View from University Heights - Bronx Community College

This academic year marks the 50th anniversary of Medical Laboratory Technician program that prepares its students for careers in hospitals and other medical settings. There they run the tests that allow doctors to diagnose and treat medical conditions. Dr. Diane Price Banks, director of the program is our guest. She is joined by a recent […] The post The MLT Program appeared first on Bronx Community College.

The Bronx Community College library combines architectural beauty with the latest in information technology. In this episode of the View from University Heights, Chief Librarian Michael Miller talks about the library's resources, how it managed during the height of the pandemic and what lies ahead for this center of BCC life in the spring and […] The post The BCC Library appeared first on Bronx Community College.

College Now is a free program for qualified NYC public high school students that introduces them to college life. Students experience the richness of the BCC campus by taking college-level class worth credit throughout The City University of New York College Now director Susan Rivera and two College Now students join this episode of The View from University Heights. The post College Now appeared first on Bronx Community College.

This episode takes a look at the Peer Educator and Career Development program (Get PSyCh’D) for BCC students with a passion for psychology, social work and other mental health professions. Student Psychological Counselor Esther Levy and Dr. Emmalinda McSpadden of BCC’s Psychology Department discuss the program’s unique blend of peer counseling and career guidance. Two BCC Get PSyCh’D alumni now working in the […] The post Get Psych’D appeared first on Bronx Community College.

Bronx Community College’s Social Justice Network organizes events and programs devoted to a broad range of contemporary issues, from the Black Lives Matter movement to voter registration to vaccine hesitancy. This episode of The View from University Heights features Tiffany Dubon-Yard, coordinator of the Social Just Network, and four BCC students who are involved in […] The post Season 2- Episode #2- The Social Justice Network appeared first on Bronx Community College.

Maria Pantoja, director of the Bronx Community College Office of Disability Services, is joined by the president and vice president of BCC’s Coalition for Students with Disabilities in an episode of The View from University Heights that explores the College’s broad support for the disabled members of our community. The post Season 2 – Episode #1 – The Coalition for Students with Disabilities appeared first on Bronx Community College.

In the latest episode of The View From University Heights, Clifford L. Marshall II, program manager of BCC’s Male Empowerment Network, describes the M.E.N. mission of outreach, advisement and leadership development. He is joined by two students who talk about how M.E.N. has affected their lives. The post Episode #6 – The Male Empowerment Network appeared first on Bronx Community College.

Recorded on the campus of Bronx Community College before it was closed by the pandemic and heard here for the first time, this episode takes a look at BCC’s stunningly successful “Future Now” program, which has turned thousands of high school dropouts into high school graduates prepared for college. Future Now director and founder Elizabeth […] The post Episode #6: The Future Now appeared first on Bronx Community College.

Eugene Adams, BCC’s Director of Collaborative Program, comes The View From University Height to discuss his many projects that reach out to communities beyond BCC’s gates. That includes Africa, where Adams has forged important partnerships and from which many of our international students come. Two of them join this conversation. The post Episode #5: The Scholars from Africa appeared first on Bronx Community College.

The View from University Heights returns with an episode celebrating Bronx Community College sports stars who excel in the classroom as well as the court and field. Director of Athletics Ryan McCarthy joins two recently graduated BCC student-athletes who have taken their talents to colleges in Texas and South Carolina. The post Episode #4 – The Student-Athletes appeared first on Bronx Community College.

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For Dr. Neil Phillip, chairperson of BCC’s Department of Chemistry, Earth Sciences, and Environmental Sciences, his classroom is the entire world. In this episode of “The View From University Heights,” he describes his journeys with students from BCC and other schools in The City University of New York to places as far-flung as Australia, India […] The post Episode #2: The BCC GlobeTrotters appeared first on Bronx Community College.

This premiere episode of “The View From University Heights” launches the series with a special conversation with BCC President Thomas A. Isekenegbe. He shares everything from his personal story — like so many students in the college he leads, he is both an American by choice and the first in his family to attend college — to his vision […] The post Episode #1: The View from University Heights – A Conversation with President Isekenegbe appeared first on Bronx Community College.