr. Ronald Rubenstein Ms. Pamela Rubin-Martinez Mr. & Mrs. Burt Russell Mr. & Mrs. John Russo Mr. Samuel M. Russo Ms. Abigail Ryan Mr. Kenny Ryan Ms. Gail Saccoccio Ms. Barbara R. Sadownick Ms. Joanne P. Sagherian

Ms. Marlene Salazar Mr. Bernard J. Santangelo Mrs. Galina Sapozhnikova Mr. Benjamin Schaeffer Ms. Estelle Schaffer Mr. & Mrs. Seymour Schain Mr. & Mrs. Michael Scharf Prof. Wendy Schatzman-Sherry Ms. Lillian Schechter Mr. & Mrs. Howard Schefflan Ms. Diane M. Schenker Mr. Harlan Schiff Mr. & Mrs. Eli Schindelhelm Mr. Kenneth Schulman Mr. & Mrs. Harold Schultz Mr. George Schwartz Ms. Rosalie Schwarz Mrs. Adelaide Scollo Mr. Mario Scollo Mr. Frank L. Scott Ms. Hana Seavey-Roth Ms. Gertrude Seber Ms. Ina Segaloff Ms. Estelle Seittelman Mr. Vladimir Semkov Mr. & Mrs. Michael Serota Mr. William J. Serpe Mr. Keith Sevransky Prof. Carol Seymour Mr. Pete Sgroi Dr. Fryderyka Shabry Ms. Binnie Shampaner Mr. Joel Shantzer Mr. Daniel Shapiro Mr. & Mrs. Seth Shapiro Ms. Lacy Shaw Mr. Glenn B. Sherman Mr. & Mrs. Carl Sherman Mr. Louis Shor Mr. Aleksander Shteynberg Mr. Anthony Sica Bennett & Bonnie Siegel Dr. Dale Siegel Mr. & Mrs. Jack J. Silfen Mr. & Mrs. Alan Silver Ms. Anne Silver Mr. & Mrs. Max Silver Arthur & Anita Silverang Lyle & Judi Silversmith Sam & Roslyn Simon Mr. Stanley R. Simpson Ms. Elzbieta Sims Mr. Michael Singer Mr. Tommy Singleton Mrs. Tehila Sklar Mr. & Mrs. Harold Small Ms. Kymesha Small Ms. Karen L. Smith Ms. Gail B. Smollon Ms. Blanche Sohn 23

‘‘

I’m shy. But I’ve overcome that to earn a lot of respect at Kingsborough.

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How did this 19-year-old from Pakistan accomplish that shift? His strong belief in volunteerism and service – hallmarks of a Kingsborough education – put him front and center with classmates, teachers and the administration. Among his many activities, he is a co-leader of the Peer Advisors. He has coached children in the Public School Athletic League and Big Apple Games. And he has led clothing and canned food drives. Danyal is also an ambitious and accomplished student (Honor Society, 3.69 GPA). “I have my sights and heart set on finishing my fouryear degree at Columbia, Adelphi or Hunter College – and Kingsborough will get me there.”

Danyal Qureshi Nursing Student

Mr. & Mrs. Flamur Sokoli Mr. Martin Solomon Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Solow Ms. Jean Sostchen Ms. Catherine Soto Ms. Cynthia Sow Ms. Agatha Spada Mr. George Spada Ms. Janeen Spada Ms. Shirley Spector Frank & Cherie Sperato Ms. Lila Sperber The Honorable & Mrs. Jules L. Spodek Mr. Stefan St. Bernard Ms. Linda Stancarone Ms. Joan Standora Ms. Cynthia Stanojlovic Mr. & Mrs. Martin Starr Mr. Richard M. Statfield June & Norman Stein Mr. & Mrs. Sam Stein Mr. Richard Steinmesser Mr. Sol Stevens Dr. & Mrs. Carl Strauss Mr. & Mrs. David Sutton Mr. & Mrs. Seymour Tabakin Ms. Janet Taft Mr. Justin Taipe Mr. Manuel Tamariz N.H. Tanner Prof. Jack Taub Ms. Sayel Tayar 24

Aleksandr & Yana Tenenbaum Mr. Marvin Tepper Mrs. Stephanie Terebelo Sheldon & Bette Thaler Mr. Stephen Thaler Mr. Jean Thenor Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Thomas Ms. Iona M. Thomas-Connor Mr. Jacob Thompson Ms. Joyce Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Omar Thorpe Prof. Rujin Tian Mr. & Mrs. Bruce S. Tobin Ms. Sheila P. Toney Ms. Hilda Townsend Ms. Frances Tress Prof. Angelo Tripicchio Mr. Edgar Troudt Mr. Gregory Tselikman Mr. Alexander Turetsky Ms. Pamela Turner Mr. Vitaliy Tuzov Mr. David Unterman Ms. Susan L. Valente-Hanrahan Mr. & Mrs. Frank Fernandez Mr. George Van Cooten Ms. Lydia Vanette Ms. Shannon Vanette Ms. Sheila Vanette Ms. Brenda Vargas Ms. Gail Velez Mr. Isa Veliu Ms. Evelyn Veloz

Mr. Frank Vento Mr. Andrew Ventura Ms. Marilu Venturino Mr. Keith R. Vilar Mr. Vitaliy Vilenskiy Ms. Margaret A. Vincent Ms. Barbara R. Volpe Ms. Tatyana Vorobyova Ms. Charlotte Wallack Ms. Cynthia Walls Mr. Darryl C. Walls Mr. Thomas Wan Mr. Nathan S. Warner Dr. Delores Washington Ms. Judith Watson Ms. Susane Watson Richard & Kathleen Weaver Ms. Regina Weber Ms. Bridget Weeks Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Weiner Bernard & Pearl Weiner Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Weininger Mr. Alfred M. Weiss Mr. & Mrs. Sam Weiss Mr. & Mrs. Irving K. Weiss Ms. Ann Weissman Mr. Martin Weissman Mr. Harry Weitzman Ms. Marcia Weller Mr. Alan Wendorf Mrs. Gerry Wetter Mr. Harry Wexler Sharon & Patrick Wiater

Ms. Nettie Wiener Ms. Jacqueline Williams Ms. Olivia Williams Mr. Thomas Williams Mr. Van Williams Mr. Wayne Williams Mr. Zahid Williams Mr. William Winter Ms. Sandra Wise Ms. Audrey Wolfe Mr. Eric Wollman Mr. Victor Wood Mr. Marvin Wortzman Yuan Fang Wu Mr. Feliks Yablonovskiy Ms. Esther Yan Mr. Pavel Yankelevich Prof. Marvin Yanofsky Ms. Tara Yarczower Mr. Audrey Yaremenki Ms. Lyudmila Yaryshkina Mr. Joseph Yellin Ms. Sarah Yomtov Mr. & Mrs. Mark Zaydel Ms. Mary Zerga Ms. Vincina Zero Dr. Michael Zibrin Prof. Nikola Zlatar

Facts & Figu res 1.34%

2.81%

Technology Fee

Adult & Continuing Education

.54%

College Discovery

8.89%

General Institutional Services

11.91%

Student Services

Expenditures: * Instructional Support Extension & Public Service Library & Organized Activities Student Services Maintenance & Operations General Administration General Institutional Services College Discovery Adult & Continuing Education ** Technology Fee

$38,739,825 1,388,788 1,861,468 9,088,036 9,624,535 4,820,082 6,782,463 415,279 2,588,610 1,024,197

50.75% 1.82% 2.44% 11.91% 12.61% 6.31% 8.89% 0.54% 3.39% 1.34%

$76,333,283

100.00%

6.31%

General Administration

12.61%

Maintenance & Operations

Instructional Support

1.82%

Extension & Public Service

Excludes fringe benefits and heat, light, and power.

** The Adult & Continuing Education Program is self-sustaining based upon tuition and fees collected

Staffing (Full-Time): *** Fall 2007 Teaching Counselors & Librarians

50.75%

2.17%

Library & Organized Activities

Spring 2008

285 17

285 16

Total Faculty

302

301

Non-Instructional Civil Service

162 310

174 316

Total Full-Time

774

791

*** Staffing information provided by Human Resources Expenditure data FAS as of 12/04/08

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