President's Report for September 2025

Office of Workforce Development

1. Overview

 Workforce Development, formerly a division of the Office of CEWD, now reports to the Provost in the Office for Academic Affairs. The division leads and implements Workforce Development Industry Certificate and short-term skills-based courses for students, alumni and adult learners throughout Queens and NYC and supports their career pathways to family-sustaining Good Jobs in the NYC region. Workforce Development collaborates with Senior Administration, Faculty, Academic Departments, Continuing Ed and Administrative Depts. to secure funding from government agencies, foundations, organizations & corporations for Workforce Development Initiatives. 

2. Monthly Accomplishments

• Con Edison Solar Panel Installation Training: 12 students were trained in Solar Panel Installation Training by Solar One, in their LIC headquarters, from July 28^th-August 8^th, 2025. Students are now working with Solar One Career Services and Workforce Development staff to secure Internships and jobs in the Solar Panel Installation field. We will be offering a second cohort from September 29^th through October 10^th for adult learners with a strong interest in entering the Green Energy workforce. Stipends are provided upon successful completion of the program.
• Submitted NYC Department of Youth & Community Development Community Resources for Employment & Development (CRED) Proposal on 7/10. Supposed to start in September 2025. Training students in Certified Hemodialysis Training Technician Program. Partnering with Catholic Charities as providing wraparound recruiting, counseling and career services.
• Building Performance Lab Grant, CCNY: QCC will be receiving a grant from CCNY's Building Performance Lab (BPL), to offer students and other adult learners in the community the opportunity to be educated in the CUNY "Green Jobs" Energy Training for NYS HCR/Weatherization: The Energy and Carbon Management Training Program, supported by funding through Homes and Community Renewal(HCR), a NYS agency. The program provides comprehensive training in the field of energy-in-buildings, equipping students with energy technology fundamentals and offering opportunities for multiple professional certifications, including the Energy Technician Certificate, as well as internships and job opportunities. Workforce Development is partnering with the Department of Engineering Technology on this project. 

New Student Onboarding

• QCC hosted its fall 2025 installment of New Student Orientation on Wednesday, August 20 for new incoming freshman and transfer students. Organized by the Office of New Student Engagement, over 300 students were present for an exciting onboarding experience consisting of in-person welcome messages from college administrators as well as the Student Government Association; presentations on technology tools and student life resources; and much more. Students participated in a support services expo where they were able to visit tables set up by various college resources such as career services; center for tutoring & academic support; male resource center. Following orientation, the students enjoyed free burgers and hot dogs!
• Fall 2025 Welcome Week concluded on Friday, August 29. Also organized by the Office of New Student Engagement, Welcome Week is an initiative in which tables were set up at the Administration Building Entrance, Humanities Quad, and Medical Arts Building Lobby at the start of each fall and spring semester to assist with new student onboarding, whether it's providing information about support services; activating their Tiger ID, showing them where a building/class is located; campus Wi-Fi access; and much more. We would like to express our thanks to both Ms. Karen Alleyne and Ms. Belodine Perry in the Office of New Student Engagement for organizing these initiatives, and the members of the broader QCC campus community who donated their time to volunteer for this initiative.

Student Honors/Awards/Achievements

• QCC students Aaliyah Anderson and Pamela De Leon Berroa has been selected as 2025 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholars and will each receive a $1,000 scholarship. The Leaders of Promise Scholarship, sponsored by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, helps new Phi Theta Kappa members defray educational expenses while enrolled in associate degree programs. Scholars are encouraged to assume leadership roles by participating in Society programs and are selected based on scholastic achievement, community service, and leadership potential. A panel of independent judges selected this year’s recipients from more than 600 applicants. Both Aaliyah and Pamela were inducted into the Lambda Sigma Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society during the 2024-2025 academic year and are making steadfast progress towards degree completion.
• Class of 2025 graduate Ms. Rosalee Burgess and currently enrolled Nursing student Sonia Soodhoo have been selected two (2) of the recipients of the 2025 Women’s Forum of New York Education Fund Award. The Education Fund Award is open to women aged 35 and over, in which applicants must reside in NYC and attend an undergraduate institution in pursuit of their first associate or bachelor's degree. Since 1987, the Women’s Forum Education Fund Award has recognized and supported extraordinary women over the age of 35, who have overcome extreme adversity to resume their education. Unrestricted $10,000 grants are awarded directly to the recipient for any costs associated with advancing her education.
• The QCC Lambda Sigma Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa (“PTK”) International Honor Society would like to acknowledge the following PTK class of 2025 graduates who received awards as part of the college’s 64th annual commencement ceremony held on Thursday, May 29, 2025:

• • Mr. Emmanuel Ford, Class of 2025 Valedictorian - awarded to a graduating student that has demonstrated superior academic performance in their academic class, contributed to the college community, and embodied the mission of Queensborough Community College.
  • Mr. Daniel Volin, Class of 2025 Salutatorian – awarded to a graduating student that has demonstrated strong academic performance in their academic class, contributed to the college community, and embodied the mission of Queensborough Community College.

Student Support Resources

• The QCC PRIDE Center will be managing the CUNY LGBTQIA+ Consortium for the QCC campus during the 2025-2026 academic year. The Center will both host & co-host several education, social, and community events throughout the school year, including five (5) events proposed by members of the QCC community. These events will be submitted for inclusion to the QCC Campus and Virtual Events Calendar, and all are invited to attend.
• The LGBTQ+ Archive is a living, community-informed project created to preserve and make accessible federal LGBTQ+ resources that have quietly disappeared from public websites in recent months.
• The Institute for Human Identity Therapy Center (IHI) offers LGBTQ+-affirmative or low-cost mental health services, particularly for long-term therapy, for people who need of campus counseling resources.
• Faculty and staff are asked to encourage our students to avail themselves of the valuable and free resources through the QCC Advocacy Resource Center. Services provided include (but are not limited to) public benefits screening, financial coaching, legal assistance, tax preparation services, housing assistance, food pantry referrals, and more.
• Emergency funding is available to students who face a financial crisis that puts at risk their continued enrollment toward their QCC degree. Supported through a grant from The Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation, the funds provide one-time, emergency grants to students in good standing with short-term financial emergencies to enable them to remain in school, rather than being forced to leave or drop out. Students with short-term financial emergencies should be referred to Ms. Amawati Gonesh, Advocacy Resource Center Program Manager, via email at AGonesh@qcc.cuny.edu.  Additional information can be found online at QCC Scholarships.
• The Office of Financial Services hosted a series of FAFSA Fest events during the spring and summer 2025 semesters to assist students in completing the 25-26 FAFSA. These sessions will be continuing during the fall semester (dates to be determined”. Please direct students to the Office of Financial Services located in the Administration Building - Room 106, for all financial aid inquiries or e-mail the office at FinancialAid@qcc.cuny.edu. Additional information can be found online at our website at https://www.qcc.cuny.edu/financialAid/index.html.
• The Women's Forum Education Fund Award provides a scholarship of $10,000. The awards will be given to women aged 35 and over who have faced and overcome adversity and now, after an interruption in their education, have resumed the pursuit of their first associate or bachelor's degree. Applicants must demonstrate noteworthy promise and resilience in the face of challenges and must also demonstrate a commitment to helping others and to making a difference in their community, large or small, when their own career goals are achieved. Financial need and academic excellence are not the primary determining factors in the selection of recipients, although true financial need should be evident, and the candidate should be in good academic standing. The 2026 application will open on September 1, with a deadline of February 1, 2026.

Upcoming Events

• The Office of Student Activities will host the Fall 2025 Club Fair on Wednesday, September 10 at 12:10 pm in the Humanities Quad. QCC recognizes that student organizations are an important part of the college experience. Students that are active in campus life are more likely to succeed in college. At the event, students will learn about the 40+ student groups on campus. Featuring student club officers from the current student groups and organizations, students will be able to obtain information regarding upcoming events and join a student group. The event will feature live entertainment, giveaways, and refreshments.
• The Office of Accessibility Services will hold a Bake Sale on Wednesday, September 10 and Tuesday, September 23 from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, and Thursday, October 9 from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm in the Humanities Quad to raise funds in support of student scholarships, with all proceeds directed toward expanding educational access for students registered with Accessibility Services. The event will feature a wide array of baked goods and snacks, some provided by volunteers, drawing strong participation from students, faculty, and staff across campus. This initiative reflects our ongoing commitment to fostering an inclusive campus environment and supporting the academic success of all students, particularly those facing barriers to higher education. In addition to raising funds, the bake sale will help increase awareness of the resources and support available through the Office of Accessibility Services.
• Open to all QCC students, faculty, and staff, the Third Annual Queer Voices NYC Film Festival will be taking place on Friday, September 26 – Sunday, September 28 at The LGBT Center in Manhattan. This film festival is about entering and celebrating LGBTQIA+ filmmakers and creatives of color.

Events Report 

DO GOOD. GIVE! Annual Fund Campaign:

A total of 883 donors raised $106,320 for the FY24 -25 Annual Fund Campaign through our direct mail appeal, CUNYTuesday, and the 2024 NYC Marathon. Thank YOU!

The FY 25-26 DO GOOD. GIVE! Annual Fund Campaign launches right after Labor Day. Faculty and staff may choose to support the Lucille A. Bova Food Pantry, the Promise Scholarship, or give where the need is greatest. Click here to make your donation online and select your designation from the dropdown menu. Checks may be made payable to the QCC Fund, Inc. and sent to: Division of Strategic Initiatives and Advancement, Room A-508. 

MAJOR GIFTS RECEIVED - FY25-26 Academic Year

William Harnisch,’66, has renewed his commitment to fund scholarships for Brooklyn Tech graduates enrolled at Queensborough. A gift of $24,000 from the William Harnisch Foundation will be awarded this year. Mr. Harnisch, a proud Queensborough alum, is the founder of Peconic Partners, one of the top-performing hedge funds in the world. 

The Eugene M. Lang Foundation has once again awarded $25,000 in grant funding to support undocumented and immigrant students at the College - ensuring they stay enrolled and on track to graduate. 

The 2025 NYC Marathon - Sunday, November 2nd

Our five runners will collectively raise $15,000 for the QCC Fund’s Promise Scholarship. 

1. Christine Pagano: Nursing Department
2. Jonathan Alexandratos: CUNY Start 
3. Rich Linger: Son-in-law of Ely Hurwitz, ’62
4. Andrew Caon: His mother briefly attended Queensborough
5. Joseph Arias: his sibling attended Queensborough in 2018. 

Please cheer them on and support their efforts!

Soul to Soul Benefit – Monday, February 9^th 

Join us for an unforgettable evening honoring Mark Kupferberg in support of the Kupferberg Holocaust Center on campus. Soul to Soul celebrates the shared musical traditions of Yiddish and African American folk culture. To purchase tickets, click here.   

Art Gallery

Internship Program:

• The Art Gallery hosted a “Summer Kids Program” with Art Gallery activities through the Continuing Education Program every Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. 

• The Art Gallery is hosting a summer internship from the Gallery and Museum Studies Program through QCC’s Department of Art and Design.

List of Exhibits/Events in September and October in the Oakland Building: 

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, we are excited to host a series of cultural events and exhibitions:

• Pablo Perez Palacio – Date to be determined

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, we will be hosting an exhibition featuring the work of a talented artist from Spain. More details will be shared soon.

• Screenings of well-known Spanish films in the Gallery Theater during club hours, open to all students:

• September 2, 2025 - 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. 
• September 29, 2025- 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. 
• October 6, 2025 - 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. 
• October 9, 2025 – 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. 

• Gold: The Splendor of Ghana - Curated by Dr. Martha Ehrlich – Date to be determined

Kupferberg Holocaust Center

2025-26 KHC-NEH COLLOQUIUM

Resistance, Resilience and Reinvention: Artists and Academics Escaping Nazism: 

https://khc.qcc.cuny.edu/neh-programs/

In 1933, as Hitler consolidated power, thousands of Jewish and dissident German artists and academics faced persecution, not only from Nazi antisemitism, but also from the regime’s totalitarian control over culture and society (known as Gleichschaltung). As Nazism spread, many painters, writers, filmmakers, and scholars sought refuge in Europe and the U.S., though restrictive and antisemitic immigration policies often blocked their escape. This series explores the history, contributions, and lasting impact of those who escaped, with help from various support networks, through lectures, poetry readings, and faculty development events each semester. Additionally, the series highlights the resistance and creative works that emerged from their survival. Before each event, we will have a moment of silence in remembrance of those who did not escape the Nazi religious, intellectual and artistic persecution. 

Faculty Fellows: 

Alison Cimino, Lecturer, Department of English, M.F.A.

Dr. Beth Counihan, Professor, Department of English 

Dr. Mark Zelcer, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Department of Social Sciences

An Introduction to Discussion Based Pedagogy of Transformative Texts:

October 17, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. EDT

Professional Development Workshop—Online only

Register to watch online: https://tinyurl.com/janfzae8

In this interactive Zoom workshop, Queensborough Community College English department members Ilse Schrynemakers and Susan Lago will introduce participating colleagues to the discussion-based pedagogy of the Great Questions Foundation, founded by faculty at Austin Community College. Both Dr. Schrynemakers and Professor Lago are in their second year of a Faculty Fellowship with the Great Question Foundation. They will share the philosophy and student engagement strategies to help stimulate and facilitate meaningful class discussions for faculty who are teaching about the texts, academics, and artists featured in the 2025-26 KHC-NEH colloquium and/or are interested in learning about the Great Questions Foundation approach.

Poetry of Witness and Resistance: A Conversation with Ilya Kaminsky:

October 21, 2025 at 12:15 p.m. EDT

Online only

Register to watch online: https://tinyurl.com/fe8hj9hr

Join us for a conversation with acclaimed poet Ilya Kaminsky, whose poems bear witness to our times and create a space for empathy and compassion in resistance to oppression. Kaminsky is the author of Deaf Republic (Graywolf Press, 2019) and Dancing in Odessa (Tupelo Press, 2004), and co-editor and co-translator of many other books. His work was a finalist for the National Book Award and won the Los Angeles Times Book Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the National Jewish Book Award, the Whiting Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Metcalf Award, and Poetry magazine’s Levinson Prize, and was also shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, Neustadt International Literature Prize, and T.S. Eliot Prize (UK).

Albert Einstein: Refugee, Activist and Humanitarian:

October 28, 2025 at 12:30 p.m. EDT

In Person & Online

Register to watch online: https://tinyurl.com/2pehnwr5

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In 1933, with almost twenty years of service as professor at the Prussian Academy of Sciences and researcher at Humbolt University of Berlin, and under targeted threat from the Nazi regime, Albert Einstein fled Germany. With the aid of the Academic Assistance Council, he and his family took refuge first in Belgium, then England, before his appointment at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. In this presentation, Michael Shara, the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) professor and curator of the 2002 landmark AMNH exhibit, “Einstein,” will discuss Einstein’s experiences as a refugee and his political and humanitarian activism. 

Deciding Who Was Worth Saving: American Universities and the Refugee Scholars of the Nazi Era:

November 12, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. EST 

In Person & Online

Register to watch online: https://tinyurl.com/y5fab4bt

Register to attend in person: https://tinyurl.com/2pn52zu8

Despite the triumphalist tale that during the Nazi era the United States rescued Europe's intellectual elite, including Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi, Hannah Arendt and Herbert Marcuse, thousands of European scholars sought to immigrate to the United States and could not. American universities refused to hire them, and the State Department erected a barrier to letting them in, meaning many lost not only their livelihoods, but also their lives. Dr. Laurel Leff, author of Well Worth Saving: American Universities’ Life and Death Decisions on Refugees from Nazi Europe (Yale University Press, 2019), will introduce a few of those scholars and explain how academic institutions in the United States undertook these fraught choices. 

Flight or Fight? Artists in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945:

December 3, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. EST 

In Person & Online

Register to watch online: https://tinyurl.com/395zxa45

Register to attend in person: https://tinyurl.com/2a9azjvm

Between 1933 and 1945, the National Socialist regime controlled artistic work in Germany. Join Rachel Stern, founding director of the Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted, Ostracized and Banned Art, for a discussion about the system of fear and control installed by the Nazis, its impact on the national cultural landscape, and artists’ strategies of survival.

HOLOCAUST MEMORY & COMMEMORATIONS: 

The Impetus to Remember: Holocaust Memorials Erected by Jewish Burial Societies

October 16, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. EDT 

In Person & Online

Register to watch online: https://tinyurl.com/bdebnjnt

Register to attend in person: https://tinyurl.com/4dhn4kjm

At the end of WWII, Jewish burial societies (landsmanshaften) often created memorials in cemeteries to honor the memories of their families and towns destroyed during the Holocaust. Join us for a conversation about the history of the landsmanshaften, as well as an exploration of how burial societies at the Mount Hebron Cemetery in New York City became the only remaining pieces left of these original communities. The event features Susannah Trubman, Learning and Media Center Educator at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research; Adam Ginsberg, President of the Cedar Grove Cemetery Association; and Deirdre Poulos, Director of the Mount Hebron Legacy Foundation.

“Una Cosa Viva”: The Futures of Holocaust Memory and Meaning in Argentina:

November 6, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. EST

In Person & Online

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Argentina–home to the largest Jewish community in Latin America–is a nation with multiple histories of violence and loss, including the 1976-1983 dictatorship and the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Aid Society, which remains in a state of impunity over thirty years later. In recent years, new challenges have also resituated the significance of Holocaust memory for imagining and reimagining Jewish Argentine futures. Drawing on long-term ethnographic research, Dr. Natasha Zaretsky, author of Acts of Repair: Justice, Truth, and the Politics of Memory in Argentina (Rutgers University Press, 2021), explores new generations of Holocaust memory and their significance for democracy and the public sphere.

Fragments of Memory: Lost Notebooks of Children's Testimonies from the Holocaust:

November 10, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. EST 

In Person & Online

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In 1945, a group of survivors in the Bergen-Belsen Displaced Persons Camp opened several schools for the growing number of orphaned and displaced children at the camp. To help their young charges heal, the teachers encouraged them to write and speak about their traumatic wartime experiences. Recently uncovered notebooks of child testimonies together with fragmentary archival collections scattered across multiple repositories tell the story of this early documentary effort. On the 87^th anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom that took place November 9 and 10, 1938, join Dr. Regina Kazyulina and Dr. Christopher Mauriello, Directors of Salem State University’s Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, for a discussion about the teachers who did everything in their power, despite their own wartime traumas, to ensure the children’s stories and voices would not be forgotten.

SPECIAL QCC-CUNY LGBTQIA+ CONSORTIUM COLLABORATION:

Beyond All Binaries: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, the German-Jewish Queer Rights Activist Who Took on the Nazis

October 22, 2025 at 12:00pm EDT

In Person & Online

Register to watch online: https://tinyurl.com/3vc2rh95

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In a world where most saw binaries of "us" and "them," Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld saw humanity as a seamless continuum of "we." Applying this insight first to sexual orientation, then to gender, and finally, to race, Hirschfeld worked to rally the world against rising fascism. Nearly a century after the Nazis burned his archive and drove him from Berlin, Hirschfeld's outlook has much to teach us as we face down book bans and weaponized xenophobia today. The event features Daniel Brook, author of The Einstein of Sex: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld Visionary of Weimar Berlin (Norton & Co., 2025). This event is part of a special collaboration between the Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center (KHC) and the QCC-CUNY LGBTQIA+ Consortium.

HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE MUSEUM SERIES:

This series brings together museum curators and other cultural workers who discuss the roles historical and cultural institutions play in addressing human rights, social justice, and genocide. This program is part of the Kupferberg Holocaust Center’s living Land Acknowledgment and ongoing commitment to feature Indigenous voices and viewpoints. The program is organized collaboratively by Kat Griefen, faculty member and Program Coordinator for the Gallery and Museum Studies program, and the KHC.

From Częstochowa to Bayside: The Story of the KHC’s Torah Scroll:

September 17, 2025 at 2:30 p.m. EDT

In Person & Online

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In 1988, while visiting Częstochowa, Poland, Harry Rapaport made a remarkable discovery: a trove of Torah scrolls hidden in the attic of a wartime factory that had previously been a Jewish ritual bathhouse. Although heavily damaged, these religious artifacts are a living memorial to the local Jewish communities who perished during the Holocaust. Come learn about how one of these scrolls found its way to the Kupferberg Holocaust Center, and the yearlong process involved to both restore and remount this powerful historical artifact. 

FALL 2025 WELCOME READ:

Queensborough Community College’s (QCC) Welcome Read is a faculty-driven, community-building experience for first year QCC students taking English classes, in both non-credit programs (CLIP and CUNY Start) and credited courses (ALP, ENGL101, and ENGL 102). ENGL 101 will read the Welcome Read book 2025, The Gangster We Are All Looking For, an autobiographical novel by Lê Thị Diễm Thúy. These programs are organized by QCC’s English department and made possible through funding from the Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center.

Memory, History, Desire: Tracing the Creation of The Gangster We Are All Looking For:

September 16, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. EST

In Person at the Queensborough Performing Arts Center

Register to attend in person: https://tinyurl.com/5ewmta6z

In this multimedia presentation, acclaimed performance artist and author, lê thị diễm thúy, will share the story of how she wrote her book, The Gangster We Are All Looking For. This lyrical autobiographical novel tells the coming-of-age of a Vietnamese refugee growing up in post-Vietnam War California as she navigates grief and the changes within her family, affected by loss, war, identity and economic instability. Join us as thúy recounts her writing journey and encourage readers to tap into their own creativity and stories. This event is part of Queensborough Community College’s (QCC) 2025 Welcome Read, a faculty-driven, community-building experience for first year QCC students taking English classes, in both non-credit programs and credited courses. 

KHC ORIGINAL EXHIBITION & TOURS:

The Concentration Camps: Inside the Nazi System of Incarceration and Genocide

On View and Online at: https://khc.qcc.cuny.edu/camps/

Please email KHC@qcc.cuny.edu to schedule a tour for your class

The KHC continues to offer self-guided audio tours of its original exhibition which surveys the scope and brutality of the Nazi system of incarceration and genocide, underscoring the horrific consequences of antisemitism, racism, and authoritarianism. In addition to the exhibit’s text, images, and artifacts, personal testimonies from local Holocaust survivors offer painful insights into these excruciating landscapes of degradation and dehumanization. This exhibit was curated by Dr. Cary Lane, KHC 2020-21 Curator-in-Residence and former Associate Professor of English at QCC.

RECORDED EVENTS:

KHC public programs: https://khc.qcc.cuny.edu/recordings/

KHC curated playlists: https://www.youtube.com/user/CUNYQueensborough/playlists

Queensborough Performing Arts Center (QPAC)

A national search is being conducted for the next Director of QPAC. An assessment will be conducted to determine how we can expand QPAC’s involvement in the borough and further integrate the Center with the College as we enter this next chapter in QPAC history. While a national search is launched and conducted, Mark Amsterdam, who has worked for QPAC for three decades, has been appointed Interim Director. 

QPAC has 13 confirmed events in the theatre as follows:

1. Welcome Read/Dance Department – Tuesday, September 9, 2025
2. Music Department public performance – Wednesday, September 10, 2025
3. Peyman Danalzadeh – Iranian show (rental) – Saturday, September 13, 2025
4. Welcome Read author event – Tuesday, September 16, 2025
5. Music Department public performance – Wednesday, September 17, 2025
6. Trevor Milton Documentary – Wednesday, October 1, 2025
7. Tony Danza – QPAC - Sunday, October 5, 2025
8. Music Department public performance – Wednesday, October 8, 2025
9. Something Special Big Band – QPAC – Sunday, October 12, 2025
10. Male Resource Center Fashion/Talent Show – Wednesday, October 15, 2025 – 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. 
11. Dean’s List Ceremony – Wednesday, October 15, 2025 – 4:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
12. Nima Entertainment – Iranian show (rental) – Saturday, October 18, 2025
13. Communication, Theare, and Media Production (rehearsal and shows) – October 20, 2025 through November 23, 2025

Communications Department

• “Catch up with Christine” will resume in September for FY26.
• Hispanic Heritage Month begins September 15, 2025 (calendar of events will be shared via campus-wide email on Monday, September 15, 2025). The kick-off event will be on Thursday, September 18, 2025 from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. in the Student Union. 

Finance and Administration:

Financial State

• The College continues to face fiscal pressures due to enrollment declines, rising operating costs, and reduced external funding. Through careful planning, budget realignments, and expenditure controls, QCC has maintained a balanced operating budget for FY25.
• Our budget for FY26 was reviewed and approved by the CUNY Central Office, ensuring alignment with system-wide financial requirements.
• In accordance with CUNY Cash Management Policy, we implemented a fully cashless dining system on campus during the summer to improve efficiency, safety, and convenience for students and staff.
  What this means for you:
• Accepted Payment Methods: You will be able to pay for meals and snacks using credit or debit cards and your QCC ID card.
• QCC ID Card Payments: Funds can be added to your QCC ID at one of five PHIL machines conveniently located across campus. These machines accept cash and allow you to load value directly to your QCC ID card.

PHIL machine locations:

1. Administration Building, 1st Floor – Outside the Bursar’s Office
2. Library, 2nd Floor – Near Starbucks
3. Student Union Lower Level (SUL) – Basement, next to Tiger Bites
4. Oakland Hill Top – by the Logia
5. Lobby Area (with vending machines) – Between the Medical Arts and Science Buildings

Facilities Updates

• RFK Hall Construction: Exterior work remains on track, with phased completion expected by early Fall 2025.
• Continuing to address aging infrastructure, including elevators, roofs, and classroom modernization, as resources allow.
• Significant upgrades were completed to the athletic track and the addition of a new outdoor basketball court, expanding recreational opportunities for students and the community.
• New Dining Option – Sushi and Sips: Opening of a new dining venue located in the SUL, will provide students and staff with expanded, healthier food and beverage choices.