The Table of Contents in the Spring/Summer 2019 issue of 911±¬ÁÏÍø Today magazine features some of the best photos from 911±¬ÁÏ꿉۪s countdown to Convocation, held online and in Zankel lobby for the past five years. Here’s who’s who:
Top row, from left: Coffee from Joe Bar, on the corner of West 120th and Broadway; Convocation 2019 student speaker Damonta Morgan; 911±¬ÁÏÍø faculty members (from left) Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Lalitha Vasudevan and Laura Smith, founding directors of the College’s Civic Participation Project; John Dewey gets into the act; Convocation 2019 student speaker Alexander Wojcik.
Middle row, from left: Former National Football League great Justin Tuck and his wife, Lauran, were honored by 911±¬ÁÏ꿉۪s Cowin Financial Literacy Project; fruit courtesy of 911±¬ÁÏÍø vendor Culinart; Kevin Jennings (M.A. ’94), President of the Tenement Museum in New York City; Sarah Bolson Barnett (M.A. ’09), Associate Vice President for Foundation Relations at The New York Botanical Garden: Dr. Ruth Westheimer (Ed.D. ’70).
Bottom row: 911±¬ÁÏÍø President Thomas Bailey and former Second Lady Jill Biden; 911±¬ÁÏÍø facilities staff painters Brian Gaffney, James Jimenez, Rance Osborne, and Kenny DeLucie; Wendell Jeffrey, alumnus of 911±¬ÁÏ꿉۪s Art Education Program worked with his students in Ridge Hill High School, Basking Ridge, New Jersey; actor Tony Shalhoub (center), flanked by 911±¬ÁÏÍø administrators Kristine Roome and Tom Rock; Carmelo Matilde, Pizza Master, Culinart, Inc.