Spring 2011 Issue - Lehman College

Highlights of 2010
March
Lehman receives a five-year, $7.6 million Teacher Quality Partnership
grant from the U.S. Department of Education to create a new
“MATH-UP” program initiative. The program will prepare elementary
teachers who are highly qualified to teach English language
learners and students with special needs and to improve the
mathematical understanding and performance of all students.
Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr. delivers the 41st Annual
Herbert H. Lehman Memorial Lecture. A former U.S. ambassador to
Denmark with a distinguished record of public service, Ambassador
Loeb is the grand-nephew of Governor Lehman.
April
Lehman dedicates its $16 million, state-ofthe-art
Multimedia Center with a ceremony
attended by Lehman and CUNY officials, representatives
of major firms and funding agencies,
and Deputy Bronx Borough President Aurelia
Greene. The most advanced academic facility
of its kind in the region, the Center is viewed as a major asset both
for the College and the Bronx community.
May
Professor Emerita of English Dr. Alice Griffin pledges $100,000
to establish an endowment for graduate fellowships in the Department
of English at Lehman.
Lehman College student-athletes are honored for their participation
in the 2009-2010 athletic campaign at the 58th annual
Athletic Awards dinner.
Lehman awards 1,617 bachelor’s degrees and 850 master’s
degrees at its Commencement ceremony.
June
Lehman appoints Ronald M. Bergmann, First
Deputy Commissioner of New York City’s Department
of Information Technology and Telecommunications,
as Vice President for Information Technology
and Chief Information Officer, and Vincent
W. Clark, a senior executive in the New York City
Department of Education, as Vice President for
Administration and Finance.
July
Dr. Marzie Jafari, acting dean of Lehman’s Division
of Adult and Continuing Education and professor
of urban and regional geography, is appointed
the new dean of that division.
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August
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Sonia Sotomayor visits
Lehman as part of the “Dream
Big” initiative sponsored by the
new Bronx Children’s Museum.
Among those greeting her are CUNY Trustee and Deputy Mayor
Carol Robles-Román (third from left).
US News & World Report ranks Lehman as both a Tier I college
and a Top 50 Public School for Regional Universities (North).
New students are welcomed to Lehman with an extensive
orientation that includes an ice cream social.
September
Lehman launches a new Multimedia
Journalism major, designed
to prepare students to meet the
challenges faced by twenty-firstcentury
media professionals.
Lehman honors all those who have served
in the U.S. Armed Forces with a day-long
town hall meeting. The program includes
one-on-one meetings with Veterans Affairs
providers, a government job fair, and a
book signing.
October
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Díaz gives a reading from his
works before an overflow audience in the Lovinger Theatre.
The Lehman Leadership Dinner,
held at the New York Botanical
Garden and sponsored by
the Herbert H. Lehman College
Foundation, raises more than
$400,000 in cash and pledges
for scholarships, fellowships, an
endowment, and College needs.
November
Lehman College emerges in a survey as one of two master’s
institutions—out of thirty-two—with the highest levels of job
satisfaction among early-career faculty. The survey, conducted
by Harvard University’s Collaborative on Academic Careers in
Higher Education, evaluated key dimensions of the work experiences
of pre-tenure faculty. Lehman was one of four institutions
considered an “exemplar.”
At left from top: President Fernández, Vice Presidents
Bergmann and Clark, and Dean Jafari.