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NEWS
Department of Art and Design Receives National Accreditation Queensborough is one of only 19 community colleges in the country as well as the only art program in the entire City University of New York system to receive this prestigious accreditation.
STUDENT
Congratulations to the Class of 2017! Queensborough Community College held its 56th Commencement ceremony on Friday, June 2. Almost 2600 students completed their associate degrees over the 2016-17 year, and nearly 900 of them participated in the ceremony last Friday. Some will go on to university study at sister CUNY colleges including Queens, Baruch and Brooklyn College.
STUDENT
Queensborough Students are CUNY’s “2017 Best and Brightest”Razieh Arabi and Haris Khan were recently featured along with 17 other students in the University as “The best of the best--representing CUNY.”
ALUMNI
Recent QCC Graduate Wins Spot in Internationally Renowned Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI)Jeshu Dastidar, a former Mathematics and Computer Science student now at Queens College, has been selected to participate in the 2017 Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Undergraduate Program (MSRI-UP)
STUDENT
Student voices are loud and clear in Building Barriers? Liberty and Justice for All One thousand, four hundred and sixty one days represents the length of a U.S. President’s four-year term. This figure is the inspiration behind Building Barriers? Liberty and Justice for All, an exhibit at the 1461 QCC Student Gallery and Resource Center curated by Gallery and Museum Studies students Abraham Centeno and Eddie Ruiz.
PERFORMING ARTS
QPAC and the Astoria Symphony Orchestra Partner to Present American Cinema’s Greatest Hits in Lights, Camera, Music! The Queensborough Performing Arts Center (QPAC), together with the renowned Astoria Symphony Orchestra, will celebrate iconic music composed for the big screen with live stage performances in Lights, Camera, Music! at QPAC on May 28, 2017 at 3:00pm.
NEWS
Distinguished Honorees Exemplify The Meaning Of Giving Back At Queensborough Community College’s 2017 Partners For Progress Gala Queensborough student speakers Nuria Laroussi, Razieh Arabi and Haris Khan were among many outstanding students present at Queensborough’s 2017 Partners for Progress Gala, which was held last week at Terrace-on-the Park in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens. Approximately 500 guests, including nearly 150 faculty and staff, convened for the event, including corporate, community and business leaders, alumni, faculty, staff, students, retirees, friends and legislators.
PERFORMING ARTS
The Best Things in Life Will Come Together in a Captivating Celebration of the Arts at Queensborough’s Performing Arts CenterHear music in full color! Watch paint sing! See art in motion! ARTRAGEOUS includes all of these wildly creative wonders in an interactive experience featuring an outstanding team of artists who sing and dance to the music of such icons as Ray Charles, John Lennon, Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra, while swiftly painting their larger-than-life portraits.
NEWS
Congratulations To Our Colleagues Receiving Tenure And Certificate Of Continuous EmploymentToday is a celebration of your tenure appointments--your accomplishments as educators, your constructive service to our college, and especially your dedication to our students. Of course it is expected you will continue to advance your skills in your field and in pedagogy, to become a master teacher. For those of you who are assistant professors, you must continue your research and productivity as a scholar.
FACULTY
Emily Berry, MFA - Department of Health, Physical Education, and DanceQueensborough allows me the privilege of working with students from all over the world who come together to share a common passion for dance. I have an opportunity to witness how dance transforms their lives.
FACULTY
Virtual Hospital to Real-Time Care Arena: Top Nursing Students Recall Clinical Experiences Made Possible Through the Presidential Fellowship Program Demanding, rewarding and empowering are words used by Nursing graduates You Wu and Jerome Agiplay to describe their recent experiences as practicing nurses at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Flushing, Queens.
STUDENT
Engineering Technology Students are Recipients of 2017 Phi Theta Kappa All New York Team Award Queensborough students Myo Thu Ya Aung and Tao Hong, who will each graduate this spring with an A.S. degree in Engineering Technology, were both selected to receive the 2017 Phi Theta Kappa Association of New York Scholarship award in the amount of $1000.Campus Events
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Campus Cultural Centers
Using the lessons of the Holocaust to educate current and future generations about the ramifications of unbridled prejudice, racism and stereotyping.
QPAC is an invaluable entertainment company in this region with a growing national reputation. The arts at QPAC continues to play a vital role in transforming lives and building stronger communities.
The QCC Art Gallery of the City University of New York is a vital educational and cultural resource for Queensborough Community College, the Borough of Queens and the surrounding communities.