Annual Report for 2025-2026
Previous year committee membership, including year when each member’s term ends
| Sarbani Ghoshal | Biological Sciences & Geology | 2026 |
| Jannette Urciuoli | Counseling | 2026 |
| Kristen Hoffman | English | 2027 |
| Aine O'Rourke | Admissions | 2027 |
| Sujun Wei | Chemistry | 2025 |
| Andre Coombs | Advisement | 2025 |
Previous year liaisons, designees
Jankee Guzman – Office of Admissions
Elpha Farrier - Associate Director of Admissions Operations and Processing
Patricia Ramos - Director of Admissions
Upcoming year committee membership, including year when each member’s term ends
- Sarbani Ghoshal, Biological Sciences & Geology (2026)
- Jannette Urciuoli, Counseling (2026)
- Kristen Hoffman, English (2027)
- Aine O'Rourke Lobato, Admissions/Recruitment (2027)
- Renee Rhodd, Transfer Resource Center
- Brian Tsai, Registrar
Previous year committee officers
Jannette Urciuoli - Chair
Kristen Hoffman - Secretary
Upcoming year committee officers
Jannette Urciuoli- Chair
Kristen Hoffman - Secretary
Committee Meeting Dates and times
The committee met on the following dates:
September 24, 2024 - in-person
November 19, 2024 - in-person
December 16, 2024 - in-person
March 14, 2025 - Hybrid
May 8, 2024 - Hybrid
*July ##, 2024 - Virtually
*need to add July date
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.
All the above were "completed".
Regarding appeals, the committee reviewed *73 applications for readmissions for the 2025 academic year.
- 44 were reviewed (31 approved and 13 denied) for the Spring 2025 semester.
- *29 were reviewed (21 approved for 8 denied) for the Fall 2025 semester.
* (update after July committee meeting)
List of Steering Committee charges and notation of “completed” or “not completed” with reasoning for incomplete items
This recommendation has been completed.
Summary of actions not covered by above
- Upon recommendation of this committee, on the Returning Student Application for Dismissed Students online,a line was added notifying potential student that there may be a limitation of 6 credits when readmitted.
- We looked into the possibility of adding informaton about the Academic Fresh Start program on the Re-admit webpage. Admissions informed us that upon receiving re-admit application, they look into who may quality and reach out to those students. They explained that posting the Academic Fresh Start program on the readmit page may create confusion.
Special thanks to the secretary of our committee, Kristen Hoffman, for taking the initiative in creating a shared document for members to work efficiently as well as creating a tutorial on how to place one's votes.
I would also like to thank all the former and current committee members for their time reviewing each application and providing thoughtful feedback on their decisions.
Lastly, I would like to highlight the work of our committee's admissions office assistant, Jankee Guzman, who has provided this committee with all the information needed to make our decisions and is a pleasure to work with.
Respectfully Submitted,
Jannette Alejandra Urciuoli, Ph.D., LCSW
Associate Professor, Chair of the Admissions Committee
Committee recommendations for upcoming year
- Continue to work collaboratively on making decisions.
- Continue to consult with the office of Admissions.
- Consider proposing a reduction in the number of committee members on our committee from 6 to 5. An odd number will assist when needed to split an even vote.
