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*New: Small Group Workshops
Original Release May 2015
Supported by Title V and in collaboration with the Writing Center, a small group tutorial intervention pilot has been launched to assist students who

Faculty Voices – Opportunity To Engage In A National Dialogue
Faculty Focus Groups On September 17
On Thursday, September 17, 2015 faculty from across the disciplines will share their insights and perceptions of

Choiceworks Dialogues Facilitator Workshop
Free Training September 18, 2015
On Friday, September 18, 20 teaching faculty be trained in the Choiceworks Dialogues framework which provides participants with new

Meet the “NEW” Hostos QR Fellows
By Devora Geller, Scott Fisher, Gowun Park
Greetings from the Quantitative Reasoning Fellows! We are settling in to life at Hostos, and are excited to work with faculty and staff

Save the date
Save the date for May 13, 2016. The coordinated undergraduate education initiative annual conference will be hosted on campus. The theme for this year is Walk the Talk: Inspiring Action on the

Centro Peruano PEN Internacional
Awarded to Isaac Goldemberg
Pen Club of Peru Award
“I am particularly happy to have been chosen for this award by the PEN Club of Peru and wish to share it with our College’s

An Influential Bronx Woman
Awarded to Cynthia Jones
Share Her Story and Her Gratitute
As Thanksgiving approaches, I am full of gratitude about the 2014 – 2015 academic year, which brought much professional joy

My Transformative Educational Experience
by Kris Burrell
NEH Summer Seminar
This past June I was fortunate to participate in a National Endowment for the Humanities Seminar titled, “Rethinking the Black Freedom

Botanicals and Metabolic Syndrome Center in Tajikistan
Program Coordinator Vyacheslav Dushenkov
National Institutes of Health Grant
Impact of Mobile Devices on Student Learning in Anatomy Lab
by Zvi Ostrin and

Impact of Mobile Devices on Student Learning in Anatomy Lab
by Zvi Ostrin and Vyacheslav Dushenkov
C3IRG GRANT
Professors Zvi Ostrin and Vyacheslav Dushenkov were awarded a 2015-2016 CUNY Community College

Title V Conference Travel Opportunities
by Silvia Reyes
The Title V Conference Grant application is now open!

Conference grants are available to support the cost of traveling to attend or present at a

Faculty Honor
Project Access Fellow
By Anders Stachelek
At the start of this semester, I was selected to participate in the twelfth cohort of Project ACCCESS that is sponsored by AMATYC. Participants were

Dear Professor:  Letters from Writers
by Heidi Bollinger
One of my formative experiences as a first-year undergraduate was visiting my American Literature professor’s office hours to ask a question about the

COMING SOON! SEPTEMBER 2015
The Hostos Teaching Institute returns in AY 2015-2016 to offer important conversations related to effective faculty teaching practice. The Institute will be repeated for the faculty

Written by Lauren Wolf
Assistant Professor
Mathematics
Too often students come to math class fearing the subject and lacking faith in their mathematical abilities. Teaching math-self-esteem aims to overcome

The Triangle Shirtwaist fire broke out on March 25, 1911, and is considered the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of New York City and one of the deadliest in U.S. history. The fire killed 146 garment

On April 15, 2015 Professor Wolf and Professor Yannacañedo presented a screening of Figures in Flight followed by a panel in the Black Box Theater. The purpose of the event was to create a dialogue about the power

Damany Smith, 21, attended Brooklyn Community High School of Communication, Arts and Media (BCAM) before enrolling at Hostos Community College in the fall of 2012. She is currently a Liberal Arts major with a

The At Home in College Program is designed to enhance academic, social and professional skills. We have over 300 members attending Hostos Community College. Through a generous grant from the Robin Hood Foundation

On April 17th, 2015 the Hostos CSTEP Program attended the 23rd Annual CSTEP Statewide Student Conference 2015 at the Sagamore Resort in Bolton Landing, New York for a 2-day conference. Three staff members, Dr.