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  • Hostos to Serve As Poll Site

    On Tuesday, November 3, 2020 Hostos will serve as one of nine CUNY campuses functioning as a poll site for the general election. The Savoy Manor Building Multipurpose Room is the vetted area of the College designated for election day. If this is your polling site, please refer to the Bronx Board of Elections for rules.

  • Hostos Alumna and SSCU Coach Kerryanne Bell to Debut New Book In 2021

    Bell, who earned her associate degree in Early Childhood Education from Hostos, went on to pursue and nurture her passion for writing at The City College of New York, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in English and a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing.

     
     

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  • Professor Maria Subert Completes Postgraduate Studies at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research

    Maria Subert brings international experience to her work as an assistant professor in the Visual and Performing Arts Unit of Hostos’ Humanities Department. Born in Hungary, fluent in a half-dozen languages, Subert has lived and studied in Budapest, Frankfurt, and Geneva as well as the United States. Her areas of expertise include intercultural communications, moral and ethical communication, hate crimes, social justice, peace and conflict, and identity narratives. 
     
     

  • “How do you teach Physical Fitness online?”

    “How do you teach Physical Fitness online?”
    That was the question Hostos adjunct assistant professor of physical education Elizabeth Cahn had to answer in the wake of Covid-19. After “hours upon hours” of thought and assessment, Cahn found that a mixture of video presentations and conference meetings worked surprisingly well. Some of the videos featured her; others drew on TED talks and a variety of physical education and nutrition-related sources. The video conferences allowed her to monitor her students’ progress as they perfected their exercise routines.
     

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  • EdCast Receives Sixth Telly Award for Excellence in Cable Broadcasting

    ​“EdCast,” the CUNY TV program hosted and written by Hostos Professor Linda Hirsch, is the recipient of a 2020 Telly Award for excellence in cable broadcasting.

  • Roundup on Senate Special Meeting by Hostos Professor Ernest Ialongo

    On May 12, a virtual Town Hall took place under the auspices of a Senate Special Meeting. Hostos President David Gómez fielded questions on issues concerning budgets, on-line teaching, and enrollment strategies. Read Professor and Chair of the Hostos College-Wide Senate Ernest Ialongo’s account of the event.​​

  • Hostos Student Mohamed Aden Accepted to Cornell University

    Even in difficult times, good things still happen. Just ask Hostos student Mohamed Aden. Earlier this month he received a message from Cornell University stating that he’d been accepted into its College of Engineering. He’ll begin his studies there this fall. He graduated this year with an A.S. Degree in Environmental Engineering.
     
     

  • Watch Hostos Community College's 50th Commencement Ceremony 

    On Friday, May 29, Hostos Community College celebrated its 50th Commencement ceremony with a record 1,413 students receiving degrees. The ceremony was held virtually on the Hostos YouTube channel due to the impact of the Covid-19 virus and the Governor’s executive order
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  • Letter from President David Gómez: A Call for Peace and Justice

    Mr. George Floyd’s death at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer is an image that few of us will ever forget. Mr. Floyd’s death comes after a string of high-profile killings of Black Americans over the past few months – we remember here Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, and others whose names we do not know. Sadly, the response of the leader of this nation was to fire tear-gas into a crowd of peaceful protesters, threaten to bring military power against its citizens and pose in front of a house of worship with a bible.

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  • Q&A with Iselle Diaz, Hostos Lincoln Academy’s Class of 2020’s Salutatorian

    Rocio Rayo reached out to Iselle Diaz, Hostos Lincoln Academy’s Class of 2020’s Salutatorian, to see if she could spare some time to share a bit of her wisdom as a brilliant young philosopher. 

  • DIA’s Idelsa Méndez Supports Hostos Community During COVID-19 Pandemic

    Idelsa Méndez’s love for Hostos and the Bronx runs deep and fuels much of her professional and personal endeavors—whether it’s working tirelessly to raise support for student scholarships as a Development Manager in Hostos’ Division of Institutional Advancement (DIA), or championing local entrepreneurs and establishments. So when the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to exacerbate food insecurity for many of the College’s students and overwhelm healthcare workers in the area, it is no surprise that the Hostos alumna immediately went to work collaborating with local organizations and businesses to help the people in her beloved intersecting communities.

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  • Hostos’ Proyecto Access Program Receives $3.6 Million in STEM Grants

    Eugenio María de Hostos Community College of The City University of New York was awarded over $3.6 million by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) in support of the College’s Proyecto Access STEP and CSTEP Programs. The grants, which will fund two separate proposals, will serve a total of 451 students each year and will be apportioned over the next five years.
     

  • Hostos Recognized Three Distinguished Black Leaders and Eight Student Scholars

    On February 18, Eugenio María de Hostos Community College recognized three distinguished Black Leaders and eight student scholars received scholarships as part of the College’s African American/Black History Month celebration.
     

  • Donors and Scholars Honored at Hostos

    On February 20, the Hostos Community College Foundation’s second annual Donor and Scholar Appreciation Breakfast was held at Hostos Community College. Presented by the College’s Divisions of Institutional Advancement and Student Development and Enrollment Management, the event provided the opportunity to thank scholarship donors and introduce them to award recipients.

     

  • Dominican Heritage Month Celebrated at Hostos

    On February 5, Eugenio María de Hostos Community College honored a distinguished group of Dominican leaders at the Dominican Heritage Month Academic Scholarship & Award Ceremony.
     

  • Assistant Professor and Librarian Linda Miles Publishes “How to Thrive as a Library Professional: Achieving Success and Satisfaction”

    For Assistant Professor and Librarian Linda Miles, Ph.D., co-authoring “How to Thrive as a Library Professional: Achieving Success and Satisfaction” with Susanne Markgren was all the passion to help others discover and cultivate pathways to successful, satisfying, and thriving professional careers.
     

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  • Hostos Year in Review

    The year 2019 has been an outstanding one for Hostos Community College. As we prepare to embark on a New Year and decade, we invite you to look back at some of our highlights.

    At a time when the field of science strives to fill the minority gap, Hostos’ commitment to STEM has not only grown – it’s flourished. After five years of not giving up, Hostos faculty earned a major National Science Foundation grant for the Hostos Engineering Academic Talent (HEAT) scholarship program. The award swung the pendulum for the first HEAT cohort of high-achieving, low-income Hostos students with demonstrated financial need and commitment to the STEM field.
     

  • Hostos Student Brittany Lanzano Selected as 2019-2020 Vanguard Award Finalist

    We are thrilled to share Hostos student Brittany Lanzano is a 2019-2020 Vanguard Award finalist.
    The Vanguard Awards recognize outstanding post-secondary level students enrolled in Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs aimed at preparing them for careers that are nontraditional for their gender.

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  • The Hostos Repertory Theater Announces the Premiere of “The Shout”

    The Hostos Repertory Theater is excited to announce the fall 2019 presentation of “The Shout,” a play that explores the connections and disconnects between two best friends who are protesting the killing of an unarmed black man and the cop tasked with keeping them in line.

  • A CUNY Campus Celebration, “LA HABANA at 500: A New York Salute to a Timeless City”

    The weeklong celebratory series “LA HABANA at 500: A New York Salute to a Timeless City,” came to a close Friday, November 15, with a smashing concert led by gifted multi-instrumentalist, Yunior Terry, at the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture. Hostos Community College, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and The City College of New York, in collaboration with the School of Visual Arts, presented a rich thematic historical offering of film screenings, panel discussion, and walking tours. 

  • Employee Alumni Honored at Second Annual Alma Matters Awards

    On November 14, the Eugenio María de Hostos Community College Foundation saluted Hostos alumni employees at the Second Annual Alma Matters Awards.

    A play on the phrase “Alma Mater,” the annual event was initially launched during the College’s 50th anniversary year and is dedicated to celebrating Hostos alumni’s many accomplishments and raising support for student scholarships. This year’s Alma Matters specifically recognized the dedication and contributions exhibited by alumni who have returned to the College as employees—of which there were many from which to choose. Approximately 147 alumni currently work at Hostos, each contributing to the institution in various ways and capacities.  

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  • Hostos’ Annie Peña Gives Back to Breast Cancer Survivors Near and Far

    More than a decade after she was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer, Hostos Human Resources IT Assistant Annie Peña has a new lease on life and is helping other survivors near and far.

  • Award-Winning Filmmaker and Lecturer Joelle González-Laguer Showcases Doc in Mexico

    Award-winning filmmaker and adjunct lecturer Joelle González-Laguer was invited by the School of Psychology and the Gender Commission at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, in Mexico City, to showcase his latest documentary, “ChakalMex” on October 10, 2019. González–Laguer, who teaches in the Behavioral Social Sciences department at Hostos, also led a panel discussion at the event with other scholars on the subject of his film: the Mexican Chacales’ subculture.

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  • Hostos Students Reunite and Rebuild in Puerto Rico

    It has been a transformational and memorable summer for Hostos students Alex Gutiérrez and Christopher Reynoso. They each participated in the CUNY Service Corps—Puerto Rico initiative over the break, restoring homes that were damaged almost two years ago during Hurricane María and forging bonds with fellow CUNY and SUNY student volunteers — including one another.

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  • Study Abroad Program Gives Hostos Student Wings

    Hostos student Jeremy Quiñones visited Salzburg, Austria, as part of the Global Citizenship Alliance’s (GCA) study abroad program — an initiative that encourages CUNY students to engage with issues of global concern and think critically about what it means to be a global citizen.

  • Immigration Resource Fair Brings Information, People Together

    On March 20, Hostos held its Third Annual Immigration Resource Fair that featured everything from special guest speakers to workshops to information for students, faculty and staff. And, it was all about celebrating migration.

  • Student Government Association on a Mission to Enhance Peers’ College Experience

    Though the makeup of the Student Government Association (SGA) at Hostos changes every year, the group’s mission remains the same.

  • Family Trio Tackles Hostos Dental Hygiene Program Together

    Raquel González, her husband, Alexander González, and brother, Jorge González are enrolled in the dental hygiene program at Hostos, and together they are proving that teamwork really can make the dream work.

  • Hostos Community College (CUNY) Women’s Basketball Team Repeats as National Champions

    Call it “Bronx Madness,” because the Caimans women’s basketball team of Hostos Community College (CUNY) are national champions once again. On March 16, the No. 1 ranked Caimans successfully defended their NJCAA Division-III title after a 73-63 win over the No. 3 Owens Community College Express (Ohio) at the Arthur L. Scott Center at Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, PA. The victory made Hostos the only NJCAA D-III community college team in New York City history to have captured three national titles in both men’s and women’s basketball combined. Hostos’ men’s team won it all in 2005. Hostos is also now the only CUNY college with a men's and women's national basketball championship.

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