50th Anniversary Class Reflects on How It Was, and How It Has Changed
It was a year when egg creams with Fox’s U-Bet chocolate syrup and hot salted pretzels were all the rage among the college set in Brooklyn. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was
Read MoreThe Class of 1961 Received More Than an Education…
Love was in the air at Brooklyn College in 1961. At the same time that they returned to campus for the 2011 Commencement Exercises as members of the Golden Anniversary
Read MoreBrooklyn College Confers More Than 4,100 Degrees, Highest Number in Three Decades
Brooklyn College conferred the largest number of bachelor’s and master’s degrees and advanced certificates in the past three decades at back-to-back Commencement Exercises held on June 1 and 2. The
Read MoreBig Papa in Italy: Photos of Hemingway Shown at Library
Guests at the May 23 opening of Hemingway’s Veneto, a photography exhibition at the Brooklyn College Library, could be forgiven for thinking that they had, at least momentarily, been transported
Read MoreBroadway Shows Are Now in SEEK Students’ Playbook
Thanks to a joint program between CUNY and the nonprofit Theatre Development Fund (TDF), SEEK students are partaking in a quintessential New York experience — attending a Broadway show. For
Read MoreRhodes Scholar Zujaja Tauqeer Will Address Baccalaureate Commencement
Rhodes Scholar Zujaja Tauqeer has garnered yet another honor: As the 2011 undergraduate class representative, the Pakistan-born student will address her fellow graduates at the June 2 Commencement Exercises. As
Read MoreStudents Earn Credit by Teaching English and Civic Lessons to Immigrants
Nadine Alexander, a senior health and nutrition sciences student who has been accepted to Johns Hopkins, recently accomplished something that took her outside the realm of her major: She taught
Read MoreSEEK Professor Wins Fulbright-Hays Award to Study in North Africa
Judith Corbett Carter, an assistant professor in the Percy Ellis Sutton SEEK Program, wants to help the Brooklyn College community celebrate its religious diversity. After a trip to Morocco and
Read More‘Great Minds’ Gather for Fiftieth Anniversary Fete of Brooklyn College’s Scholars Program
“Great minds think alike” may not always be true. But at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Scholars Program, it certainly was. Great minds past and present all agreed that
Read MoreRosen Fellows Propose Their Own Creative Projects
Would you like to produce a rare play by an influential writer and stage it in the East Village? How about attending CUNY’s student exchange in Paris to participate in
Read MorePost Date
05.18.2011
Categories
Posted By
Susan Landers