College Accomplishments

Kingsborough Community College Receives $500,000 NSF Grant to Boost Student STEM Research

Led by Dr. Laura Spinu, an associate professor of speech science, and Dr. Loretta Brancaccio-Taras, a biology professor and director of the Kingsborough Center for e-Learning, the initiative will focus on providing authentic data-centric research opportunities for students in traditional and nontraditional STEM fields.

KCC Professor Awarded $60,000 NEH Grant for Book on Children of the KKK

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded Kingsborough Community College history professor Elke Sabella $60,000 to write "Children of the Klan: Growing Up in the Southern Far Right 1950-1990," a book based on oral histories she gathered over a two-year period.

New Men’s Volleyball Team Coming to Kingsborough Community College with $10K Boost from the NJCAA Foundation and First Point Volleyball Foundation

August 16, 2024

Kingsborough Community College has received a $10,000 grant from the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association) Foundation and First Point Volleyball Foundation to launch a men's volleyball program. The funds will be used to purchase essential game equipment, including balls, poles, nets, and penalty cards. Coach Paul Watson will lead the new men's volleyball program at Kingsborough Community College.

Kingsborough Community College Celebrates 59th Commencement, Marking 60 Years of Educational Excellence

June 18, 2024

Friends and family celebrated the more than 1,700 students who graduated from Kingsborough Community College on June 18, 2024, despite the sweltering temperatures. The number included 73 students from Kingsborough Early College Secondary School who had been part of the college community since they were in the sixth grade. After completing a rigorous and special curriculum, they graduated with both a New York City high school diploma and an associate degree.

Three Kingsborough Students Named Semifinalists for Coveted Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship

May 8, 2024

KCC students Sumaya Jashim, Nawel Messaoudi, and Reuben Petit-Noel were among the 459 nationwide semifinalists selected by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation for its highly competitive Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. They are all first-generation college students.

The Aspen Institute Names Kingsborough Community College as a Semifinalist for Prestigious 2025 Aspen Prize

May 7, 2024

Kingsborough Community College has made the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program’s list of semifinalists for the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, making us eligible to compete for $1 million in shared prize funds. (We’re the only semifinalist from New York State!)

Launched in 2010 and awarded every two years, the $1 million Aspen Prize is the nation’s signature recognition of community colleges that are achieving high, improving, and equitable outcomes for students. (Former President Obama called it the “Oscars for great community colleges.”)

The College has made the Aspen Prize list eight consecutive times and has ended up in the top 10 three times. The list will be narrowed to 10 finalists in early June; the Aspen Prize winner will be announced in late spring 2025.

To read more about the selection process and find out who else made the list, visit https://highered.aspeninstitute.org/aspen-prize.

Kingsborough Community College Anthropologist Awarded Prestigious Bodleian Visiting Fellowship

April 24, 2024

Dr. Luz Martin Del Campo, a doctoral lecturer in anthropology at Kingsborough Community College, has been awarded the prestigious David Walker Memorial Fellowship in Early Modern History at the University of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries for the 2024–2025 academic year. She is the first person from the entire City University of New York (CUNY) system to receive this honor.

Sabella's 'Mama las Marx' Named One of Year's Best Books by The Dutch Review of Books

April 18 2024

Dr. Elke Weesjes Sabella’s 2023 Dutch-language book "Mama las Marx: Communistische Gezinnen in Naoorlogs Nederland" ("Mommy Reads Marx: Communist Families in Post-War Netherlands") was named one of the best books of the year by the influential literary magazine the Dutch Review of Books.

ANTHEON wins GDUSA American Graphic Design Award

March 6, 2024

KCC’s student journal of arts, “Antheon,” was named a 2023 American Graphic Design Awards winner in the "Student Work" category by Graphic Design USA (GDUSA)..

KCC Named a Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars

February 13, 2024

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs recognized Kingsborough Community College as being one of the 17 associate degree-granting institutions with the highest number of faculty and administrators selected for the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program this year.

EDsmart 2024 Ranks KCC #8

February 09, 2024

The 2024 EDsmart listing of top community colleges in New York ranked KCC number 8. Five of CUNY's six community colleges were ranked in the top 20.

KCC Spirit Day Fun and Funds

November 28, 2023

On November 28, 2023, the Office of Institutional Advancement hosted KCC Spirit Day, which is celebrated annually on Giving Tuesday to foster a sense of giving campuswide. The event was part of the CUNY Tuesday fundraising efforts, with proceeds going toward the Kingsborough Community College Foundation, which supports the needs of our students, faculty and the College.

Winds of Gratitude

November 20, 2023

Kingsborough Community College thanks NYS Assemblymember Jaime Williams of Brooklyn's 59^th Assembly District for allocating $3 million in state funds to the College’s Offshore Wind Training (OSW) Program.

KCC in the Running for the 2025 $1M Aspen Prize

October 31, 2023

KCC was named one of the 150 institutions eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence by the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program for the eighth consecutive time.

Equity Advocate: Jason Leggett Selected as a 2023-2024 Campus Compact Fellow

October 26, 2023

KCC associate professor Jason Leggett of Behavioral Sciences was one of five scholars selected nationwide for the second cohort of Campus Compact Fellows. Composed of practitioners, scholars and field leaders, the group will serve as Community College Research Fellows for the 2023-2024 academic year, advancing Campus Compact’s work in several key areas.

Open Education Excellence: Kingsborough Faculty Takes Center Stage

September 27, 2023

Open Education Global (OEGlobal) revealed the 2023 Open Education Awards for Excellence (OEAwards) recipients during an OEG Live webcast on September 13, 2023. The winners in the "Open Reuse/Remix/Adaptation" category, a subcategory of the 2023 Open Assets Awards, were Paul Ricciardi, professor of theater arts at Kingsborough Community College, and Michelle Turnbull, formerly of KCC’s Collaborative Programs, for their Open Educational Resource (OER) textbook titled “HUM 1: Modern Humanities — Arts & Ideas 1900–Present Day.”

Happy 60th Birthday to Kingsborough! Founders Day Celebration

September 12, 2023

From an indoor celebration event honoring the founding fathers, to outdoor festivities, including food, games, and two cakes that barely made it through an hour, Founders Day was an incredible success! Those in attendance learned about Kingsborough Community College's 60-year history and the many iterations leading up to where we are today; a thriving institution that has created a powerful legacy.

Kingsborough Community College is One of Six CUNY Colleges Awarded $200,000 Grant From U.S. Education Dept. to Develop Early Childhood Special Education Programs

September 14, 2023

Schools Will Develop Courses, Associate Degree Programs to Meet Need for More Special Education Teachers Certified to Work With Young Students.

From Soil to Solution: KCC's Hydroponics Project Ushers in a Sustainable Farming Era

August 28, 2023

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded KCC a $250,000 grant to launch “Hydroponics at Kingsborough Community College,” an innovative new program to help students gain access to new green careers.

Kingsborough Standouts Shine: Biology Major and Alumna Among Esteemed 2023-2024 Belle Zeller Scholarship Awardees

August 10, 2023

KCC biology major Nawel Messaoudi and class of 2022 salutatorian Beth Rocco are among the six students selected from among 300 applicants CUNY-wide to receive 2023-2024 Belle Zeller Scholarship Awards this year. The scholarships are granted to CUNY students with outstanding academic achievement and service to their community.

Dr. Homar Barcena Awarded Fulbright U.S. Scholarship to Study Spread of Mosquito-Borne Diseases

July 25, 2023

KCC chemistry professor, Dr. Homar Barcena, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program research award to study arboviral diseases such as dengue and chikungunya fevers in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries where they are endemic. His work will take him to Thailand and Indonesia where he will collaborate with other researchers.

Dr. Nancy Lee Sánchez-Badillo Appointed KCC’s VP of Institutional Advancement

July 19, 2023

Kingsborough Community College (KCC) President Dr. Claudia V. Schrader has tapped Dr. Nancy Lee Sánchez-Badillo as the college’s vice president of institutional advancement, the college has announced.

More than 1,800 Students Graduate from Kingsborough Community College at its 58th Commencement Ceremony

June 21, 2023

Family members and friends cheered as Kingsborough Community College celebrated its newest alumni when more than 1,800 students of the Class of 2023 graduated on June 21, 2023.

KCC to Receive $100,000 in Funding from Citizens Bank As It Expands EDL Investment to Benefit CUNY Community Colleges

June 21, 2023

Kingsborough Community College (KCC) will receive $100,000 in funding from Citizens Bank as a part of an additional $400,000 investment in the Education Design Lab’s Community College Growth Engine to benefit CUNY community colleges. Along with KCC, CUNY community colleges also receiving $100,000 each are LaGuardia, Borough of Manhattan and Queensborough..

Kingsborough Community College A Finalist for the 2023 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence

April 20, 2023

Today the Aspen Institute announced the winners and finalists of the 2023 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s premier award for two-year colleges. Kingsborough Community College (KCC) was recognized as a finalist, applauded for their outstanding work helping students succeed in college and beyond.

Two Kingsborough Students Named Semifinalists For Coveted Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship

April 7, 2023

Kingsborough Community College (KCC) students Ahmer Ali and Elizaveta Ulumbelashvili are among the 459 nationwide semifinalists the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation selected for its highly competitive Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. They join 24 other CUNY semifinalists, chosen from a pool of more than 1,700 applicants attending 215 community colleges in 38 states. The finalists will be announced by early May.

From Passion to Profession:Free Doula Trainingfor Qualifying New Yorkers Passionate About Birth Supportto Begin at KCC in May

March 7, 2023

KCC has been awarded $110,000 to begin offering free online doula training for qualified applicants. The 15-hour program will be offered live via Zoom beginning in May. We are partnering with Restore Forward Institute | Black Women’s Blueprint to provide training through our Workforce Development division.

President Claudia V. Schrader Is One of 25 Leading Women Celebrated in Higher Education in Diverse Issues in Higher Education's March 2023 Issue.

https://cdn.coverstand.com/6407/784197/f6f734366bf458a005bd72280722675c9cf437a9.2.pdf

Cannabis To Cuisine: Kingsborough Community College And New York City College Of Technology Awarded Funding To Create Credentials For The Culinary Cannabis Industry

March 3, 2023

KCC, in partnership with City Tech, has received a $1M grant from the CUNY Workforce Development Training Grant/Contract Courses to add credential and micro-credential certifications in culinary cannabis to their existing hospitality and culinary arts programs. Slated to begin this summer, the campuses expect to train a total of 250 students over the next three years.

Kingsborough Ranks in the Top 10 for Best Surgical Technology Programs in the Country by BestAccreditedColleges.org

https://bestaccreditedcolleges.org/degrees/associate-degrees-in-surgical-technology.html#wo

Student Nikki Tam Named DREAM Scholar by Achieving The Dream

February, 3, 2023

Congratulations to KCC student Nikki Tam on being named a DREAM Scholar by Achieving The Dream. She joins this year’s cohort of outstanding students, leaders, and advocates.

Congratulations to Christine Zagari-LoPorto on Her Appointment as President of CEANY

Congratulations to Christine Zagari-LoPorto, associate dean for Continuing Education and Workforce Development, on her appointment as the president of Continuing Education Association of New York (CEANY).

Kingsborough Community College Ranks #1 For The Best Community Colleges in New York of 2023

Kingsborough Community College Ranks #1 For The Best Community Colleges in New York of 2023.

Kingsborough Community College To Offer Online Seed-To-Sale Training To Meet Growing Demand Of The Cannabis Field

December 7, 2022

Kingsborough Community College has partnered with education provider Green Flower to offer three online certificates designed to quickly train professionals to fill the growing skills gap needs of companies in the legalized cannabis industry: advanced dispensary associate, advanced cultivation technician, and advanced manufacturing agent.

KCC Receives Grant To Re-Engage And Re-Enroll Kingsborough Students

November 22, 2022

KCC was awarded $250,000 by the Heckscher Foundation for Children, in partnership with the Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation to re-engage high school graduates who applied to KCC but never enrolled at any college and re-enrollment of first-time freshmen who stopped out before finishing their degrees.

Kingsborough Professor Nanin Serves as Advisor for New Training Protocols Developed by the World Health Organization

November 9, 2022

Access to health services depends on the availability, accessibility, and quality of health workers as well as its health leadership and management. Interested in creating a workforce better trained in dealing with global health issues, Kingsborough Community College professor, Dr. Jose Nanin, went to Geneva in November 2019 to interview Dr. Giorgio Cometto, coordinator of human resources for health policies, norms and standards at the World Health Organization (WHO). At the time, Cometto was working on an initiative aimed at improving the training of health workers around the globe.
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Ribbon Cutting Marks the Phase I Completion of the Student Union & Intercultural Center

October 18, 2022

Kingsborough Community College President Claudia Schrader, Kingsborough Student Life Director Helen-Margaret Nassar, former KCC President Farley Herzek, CUNY Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Denise Maybank, and State Senator Roxanne Persaud were joined by several students to cut the ribbon to the newly refurbished spaces today, marking the end of the first phase of the new Student Union & Intercultural Center (SU&IC). The project was completed with partial support of a $600,000 grant from Albany, secured by Senator Persaud.
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KCC Awarded $450k Liberty Partnership Grant

October 14, 2022

KCC has been awarded a five-year, $2.25 million Liberty Partnership grant ($450,000 each year to serve 360 students). We will be working in collaboration with Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation and serving students located at the Thomas Jefferson campus who are identified as at risk of dropping out.

Kingsborough Opens Its First Satellite Location

October 4, 2022

Kingsborough Community College President Dr. Claudia V. Schrader summed it up best by saying “It’s a special day to celebrate.” KCC unveiled its first satellite location on Tuesday during a ribbon-cutting ceremony of Chestnut Commons, a 14-story building at 110 Dinsmore Place in East New York/Cypress Hills Brooklyn that will provide 275 permanently affordable homes, retail space and a community center. It is one of the first developments from the East New York Neighborhood Plan.

Kingsborough Receives Funding to Expand Career ready Work, Learn & Grow Program

September 19, 2022

Kingsborough Community College received a grant of $710k to expand the CareerReady Work, Learn & Grow Program, administered by the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development in partnership with the NYC Department of Education, and provide 4,200 high school students with courses designed to help them make a smooth transition from high school to college and the “real’ world. KCC is the only college participating in the program.
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Four Kingsborough Faculty-Led Projects Funded Via CUNY’s Black, Race, And Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI) Award

September 13, 2022

Four projects led by Kingsborough Community College faculty have been awarded funding as part of CUNY’s historic Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI), with support from the Mellon Foundation.

Picture This: Scholarships Available For KCC Photography Students

September 9, 2022

The Joy of Giving Something has granted Kingsborough Community College (KCC) $10,000 in scholarship money to be awarded to declared KCC fine arts majors with a concentration in photography and KCC students enrolled in either Photography II or Photojournalism in Fiscal Year 2023, who can show how the scholarship will help in their study of photography.

ROBERT “BOBBY” ALLISON NAMED KINGSBOROUGH DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

September 8, 2022

Robert “Bobby” Allison has been named director of athletics for Kingsborough Community College’s NJCAA Division III athletics programs. Allison brings over 15 years of athletic administration experience to the Wave’s athletic department.

KCC PROVOST ONE OF 31 LEADERS SELECTED NATIONWIDE FOR ASPEN INSTITUTE’S RISING PRESIDENTS FELLOWSHIP

August 22, 2022

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program announced that Dr. Joanne Russell, senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at CUNY’s Kingsborough Community College, is one of 31 leaders selected nationwide for the 2022-23 class of the Aspen Rising Presidents Fellowship, which prepares the next generation of community college leaders.

KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO GRADUATE NEARLY 2,000 STUDENTS AT ITS 57TH COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

President Dr. Claudia V. Schrader will confer nearly 2,000 students with associate degrees at Kingsborough Community College’s 57th Commencement ceremony on Thursday, June 16, 2022. This is the College's first fully in-person graduation since 2019. Journalist Errol Louis will deliver the keynote address.

KCC NAMED A FINALIST FOR THE 2023 ASPEN PRIZE BY THE ASPEN INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE EXCELLENCE FOR THIRD TIME

June 7, 2022

Kingsborough Community College was named a top 10 finalist for the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence for the third time since the inception of the $1 million prize.

KINGSBOROUGH EARNS 2022-2023 GOLD MILITARY FRIENDLY® SCHOOL DESIGNATION

KCC has earned the 2022-2023 Gold Military Friendly® School designation by Viqtory, a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business. More than 1,800 schools were evaluated, with 665 earning special awards for going above the standard.

TWO KINGSBOROUGH PROFESSORS NAMED 2022 MELLON/ACLS FELLOWS

Sara Rutkowski (associate professor of English) and Elke Weesjes Sabella (substitute assistant professor of history) were named 2022 Mellon/ACLS Fellows by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). They are among thirty 2022 fellows from across the country, 13 of whom are from The City University of New York (CUNY). Each will receive $40,000 to advance their projects.

’21/SPRING ’22 DEAN’S LIST

Over 1,000 students were recognized at yesterday’s Dean’s List induction for the winter 2021 module and spring 2022 semester at Kingsborough Community College (KCC). The recipients, representing all disciplines, have earned at least 12 credits during the term with a GPA of 3.50 or higher.To watch the induction ceremony, go to https://youtu.be/Cui6nWCSYSg?t=839

2022 CUNYAC COMMUNITY COLLEGE BASEBALL ALL-STARS ANNOUNCED

April 27, 2022

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program announced that Kingsborough Community College is one of 25 semifinalists for the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. This is the seventh consecutive time the Aspen Institute has recognized KCC.

KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE NAMED A SEMIFINALIST FOR THE 2023 ASPEN PRIZE; ELIGIBLE FOR $1 MILLION IN SHARED PRIZE FUNDS

April 27, 2022

TWO KINGSBOROUGH STUDENTS NAMED SEMIFINALISTS FOR COVETED COOKE UNDERGRADUATE TRANSFER SCHOLARSHIP

April 4, 2022

Kingsborough Community College (KCC) students Shaindy Weichman and Jiahua Wu were among the 440 nationwide semifinalists selected by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation for its highly competitive Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship.

MAYOR ADAMS ANNOUNCES NEW CAREER TRAINING PROGRAM FOR YOUTH IN FOSTER CARE

March 29, 2022

Mayor Eric Adams announced the launch of V-CRED, a new vocational training and apprenticeship program that will provide professional opportunities for youth in foster care, ages 16 to 24, at Kingsborough Community College. The program brings together CUNY, the City's Administration for Children’s Services, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and several private sector employers to support the youth in their education, career and personal development.

KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNERS WITH AMAZON TO OFFER THE COMPANY’S NEW YORK HOURLY EMPLOYEES TUITION BENEFITS SO THEY CAN PURSUE ASSOCIATE DEGREES AT THE BROOKLYN CAMPUS AND ONLINE

March 3, 2022

Kingsborough Community College is be part of a new partnership between CUNY and Amazon that allows the company’s hourly employees to attend college to earn a degree and advance their careers.

ONLY COMMUNITY COLLEGE WITH FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR THIS YEAR

February 24, 2022

The U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that the lists of more than 125 U.S. higher education institutions that sent the most Fulbright U.S. Students and U.S. Scholars abroad in academic year 2021-2022 are now available.

TWO JACK COOKE KENT SEMIFINALISTS

February 24, 2022

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced today the semifinalists for its highly competitive Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. Through this award, the Foundation supports high-achieving community college students with financial need seeking to complete their bachelor’s degrees at selective four-year institutions.

KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE FATHERHOOD ACADEMY

February 20, 2022

Peer outreach can play a critical role in helping student fathers persist in college and navigate support services, researchers say. That encouragement has paved a path to enrollment for many participants in the City University of New York’s Fatherhood Academy. The 16-week program, hosted at Hostos, LaGuardia and Kingsborough community colleges, helps unemployed and underemployed dads obtain their GED and head on to college.

NOT JUST WORDS: TWO FACULTY MEMBERS PROMOTE SOCIAL JUSTICE WHILE TEACHING COMMUNICATIONS

February 9, 2022

Dr. Laura Spinu and Dr. Carlos de Cuba of KCC’s speech communication program presented a paper titled “Taking action for positive change in faculty and student attitudes toward language variation” in a session called “Critical Issues in Linguistics” at the Linguistic Society of America’s (LSA) 96th annual meeting. The paper, which was chosen as one of the highlights of the second day of the conference, offered a number of easily reproducible activities aimed at countering language discrimination in the classroom and beyond.

AWARD-WINNING FITR PROGRAM: A MODEL TO TEACH READING THROUGH INNOVATIVE COLLABORATION

February 4, 2022

The field of technology is buzzing with employment opportunities. It is estimated there are more than 14,000 open software developer jobs in the NYC area alone. To help meet the local demand for skilled tech talent, Promineo Tech has teamed up with Kingsborough Community College’s Workforce Development, Continuing Education and Strategic Partnerships to offer several bootcamps at about half the cost of similar programs.

KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO OFFER BOOTCAMPS TO MEET THE TECH INDUSTRY’S GROWING DEMAND IN THE NYC AREA

February 4, 2022

KCC PRESIDENT CLAUDIA SCHRADER HONORED BY AAC&U AND CENGAGE FOR ADVANCING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

January 25, 2022

KCC’s president, Dr. Claudia V. Schrader, is one of three recipients of the 2022 AAC&U-Cengage Inclusion Scholarship, awarded to currently serving campus presidents in recognition of their outstanding leadership to advance equitable liberal education.

KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE AWARDED $175K FROM JP MORGAN CHASE TO IMPROVE SUPPORT FOR SINGLE MOTHER STUDENTS

January 12, 2022

KCC has been awarded a $175,000 grant from JP Morgan Chase to implement strategies for improving support for single mother students. The College will use the funds to build on work done as part of a national project titled Treasure Project: College Success for Single Mothers (CCSM), funded by ECMC Foundation.

KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE GRADUATES THE NEXT CLASS OF FRONTLINE NURSES

December 16, 2021

Forty-six KCC students took the Nightingale Pledge at a pinning ceremony on December 15, marking the end of their training as registered nurses. They were the first class trained entirely during the pandemic.

VENABLE FOUNDATION DONATES $10K IN SUPPORT OF KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE’S FOOD PANTRY

December 10, 2021

The Venable Foundation has awarded KCC a $10,000 grant to help stock the College’s to-go bags, which have been distributed through our Public Safety Office since the start of the pandemic.

MAYOR-ELECT ERIC ADAMS MENTIONED KCC IN HIS ATTACHED 100+ STEPS FORWARD FOR NEW YORK CITY PLAN

November 8, 2021

Mayor-elect Eric Adams mentioned KCC in his attached 100+ Steps Forward for New York City plan on page 20. "MAKE NEW YORK CITY THE WIND POWER HUB OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD With waterfront assets like SBMT, the Red Hook Container Terminal, Port Richmond, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and others, we have an opportunity to corner the market on wind power manufacturing and other green technologies. We must create a pipeline of education training from middle school, high school, college to educate our young people in this field using the forthcoming Harbor School Middle School, the Harbor School on Governors Island and universities like Kingsborough CC."

IMEA AWARDS TWO SCHOLARSHIPS TO MARINE TRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS

November 8

Pando, the marine electronics hub, mentioned KCC in their recent article IMEA Awards Two Scholarships to Marine Trade School Students. The International Marine Electronics Alliance (IMEA), a 501 (c) (3) supporting organization of the National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA), has awarded two marine electronics industry scholarships to students currently enrolled in marine trade school technology programs. Tyler Perlow, of Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York was awarded a $2,500 scholarship along with free attendance to both NMEA basic installer certification training classes. Tyler is working toward becoming a marine technician and achieving a degree in marine technology while also studying as an apprentice at Strong’s Marine.

THE ASPEN INSTITUTE NAMES KINGSBOROUGH ONE OF 150 U.S. COMMUNITY COLLEGES ELIGIBLE FOR 2023 ASPEN PRIZE

November 2, 2021

For the seventh consecutive time since the inception of the prize, Kingsborough Community College has been named one of the 150 institutions eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence today by the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program, the nation's signature recognition of high achievement and performance among America's community colleges. It is one of six CUNY colleges to make the list this round.

KCC RECEIVES $1.5M IN FUNDING FOR OFFSHORE WIND TRAINING PROGRAM

October 27, 2021

Kingsborough Community College’s (KCC) Maritime Technology program is on its way to becoming a certified offshore wind (OSW) basic safety training facility, with $1.5 million in capital funding awarded by the New York City Council.

KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE NURSING PROGRAM GRANTED CONTINUED ACCREDITATION BY ACEN

October 20, 2021

Kingsborough Community College's nursing program has been granted continued accreditation by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), indicating the nursing program met a set of standards and can be trusted to deliver quality education.

KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESENTS ITS 2021-2025 STRATEGIC PLAN

October 20, 2021

The 2021-2025 Strategic Plan described is guided by our commitment to our mission, vision, and values in serving our students, faculty, staff, and community while proactively and meaningfully addressing future demands. This plan addresses the foundational challenges facing the College and identifies central themes that will guide our path forward.

KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND INSTRIDE TEAM UP TO HELP WORKING ADULTS EARN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

October 5, 2021

Kingsborough Community College, in partnership with InStride's growing network of corporate partners, to offer associate degrees to corporate employees with no previous college experience, the first step for many to attain higher education.

CLAUDIA V. SCHRADER, PRESIDENT OF KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE, JOINS ITHAKA AS TRUSTEE

October 5, 2021

ITHAKA, the not-for-profit organization committed to expanding access to education and knowledge for people around the world, has appointed Dr. Claudia V. Schrader, president of Kingsborough Community College, to its Board of Trustees.

CLAUDIA V. SCHRADER OF KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE CHOSEN FOR ASPEN INSTITUTE’S NEW PRESIDENTS FELLOWSHIP TO ADVANCE STUDENT SUCCESS

September 20, 2021

The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program today announced that Dr. Claudia V. Schrader, president at Kingsborough Community College, is one of 25 leaders selected for the 2021-22 class of the Aspen New Presidents Fellowship. This program supports community college presidents in the early years of their tenure as they aim to achieve higher and more equitable levels of student success.

KCC’S AGING LIBRARY TO RECEIVE $450,000 FOR UPGRADES

September 15, 2021

Kingsborough Community College (KCC) was awarded $450,000 in capital funding from the Office of Brooklyn Borough President Adams to advance vital upgrades to the campus’ aging library.

“With these funds, I am confident your library upgrade project will further enrich our borough and make a lasting positive impact in Brooklyn,” Borough President Eric Adams stated in the award letter.

KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE RANKED #1 2022 BEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN NEW YORK BY NICHE.COM

September 13, 2021

Kingsborough Community College (KCC) earned the top spot in Niche.com’s 2022 Best Community Colleges in New York, ranking No. 1 of New York State’s 37 community colleges. Niche also ranked KCC No. 63 of 845 in their list of Best Community Colleges in America.

KCC EXPANDS ITS VIRTUAL PORTFOLIO: ONLY CUNY COLLEGE TO OFFER FULLY ONLINE ASSOCIATE DEGREES IN ACCOUNTING, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, BUSINESS OF FASHION, AND TOURISM & HOSPITALITY

August 30, 2021

Kingsborough Community College (KCC) has added several new majors to its FLEX degree program: a fully online Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree in criminal justice, an Associate of Science (A.S.) degree in accounting, and Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degrees in business of fashion and tourism and hospitality. KCC is the only CUNY college offering those majors fully online.

KINGSBOROUGH FRESHMAN IS 1 OF 16 2021 LES DAMES D’ESCOFFIER SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

August 27, 2021

Melissa Ruiz Diaz, who transferred to Kingsborough Community College this past spring, got one of the most exciting pieces of news of her life recently.

The 18-year-old Borough Park resident has been named the recipient of the 2021 Kingsborough Culinary Advancement Scholarship by Les Dames d’Escoffier New York (LDNY), an organization of accomplished professional women in the food, nutrition, fine beverage, and hospitality industries.

KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE RECEIVES $125G TO SUPPORT ITS COMMUNITY FARM AND GARDEN

August 26, 2021

Citing the KCC Community Farm and Garden program as “very futuristic,” New York State Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus, representing Brooklyn’s 46^th district, yesterday presented Kingsborough Community College with a $125,000 check to assist in the development and expansion of the program.

INCOMING KCC FRESHMAN IS 2021 CLASS OF GUCCI CHANGE MAKERS NORTH AMERICA SCHOLAR

July 22, 2021

High school graduation day is exciting enough, but adding to it, an email that you were chosen by Gucci to receive a college scholarship and mentorship – well, it’s a day that Lacey Garza said she will always remember.

“I got the email on my graduation day, and I was so excited,” said Lacey, 17, a Bensonhurst resident who graduated from Edward R. Murrow High School and will be majoring in fashion and business as a freshman at Kingsborough Community College in the fall.

A COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESIDENT VISITS STUDENTS ACROSS NEW YORK CITY

July 7, 2021

www.insidehighered.com- When Kingsborough Community College president Claudia Schrader couldn’t greet incoming students on campus, she went to visit them at home. She hopes to turn the “welcome wagon” into a Kingsborough tradition.

CHANCELLOR FÉLIX V. MATOS RODRÍGUEZ VISITS KCC TO CONGRATULATE 2021 GRADUATES

CUNY Chancellor Dr. Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez joins KCC President Dr. Claudia Schrader to salute the extraordinary Class of 2021. "I loved being able to congratulate them in person and wish them and their families all the best as they aspire to new heights." - Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez.

HONORARY DOCTORATE RECIPIENT CHRIS ROCK

June 17, 2021

Actor, comedian, director, producer, and writer Chris Rock, who attended Kingsborough Community College for one year and studied communications, will receive an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from the City University of New York at Kingsborough Community College’s 56th Commencement Exercises on Thursday, June 17 at 11:00 a.m. Mr. Rock’s degree will be conferred along with 2,400 members of the graduating Class of 2021 during the virtual live and pre-recorded Graduate Salute ceremony.
“Some of the things I learned [at Kingsborough] I apply even today,” said Chris Rock.
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ACHIEVING THE DREAM

May 19, 2021

Achieving the Dream mentioned KCC in their recent press release Kingsborough Community College is changing the conversation around student mothers. Kingsborough Community College, a Leader College of Distinction, is one of eight institutions participating in the College Success for Single Mothers Project. Continuing its work to support the success of women and mothers on campus, the college launched the Treasure Project, an ongoing initiative to make sure that the voices of student mothers are heard.

MARITIME ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES FIRST CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE DESIGNATIONS FOR DOMESTIC MARITIME WORKFORCE TRAINING AND EDUCATION

May 19, 2021

The Maritime Administration mentioned KCC in their recent press release Maritime Administration Announces First Centers of Excellence Designations for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education. Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced the designation of 27 Centers of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education (CoE). The CoE designation recognizes community colleges and training institutions that prepare students for careers in our nation’s maritime industry.

ASSEMBLYMEMBER FRONTUS SECURES FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS ACROSS HER DISTRICT.

May 19, 2021

Assemblymember Mathylde Frontus will provide the Urban Farm with $125,000 in capital funding

AAC&U SELECTS 78 COLLEGES FOR INSTITUTE ON RACIAL HEALING

May 19, 2021

More than 70 higher education institutions have been selected to participate in this year’s 2021 Institute on Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Centers, a virtual event that will bring together college leaders for four days of intense learning and collaboration.

Run by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), the Institute will provide an opportunity for teams at each of the 78 colleges to gain knowledge about the structure of Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation in an effort “to break down racial hierarchies and dismantle the belief in a hierarchy of human value.” The goal for many who partake is to be able to host Centers on their respective campuses in the future.

VALUE COLLEGES NAMES KINGSBOROUGH AS ONE OF THE TOP 50 BEST VALUE COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOR 2021

May 12, 2021

With university and college enrollments on the decline for the first time in decades, and tuition rates going steadily higher and higher, there is a lot of concern in higher education that not enough people are getting the education they need to compete in a tight labor market. Community colleges are a key part of picking up that slack, by providing career and technical training, associate’s degrees, and the opportunity to transfer to 4-year institutions at a fraction of the cost of even the cheapest public universities.
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DR. RED WASHBURN’S $40,000 MELLON/ACLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY FELLOWSHIP

April 29, 2021
KCC's Dr. Red Washburn, associate professor of English and director of Women’s and Gender Studies at Kingsborough Community College, was awarded a $40,000 Mellon/ACLS Community College Faculty Fellowship for their project Nonbin@ry: Tr@ns-Forming Gender and Genre in Nonbin@ry Literature, Performance, and Visual Art.

DR. SHAWNA M. BRANDLE RECEIVES FULBRIGHT U.S. SCHOLAR AWARD TO TEACH AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IN JAPAN

April 29, 2021

Kingsborough Community College professor, Dr. Shawna M. Brandle, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to lecture at Doshisha University in Japan this fall. It is part of a project using open pedagogical practices, including open educational resources (OER), to teach American Government and related political science courses.

FORBES FEATURES KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE

April 14, 2021

Forbes recently featured KCC and President Schrader in their recent article Community College Students Have Lost More Than In-Person Classes: How A College President Works To Meet The Promise Of Educational Support, written by KCC Foundation Board Member and Forbes contributor Nancy Lee Sánchez.

CUNYAC SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: MAKSYM IVANOV, KINGSBOROUGH

April 21, 2021

Maksym Ivanov, a member of the Kingsborough Community College men's soccer team, carries an impressive 3.60 grade-point average with a major in Criminal Justice.

CUNYAC NAMES KCC'S TIFFANY BOGLE CUNYAC SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

April 19, 2021

Tiffany Bogle, a member of the Kingsborough Community College women's basketball team, carries a 3.42 grade-point average as a Liberal Arts major with a concentration in English.

KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT VICTORIA FLORES-ALMAZAN NAMED A KAPLAN LEADERSHIP SCHOLAR

March 29 , 2021

Kingsborough Community College honor student and Jack Kent Cooke Transfer Scholarship semifinalist Victoria Flores-Almazan has been awarded the prestigious Kaplan Leadership Scholarship.

KCC CHEMISTRY MAJOR NAMED SEMIFINALIST FOR COVETED JACK KENT COOKE UNDERGRADUATE TRANSFER SCHOLARSHIP

March 5, 2021

Kingsborough chemistry major, Victoria Flores-Almazan, was named a semifinalist for the highly competitive Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. She is one of only 406 semifinalists chosen from a pool of over 1,500 community college applicants nationwide.

KINGSBOROUGH POSITIONS CAMPUS AS FUTURE CLEAN ENERGY TRAINING SITE

March 23, 2021

Administrators at Kingsborough Community College (KCC), who hope to position the campus as the premier training center for the clean energy workers of the future, pitched their innovative concept to a number of elected officials in a virtual information session on Friday, March 19th. In attendance were local leaders, such as Assemblywoman Jaime Williams, State Senator Roxanne Persaud, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, as well as Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, Councilman Robert Cornegy and State Senator and Chair of the Committee on Higher Education, Toby Ann Stavisky.
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CUNY NAMES KCC PROFESSOR TO 17-MEMBER BLACK, RACE AND ETHNIC STUDIES INITIATIVE COMMISSION

March 12 , 2021

Dr. Debra L. Schultz, an assistant professor of history at Kingsborough Community College, has been selected to be part of a new 17-member CUNY commission, charged with re-imagining and further developing CUNY programs in Black, race and ethnic studies.

KINGSBOROUGH AND OTHER CUNY COMMUNITY COLLEGES SET TO PROVIDE JOB TRAINING CITYWIDE FOR UNEMPLOYED VIA A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR DOL-FUNDED PROJECT

March 4, 2021

Kingsborough Community College Six CUNY community colleges, including KCC, receive a nearly $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Strengthening Community College Training Grants program to accelerate education and training programs in partnership with Amazon, Google, and nine other companies and non-profit organizations.

MAUREEN FADEM’S NEW BOOK TRACES CAPITALISM, COLONIALISM, AND REPARATIONS: A POSTCOLONIAL ANALYSIS

A new book traces the “financial genealogies” of colonialism, demonstrating how capitalism and colonialism worked symbiotically to steal, exploit, and destroy resources, cultures, and human beings. The Economics of Empire: Genealogies of Capital and the Colonial Encounter examines the afterlife of this relationship between capital and colonialism in the postcolonial world, along with its manifestations in the massive inequities of the 21st century global economy. “The question for today’s postcolonial critic is, how is that massive loss to be assessed and then repaired?” writes Kingsborough Community College Professor Maureen E. Ruprecht Fadem, a co-editor of the book along with Michael O’Sullivan, a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

THE VENABLE FOUNDATION AWARDS THE ACCESS RESOURCE CENTER (ARC) $10,000 FOR THE FOOD PANTRY.

March, 2021

Kingsborough Community College’s Access Resource Center, the nation’s first at a community college, is your one-stop place to get connected to government benefits and resources. Whether it’s childcare, SNAP, clothing, or transportation, you can get a referral for what’s available to you – where you live and when you need it.

KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE NAMED ONE OF 747 MILITARY FRIENDLY SCHOOLS

February 25, 2021

Kingsborough Community College (KCC) joined several of its sister colleges in earning the coveted 2021-2022 Military Friendly School designation by Viqtory, an organization that connects the military community to civilian employment and educational opportunities.

CARIBBEAN LIFE IMPACT AWARDS EVENT HONORS KCC’S DR. KEISHA V. THOMPSON

February 18, 2021

Caribbean Life’s annual Impact Awards recognizes the achievements and contributions of outstanding individuals of Caribbean background who have created the most impact in their respective career fields — from healthcare, the arts, to advocacy, entrepreneurship, and much more.
By establishing themselves in these lanes, they’ve helped continue opening the path for incoming immigrants and inspiring generations to come. Caribbean Impact Award and Caribbean Healthcare Award Honorees will be celebrated on a live broadcast.

MAYOR DE BLASIO ANNOUNCES EFFORTS TO HELP YOUNG ADULTS OVERCOME CHALLENGES OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, INCLUDING PARTNERSHIP WITH KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE

January 20, 2021

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a series of steps his administration is taking to support New York City youth and young adults, including a restructured Work Learn & Grow program to focus on college and career readiness providing 2,155 NYC high school students the opportunity to take a for-credit CUNY course through KCC, followed by a paid internship experience.

KINGSBOROUGH RANKED #2 BEST COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN NEW YORK 2021

January, 2021

CUNY Kingsborough is an above-average public college located in Brooklyn, New York in the New York City Area. It is a mid-size institution with an enrollment of 7,672 undergraduate students. The CUNY Kingsborough acceptance rate is 100%. Popular majors include Liberal Arts and Humanities, Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration, and Business. Graduating 41% of students, CUNY Kingsborough alumni go on to earn a starting salary of $24,100.

KCC SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACHIEVING THE DREAM + USC RACIAL EQUITY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

January, 2021

We're excited to be one of 10 colleges selected to participate in the ATD + @USCRaceEquity Racial Equity Leadership Academy, a year-long program to develop & implement bold, strategic racial equity plans at their institutions. #RELAcademy achievingthedream.org/RELA.