Northfield Bank Foundation Awards CSI $25K for
Internship Program
CSI
students and Staten Island not-for-profit organizations will benefit
from $25,000 in funding from Northfield Bank Foundation. The funds
will sustain a program to provide stipends for CSI students with
financial need who intern at various not-for-profit agencies in the
borough.
Presidential Investiture and Afternoon Awards
Ceremony Complement Commencement Day
Commencement Day at
CSI realized
the dreams and ambitions of 2,376 students, as they received degrees
for their hard work and determination. The College also celebrated the Investiture of Tomás D.
Morales as CSI’s third president and held a recognition ceremony for the contributions of
members of its faculty, staff, and supporters.
CSI Showcases Budding Researchers
Undergraduate
students at CSI recently had the opportunity to present their
research to the College community at the seventh annual
Undergraduate Conference on Research, Scholarship, and Performance.
The conference featured 75 posters, representing the work of 130 CSI
students and their 42 faculty mentors, as well as four performances
that spotlighted theater and student musical composition.
CSI is First in Nation to offer Nursing Certificate in
Cultural Competence
In
an effort to address the critical need for cultural competence in
the health care profession, CSI's Nursing Department will launch a
new Advanced Certificate in Cultural Competence program this fall,
the first certificate program of its kind in the nation.
The program is the brainchild of Marianne Jeffreys, who points out
the importance of being culturally competent in the health care
field.
CSI Celebrates “Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work” Day
Over 90 children of faculty and staff members at CSI were issued
photo ID cards identifying them as college students before being
treated to an action-packed day of campus events on “Bring Our
Daughters and Sons to Work” Day.
After a basketball clinic and a geology lab, CSI's youngest received
acting lessons from George Emilio Sanchez, with a focus on
lighthearted exercises in imagination and creativity.
CSI Is Recognized for Easing Commutes of Students
and Staff
A new shuttle service, a fleet of electric cars, extended bus
service and bike facilities scored top honors for the College of
Staten Island at the Regional Commuter Choice Awards, presented
yesterday in Manhattan's Whitehall Ferry Terminal.
The Willowbrook college netted both the New York City Department of
Transportation's prestigious Leadership Award and an Innovator Award
for its strides in easing commutes for its staff and students.
Residence Hall Project: CSI prepares for residence life.
Residence
halls housing 600 students may be ready in two years at the College
of Staten Island, serving to lure scholars from around the nation
and the globe to the school, its president told the Advance.
"It's an exciting project, a long time in coming," Dr. Tomas D.
Morales, CSI's president, said in an interview. "We're hoping to
provide students with the opportunity to have a collegiate
residential experience. Students from Staten Island will live with
students from other parts of the country and other parts of the
world. We feel it's going to be a major transformational development
at the college."
Commencement Day at
CSI realized
the dreams and ambitions of 2,376 students, as they received degrees
for their hard work and determination. The College also celebrated the Investiture of Tomás D.
Morales as CSI’s third president and held a recognition ceremony for the contributions of
members of its faculty, staff, and supporters.
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