“A lot of the skills you learn in college are just life lessons.” ~ Kevin Ryan, Founder of Gilt Groupe, Business Insider, and MongoDB The dynamic nature of modern demands has left students and academic counselors perplexed about what will make today’s students successful as tomorrow’s leaders. Academic excellence doesn’t seem to be enough in…
Two Macaulay students are introducing a fresh and interesting perspective to feminist conversation with their new video series Feminist Freestyles, produced by SlamPow! Productions. “We hope this series will connect with viewers and serve an underfed Youtube audience looking for queer black feminist content,” says producer Samantha Riddell. SlamPow! Productions, created by Macaulay’s own Shanika…
Hosted by Macaulay’s Diversity Initiative on September 19th, the 2014 Students of Color Welcome Reception sought to bring together students of different races. The reception was held in the basement of the Macaulay Honors College building, and it was very informal, with people coming in and leaving whenever they wished. There were comfortable lounge chairs…
Rahul: Good afternoon, we are so happy to have here with us today Dean Ann Kirschner. For our readers and listeners, Dean Kirschner is the University Dean at the Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York. Dean Kirschner received her undergraduate degree at SUNY Buffalo and her master’s from the University of…
Photos provided by event photographer Patryk Perkowski Macaulay Arts Night transformed the West 67th Street brownstone into a flourishing gallery of art forms, ranging from caricature, origami sculpture, and dance workshops to amazing paintings, drawings, and written work. The brownstone filled and emptied throughout the night as students from all campuses stopped by to perform,…
I have been trying to get myself to Macaulay’s Arts Night for the last two years. Inevitably, something comes up every year: an exam, a paper, etc. This year, I vowed that I would submit a piece and attend the event. On April 26th, I put on a polka dot dress and tights (I always…
“Before we started this club, we never experienced certain forms of dance,” says Danielle Gordon, co-president of The Macaulay Dancers, one of Macaulay’s rising clubs. The Macaulay Dancers is comprised of Macaulay students from various campuses and focuses on a range of dances, including modern dance, jazz, Bollywood, hip-hop, and tap. The team has performed…
The Marauders Quidditch Team took home the trophy for Knight’s Cup held at Rutgers University on March 8, after winning two out of two matches and obtaining the highest scores. “The team needed some validation before World Cup and this was the perfect way to get it,” said Seeker Andrew Zagelbaum. “Our team worked so hard for…
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ~ Mark Twain I have watched my young cousin go from drawing nonsensical scribbles to laboring over writing each letter of a word to reading long books. She is in fifth grade now, and a few months ago, she told…
It’s not often that a web series is produced by a university student, at least not a series as good as the one directed and written by Macaulay’s own Rachel Finley, City ’16. On March 8th, in the crowded viewing room at the Macaulay building, the Puffy Slick’s team aired the first two episodes of…
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