CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu Welcome to the City University of New York’s individualized degree, where you create your own major in collaboration with a faculty mentor. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:31:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Welcome to the City University of New York’s individualized degree, where you create your own major in collaboration with a faculty mentor. CUNY Baccalaureate cuny, baccalaureate, unique, interdisciplinary, individualized, degree no CUNY Baccalaureate cunyba@gc.cuny.edu Introducing Thomas W. Smith, CUNY BA Benefactor http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/blog/introducing-thomas-w-smith-cuny-ba-benefactor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/blog/introducing-thomas-w-smith-cuny-ba-benefactor/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:28:10 +0000 Lidija Markes, Scholarships & Alumni Affairs http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2968 Mr and Mrs Smith have been supporting CUNY Baccalaureate students for 15 years, funding scholarships for well over 500 Smith Fellows. For more information about the Smith Fellowship, please visit http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/scholarships-cunyba/#thomaswsmith

]]> http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/blog/introducing-thomas-w-smith-cuny-ba-benefactor/feed/ 1 <p>Mr and Mrs Smith have been supporting CUNY Baccalaureate students for 15 years, funding scholarships for well over 500 Smith Fellows. For more information about the Smith Fellowship, please visit <a rel="nofollow" href="http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/scholarships-cunyba/#thomaswsmith" target="_blank">http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/scholarships-cunyba/#thomaswsmith</a></p> Mr and Mrs Smith have been supporting CUNY Baccalaureate students for 15 years, funding scholarships for well over 500 Smith Fellows. For more information about the Smith Fellowship, please visit [...] Professor Pamela Falk Speaks at 2009 Commencement http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/blog/professor-pamela-falk-speaks-at-2009-commencement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/blog/professor-pamela-falk-speaks-at-2009-commencement/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:27:15 +0000 Lidija Markes, Scholarships & Alumni Affairs http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2829 The Commencement Speech on Behalf of the Faculty Mentors was given by Professor Pamela S. Falk, Distinguished Lecturer of Political Science and International Law at Hunter College, where she teaches international relations and American foreign policy courses and is the faculty advisor for Hunter College’s Model U.N. Team.

]]> http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/blog/professor-pamela-falk-speaks-at-2009-commencement/feed/ 1 <p><strong>The Commencement Speech on Behalf of the Faculty Mentors </strong>was given by <strong>Professor Pamela S. Falk</strong>, Distinguished Lecturer of Political Science and International Law at Hunter College, where she teaches international relations and American foreign policy courses and is the faculty advisor for Hunter College’s Model U.N. Team.</p> The Commencement Speech on Behalf of the Faculty Mentors was given by Professor Pamela S. Falk, Distinguished Lecturer of Political Science and International Law at Hunter College, where she teaches international relations and American foreign [...] Mohamad Bazzi (Class of 1997) Speaks at 2009 Commencement http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/blog/podcast-mohamad-bazzi-class-of-1997-speaks-at-2009-commencement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/blog/podcast-mohamad-bazzi-class-of-1997-speaks-at-2009-commencement/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:27:14 +0000 Lidija Markes, Scholarships & Alumni Affairs http://www.interdisciplinaryCUNY.com/?p=289
The Keynote Commencement Speech was given by Journalist Mohamad Bazzi, a 1997 graduate of CUNY Baccalaureate, is assistant professor of journalism at New York University. He was the 2007-08 Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations; from 2003 until 2007 he was the Middle East bureau chief at Newsday, based in Beirut and responsible for covering the Arab world. He was the lead writer on the Iraq war and its aftermath, setting up Newsday bureaus in Baghdad and Beirut.

]]> http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/blog/podcast-mohamad-bazzi-class-of-1997-speaks-at-2009-commencement/feed/ 0 <p><br /> The Keynote Commencement Speech was given by Journalist Mohamad Bazzi, a 1997 graduate of CUNY Baccalaureate, is assistant professor of journalism at New York University. He was the 2007-08 Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations; from 2003 until 2007 he was the Middle East bureau chief at Newsday, based in Beirut and responsible for covering the Arab world. He was the lead writer on the Iraq war and its aftermath, setting up Newsday bureaus in Baghdad and Beirut.</p> The Keynote Commencement Speech was given by Journalist Mohamad Bazzi, a 1997 graduate of CUNY Baccalaureate, is assistant professor of journalism at New York University. He was the 2007-08 Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow at the Council on Foreign [...] “Tom’s Penny” by Meghan Duffy (Class of 1999) http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/blog/podcast-%e2%80%9ctom%e2%80%99s-penny%e2%80%9d-by-meghan-duffy-class-of-1999/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/blog/podcast-%e2%80%9ctom%e2%80%99s-penny%e2%80%9d-by-meghan-duffy-class-of-1999/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:19:22 +0000 Lidija Markes, Scholarships & Alumni Affairs http://www.interdisciplinaryCUNY.com/?p=270 In October 2007, CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies and Mr. Smith hosted a reception celebrating 500 Thomas W. Smith Academic Fellowships.

Mr Smith has been supporting CUNY Baccalaureate students for the past 16 years with annual contributions totaling, to date, over $3,000,000. Every year, when he addresses the new fellows, Tom uses as a metaphor – for persistence and the value of adding to one’s knowledge day by day – of how a single penny when doubled every day will yield millions of dollars after only one month.

The song you can listen to here, “Tom’s Penny,” was written for this events and performed by a former Smith Fellow, Meghan Duffy, who is currently a PhD candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center. Ms Duffy wrote the lyrics for the song which was also recorded on a CD and given to all attendees as a gift.

Hope you enjoy the song!

]]> http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/blog/podcast-%e2%80%9ctom%e2%80%99s-penny%e2%80%9d-by-meghan-duffy-class-of-1999/feed/ 0 <p>In October 2007, CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies and Mr. Smith hosted a reception celebrating 500 Thomas W. Smith Academic Fellowships.</p> <p>Mr Smith has been supporting CUNY Baccalaureate students for the past 16 years with annual contributions totaling, to date, over $3,000,000. Every year, when he addresses the new fellows, Tom uses as a metaphor – for persistence and the value of adding to one’s knowledge day by day – of how a single penny when doubled every day will yield millions of dollars after only one month.</p> <p>The song you can listen to here, “Tom’s Penny,” was written for this events and performed by a former Smith Fellow, Meghan Duffy, who is currently a PhD candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center. Ms Duffy wrote the lyrics for the song which was also recorded on a CD and given to all attendees as a gift.</p> <p>Hope you enjoy the song!</p> In October 2007, CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies and Mr. Smith hosted a reception celebrating 500 Thomas W. Smith Academic Fellowships. Mr Smith has been supporting CUNY Baccalaureate students for the past 16 years with [...] Marlaina Powell Speaks On Behalf of Class of 2009 http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/blog/podcast-marlaina-powell-speaks-on-behalf-of-class-of-2009/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/blog/podcast-marlaina-powell-speaks-on-behalf-of-class-of-2009/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:55:51 +0000 Lidija Markes, Scholarships & Alumni Affairs http://www.interdisciplinaryCUNY.com/?p=259 Marlaina Powell, June 2009 graduate (Thomas W. Smith Fellow, Area of Concentration: Performing Arts), a Broadway actor who hopes to go on to graduate school in Performance Studies, spoke on behalf of Class of 2009 at June 3, 2009 CUNY Baccalaureate Commencement.

]]> http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/blog/podcast-marlaina-powell-speaks-on-behalf-of-class-of-2009/feed/ 0 <p><strong><span>Marlaina Powell, June 2009 graduate</span></strong><strong> </strong>(Thomas W. Smith Fellow, Area of Concentration: <em>Performing Arts</em>), a Broadway actor who hopes to go on to graduate school in Performance Studies, spoke on behalf of Class of 2009 at June 3, 2009 CUNY Baccalaureate Commencement.</p> Marlaina Powell, June 2009 graduate (Thomas W. Smith Fellow, Area of Concentration: Performing Arts), a Broadway actor who hopes to go on to graduate school in Performance Studies, spoke on behalf of Class of 2009 at June 3, 2009 CUNY [...] CUNY Baccalaureate Inaugural Podcast: Working with a Mentor http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/blog/cuny-baccalaureate-inaugural-podcast-working-with-a-mentor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/blog/cuny-baccalaureate-inaugural-podcast-working-with-a-mentor/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:04:47 +0000 Rebecca Journey http://www.interdisciplinaryCUNY.com/?p=249 I have been working with Professor Falk for the past two years, taking three of her classes along the way and traveling with her to Model United Nations conferences at Harvard and Columbia University.  Her specialized knowledge in Latin American politics has been enormously helpful in focusing my research with Argentina’s Niños Desaparecidos.  Professor Falk’s guidance and support have been instrumental in shaping my academic career.

In this podcast, Professor Falk and I discuss finding a mentor and working with a mentor as an essential part of the CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies experience.

-Rebecca Journey, International Relations/Comparative Literature ‘09

]]> http://cunyba.gc.cuny.edu/blog/cuny-baccalaureate-inaugural-podcast-working-with-a-mentor/feed/ 0 <p>I have been working with Professor Falk for the past two years, taking three of her classes along the way and traveling with her to Model United Nations conferences at Harvard and Columbia University.  Her specialized knowledge in Latin American politics has been enormously helpful in focusing my research with Argentina’s <em>Niños Desaparecidos</em>.  Professor Falk’s guidance and support have been instrumental in shaping my academic career.</p> <p>In this podcast, Professor Falk and I discuss finding a mentor and working with a mentor as an essential part of the CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies experience.</p> <p>-Rebecca Journey, International Relations/Comparative Literature ‘09</p> I have been working with Professor Falk for the past two years, taking three of her classes along the way and traveling with her to Model United Nations conferences at Harvard and Columbia University.  Her specialized knowledge in Latin American [...]