F E A T U R E S T
O R I E S
Commencement Honors
Archbishop
Timothy Michael Dolan and President Stephen J. Sweeny
On
May 26, 2011 The College of New Rochelle celebrated its
104th Commencement as it graduated the Class of 2011. The College
awarded 1,100
baccalaureate and master’s degrees on graduates of the School of Arts
&
Sciences, School of Nursing, Graduate School, and School of New
Resources
during Commencement Exercises at The Jacob Javits Convention Center. m
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Awards Bestowed on
School of Arts & Sciences
Graduates
at Hooding Ceremony
On May 25, 2011, the School of Arts
&
Sciences held the traditional Hooding Ceremony at the Holy Family
Chapel on the
New Rochelle Campus. m o r e.
Click
here to view the program and award recipients.
School of
New Resources Holds
Hooding Ceremonies
at all Campuses
Prior to the 104th Commencement of the
graduating Class of 2011, the traditional Hooding Ceremonies for the
School of
New Resources were held on all the campuses of The College of New
Rochelle. m
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Graduate
School Celebrates Traditional Hooding
at The Wellness Center
On May 23, 2011, the Graduate School held the
traditional Hooding Ceremony in The Wellness Center on the New Rochelle
Campus. m
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School of Nursing
Celebrates Hooding Ceremony
at
the Holy Family Chapel
On May 24, 2011, the School of Nursing
celebrated the traditional Hooding Ceremony at the Holy Family Chapel
on the
New Rochelle Campus. m
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CNR Community
Celebrates the
Retirement of President Sweeny
by Renaming the Student Center
The
College Community gathered to celebrate President
Stephen J. Sweeny on May 20, 2011 with the dedication of the Student
Campus
Center in his name. The building was renamed the Stephen J. Sweeny
Student
Center in recognition of Dr. Sweeny's 35 years of service. m
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TO
WATCH VIDEO of the Sweeny
Student Center Dedication, click here.
A L U M N A E / I S P O T L I G H
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“Three
years flew by; and, after I graduated, I realized how much I had grown,
intellectually, emotionally and spiritually. Being in a small college
helped me
focus more on myself and helped me work towards overcoming my
shortcomings and
building on my talents.”
Merin
George SAS'09
Special Education Teacher
Shield Institute, New York
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CNR Welcomes Alumnae/i
Back to Campus
for the 73rd Annual
Alumnae/i College
CNR
celebrated its 73rd annual Alumnae/i College on June 11,
2011. Graduates of The College of New Rochelle returned to campus
to
reconnect with friends and visit the campus. m o r e
A R O
U N D C N R
The College
of New Rochelle Honors
Athletes
at Annual Athletics Banquet
The College of New Rochelle
honored
its athletes at their
annual Athletic Banquet on May 11, 2011, at Beckwith Pointe Beach Club.
Dr.
Colette Geary, Vice President for Student Services, welcomed the crowd
of
athletes, parents, coaches, and faculty and staff. m o r e
SNR Students
Celebrate Before Graduation
On March 12, 2011, members of
the School of New Resources Class of 2011
from
Brooklyn, Co-op, DC-37,
John Cardinal O’Connor, New Rochelle, and Rosa Parks campuses
participated in
the pre-graduation celebration. Remarks were given by Rosa Napoleone
SAS’75,
President of the Alumnae/i Association, Elza Dinwiddie-Boyd, Dean of
School of
New Resources, and Dr. Kristine Southard, Campus Director Co-op City
Campus. m o r e
CNR Launches
Faculty/Staff Blog, The
Castle View
The
College of New Rochelle recently
launched a blog, The Castle View, as a venue for
faculty and staff
to write about
current events, professional interests, or their experiences at CNR. Click here
to view the
blog.
Honors
Students Present Their
Research at Honors Conference Day
Pictured here is Justinne
Orjuela SAS'11 and Marga Taylor, the Associate Dean of the School of
Arts & Sciences. Justinne's project, titled "Columbian Women and
Armed Conflict: Investigating Women's Rights Abuses Under the Lens of
International Law," investigates the UN Human Rights Council
recommendations to the government of Columbia and the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
Students from the School of Arts &
Sciences Honors
Program presented their research at the Honors Conference Day on April
28,
2011. This event, a requirement for those who seek an Honors Diploma,
demonstrates the labor, talent, and motivation of Honors students and
their
work with dedicated faculty mentors.
Sustainability
Garden Used as Teaching Tool
for Local Second Grade
Students
Here, Dr. Kostel-Hughes instructs the
‘student-gardeners’ on the work to be done in the College
Sustainability Garden
Second grade students from Trinity
Elementary School in New Rochelle
were invited to the Main Campus of CNR to visit the College’s
sustainability
garden for a series of hands-on activities that focused on the science
of
plants and soil. m o r
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Students
Present Their Findings from Travel in Spain
Ten students in Modern Spain:
Nationalism and Identity,
a class within the School of Arts & Sciences, presented research
papers
from their recent travel and study course to Barcelona, Madrid, and
Toledo. The
undergraduates, led by Dr. Anne McKernan, Associate Professor of
History and
Director of International Studies, and Dr. Nereida Segura-Rico,
Associate
Professor of Modern Languages, spoke to the faculty and students on May
2,
2011. m o r e
C N
R S T U D E N T N E W S
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Student Profile
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“My
professors have had a great impact on my life as a student in the past
year.
With their help, I have really developed my writing skills, and my
abilities in
front of a camera.”
Luisa
Maria Garcia
School
of Arts & Sciences
Major: Communication Arts
Class of 2014
m o r e
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Tania Veloz
SAS'12 Selected for
National Hispana Leadership Institute's "Latinas Learning to Lead"
Tania
Veloz SAS'12 has been selected
as one of 22 Fellows in
the National Hispana Leadership Institute's (NHLI) "Latinas Learning to
Lead" (LLL) 2011 summer program in Washington, DC. NHLI’s "Latinas
Learning to Lead" program promotes and fosters the development of young
college-age Latina leaders through training, mentoring opportunities,
access to
national networks, and tools to create a community impact through their
leadership
projects.
Akosuah
Agyei SAS'12 Presents at the
American Chemical Society's 59th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium
Pictured here are (left to right), front row: Alyssa
Beasley SAS'12, Akosuah Agyei SAS'12, Denise Dailey SAS'14. Back row:
Zuleyka Hernandez SAS'14, Dr. Elvira Longordo.
Akosuah
Agyei SAS'12, a chemistry and
biology major, gave a
presentation and talk at the American Chemical Society's (ACS) 59th
Annual
Undergraduate Research Symposium on May 7, 2011 held at the College of
Mount
St. Vincent. Akos' presentation was based on the research that she
conducted in
the laboratory of Dr. Susan B. Horwitz at the Albert Einstein College
of
Medicine Summer Undergraduate Research Program during the summer of
2010. m
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CNR Wellness
Coaches Participate
in the 2011 New Jersey Peer
Institute
Pictured here are (left to
right), a
representative from the Peer Institute,
students
Suting Liu
SN'14, Tanika Charles SN'14, and Gabrielle Paul SN'14
Several
CNR student Wellness Coaches
and their advisor, Dr.
Adrienne Wald, attended the 2011 New Jersey Peer Institute supported
and hosted
by Alcohol Drug and Education Program at The College of New Jersey and
held at
their Ewing, NJ campus on May 24-26, 2011. m o r e
Denise
Dailey SAS’14 Honored by
Westchester Chemical Society
Chemistry
major Denise Dailey SAS’14
was recognized by the
Westchester Chemical Society, a local section of the New York Section
of the
American
Chemical Society, for her outstanding performance in a first year
chemistry
course sequence, Chemical Principles I and II. m o r e
Gospel Choir
Wows Audience
at Their
Annual Spring Concert "I Have No Doubt"
The
College of New Rochelle Gospel
Choir presented their
annual spring concert, “I Have No Doubt,” on April 30, 2011, along with
the
Grace Baptist Church Children’s Choir and HTC Crazy Praise Choir. The
Gospel
Choir sang Hear My Prayer, Gain the World, Ride on King Jesus,
Grateful,
Magnify The Lord, Lord Your Mighty, Lift Him Up, This is the Air I
Breathe,
and I Have No Doubt. m o r e
F A C U L T Y / S T A F F F O C U S
Dr.
Susan Conte,
Associate Professor in the Human
Services Division of the Graduate School, presented a paper at the
National Association of Social Workers’ annual Power of Social Work
Conference, entitled: My Body, My Biography:
Understanding
the Narratives of Self-Injuring Women as Paths to Healing and Wholeness.
The conference was
held in Albany, New York on March 11, 2011.
Dr.
Kenneth J. Doka, Professor of Gerontology in the Graduate
School, received The
Dr. Robert Fulton CDEB Founder's Award at the International Death,
Grief and
Bereavement Conference on June 6, 2011. The award is from the
University of
Wisconsin- La Crosse Center for Death Education and Bioethics, for
outstanding
university teaching, research, publication, and professional service in
the
field of death, dying, and bereavement.
Dr.
Nereida Segura-Rico, Associate Professor of Spanish in
the School of Arts and Sciences, presented a paper at the 2011
Convention of
the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) in New Brunswick from
April
7-10, 2011. The paper entitled La memoria como prisión en El
secreto de sus
ojos (Memory as prison in The Secret in Their Eyes)
was part
of the panel "Trauma and Memory in Literature and Film of Latin
America."
Dr.
Stephanie Squires, Associate Professor of Special Education in
the Graduate School, received a recognition award from the Suffolk
County
Executive on June 1, 2011. The award is for "advocating understanding
and
tolerance on Long Island in its schools, between its students,
teachers, and
parents." In addition, Dr. Squires co-presented at a
conference
at Manhattanville College on June 14, 2011 to parents of bi-lingual
students.
The session entitled "Helping your Child with Special Needs
Succeed
in School" will be conducted in both English and Spanish.
Dr.
Nick Smart, Associate Professor of English in
the School of Arts and Sciences, attended the 21st
Annual International Conference on Virginia
Woolf at the University of Glasgow in June. Dr. Smart gave
a paper
titled "So Mighty a Result: Woolf's Critical Ego" and was a panelist
at the conference's plenary roundtable on Woolf, Queer Theory, and
Pedagogy.
Dr.
Walter Sullivan,
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership in the Graduate School,
presented
two days of workshops for teachers at the Scarsdale Institute on June
3-4,
2011. The workshop was entitled "The Teacher and School Law" and
consisted
of discussion and practical applications of the law to schools and
the
classroom.
Dr. Geraldine Valencia-Go,
Associate Professor of Nursing in the School of Nursing, was given a
2011
New York/New Jersey finalist award for Excellence in Teaching by
Nursing
Spectrum, Gannett Health Group. She has been accepted as a member of
the
Editorial Board of the New York State
Nurses’ Association Journal and has
reviewed manuscripts of research studies and new textbooks. She will
serve as
the guest editor of the Journal’s Fall/Winter issue.
She
also continues to serve as
consultant to long-term care facilities to strengthen staff
communication.
Professor
Robert Wolf presented a demonstration of "The Uses of
Creative Artwork in Ongoing Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy" for the
Institute for
Creative Analysis on May 1, 2011. The presentation was held at Pure
Vision Arts
in New York City.
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