Together at the NYC Asylum Application Help Center, we’ve helped migrant families file over 5,646 asylum applications, 357 work authorizations, 174 TPS applications and counting!
Saturday, President @frankhwu recognized President of Cyprus and Queens College alumnus Nikos Christodoulidis with the President's Medal, the school's highest administrative honor. Christodoulidis focused on political science, economics, and Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies @ QC.
The White House has proclaimed it the first ever National Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs) Week
QC is proud to be among the colleges putting higher education within reach @aaaricuny
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QC and the Kinnect Foundation (Kith's philanthropic arm) are awarding internship stipends to QC students working in the fashion industry or a related field this semester.
See eligibility requirements and apply online:
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I helped file the first of many asylum applications this week, an opportunity presented to me as a student at @CUNYLaw
Queens College is next. CUNY leads again.
Queens College will be assisting migrants as they fill out applications for asylum at the city's Asylum Application Help Center, which has already helped migrants mail more than 1,300 applications since the end of June.
📸Credits: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office
Queens College President @frankhwu welcomes writer, director, producer, executive producer, and alumnus @Jon_Favreau to the podium to be hooded as the recipient of an honorary doctorate of fine arts. Warmest congratulations! #BabyYoda would be proud; QC certainly is! 😉
Via auction at the Queens College Foundation gala, a few lucky donors were able to walk away with these exclusive KITHxQC threads while raising money to support our students.
Today's @Google Doodle honors @QC_News alumnus and renowned photographer Corky Lee who spent decades striving to bring to light the underrepresented worlds of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. https://t.co/ek6sI8ziHP #AAPIHeritageMonth#CUNYAlumni
The program, supported by the Petrie Foundation & CUNY Chancellor's Office, brought community members together to discuss how hate & bias based on race, religion, ethnicity & more affect college campuses & how each member can proactively execute their own action & response plan.
QC closed out Diversity Week with the Dismantling & Combating Hate Conference, including a keynote by NYS Chief Diversity Officer Julissa Gutierrez & panel discussion with @NYPDEquity Wendy Garcia, @NickESmithNYC, & @NYCCHR Deputy Commissioner Kajori Chaudhuri.
CSA Beckford serves as a shop steward and has worked at Queens College for 16 years. She loves her job. She greets everyone with a positive "Good Morning Sunshine" each day.