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Professor Contreras Shares KCC’s Emergency Medical Services Expertise With Ecuador, Spain And Mexico
Dec 15th
Professor Contreras joins paramedic and nursing students at Universidad Tecnica de Manabi for a celebratory photo at the completion of their CPR/ first aid training that he provided.
Professor George W. Contreras, an emergency medical services (EMS)expert, who recently joined Kingsborough Community College (KCC) as director of its future Allied Health Sciences Department, has been sharing the college’s expertise in Ecuador and Spain at the invitation of officials in those countries. Later this month, Professor Contreras will provide EMS training in Mexico.
In October, Professor Contreras traveled to Portoviejo, Ecuador to provide first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training to paramedics and nursing students at the local university, Universidad Tecnica de Manabi (UTM). He also provided training to the local ambulance squad, Red Cross volunteers and regional firefighters. He has been working with the city since 2004 to help it develop a coordinated 911 system.
In September, Professor Contreras accepted an invitation from Mayor Fernando Campos Cresp of Miranda, Spain to speak at the city’s first EMS and Disaster Conference. At the conference, Professor Contreras conducted presentations regarding the EMS system in the United States, the September 11th attacks in New York City and his recent humanitarian disaster response trip to Haiti. He also served as an evaluator to the city’s first disaster drill.
Kingsborough Biological Science Student Receives Award At 10th Annual Biomedical Research Conference
Dec 15th
Professor Farshad Tamari and Student Andres Thomas
Kingsborough Biological Science student Andres Thomas received an award, which included $250, for his poster presentation at the 10th Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students held November 10-14, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
More than 1500 poster presentations were made but only 157 participants received awards. The conference theme was “The Future of Science: Diverse People, Diverse Needs.”
There were more than 3300 attendees, including 17 students and five mentors from Kingsborough Department of Biological Sciences. All students submitted abstracts to their mentors which were accepted for presentation at the conference. Thomas, with the assistance of his mentor, Professor Farshad Tamari, presented a poster entitled “Preliminary Investigations of Distyly in Primula Acaulis: Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Short– and Long-Styled Plants.”
Brent Staples, New York Times Reporter, reported on the conference:
President Peruggi Hosts Luncheon for Kingsborough’s First Graduates – Members of The Class of 1966
Dec 15th
Kingsborough President Regina Peruggi joins members of the class of 1966.
On November 22, Kingsborough Community College (KCC) president Regina Peruggi hosted a luncheon for 16 members of KCC’s first graduating class—the class of 1966.
In fall of 1964, the visiting alumni were part of the first 438 students admitted after the City Planning Commission approved the establishment of KCC at Manhattan beach. The students were served by 39 faculty members.
In the absence of a college campus, the college opened at two locations: former Public School 98 on Avenue Z in the Sheepshead Bay area and a Masonic Temple located at the corner of Clermont and Lafayette Avenues in Mid-Brooklyn.
The former maritime station at Manhattan Beach, which was made available by the federal government, became the site for the permanent campus of KCC and replaced the two temporary locations.
President Peruggi welcomed the alumni back to campus and talked with them extensively about how far the college has come since they were students here more than 44 years ago.
Kingsborough Community College Launches New Website – www.kbcc.cuny.edu
Dec 15th
President Regina Peruggi launches Kingsborough's new website as staff members Asif Hussain, Tom Friebel, Loretta Dilorenzo, Bill Keller and Hallory Paul look on.
Kingsborough Community College (KCC) President Regina Peruggi today launched a new website for the college at www.kbcc.cuny.edu. The website went live at 2:15 p.m. The dramatically redesigned site was created by a KCC website committee led by Thomas Friebel, dean of Enrollment Management and Asif Hussain, chief information officer, with the professional services of Computer Generated Solutions, Inc.
The new website features richer and expanded content as well as substantially improved navigational qualities. The site’s homepage welcomes visitors with a clean, concise and uncluttered design, making the college’s presentation of its extensive resources more appealing and accessible to its diverse virtual audience.
The restructured site is designed to offer internet, intranet and student portal. Phase one, which went live today, offers the internet and intranet. The student portal, phase two of the site, will go live at a date to be announced.
“The new website is comprehensive, much easier to navigate and will greatly enhance the experience of our online visitors as well as faculty, staff and students seeking information from www.kbcc.cuny.edu. I congratulate the digital team and the committee on the quality and user friendliness of this site,” said President Peruggi.
Kingsborough Community College Awarded for Digital Technology
Oct 29th
Asif Hussain, chief information officer, Kingsborough Community College
E.Republic’s Center for Digital Education and Converge Online today announced the top-rated community colleges in the sixth annual Digital Community Colleges Survey. Recognized institutions are national leaders in utilizing technology to provide exceptional services to students, educators and administrators.
The survey examined community colleges’ use of technology to enhance the student experience and increase educator effectiveness. The survey also looked at the technological tools schools had in place to increase convenience and provide alternative learning options. Specifically, the survey noted schools’ use of online registration, distance learning, tutoring and advisory services. Technology training for students and faculty and Web 2.0 social and collaborative capabilities were also key indicators of success.
Dr. Sarwar Jahangir Honored by Alumni Association
Sep 24th
Dr. Sarwar Jahangir
Dr. Sarwar Jahangir, assistant professor of biology, was honored by the Industrial Fisheries (IF) Alumni Association of the University of Kochi (Kerala, India), for his meritorious achievement in his academic field. The ceremony was held at the university on August 14.
“We are happy to inform you that you have been selected by the alumni association executives to receive the IF Alumni Association honors for the year 2009-2010 in recognition of your professional and career achievements and services in your field of activity. Congratulations to you from all the alumni members. We are proud of you. Your achievements are a source of great inspiration and motivation to all the alumni members,” said Edwin Joseph, president, IF Alumni Association.
Korean Students Study Abroad in Kingsborough’s College For Kids Program
Sep 13th
This summer, Kingsborough Community College (KCC) Office of Continuing Education enrolled six College For Kids (CFK) students exclusively selected from their school in South Korea to study abroad at KCC.
The six students, four boys and two girls, with an average age of 11 , are some of the top students at their school in Korea: Sang Kwon Lee (“Steven”), Jung Yoon Choi (“Lyn”), Sung Jae Bae (“Brian”), Yong Hyun Uhm (“Tom”), Young Hyeong Choi (“James”), and Jung Min Sin (“Jenny”).
The excited students traveled to Brooklyn with their Korean teacher, Ms. Rachel Han, to improve their English language skills and experience American culture.
Ms. Han said, “The students learn English in their school in South Korea. However, the level of English taught is minimal. During their schooling, the students do not have an opportunity to advance or challenge their linguistic skills.”
Ms. Han learned about KCC’s College’s College For Kids Program through her friend who lives in Brooklyn near the college campus.
While attending the College For Kids program for four-weeks, Ms. Han and the six students explored New York City, visiting the Guggenheim Museum, the Empire State Building, and Central Park. Their favorite classes in the College For Kids program were tennis and cricket. This was their first exposure to the two sports. In South Korea they‘ve only played badminton, not tennis.
Panda House Receives an A from the New York City Health Department
Sep 8th
Above are samples of items sold in kosher vending machine
Bill Keller, vice president for Finance and Administration for Kingsborough Community College, has announced that the college food service, Panda House, received an A grade from the New York City Department of Health, following its annual inspection.
To ensure that the food service facilities are maintained properly the college hires an independent consultant to inspect all campus cafeteria locations including the Beach Cafe, MAC Cafe, Kingsbrew, and T2 to Go on a monthly basis. Inspections are conducted from September through June each year.
Dr. Loretta Taras Among Former Scholars Chosen to Provide Leadership, Expertise to ASM/NSF Biology Scholars Program Research Residency
Aug 26th
Seven former Scholars have been chosen to facilitate the 2010 American Society for Microbiology (ASM)/NSF Biology Scholars Program Research Residency. The Biology Scholars Program is a national leadership program established in 2008 to empower faculty to (i) improve student learning in the laboratory or classroom based on evidence and (ii) lead colleagues in national efforts to sustain undergraduate biology education reform. In just two years, the program has brought together more than 60 Scholars to create and disseminate examples of scholarship of teaching in biology; these examples have been made possible through the program’s independent, but intertwined, virtual residency programs — the Transitions Residency and the Research Residency.
Pinning Ceremony Held for Nursing Class of June 2010
Jul 15th
KCC nursing graduates enjoy speakers at Pinning Ceremony.
On Monday, June 14, seventy-two nursing students, one of the Nursing Department’s largest classes, crossed the stage of the Kingsborough Community College (KCC) Performing Arts Center and received their nursing pins and congratulations from college administrators, professors, family and friends.
“Nursing is one of the outstanding programs of our college, and we are proud of its faculty, staff, and students and of the efforts the department has made to expand to meet the health care needs of our community,” said Dr. Regina Peruggi, president of KCC. “We continue to strive to educate more nurses, to provide more scholarships for nursing students, and to provide the department with the very best equipment and labs. Even as we have increased the size of our class of nursing students, standards have remained high.”
KCC nursing graduates have the highest pass rates in CUNY for their first attempt on the NCLEX licensing exam