THE VIEW FROM UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS: Recent Episodes
Michael David Quinn, Senior Editor in the BCC Office of Communications and Marketing
THE VIEW FROM UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS features lively and provocative conversations with students, faculty, alumni and friends of Bronx Community College as we explore life in our classrooms and on our campus and the impact BCC has on the city, the nation and the world. The topics are as diverse as the College itself, from the arts and humanities to the sciences to public affairs to business — and of course, education. THE VIEW FROM UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS is recorded on the historic campus of Bronx Community College, where 10,000 students come to dream, to strive and achieve.
This academic year marks the 50th anniversary of Medical Laboratory Technician program that prepares its students for careers in hospitals and other medical settings. There they run the tests that allow doctors to diagnose and treat medical conditions. Dr. Diane Price Banks, director of the program is our guest. She is joined by a recent graduate.
The Bronx Community College library combines architectural beauty with the latest in information technology. In this episode of the View from University Heights, Chief Librarian Michael Miller talks about the library’s resources, how it managed during the height of the pandemic and what lies ahead for this center of BCC life in the spring and beyond.
College Now is a free program for qualified NYC public high school students that introduces them to college life. Students experience the richness of the BCC campus by taking college-level class worth credit throughout The City University of New York College Now director Susan Rivera and two College Now students join this episode of The View from University Heights.
This episode takes a look at the Peer Educator and Career Development program (Get PSyCh'D) for BCC students with a passion for psychology, social work and other mental health professions. Student Psychological Counselor Esther Levy and Dr. Emmalinda McSpadden of BCC's Psychology Department discuss the program's unique blend of peer counseling and career guidance. Two BCC Get PSyCh'D alumni now working in the mental health field join the conversation.
Bronx Community College’s Social Justice Network organizes events and programs devoted to a broad range of contemporary issues, from the Black Lives Matter movement to voter registration to vaccine hesitancy. This episode of The View from University Heights features Tiffany Dubon-Yard, coordinator of the Social Just Network, and four BCC students who are involved in this unique expression of campus activism
Maria Pantoja, director of the Bronx Community College Office of Disability Services, is joined by the president and vice president of BCC’s Coalition for Students with Disabilities in an episode of The View from University Heights that explores the College’s broad support for the disabled members of our community.
In the latest episode of The View From University Heights, Clifford L. Marshall II, program manager of BCC’s Male Empowerment Network, describes the M.E.N. mission of outreach, advisement and leadership development. He is joined by two students who talk about how M.E.N. has affected their lives.
Recorded on the campus of Bronx Community College before it was closed by the pandemic and heard here for the first time, this episode takes a look at BCC’s stunningly successful “Future Now” program, which has turned thousands of high school dropouts into high school graduates prepared for college. Future Now director and founder Elizabeth Payamps is joined by two BCC student-mentors who were once themselves beneficiaries of Future Now.
Eugene Adams, BCC’s Director of Collaborative Program, comes The View From University Height to discuss his many projects that reach out to communities beyond BCC’s gates. That includes Africa, where Adams has forged important partnerships and from which many of our international students come. Two of them join this conversation.
The View from University Heights returns with an episode celebrating Bronx Community College sports stars who excel in the classroom as well as the court and field. Director of Athletics Ryan McCarthy joins two recently graduated BCC student-athletes who have taken their talents to colleges in Texas and South Carolina.
The great filmmakers of tomorrow just might be among the students in Bronx Community College’s Media and Digital Film Production program. Program director Professor Jeffrey Wisotsky will join The View From University Heights, along with the student-filmmaker who won first prize at the most recent BCC Film and Video Festival, which has launched careers in the movie and TV business for a quarter of a century.