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The Legacy of José Martí
In late January of this year, Professor and Deputy Chair of the BMCC business department, Carmen Leonor Martínez-López, presented a paper in The Third International Conference for World Balance. The...
View ArticleCelebrating Centuries of Inspiration
“Can someone hit the house lights? Can I have all the actors in the house?” Marcus Dargan, an alumni of the BMCC theatre program—as well as an award-winning playwright and co-founder of the NuAfrikan...
View ArticleSharing Hope
Sharing Hope Hannah Vaughn plays the role of Anne Frank, and Phillip Burke is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Letters from Anne & Martin, a new stage production co-sponsored by The Anne Frank Center...
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Sharing Milestones
“This has been a great year for us, our best year ever,” BMCC President Antonio Pérez told BMCC students, staff and faculty filling the tiered seats in Theatre II, as he opened his annual State of the...
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On the Line
His name is “Angel,” and to one New York resident, he lived up to his name. “There was one woman who was so happy with the service I provided her, she sang me some opera,” laughs Angel Arroyo, a...
View ArticleStar Performers
Star Performers Science, according to Prof. Barry McKernan, is basically a social activity. “The most important work takes place when smart people come together to argue, exchange ideas, and present...
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The Importance of Wondering
As it turns out, one of Professor Ally’s students was a half-second later for class than he thought. The other students in Great Issues in Philosophy were responding to a question their professor,...
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Megan and the Mayans
Assistant Professor of Art History Megan O’Neil has such an affinity for Mayan Art she’s been on archeological excursions to Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. “So many artifacts have been destroyed over...
View ArticleHow Sweet It Is
BMCC’s entrepreneurial spirit is in full swing as we ease into 2013 with fireworks, cheers, and, yes, cupcakes. Desserts bring joy to many people; including three BMCC staffers who are embracing their...
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Finance and the Future
New York City continues to remain a hub for jobs in the financial sector—and BMCC itself is located just minutes from Wall Street, which Business majors have stated is a major coupe; and a draw to the...
View ArticleIt’s BMCC’s 50th Anniversary! The festivities kick off tomorrow at the New...
On Wednesday, January 9, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. BMCC President Dr. Antonio Pérez will ring The Opening Bell of the New York Stock Exchange. He will be accompanied by BMCC Foundation Chair Christine...
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Buon Appetito!
Modern Languages professor Tom Means recently took his Italian 200 students to Sole di Capri, a neighborhood restaurant where they experienced Italian language and culture all at once. “I went there...
View ArticleGood to Know!
Of all the choices incoming freshmen have to make, selecting a lunch option—turkey sandwich, vegetable wrap, tuna, chicken salad or ham—at the all-day Freshman Year Experience event, is one of the...
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Rigoletto’s New Fans
What happens when you mix the 16th-century Renaissance splendor of Mantua, Italy, with the splashy 1960s decadence of Las Vegas? Nearly 75 BMCC students now know the answer to that question—found in...
View ArticleWelcome to our Village
Two dance companies—Ballet International Africans, led by artistic director Amini Hecksall, and Kinetic Afrique, led by choreographer and dancer Damon Foster—presented over an hour of dance and...
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Breathing Hope Into Patients’ Lives
Mark Collazo, a Registered Respiratory Therapist and Neonatal Pediatric Specialist, literally worked his way up to being Director of Respiratory Care Services at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital. “I was...
View ArticlePanel By Panel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tmVB3kM8bE As a child, Jorel Lonesome’s mother gave him a journal, where he sketched, jotted down notes, and gathered coins, articles, and other memorabilia. “I would...
View ArticleFast Track to Fluency
Sarah Ragasa entered BMCC speaking two languages. Now she speaks five. Born in the Philippines, Sarah emigrated to the U.S. with her parents when she was nine. In seventh grade, she was required to...
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Die Free, A Family’s Legacy
“I wrote like fire. This was all done in a year. I took all of these documents everywhere I went. I was obsessed.” That’s how Cheryl Wills describes her experience writing Die Free, A Heroic Family...
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Making It New
A “queer lit” class starts out like any other. Instructor Jaime Weida writes homework on the board—finish reading The Color Purple, by Alice Walker—along with a reminder of when the students’ midterm...
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