QCC COLLEGE NOW
College Now News
Fall 2008
Volume 2 Issue 1
In This Issue
Summer Program Recap
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Summer Music Studio
Theater Production
Workshop
Transcripts
Upcoming Opportunities
• Orientation Visits
• Myself Third Scholarship
No Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer at QCC
College Now.
How did you spend your
days last summer? For
fifty students from high
schools across the city,
this summer included five
weeks of participation in
QCC College Now’s two
summer programs, The
Summer Music Studio
and The Summer Theater
Production Workshop.
Students not only learned
new skills, but also
earned three college credits.
Summer Music Studio
QCC College Now
Information
QCC College Now,
Rm. H350
222-05 56th Avenue
Bayside, NY 11364
Tel. 718.631.6605
Fax. 718.281.5441
qcc.cuny.edu/collegenow
Using professional equipment, students
wrote and recorded
their own musical compositions. QCC professors Ernie Jackson,
Robert Anderson and
Bettina Shepherd expanded students concept
of what constitutes music.
By the end of the five
weeks, these musicians
wowed the listening audience with their very own
original compositions.
and crew performed A
Midsummer Night’s Dream
before an audience of over
180 in the Queens Performing Arts Center.
Theater Production
Workshop
QCC College Now intends
to run similar programs in
the summer of 2009. See
your high school liaison in
the spring about an application.
Students in the Theater
Production Workshop
learned about all aspects
of theater over their five
weeks on campus. From
acting techniques to
building sets, students
gained hands-on experience that enabled them to
put on a fully-staged production of Shakespeare’s
A Midsummer’s Night
Dream.
Under the direction of
Prof. Georgina McGill
and the Technical Direction of Prof. Robert
Sweetnam, the 28 actors
Don’t Forget Your Official Transcripts
College Now Liaisons
Bayside H.S.
Mr. Macklin
718.229.7600 x1284
Benjamin Cardozo
H.S.
Ms. Garfield
718.279.6500 x406
Francis Lewis H.S.
Ms. Prenner
718.357.7740 x560
Hillcrest H.S.
Mr. Michalos
718.658.5407 x1100
John Bowne H.S.
Mr. Perry
718.263.1919 x1381
Martin Van Buren
H.S.
Ms. Diane Levine
diane.l.levine@gmail.
com
Queens H.S. of
Teaching
Ms. Divjak
718.736.7100
Thomas Edison H.S.
Ms. Diane Levine
diane.l.levine@gmail.
com
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All College Now students
who have taken a creditbearing course should
take the time to request
an official transcript.
Once you have been accepted to and have decided to attend a college
you should have an official transcript sent to the
college you plan on attending.
An official transcript is
needed to transfer the
credits to college and
some work places ask to
5. Read and scroll down
see an official copy also. An
the page and decide
official copy will cost $2 for
how to proceed
inter-CUNY or $9 for any
other location.
For online there is a box
with blue strips and a
To get your official copy:- check - click and follow
1. Log onto www.qcc.
directions.
cuny.edu
2. Above the picture at
.
the top of the home
You may want to call the
page click Registration College Now Office to
3. In the drop down box check that you used your
go to online services
SS# and not a dummy
4. Another drop down
number at 718-631-6605.
box appears - click
Transcripts
Myself Third Scholarship Opportunity
Each spring, College
Now awards approximately 12 $2,500
scholarships to graduating seniors for study at
a CUNY college. To be
eligible to apply, you
must also exhibit a
commitment to com-
munity service during
you high school years.
If you are graduating in
June 2009 and plan to
attend a CUNY college
in Fall 2009, think
about applying for the
Myself Third Scholar-
ship.
Please see the Liaison
at your high school in
March 2009 for an application.
2008– 2009 Orientations
Here’s your chance to
visit the Queensborough Community College campus with College Now. Each year,
College Now hosts its
students on the campus
with a tour and luncheon.
Students are often
pleasantly surprised at
how attractive the campus is and what great
facilities we have.
and the Art Gallery
( That’s right we have
an Art Gallery housed
in an award-winning
building.)
Typical stops on the
campus tour include:
the library, the gym,
the Holocaust Center
Please see you the liaison at your high school
about dates for your
school’s campus visit.
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