3 Practical Tips to Prepare for Online Learning
By Nathan Schiller, Director of Academic Support As MCNY begins its two-week test period for moving all courses online in light of the COVID-19 situation, the LEC would like to offer some practical advice for ensuring a smooth transition. Getting comfortable with Moodle: If you’ve already taken an online class at MCNY, you know that everything happens in Moodle. Moodle [...]
ANNOUNCEMENT to Students from MCNY President Joanne Passaro
Dear Students, As the College continues to prepare for emerging contingencies related to COVID-19, we have decided to move forward with a two-week test of our online capacity. All courses in the Spring 2020 semester will begin to be taught online effective Monday, March 16, 2020. Your faculty members will be contacting you with information about how to complete your [...]
ANNOUNCEMENT to Faculty and Staff from President Joanne Passaro
Dear Colleagues, As we continue to prepare for emerging contingencies related to COVID-19, we have decided to move forward with a two-week test of the College’s online instructional and student support capacity beginning Monday, March 16, 2020. All faculty teaching in the Spring 2020 semester are expected to begin teaching all courses online effective Monday, March 16. Details follow below; [...]
The Cooperative Economy and Communities of Color
By Natalia Sucre, Instruction & Digital Services Librarian The Background In early February, the MCNY community witnessed on stage a seldom discussed story: the flourishing of autonomous, Black prosperity in early twentieth-century America. The play Greenwood: An American Dream Destroyed documents how racism violently disrupted that prosperity, but it also powerfully conjures and lingers on the rich community that was [...]
Coronavirus Update
Dear Members of the MCNY Community, Metropolitan College of New York continues to monitor the status of the COVID-19 virus. While there is much that is still unknown, we remain in close contact with our peer institutions, as well as New York City, State and federal officials, as we continue regular operations. We know that this situation has many people [...]
Kerry-Ann Bell – A Degree in Advocating for Victims of Domestic Violence
Please join us in congratulating Kerry-Ann Bell on her acceptance into the "Teach For America" program. Teach For America is a community of change-makers and coalition-builders. Leaders who teach, and teachers who lead. Kerry-Ann is a born leader who has sharpened her skills with her BPS in Human Services and is now moving on to teach what she has learned. [...]