Annual Report for 2022-2023
Previous year committee membership, including year when each member’s term ends
Dr. MD Shahadat Hossain – Engineering Department
Katwicia Desruisseaux - College Discovery
Dr. Jason Demas - Health, Physical Education & Dance
Dr. Sarbani Ghoshal - Biology Sciences & Geology
Dr. Che Charissa, English Department
Carmen Reid – Nursing
Previous year liaisons, designees
Jankee Guzman – Office of Admissions
Upcoming year committee membership, including year when each member’s term ends
Dr. MD Shahadat Hossain – Engineering Department
Dr. Sujun Wei – Chemistry Department
Dr. Jason Demas - Health, Physical Education & Dance
Dr. Sarbani Ghoshal - Biological Sciences & Geology
Dr. Charissa Che - English Department
Andre Combs – Academy Advisement
Previous year committee officers
Jason Demas - Chair
Carman Reid- Secretary
Upcoming year committee officers
Jason Demas - Chair
Sujun Wei - Secretary
Committee Meeting Dates and times
The committee met on the following dates:
September 23, 2022 Virtually
November 4, 2022 Virtually
December 16, 2022 - Asynchronously - no minutes posted - dates and applicant results per Jankee
January 13, 2022 - Asynchronously - no minutes posted- dates and applicant results per Jankee
January 20, 2023 - Asynchronously - no minutes posted- dates and applicant results per Jankee
March 10, 2023 - Asynchronously - no minutes posted- dates and applicant results per Jankee
April 14, 2023 - Asynchronously - no minutes posted- dates and applicant results per Jankee
May 30, 2023 - Virtually
List of Bylaws charges and notation of “completed” or “not completed” with reasoning for incomplete items. Include statistics: number of appeals, acceptances, denials. Compare statistics to year previous
The Committee on Admissions shall consist of six (6) members of the instructional staff and three (3) student members who shall participate and vote only on matters of policy.
The Committee on Admissions shall:
- Formulate and recommend to the Academic Senate matriculation standards governing entrance of students to the various curricula and programs at Queensborough Community College.
- Formulate and recommend to the Academic Senate matriculation standards governing re-entrance of students to the various curricula and programs at Queensborough Community College.
- Consider appeals for matriculation and make decisions in accordance with Board of Trustees policies.
According to the Committee Minutes posted on this website and results reported by Ms. Jankee Guzman, the following issues were discussed:
- The committee was asked to consider reducing the length eligibility for the Academic Fresh Start Program. The committee unanimously agreed to reduce the length from 4 years to 2 years.
- Applications have still not reached pre-pandemic numbers.
Regarding appeals, the committee reviewed 114 applications for readmissions for the 2023 academic year.
72 were reviewed (59 approved and 13 denied) for the Spring 2023 semester.
42 were reviewed (34 approved for 8 denied) for the Fall 2023 semester.
List of Steering Committee charges and notation of “completed” or “not completed” with reasoning for incomplete items
Summary of actions not covered by above
Committee recommendations for upcoming year
Respectfully Submitted,
Jannette Alejandra Urciuoli, Ph.D., LCSW
Associate Professor, Chair of the Admissions Committee for academic year 2024-25
This Annual Report was completed by gathering information from the Minutes of this committee posted on their website. Undersign was not a member of the Admissions Committee during the 2022-23 academic year.
