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Bill Keller Receiving the CUNY sustainability AwardThe Kingsborough Eco-Festival Initiative for the CUNY Sustainability Award As Theodore Roosevelt once said, conserving our natural resources is fundamental.
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L-100 (Open Lab)L-100 (Open Lab) As a part of our continuing efforts to increase and enhance the Computer Resources available to our Students, Faculty and Staff we are pleased to announce that L-100 (open Lab) reconfiguration project has been completed. Read more...
Dr. Roscoe BrownDr. Roscoe Brown to Speak At Kingsborough - April 10, 2008 Read more...

Kingsborough Community College has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service 2007 Honor RollKingsborough Community College has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service 2007 Honor Roll, a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service and sponsored by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation, the USA Freedom Corps, and the U.S. Departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development. Launched in 2006, the Honor Roll recognizes colleges and universities nationwide that support innovative and effective community service and service-learning programs. Read more...

K.C.C. AthleticsKCC Track & Field Making Waves.
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Pinning Ceremony held at KCC. 68 Nurses and 14 Surgical Technology Graduate. Pinning Ceremony held at KCC. 68 Nurses and 14 Surgical Technology Graduate. Read more...

Daily News - KCC Maritime Makes Waves
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Athletic Report After a successful 2006-2007 season, we would like to welcome you all to the 2007-2008 season. So far on the current season, all the teams have made the postseason in each of their sports and are anticipating a successful outcome. Read more...

New York Daily News about Kingsborough's Project Welcome Program is provided for your information.

Daily News and Brooklyn Graphic articles regarding the state of emergency preparedness on Brooklyn and CUNY college campuses are provided for your information.

Courier Article (pdf)
: Kingsborough's Academic Village one of 15 winners of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce 2007 Building Brooklyn Awards.

WABC-TV Reports WABC-TV Commencement 6-13-07 Click to view.
NY1 News interview with Valedictorian
Helianne Duke by Anchor Dominic Carter. Click to view.

KCC Maritime program in the news!
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Andrew Weyman, Television Director/Producer and Alumnus, to Deliver Kingsborough Commencement Address

Weyman to receive the President’s Medal

Helianne Duke is Valedictorian
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KCC Outdoor Track & FieldKCC Outdoor Track & Field
What a way to start the Outdoor Nationals! The Kingsborough Community College Men’s and women’s Track and Field Team dominated this day. A new school record for the Men’s 4x800 relay. They won! A new record for the Women’s 4x800 relay. They won! Read more...
Kingsborough one of the top ten community colleges in the nation!
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Message From President Regina Peruggi Concerning Virginia Tech Tragedy

Media coverage by the Staten Island Advance and the Daily News of the annual seal count conducted by Kingsborough's Maritime Technology class. The coverage features Captain Robert Stigliz, his class and Professor Anthony DiLernia. The Staten Island Advance video of the seal count can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk_FPcgxtKU

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Indoor Track and Field National Championships
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College Welcomes tourist-trade job courses
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KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE AWARDED $1.6 MILLION TO TRAIN CITY RESIDENTS FOR JOBS IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.
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Body a Celebration of Life Maps
An exhibition of powerful and poignant life-sized self-portraits created by South African women living with HIV/AIDS in an effort to raise public awareness about the global AIDS epidemic March 7-28, 2007 in the Art Gallery at Kingsborough Community College.
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Author Gay Talese at Kingsborough
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Michael WeisbergStardust Preliminary Examination Team (PET)
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CUNY Salutes Scholars!
Kingsborough scholars Honored!
 
“The entire college community joins me in congratulating our four distinguished scholars for their noted achievements,” said Dr. Regina Peruggi, president of Kingsborough Community College. Doctors Stuart Schulman, Harold Connolly, Michael Weisberg and Gregory Aizin were among 231 CUNY faculty members who received outstanding national recognition for their research scholarship and  various accomplishments.
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(Release: December 6 , 2006)

Kingsborough In the News

Daily News:  Kingsborough Offers 2nd Chance
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Kingsborough Alumnus Wins National News Emmy for His Reporting on AfricaKingsborough Alumnus Wins National News Emmy for His Reporting on Africa.

Reporting by CNN correspondent and Kingsborough Community College alumnus, Jeff Koinanage, has led the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to award the 2006 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Live Coverage of a Breaking News Story" to CNN.  Anderson Cooper and Mr. Koinange won the honor for "Starving in, Plain Sight", which appeared on Anderson Cooper 360 degrees.The program, aired last August, highlighted the under-reported crisis of famine in Niger. more>>
(Release: October 3 , 2006)
 
Pete Sampras decides to make a comeback.
He could leave his sneakers at home. Beach tennis — a sport combining tennis, badminton and beach volleyball — makes its official Brooklyn debut Sunday, September 17, 2006 at Kingsborough Community College’s Second Annual Homecoming Day, as part of the Beach Tennis USA tour.
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(Release: August 1, 2006)
 
Harlem WizardsThe Harlem Wizards are taking basketball to a new level.
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KCC One of Five Programs in the Nation to Receive Funding.
In a national competition by the United States Department of Labor, a consortium led by four City University of New York colleges received a $1 million grant to provide English language skills and job training to immigrants interested in seeking employment in the retail and food industries.  The consortium was one of five programs that received a total of $4.9 million in grants.
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Kingsborough's 2006 Annual Awards Ceremony
will be held on Sunday, June 11, at 3:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center.  The College community is cordially invited to participate in this festive occasion that celebrates the academic achievements as well as the leadership and service of our graduating students.  No tickets are necessary for the College community. more>>

 
Jeff KoinangeKingsborough Spawned Intrepid CNN Correspondent, Jeff Koinange.
Jeff Koinange was introduced to reporting in KCC. He travels the world reporting for CNN and recently covered Hurricane Katrina and the Iraq war. Read more...

From Spring 2006 CUNY Matters.
KCC Men's Basketball Championship Winners Wave Athletics would like to congratulate the men’s basketball team on winning the CUNY Championships. The half time score was 29-26 KCC ahead, the final score was 69-55.
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(Release: February 21 , 2006)
 
RETURNING TO THE SEAS SOME MEASURE OF THE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM IT KINGSBOROUGH SPONSORS A MAJOR CONFERENCE ON "Aquaculture- Farming the Seas " more >>
(Release: December 1 , 2005)
 
ING NYC Marathon Official T-shirtFor the third straight time three members of Kingsborough Community College Community have teamed together to win the world-wide contest for the design of the ING NYC Marathon Official T-shirt. more >>
(Release: October 24, 2005 )
 
Opening of CUNY Month at Kingsborough
CUNY Month Opening Wednesday, November 2 5:30pm
MAC Rotunda. Join us as we acknowledge the accomplishments of our students. The Brooklyn Borough President Proclamation for CUNY Month will be read, there will be a ceremony for the recipients of the KCC Wave Scholarship, ethnic dancing, poetry readings, poster contest winners, and more.
Homecoming Day Sunday,September 18th, 2005 Unwind, play, reconnect, get inspired...return to Kingsborough and experience the vitality of the campus today.
Homecoming 2005 Picture Gallery.
 

Brooklyn N.Y. – Lecture by Dr. Bryan Mark Rigg at Kingsborough Community College Professor of History, Southern Methodist University, author of: Hitler’s Jewish Soldiers and Rescue from the Reich – Thursday, May 19 th 2005 10:20 a.m. Room U219 above the Kingsborough Cafeteria .
(Release: May 11 , 2005 )

Best Selling Authors Mary Higgins Clark and her daughter Carol Higgins Clark opened the Kingsborough Community College Best-Selling Author Series with more than 500 Brooklynites in attendance for a chance to hear the two masters of the mystery and suspense genre.Brooklyn N.Y. - Best Selling Authors Mary Higgins Clark and her daughter Carol Higgins Clark opened the Kingsborough Community College Best-Selling Author Series with more than 500 Brooklynites in attendance for a chance to hear the two masters of the mystery and suspense genre. The event was the beginning of a Best Selling Author Series sponsored by Kingsborough Community College in the college’s continuing efforts to offer exciting educational and topical programs to the people of Brooklyn. more>>
(Release: March 8, 2005 )
 
Kym HamptonFormer WNBA - New York Liberty Star, Kym Hampton, to hold open basketball clinic on Wednesday, February 2nd at 2:00 pm in Kingsborough Community College Gymnasium more >>

(Release: February 2, 2005 )
 

Brooklynites Earn U.S. Citizenship and Learn Language Skills, While Singing Songs About America and Learning About U.S. History and Culture in New and Innovative Program at Community CollegeHundreds of immigrant senior citizens raise up their voices in song for the new year and to learn English language and American culture at Kingsborough community college. more >>

(Release: January 5, 2005 )
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KCC Holiday Greeting Card Award Winners Announced by President Peruggi
 
CUNY Takes Job Placement to Next Stage:CUNY Takes Job Placement to Next Stage:
Working on Harbor Waters strong.
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2008 National Report - High Expectations (pdf)

U.S. Department of Education Unveils College.gov (pdf)

KCC 43rd Commencement Media Coverage (pdf)
KCC PROFESSOR AND TWO STUDENTS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AT BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
KCC hosting the CUNY Veterans Film Festival in conjunction with the Stories of Service organization on May 13, 2008. Read more...
KCC Bio Professors Attend Stem Cell Conference Read more...
Dean Fakhari Honored at Fordham UniversityDean Fakhari Honored at Fordham University. Read more...
BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP RUNNERS-UP IN THE CUNY ATHLETICS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Read more
KCC INTERNATIONAL HALL OF FLAGSKCC Celebrates Its Diversity Represented By 142 National Backgrounds And 73 National Languages As Of September 2007. Read More...
A PROGRAM THAT SAVES TEENAGERS (REALLY) Read more...
Getting Help to Enable Herself to Help Others. Read more...
Ms. Cohen is the recipient of 2007 Isaac Liberman Public Service Awards for Career Civil Service Employees. Judith Cohen is a CUNY Administrative Assistant for the Department of Communications and Performing Arts at KCC, where she has been working since 1988.. Read more...
Path to Sustainability. KCC’s Task Force On Sustainability
Holds First Meeting.
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Daily News photo story and a Channel 5 clip of President Peruggi christening the Mike Drucker Vessel
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The Courier Life article regarding KCC's 2007 Homecoming is provided for your information.
CUNY ERP SYSTEM. An introduction. Read more...
CUNY ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning). Read more...
CUNY CONTEST TO RENAME ERP PROJECT CUNY is looking for a name or an acronym that can de-scribe and give meaning to such a massive transforma-tion project. To rename it, a contest is underway. Go to http://brightideas.cuny.edu and give CUNY your suggested name. Entries will be taken until April 15.
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Dr. Stuart Schulman receiving the SATH "Access to Freedom" Award. Read More...
Rickel Foundation  And Kingsborough  Announce Initiative To Support Math And Science Teachers Of Tomorrow
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Kingsborough Community College Pinning Ceremony held.
On Monday, December 18, 58 nursing students and seven surgical technology students, the largest class in the past twelve years, crossed the stage of the Kingsborough Community College (KCC) Performing Arts Center to  receive their pins and congratulations from college administrators, professors, family and friends.Read more>>
(Release: December 20 , 2006)

November Is CUNY Month!
Pat CooperOn Friday, October 6, 2006
( Columbus Day Weekend)
Pat will be making his only Brooklyn appearance at Kingsborough's Leon M. Goldstein Performing Arts Center for the First Annual Alumni Association Comedy Fundraiser. Tickets have just gone on sale and will sell out quickly to the public. more>>
(Release: May 9 , 2006)

New Jersey Brooklynites
Join the More Than 5,000 Alumni Of Kingsborough Community College In Brooklyn

Brooklyn N.Y. - Kingsborough Community College located in Brooklyn, U.S.A., is holding its inaugural gathering of New Jersey Alumni on Tuesday, May 16 th at the Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, NJ, in the Garden State Ballroom from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. Light refreshments will be served and admission is free. more>>
(Release: March 30, 2006)

Kingsborough Radio Station Makes a Move on the Dial

WKRB 90.9 FM IS MOVING TO 90.3 FM, FRIDAY MARCH 31, 2006
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(Release: March 27, 2006 )
Tuesday morning, June 28, 2005, for the Spring 2005 Concert and Awards Ceremony for the English Literacy and Civics ProgramBrooklyn N.Y. - The beautiful view from Kingsborough Community College’s Marine and Academic Center Rotunda will be the backdrop on Tuesday morning, June 28, 2005, for the Spring 2005 Concert and Awards Ceremony for the English Literacy and Civics Program (EL/Civics Program).
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(Release: June 14, 2005 )
The Asian Society Celebrating The Year Of The Rooster Silk, Swords And Fans
Performed by The Chinese Folk Dance Company & KCC Students
KCC Asian Cultural Performance

5/26/05
Kingsborough Community College To Offer Best-Selling Author Series This Spring:
Best-Selling Authors Include: Mary Higgins Clark and her daughter Carol Higgins Clark, Susan Isaacs, Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin
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(Release: February 8, 2005 )
Kingsborough Community College opens bold new technology center to train faculty and staff in all areas of emerging technologiesKingsborough Community College opens bold new technology center.
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KINGSBOROUGH'S PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CRUISE LINE INDUSTRY FLOURISHES.
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