Programming Adapts for Students During Remote Status
Multicultural Retention Services Department, (MRSD) programming has continued to reach students during remote learning. Adapted and new services are available on a program-by-program basis.
Sadie Peckens
ESL Department Rises to Remote Learning Challenges, Eyes Outreach in Future
ESL Department faculty describe challenges to instruction, access, and non-credit enrollment while operating remotely. Outreach needed to build awareness about ESL non-credit courses.
Professor Vivian Faustino-Pulliam Brings Home an Educator of the Year Award
Professor Vivian Faustino-Pulliam is honored with one of six Canvas Educator of the Year Awards. Her extensive experience in the professional workforce and as an online teacher contributes to her success. Students and faculty reflect on her teaching style.
Borrowing from a “Rainy Day” Account
The 2019-2020 and tentative 2020-2021 budgets will include money from a backup retirement fund. It will not affect current or future retiree benefit payments. Extraordinary financial circumstances have been declared as the reason for using the otherwise untouchable fund. The money must be returned o
Neon Girls: Professor Worley’s First Union
City College English Professor Jennifer Worley’s recently published memoir shares a history of ground up organizing for change. “Neon Girls: A Stripper’s Education in Protest and Power” describes how Worley and her colleagues united to push for workers’ rights, forming a powerful and effective strip
City College Community Needed to Empower DACA Recipient Students
Continuous attacks on DACA legislation are outrageous and threatening to undocumented students who the program protects. The City DREAM resource center provides support for undocumented students, including DACA recipient students. All City College constituents have a role to play in creating an empo
Interim Chancellor Dr. Rajen Vurdien Prioritizes Collaboration Among Stakeholders Moving Forward
Dr. Rajen Vurdien was appointed as Interim Chancellor of City College this June for a term that began July 1, 2020, and will end June 30, 2021. In an interview with The Guardsman, Vurdien identifies key areas of importance and discusses actions taken so far.