Showing posts with label New York. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New York. Show all posts

Finger Lakes Community College Gear Upwards To Celebrate 50Th Anniversary

The Daily Messenger of Canandaigua, NY reports inwards "FLCC to grade l years alongside fourth dimension capsule, fine art exhibit, mass release," that Finger Lakes Community College volition endure celebrating its 50th anniversary on February 1st.  The college volition host an termination from 2:00 to 6:30 p.m. alongside a fourth dimension capsule, availability of a novel commemorative history book, as well as a gallery present alongside plant yesteryear fine art faculty members as well as their students.
The college began offering non-credit classes inwards 1967 as well as admitted its root freshman shape on Feb 1, 1968.  It was initially known every bit Community College of the Finger Lakes.  The cite changed to Finger Lakes Community College inwards 1992.  Classes are offered at 7 locations alongside the original campus inwards Canandaigua, NY.

ThisBold Decision: The Story of Finger Lakes Community College, the 124 page college history, volition become on sale for $18 as well as volition endure available online as well as inwards the FLCC bookstore. Copies volition endure sold inwards Canandaigua at the Chamber of Commerce, 113 S. Main St.; American Made, 143 S. Main St.; as well as Mobile Music, 163 S. Main St.

Article Explores Closure Of Bramson Ort College Inwards Novel York

The Queens, NY Times Ledger published an article yesteryear Annabelle Blair, "Bramson ORT college unopen afterward forty years," on Dec 1, 2017.  Blair's reporting provides an update next the institution's annunciation initial annunciation dorsum inwards Feb 2017.

Bramson ORT was founded inwards 1942 equally the Bramson ORT Training Center alongside a mission to serve immigrants as well as refugees arriving equally a final result of World War II.  It was operated yesteryear the World Organization for Educational Resources as well as Technological Training, a global network of over 800 institutions.  Bramson ORT changed its advert to Bramson ORT Technical Institute inwards 1979 as well as ane time again inwards 1996 to instruct Bramson ORT College.

History Of Kirkland College...A Coordinate College For Women

Limited Engagement Kirkland College 1965-1978: An Intimate History of the Rise & Fall of a Coordinate College for Women was of late mentioned on the Facebook group.  I didn't know much close Kirkland College in addition to thoroughly enjoyed Samuel Fisher Babbitt's trouble concern human relationship of the conclusion past times Hamilton College to institute the coordinate college.  Babbitt served every minute the founding in addition to exclusively president of Kirkland College.  Limited Engagement was published inwards 2006.  I thoroughly enjoyed Babbitt's approach in addition to felt similar I had opened a fourth dimension capsule.  I encourage those interested to every minute good banking venture represent out a well-written review past times John Sundman that was posted inwards 2008.

Staten Island's Notre Dame College Is Remembered

Kristen Dalton's article on September 12, 2015 on Staten Island Advance's SILive site featured a storey from Apr 10, 1970 on plans at Notre Dame College inward Staten Island stay open.

Notre Dame College was operated yesteryear the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame.  The establishment was founded inward 1903 equally an university offering both an uncomplicated together with high schoolhouse teaching for immature women. In 1928, they began offering college courses for women equally an extension of Fordham University.  Notre Dame ultimately merged amongst St. John's University together with immediately serves equally the Staten Island campus of St. John's.  SILive also offers unopen to other article featuring the history of the college on August 5, 2012 yesteryear Thomas Matteo, "Staten Island's Notre Dame College stood tall on the hill."
The Congregation of Notre Dame continues to run Notre Dame Academy inward Staten Island.

Oral History At Suny College At One-Time Westbury


Experiments is a fascinating spider web site that provides a digital history focusing on the early on years of SUNY College at Old Westbury.  The establishment was founded inwards 1968 to offering a flexible learning environs too attract students amongst a job organisation for social justice.  Resources on the site include oral history videos too transcripts, photographs too a discover of main rootage documents.

Hostos Community College [Bronx, Ny]

An article past times David Gonzalez of The New York Times on September 28, 2014 covered a birthday reception honoring Ramon J. Jimenez for his efforts inwards the mid-1970's inwards back upward of Hostos Community College.  Jimenez in addition to others organized successful opposition to a proposed merger of the institution.  Their efforts helped pave the agency for Hostos to hold equally a bilingual institution.

Eugenio María de Hostos Community College was founded inwards 1968 in addition to is directly business office of The City University of New York (CUNY) system.  Hostos currently serves over 7,000 students.

Suny Polytechnic Institute


SUNY Polytechnic Institute was approved on September 9, 2014 yesteryear the SUNY Board of Trustees every minute the novel lift for SUNY College of Nanoscale Science in addition to Engineering inwards Albany in addition to the SUNY Institute of Technology inwards Utica.  The merger of the 2 institutions was approved inwards March.