Division Of English &
Speech
Professor Elizabeth Berlings has been selected from a national
applicant pool to attend one of 22 summer study opportunities
supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The
Endowment is a federal agency that each summer supports seminars
and institutes at colleges and universities so that teachers can
work in collaboration and study with experts in humanities
disciplines.
Professor Berlings will participate in a five-week program
entitled “Representations of the ‘Other’: Jews in Medieval
Christendom,” directed by Professor Irven M. Resnick of the
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga at Oxford University’s
Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.
Division Of Criminal Justice & Legal
Studies
8th Annual Criminal Justice
Awards
The College of Professional Studies held its 8th Annual Criminal
Justice Awards Dinner on Monday, April 10 in Marillac Terrace on
the Queens Campus. Sponsored by the Criminal Justice Program and
the Criminal Justice Students’ Association in conjunction with The
Office of Alumni Relations, the evening celebrated accomplished
Criminal Justice professionals as well as students who are striving
to become established in their field. More than 150 alumni,
faculty, friends and students attended.
The following awards were presented:
- Criminal Justice Distinguished Leadership Award
- Joseph E. Razzano ‘77SVC, ‘80MBA, Special Agent, U.S. Naval
Criminal Investigative Service
- Criminal Justice Distinguished Alumnus Award
- Thomas D. Hughes, Esq., ‘74SVC, GNY Insurance Companies
- Criminal Justice Outstanding Service Award
- Marie G. Ryan ’92L, Assistant Commissioner, New York City
Police Department;
- H. Craig Collins Award
- Antoinette Collarini-Schlossberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Criminal Justice and Legal Studies
- Distinguished Service Award for Extracurricular Activities
- Andrea Guerrero ‘06CPS, President, Criminal Justice Student
Association
Past honorees attending included First Deputy Commissioner
George Grasso ‘84L, Chief of Transportation Michael Scagnelli ‘68C,
and former Deputy Commissioner for Community Affairs Joyce A.
Stephen, all of the New York City Police Department.
Immigration Information Event
Approximately 100 students attended an Immigration
Information Event sponsored by Professor Ellen Boegel’s Immigration
Law class on April 10. The event coincided with nationwide
immigrant demonstrations. Students enrolled in the class
displayed posters and distributed print materials representative of
many different viewpoints to fellow students who gathered in front
of DaSilva Hall to debate the issues. Students from The
School of Education also participated and learned how proposed
immigration laws might change their responsibilities with regard to
undocumented immigrant children.
Division Of Mass Communications,
Journalism, Television & Film
Professor Deborah Greh, Ed.D., of the Department of Communications,
Journalism and Media Studies, was elected to the office of Eastern
Region Vice President-Elect of the National Art Education
Association.
Dean’s Office
The annual College of Professional Studies Awards Ceremony was held
on Tuesday, April 25, 2006. CPS students were honored not only for
their academic achievement in the various majors, but also
recognized for their service and commitment to the University’s
Vincentian Mission. Marillac. A close-to-capacity crowd of
students, their families and friends, and other guests filled
Marillac Terrace for an evening of celebration of academic
excellence and achievement. Dean Kathleen Vouté MacDonald presented
a special plaque of appreciation to Charles R. Anonucci, Sr. ’78
CBA for his generosity in establishing an Endowed Internship for
CPS students.