Conference Opening: President Anthony E. Munroe
Click to watch: https://bmcc-cuny.zoom.us/j/96847247300
Friday: 9:30am–9:45am
Cohort Programs: CUNY EDGE – Empowering Students to Excel During the Pandemic: Guidance with Transfer Process and Well Being
The COVID-19 pandemic has created many unforeseen challenges that has affected higher education, its processes, and most important its students. Specifically, students that plan on graduating in the 2020 spring semester and transfer in the fall semester are some of the most affected. This session plans on exploring how advisors can advise students throughout the transfer process. Advisors will explore the new challenges that this pandemic has created for the transfer process including college open house presentations, transportation and virtual or on-campus classes to name a few. Additionally, advisors will explore how to empower students to complete graduation and follow though with the transfer process even in the midst of an uncertain future.
Presenters:
- Okyeraa Ohene-Asah
- Andy Piña
- Marlena Santiago
- Roseanny C. De La Cruz
Click to watch: https://bmcc-cuny.zoom.us/j/94920430425
Friday: 9:45am – 10:30am
Cohort Programs: BMCC Learning Academy – The Long Game: Implementing Interactive, Twelve-Week Transfer Advisement Seminars
Panelists from the BMCC Learning Academy will summarize their work developing and teaching two different twelve-week, transfer-focused success seminars: Transfer Exploration, which covers transfer research, defining a “best fit” college, and navigating college applications; and Graduate Advantage, which is for students in their last semester at BMCC and covers more complicated transfer research, self-advocacy, help-seeking, and connecting to campus. The online panel will feature a student who has taken the Learning Academy’s transfer seminars.
Presenters:
- Sara Crosby
- James Nadeau
- Cindy Louissaint
Click to watch: https://bmcc-cuny.zoom.us/s/96629365097
Friday: 9:45am – 10:30am
Cohort Programs: College Discovery
This session will provide a brief overview of the College Discovery Program across CUNY. One of the primary benefits for CD students is that they can transfer their benefits into their selected four-year college within CUNY, SUNY, and Private colleges. We will share our model and the intended design to provide a seamless transition for our students, with a full package of support at their senior college.
Presenters:
- Pedro Perez, BMCC, College Discovery Director
- Kristy Perez, Baruch College, SEEK Director
Click to watch: https://bmcc-cuny.zoom.us/j/97752900838
Friday: 9:45am – 10:30am
Pedro Perez
Kristy Perez
CUNY Transfer Panel
BMCC has a strong relationship and many articulation agreements with its CUNY partners: Brooklyn College, Hunter College, and New York City College of Technology. All three are important transfer destinations for BMCC students. Representatives from each college will highlight their most competitive programs and address all of your transfer related questions.
Presenters:
- Larry Bosket, Assistant Director of Admissions, Brooklyn College
- Anne Lanza, Admissions Counselor, Hunter College
- Chastity Norman, Transfer Specialist, New York City College of Technology
- Catherine Zonsky, Associate Director of Academic Advising Center, Queens College
Click to watch: https://bmcc-cuny.zoom.us/s/99241701454
Friday: 11:30am – 12:30pm
Larry Bosket
Anne Lanza
Chastity Norman
Catherine Zonsky
Breakout Sessions: Law with Rick Naughton
The Importance of Early Pre-law Advisement for Transfer Students
Transfer students are usually at a huge disadvantage if they intend to go to law school right after college. That’s because many of them will be taking the LSAT by the end of their first year at the senior college and applying to law school just a few months later. Without proper pre-law advisement over their first few years in college, these transfer students lack the necessary preparation they need to gain admission to law school. As a result, it is critical that all BMCC students interested in attending law school have solid pre-law advisement right now. If you want to learn how to better advise and support these pre-law students, this session is right for you.
Click to watch: https://bmcc-cuny.zoom.us/j/99865051673
Friday: 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Breakout Sessions: Fashion with Juantiesha Christian
New York City is the hub of the fashion industry in the United States and home to some of the most notable fashion schools in North America. In the competitive field of fashion, it important for individuals to cultivate a sense of uniqueness and creativity, along with a Bachelor’s degree. As academic advisors, it is important that we can use our knowledge of the local and global fashion industries, associated careers and educational options to help usher BMCC students into the next phase in their educational career. In this session, advisors will get a better understanding of six Fashion Schools in the area, their niche and the transfer requirements, so we can effectively guide our students into a school that fits their needs. We will also address the most suitable BMCC programs and courses for transferring into a fashion program, portfolio guidance and courses that will help create it, career information and unique jobs, as well as transfer scholarships and other funding opportunities.
Click to watch: https://bmcc-cuny.zoom.us/j/91563480300
Friday: 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Breakout Sessions: UMLA with Ashtian Holmes
Integrating Culture and the Whole Person for Transfer
Counseling Open Forum: Caring for the Caregiver