Madison Square Park became the center of an event called the Free University. Affiliated with the Occupy movement, the classes, both taught and attended by the public, were intended to be an “experiment in radical education,” according to the event’s website. Over 160 classes were taught and many focused on social and economic justice, like “Class Struggle, Socialism, and […]
The case in support of undocumented immigrants opportunities in the United States will be made during the First Annual Macaulay Students for Immigration Education Reform (S.I.E.R.) Conference. The conference, in collaboration with Arizona State University’s Barrett Honors College, will address the state of unauthorized immigrants in higher education. ASU hosted its own conference during the […]
Students from all seven campuses flocked to Macaulay Central for the Fourth Annual Arts Night, a celebration of the artistic talent found in the Macaulay community. The event showcased drawings, paintings, sculptures, and writing, as well as featured musical, dance, and spoken word performances. This year also marked the debut of The Macaulay Triplets, the […]
The Macaulay Honors Lounge at the College of Staten Island has recently doubled in size, thanks in no small part to the work of Meagan Derbyshire, class of 2013. During a meeting with CSI President Tómas Morales in 2010, the class of 2013 brought up the fact that the Honors Lounge was terribly undersized, and […]
I cannot imagine having my life uprooted. My family, friends, home, school, life, taken away from me in the blink of an eye. Especially because of something I have almost been immunized to after hearing it for so long in the media — contested immigration status. Touchy immigration subjects were always at a distance from […]
The “Best of CUFF” is coming to Macaulay in order to generate interest in the March 2012 edition of the City University Film Festival (CUFF). The three year old festival will kick off a new event on Friday, December 2 from 6-8pm; the evening will feature past winners and other notable entries. Among the films […]
Julia Gorbach, a Macaulay Honors/Hunter junior, is in the running for Miss New York 2012. She is representing Macaulay Honors College in the competition. Born in Ukraine, Gorbach and her family moved to Brooklyn in 1997 and now resides in Staten Island. Gorbach is a media major and political science minor at Hunter College. Q: […]
The ePortfolio system is known as a tool for enhanced learning in Macaulay; on our class blogs we share our insights, keep up with class updates, and the like. There is a small portion of Macaulay students that use the ePortfolios outside of class, however. Held at Macaulay Central, the ePortfolio Expo was a way […]
