Kingsborough Community College CU NY

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ingsborough
Community College
Annual Report 2003-2004
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KINGSBOROUGH IS NY
The City
University
of
New York
Contents
3.
Message from Regina S. Peruggi, President
5.
Message from Fred B. Malamet, Interim President
6.
Our Campus - Buildings & Technology
8.
Our Faculty - Research & Awards
10.
Our Students
12.
The Road to Success
14.
Our Alumni
16.
Fundraising & Support
19.
Facts & Figures
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Message from Regina S. Peruggi
President of Kingsborough
Community College
M
y first few months as president
of Kingsborough Community
College have been filled with
excitement – the excitement of meeting faculty
and staff, of learning about this wonderful
campus and of talking to and working with
many fine students. I continue to be impressed
on a daily basis by the generosity, warmth and
commitment of the Kingsborough community.
With the assistance of so many who have
reached out to help, this year of transition has
been very productive.
In preparation for our upcoming review by
the Middle States Commission on Higher
Education, we have begun work on an
institutional self-study. This examination will
allow us to judge where we stand in meeting
the expectations of our students and will
ensure that Kingsborough conforms to the
standards that are held for community colleges
throughout the country. The assessment will
In order to directly address our shared
help us to focus on both the short-term and
interests and commitment to the future of
the long-term goals leading to institutional and
Kingsborough Community College, we have
produced this report that reviews our numerous academic excellence.
accomplishments, indicates areas of needed
At the heart of any college’s goal for academic
improvement and establishes our future
excellence lies the faculty. Kingsborough is
direction.
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“But the reason that Kingsborough exists is to serve its
students, and I have come to know and admire thousands of students who arrive on our campus with an inspiring hope for their future.”
fortunate to have a faculty that understands
its obligation to provide programs that will
meet their students’ needs – their need to
progress to the next level of higher education
and their need to advance in the careers
of the 21st Century. During the past year,
Kingsborough was able to build the strength
of its faculty by adding 52 new full-time
professors.
But the reason that Kingsborough exists is to
serve its students, and I have come to know
and admire thousands of students who arrive
on our campus with an inspiring hope for
their future. They work hard at the college
and excel despite their many challenges and
their frequent need to balance academic work,
families and full-time jobs.
As Kingsborough looks to the future, we are
hopeful and determined. We will enhance
and expand our academic programs. We will
continue to recruit talented and committed
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faculty and students. We will repair
and upgrade our buildings. We will forge
solid relationships with business, industry,
foundations, alumni and our elected officials.
We will open our doors even wider to our
community. I trust that, seeing the value of this
college, you will be there to help us. Your help
combined with this college’s enduring strengths
will continue to make Kingsborough a powerful
educational, economic and cultural presence in
Brooklyn and New York City.
Warm regards,
Regina S. Peruggi
President
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Message from Fred B. Malamet
Interim President of Kingsborough Community College
November 2003 to August 2004
T
he 2003-2004 academic year was a
year of transition for Kingsborough
Community College. With the retirement of
Byron McClenney in November 2003 and the
search for a new president consuming so much
of the college’s energy during the following
nine months, it might be assumed that
Kingsborough would be lacking institutional
focus throughout this year of change. Nothing
could have been further from the truth.
Kingsborough was not a college adrift. We
worked on established goals, and significant
accomplishments were achieved. Not the least
of these accomplishments was the appointment,
effective in August 2004, of Dr. Regina S.
Peruggi as Kingsborough’s new president.
During 2003-2004, Kingsborough celebrated
its 40th anniversary. This great college has
is recognized as a leader among this nation’s
community colleges.
This report highlights some of the many
achievements at Kingsborough during 20032004. The year had its challenges, but it was
also a year when I was privileged to work
with a talented group of faculty, staff and
administrators. It was a year when I got to
know many hard-working and dedicated
students. It was a year when I met many in our
extended community who were willing to help
this college. It was a year that I shall always
fondly remember.
Sincerely,
Fred B. Malamet
nurtured thousands of students throughout its
history. Many students come here to take their
first step in higher education, or to get a second
chance and a new start, or to seek a career, or
to become accustomed to a new country and
begin a new American dream. The college has
grown in size from serving just a few thousand
students to now serving over 15,000 credit
students and many more continuing education
students. It has also grown in reputation and
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Technology
Buildings &
and Hospitality
Department. It also includes
classrooms, computer labs, a
Our Campus:
distance learning facility and areas
Buildings
for specialized workshops. Virtual
Enterprise, a pioneering program
The 2003-2004 academic year
introduced by our Tourism
brought with it significant
and Hospitality Department,
improvements to our campus and enjoys two computer-equipped
its facilities. The fall semester
rooms that simulate a business
saw the opening of the “Academic environment in the new facility.
Village,” which is the new home
Our Campus:
for the College Now program,
the Child Development Center,
Technology
the Early Childhood Education
Improvements in technology
program, the International
Students Office and the Tourism were not limited to the Academic
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“Kingsborough is a great Brooklyn resource. I see
it as playing an increasingly important role in the
continuing revitalization of Brooklyn.”
- Marty Markowitz
Brooklyn Borough President
Village they were college-wide.
Throughout the campus, the
number of open access student
computer workstations was
increased by 25%. Over 200
student computer workstations
in general purpose labs were
upgraded. Approximately 40%
of all faculty computers were
upgraded.
has begun
the implementation
of “Blackboard” as the course
management software package
for the college. In-depth
training and more general
workshops have been conducted
to assist faculty in maximizing
the use of this teaching tool.
At the forefront of an effort to
develop innovative technological
alternatives, Kingsborough
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Awards
Faculty Research &
T
he
faculty of
Kingsborough Community
College are outstanding by any
measure. They are actively engaged
in research and creative endeavors,
and they are gifted classroom
teachers. This past year, many
members of Kingsborough’s faculty
received prestigious grants, honors
and awards for their efforts.
Among them are Professor Eleanor
Cory of the Communications
Department who was one of 12
composers nationwide granted
a commission from the Fromm
Music Foundation at Harvard
University to bring contemporary
concert music to the public.
Chairperson Stuart Schulman
and Professor Jonathan Deutsch,
of the Tourism and Hospitality
Department, were awarded a grant
from the Coleman Foundation to
incorporate entrepreneurship into
the Virtual Enterprise curriculum.
Professor Michael Weisberg of
Physical Sciences was awarded
a grant from NASA to conduct
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research in
his specialty, which
is meteorites.
Professor Barbara Ginsberg,
Director of the My Turn program,
was given the Cavanaugh Award
for “Significant and Long-Standing
Contributions to the Study of
Aging.”
Additionally, Professors Georgia
Lind, Rebecca Arliss and Carla
Beeber worked on a grant-funded
project called “Bridges to the
Future” that promotes minority
student participation in the field of
nutrition science.
This is just a small sample of the
truly extraordinary work of our
faculty whose contributions to
learning and their disciplines are
being recognized by important
organizations beyond the
University.
Kingsborough
Revitalizes one
of its Premier
Programs
B
ecause of its unique waterfront location,
Kingsborough Community College is an
ideal location for a program associated
with the maritime industry. In fact, in a 1999
“mission differentiation” report to CUNY, we
identified our Marine Technology program as
one of our premier programs.
In an unprecedented effort to insure that this
program remained a leader in its field, the
curriculum has received a radical revision and
has been renamed the “Maritime
Technology” program. In
Spring 2004,
the
“We have more jobs
than graduates,” Professor Tony DiLernia says.
“People in the industry
keep calling me, saying,
“We’re looking to hire.”
program was
re-activated.
As a result of
an aggressive
recruitment
effort, the program
experienced a
threefold increase in
enrollment. Thanks to
the efforts of dedicated
faculty members like Professor Tony DiLernia,
the Maritime Technology program is now ready
to fulfill the demands of an industry desperate
for individuals with the knowledge and
experience of New York’s waterways.
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Our Students
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“We are the college of opportunity...the college
that will give you a first chance...the college to
come to when you need a second chance.”
-Dr. Regina S. Peruggi
O
ur students are here because they
want to succeed. They want a
better life and they are willing
to work hard to get it. Many, however,
need significant support if they are to
be successful. In order to more directly
address the needs of our students we have
recently opened the Academic Advisement
and Registration Center. The Center is
the culmination of an effort to provide a
centralized facility for advisement related
to registration and
transfer. The Center and
its adjacent computer
facility are staffed with
academic advisors from
Student Services who
integrate their work with
the advisement efforts
of the teaching faculty.
This is a most welcome
addition to our services
and, in addition, was
designed and constructed
almost entirely by
Kingsborough faculty
and staff.
that will give you a first chance…the college
to come to when you need a second chance.
Whether you come to this campus for a
single course or for a degree, Kingsborough
is a college where the potential of each
individual is recognized, dignified, nurtured,
and supported. We set high expectations
for our students, provide an extraordinary
environment for learning, supply the tools
and supports they need to be successful and
do it at a cost that is affordable.
We are the college of
opportunity…the college
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K
More than half a million students
have attended Kingsborough
Community College since it
opened its doors in 1963. On an
annual basis, some 15,000 credit
students and an additional 15,000
continuing education students come
to Kingsborough to pursue their
The Road to
Success
ingsborough Community
College is the leading
point of entry for Brooklyn
students pursuing higher education.
dreams of higher education and to
create better lives for themselves and
their families.
Among the more than 1,100
community colleges nationwide,
Kingsborough ranks in the top
5% in awarding associate degrees.
Additionally, mirroring the ethnic
diversity of the community that it
serves, the college ranks in the top
3% in the number of degrees awarded
to minority students.
Ten Prominent Kingsborough Alumni Who Identify
Themselves As Such
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6.
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8.
Laura Baddish ‘79, President and CEO of The Baddish Group
Lenny Green ‘83, Radio Personality 98.7 KISS FM
James E. Flynn ‘71, Partner and Co-Founder Avenida America Inc.
Tracey Cloherty ‘80, Vice President of Programming, Emmis Radio
Larry Seabrook ‘78, New York State Senator
Jeff Koinange ‘89, Correspondent and Bureau Chief, CNN
Pete Falcone ‘72, Former Major League Baseball Player, N.Y. Mets
Mary Pender Greene ‘70, Chief of Social Work Services, Jewish Board of
Family and Children’s Services
9. Jim Wunderman ‘74, President and CEO of San Francisco Bay Area
Council
10. David Scheinbaum ‘76, Director of Anne and John Marion Center for
Photographic Arts, Professor of Photographic Arts, College of Sante Fe
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“Kingsborough Community College makes a world of
difference in the lives of its students as well as in the
economic and cultural growth of Brooklyn.”
- John Manbeck
NYC Centennial Historian
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Our Alumni
I
n 2003-2004, Kingsborough
Community College
celebrated its 40th Anniversary
as Brooklyn’s only community
college. The college has graduated
more than 50,000 students
since its inception. More than
half a million New Yorkers have
either taken credit or continuing
education classes at the college.
Many Kingsborough alumni have
achieved great success: CNN
Correspondent and former KCC
Valedictorian, Jeff Koinange; New
York State Senator, Larry Seabrook;
Media Executive, Tracy Cloherty;
Airline Pilot and Motivational
Speaker, Lt. Colonel Drew Brown;
Former New York Met, Pete
Falcone; Former New York State
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Assemblywoman, Barbara Patton;
KISS-FM Disc Jockey, Lenny
Green and thousands of others.
Graduates of Kingsborough have
become doctors, nurses, teachers,
business owners, boat captains,
graphic artists, accountants, web
designers and professional authors
to name but a few of the numerous
careers they have chosen.
Many have continued their
education and have received their
baccalaureate degrees. Some have
gone on to receive masters and
doctorates. Others have entered
the workforce after obtaining
their associate degrees and have
continued to move ahead in their
chosen careers.
“At Kingsborough, students are given the nurturing, caring, and the skills
that they need to succeed both at a four-year college and in the workplace. If
you factor in the beautiful campus, the approachable and highly credentialed
faculty, and the incredibly reasonable costs, then it makes sense that
Kingsborough should be the number one choice for students.”
- Dr. Regina S. Peruggi
President
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A gift to the Kingsborough Community College Foundation helps to
transform future generations of students.
Fundraising &
Support
K
ingsborough Community
College Foundation, Inc.,
established in 1982, is a charitable
501 (c) (3) organization that exists
solely to benefit Kingsborough
Community College. Funds are
used to provide student scholarships,
enrich the student learning experience and build the college’s endowment for future generations.
T
he Kingsborough Community
College Foundation and
the Alumni Association proudly
announced the establishment of the
Kingsborough Community College
Way. Prominently located next to
the Academic Village, the walkway
symbolizes the journeys of those
who have contributed to the vitality
of the Kingsborough community.
Engraved bricks, bench plaques and
newly planted trees are available to
recognize Kingsborough graduates,
faculty, staff, students, family and
friends, as well as business and
corporate supporters.
LEVELS OF GIVING
Benefactor’s Circle
$25,000+
Sponsor’s Circle $10,000 - $24,999
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President’s Circle
$5,000 - $9,999
Platinum Circle
$1,000 - $4,999
Gold Circle
$500 - $999
Silver Circle
$250 - $499
Bronze Circle
$100 - $249
Friends
Any Amount
BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLE
Ewing M. Kaufman Foundation
Independence Community Foundation
Manpower Demonstration Research
Corporation
St. Vincent’s Hospital Staten Island
The New York Times Company
Foundation
Barbara A. Simmons
V. M. Coluccio & Associates Inc.
Phyllis Wadler
Robin Wadler
SPONSOR’S CIRCLE
American Express Foundation
HealthPlus
Sumitomo Bank Global Foundation
BRONZE CIRCLE
Quenida Andeliz
Miles M. Appelman
Pearle Appelman
Anthony Barben
Jan Baybusky
Robert Bell
Judy Berkun
Ellen Berson
Uda Bradford
Rebecca Charson
Margaret Christopher
Richard Cockrell
Dr. Avram M. Cooperman
Alexandra Davis
Linda Della Badia
Daniel A. Dolan
Beverly B. Eisenberg
Erlitz & Erlitz LLP
Helen Jay Feuereisen
James Goetz
Michael Goldstein
Debbie Harrison
Beulah Hartman
John F. Hyland
C. Kotler
David Krasne
Marie Schillitani Kripanidhi
Barbara T. Ladman
Christopher Leon
Philip Levine
Marsha Lewis
Dr. Marvin Lipkowitz
Marion Margolis
Judith Mautner
Merrill Lynch & Company
Foundation, Inc.
Raj Murali
Myra Belle Mionis Trust
Maja Niles
Keith J. Oglesbee
Sylvia Okin
Peter Pilchman
Herbert Pollack
Andrea Penkower Rosen
Salomon & Appelman, Ltd.
PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE
Estate of Mimi Nelkin
Thomson Learning
PLATINUM CIRCLE
Astoria Federal Savings
Brooklyn Baseball Company, LLC
Covenant Dance Theatre
Laura Di Capua
Howard Community College
Thelma Malle
Sheila Nevins
Rita Paul
United Way
GOLD CIRCLE
Anonymous
Peter M. Cohen
Anne Rafterman Derby
Estate of John Buld
Seymour Gerstman
Dr. Baroukh E. Kodsi
Fred B. Malamet
Tina M. Montana
Rod & Gun Editors Assn. of Metro
N.Y., Inc.
Stanley Seidman
Moira Weidenborner
Rosemary Sullivan Zins
Cynthia Zirinsky
SILVER CIRCLE
Roberta J.Cohen
Iris Convissar
William Correnti
Susan Ednie
Roman Flikshtein
Denise Giacheta-Ryan
Susan Kampel
Joanne Lavin
Natalie Schulman
Jon F. Sobel
Starrett City Dental Group
Eleanor Stetch
Greg Sutton
Miriam G. Taylor
Roberta Temes
The Brenner Living Trust
Eric Willner
Yevgenya Yakirevich
FRIENDS
Diane Adinolfi
Rita Albergo
Sharon Allen
Charlotte Aronofsky
Annette Astarita
Jane Atlas
Esya R. Bachayeva
Elaine Bader
Betty Baranoff
Norma Barasch
Katherine Baum
Joanne Bell
Barbara Bercovitch
Florence Bernstein
Sylvia Bernstein
Linda Biancorosso
Toby L. Birnbaum
Robert Blumenthal
Dana Borell
Eva Braksmajer
Vera Brenner
Theodora Brooks
Madalena M. Carrozzo
Marilyn Carrus
Mary Ann Cavallo
Herbert Chussid
Allan N. Cohen
Florence R. Cohen
Judith Cohen
Marie R. Cohen
Anthony Colarossi
Joann Colonna
Josephine Como
Ingrid Constall
Joseph Cooper
Rebecca Corrado
Stacey Costanzo
Raquel Crespo
Esmeralda Crespo
Josephine Crowley
Sara Cymbal
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Stephanie D’Amico
Caroline J. Danziger
Collette Desiderio
Stacey Devoy
Loretta DiLorenzo
Gertrude Drappel
Micheline Driscoll
Karen Eichel
Eileen Eisenberg
Phyllis Elk
Muriel Ellenberg
Cydelle Elrich
Benjamin Eskenazi
Francine Feinstein
Susan Finkel
Amy Finkelstein
Ruth Fishbein
Marilyn Fitzpatrick
Estelle Fleischer
Francine L. Fox
Selma Frank
Rennee Freeman
Sylvia Frinstein
Estelle Frisher
Dr. Robert J. Furey
Frances Futterman
Carole Geller
Betty K. Glickman
Laurence Goldberg
M. Goldberg
Roxanne Goldberg
Rachelle Goldsmith
Evelyn Gollomp
Selma Goodman
Elba Grau
Phoebe K. Greenbaum
Carolyn Gribben
Lois R. Guttman
Sally Gwirtzman
John F. Hanley, Jr.
Sidney Helfant
Linda Hellow
Otis O. Hill
Barbara Hirsch
Gloria Hochberg
Lucille Holiner
Robert Ingenito
Lila Kaplan
Harriette Katz
Saul W. Katz
Louis Kerner
Florence Keslowitz
Laurie Komarovsky
Tina S. Kopel
Miriam Korfine
Lisa Koven
Elayne Kramer
Wilhelm Krapf
Jeanne S. Krausman
Sylvia Ladner
Daniel E. Lee
Anne Leonetti
Maureen Lerner
Lorraine Lester
Myrna N. Levy
Rachel Bergman Lieff
Junaita Linares
Annette Lipkowitz
Linda L. Magee
Lotte Mandel
Ruth G. Marks
Teresa Matteo
Eugene McDonagh
Dolores Measer
Maria Mejias
Adrian Meppen
Antoinette Meringolo
Sharon Michelson
Benjamin Middleton
Allan Mirkin
Gloria Palmer
Joanne Palmieri
Paradise Landscaping
Mae Paradiso
Parents Association
of Madison Jewish Center
Shirley W. Parker
Susan A. Paul
Penguin Group Inc.
Fredric Perlman
Marianne Perrone
Judith Pincus
Peter R. Pobat
Shirley Poch
Anna Pomerantz
Rose Price
Prince Hairstyling Salon
Rosemarie Puma
Phyllis Rafterman
Marcia Lea Retrey
Marina Rogofsky
Lillian Rosenberg
Ilene Rubenstein
Helen Rude
Barbara R. Sadownick
Sonia P. Saladuchin
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Diane M. Schenker
Dr. Austin Schlecker
Carol Schneider
Marilyn Schoenberger
Dr. Rochelle R. Schreibman
Beverly Schustal
Allan R. Schwartz
Shellia Schwartz
Audrey Shapiro
Claire Shapiro
Blanche Siegal
Alexander Singer
Gloria Slosberg
Gilbert S. Sokol
Stefan Sole
Selma Solow
Ruth Spolansky
S.B. Stein
Joy Elizabeth Stern
Dr. Carl Strauss
Dorothy Strauss
Stuart A. Suss
Bernard C. Syrop
Lisa Wadler
Nettie Weiner
Dr. Barnet H. Weinstein
Roberta Weissberger
Barbara G. Weisser
Beverly Weitz
Marilyn Whitehorn
Anne H. Wilpan
William Yenna
Michael Zibrin
Bernard Zimmerman
Facts &
Figures
FY 2004 Expenditures by Major Object
Other
Than
Personal
Services
15.70%
10.80%
Temporary
Services
13.80%
Adjuncts
59.70%
Personal
Services
Regular
Expenditures
Personal Services Regular
FY 2003-04
$37,275.00
Adjuncts
$8,618.20
Temporary Services
$6,775.80
Total Personal Services
Other Than Personal Services
Total
$52,669.00
$9,784.00
$62,453.00
Staffing
Fall 2003
Spring 2004
Instruction & Department Research
Teaching
230
253
Counselors & Librarians
Total Faculty
Instruction & Department Research
Support
Non-Instructional
Civil Service
Total Full-time
25
255
74
24
277
83
75
292
696
72
275
707
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KINGSBOROUGH
C O M M U N I T Y
C O L L E G E
A College of the City University of New York
2001 Oriental Boulevard
Brooklyn, NY 11235-2398
718.368.5000
www.kbcc.cuny.edu