Medgar Evers College

English Departmental Exams
2019-05-15

Reading Day
2019-05-15

Last day to clear fall 2018 & winter 2019 â€˜INCâ€™ grades
2019-05-14

Last day of classes
2019-05-14

Medgar Evers College's Annual Spring Fest
2019-05-08 11:00 - 15:00 UTC
Medgar Evers College’s Annual Spring Fest is a culminating celebration that takes place at the end of each academic year. Spring Fest features a block party atmosphere, with a live DJ and concession stands.
Attendees can grab personalized memorabilia (caricatures, T-shirts, and photographs). There will be tables hosted by student clubs and performances by student organizations. This year, several community-based and city agencies will be present and will provide on-site HIV/AIDS testing, blood pressure screenings, health insurance enrollment, assistance with SNAP registration, and information about housing and food insecurity.
For the very first time, the Fresh Vibes Mobile Market will offer low-cost fruits and vegetables to members of the campus community and surrounding neighborhood.

Measles Outbreak 2019
2019-05-08 10:00 - 11:00
Dr. William Carr, associate professor of Biology, and the Medgar Evers College Biology Department invite you to hear from guest speaker Ricky Wong, executive director of Community Affairs for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Wong will talk about the measles outbreak in Brooklyn and share important facts related to the disease.

The Power of Love
2019-05-08
The Power of Love
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Please come and join us for an inspiring evening ofÂ The Power of Love, with PresidingÂ Bishop Michael CurryÂ of the Episcopal Church. Bishop Michael Curry delivered the sermon at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
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THIS EVENT WILL BE STREAMED LIVE ON FACEBOOKÂ https://www.facebook.com/pg/Island-Girls-1440719499395605/posts

Letâ€™s Talk Cannabis: Medgar Evers College Town Hall
2019-05-07 18:00 - 21:00
The Medgar Evers Community invites you to meet the titans in the cannabis industry. Information on wide range of topics will be discussed, including medicinal, academic, and entrepreneurial opportunities.
Titans of the Cannabis Industry Panelists
Mr. Paul Saunders: Co-Founder, MEzz
Ms. Shanita Penny, MBA: President, Minority Cannabis Business Association
Vonna Davis: Co-Owner + CEO, Innovative Fusion
DÃ©Von Christopher Johnson: Founder and CEO, BleuLife Media
Colleen MairÃ©ad Hughes: Director of Community Development and Education, citiva.com
MEC Host Speakers
Masatomo Sakairi: MEC Entrepreneur in Residence + Chief Operating Officer, Paygevity
Akim Clerge: Master of Ceremony, Student, Entrepreneur, and President of Entrepreneurship Society
Mahlanie Durant: Student, Entrepreneur and Founder: Ruah Selah LLC; Woman Who Wars Wellness Group; Co-Founder: Headdresses X Reign
Joel Strothers: MEC alum + Tech Entrepreneur
Arlette Alexis: MEC student + Entrepreneur
Viki Clement: MEC alum + Tech Entrepreneur
Amber Rivero: MEC Student + Founding President of MEC Law Society
Venice Ishabashi: Mistress of Ceremony, Student, entrepreneur
TENTATIVE PROGRAM:
5.30-6.30pm: Registration
6.00-6.30pm: Film screening
6.30-6.35pm: Opening address
6.35-6.40pm: MEC Black Diamonds dance performance
6.40-6.45pm: Greetings from MEC leadership
6.45-7.00pm: Quick pitches/reflections from student leaders and entrepreneurs
7.00-7.10pm: Entrepreneurship presentations
7.10-7.30pm: Cannabis panel presentations
7.30-8.30pm: Open forum for discussions with cannabis panelists
8.30-8.35pm: Closing ceremony
REGISTER HERE!

Annual Spring Scholarship + Leadership Awards Luncheon
2019-04-27 12:00 - 17:00
Community Council for Medgar Evers College, Inc. presents:
Annual Spring Scholarship + Leadership Awards Luncheon
Saturday, April 27 at 12:00 p.m.
Medgar Evers College
Academic Building 1, Skylight CafÃ©, second floor
1638 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225
Join us for MECâ€™s Community Councilâ€™s 16th annual spring scholarship and leadership awards luncheon as we pay tribute to those who have provided outstanding service in their professions and to support the scholarship program for MEC students. Come and enjoy great food, fellowship, and live music provided by Prof. Roman Mitchell and the MEC Jazz Ensemble.
Ecumenical Leadership Award
Rev. Trevor Hyde, Jr., Pastor
Berean Baptist Church
Business Leadership Award
DeCosta Headley, CEO
Strong Power Business Consulting, Inc.
Education Leadership Award
Dr. Terrence Richard Blackman, Dean
School of Science, Health, and Technology
Medgar Evers College, CUNY
Youth Leadership Awards
Chavelle Carty and Demola Ogunnaike
Class of 2019, Medgar Evers College Preparatory School
2019 Scholarship Recipients will be announced at the luncheon.
Tickets are $85 per person
To purchase tickets and for more information, contact:
meccommunitycouncil@yahoo.com
718-638-1694 or 718-638-8292

Spring Recess
2019-04-19 08:00 - 2019-04-28 17:00

Career Success as a Professional Writer
2019-04-09 18:30 - 20:30
Medgar Evers College’s English Department and the Medgar Evers College chapter of PSC-CUNY invite you to join us for panel discussion on what it takes to achieve career success as a professional writer.
The event features four distinguished guest speakers:
Julia D. Shaw has over thirty years of professional experience as a publicist to entrepreneurs, publishers, authors, corporations, radio stations, and non-profit organizations. Her client list included, Iyanla Vanzant, Michael Baisden, Circle of Sisterâ€™s Expo, and the International African Arts Festival, to name a few.
C. Zawadi Morris is a Chicago native with more than 20 years of combined experience in journalism, public relations, and digital publishing. She worked as the press secretary for Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (NY-12). Following her work on Capitol Hill, she started The Original Media Group, LLC (OMG!) in 2000, a boutique media relations agency. In 2013, she launched The Brooklyn Reader (www.BKReader.com), a hyperlocal daily news site covering Central and East Brooklyn.
Max PatiÃ±o is the associate director of Multicultural Recruitment at CUNY Graduate School of Journalismâ€™s admissions team. He helps recruit applicants to the school, runs info sessions, oversees the admissions process, and assists with open houses for admitted students. He is a member of the CUNY J-School Diversity Committee and advisor to the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) â€“ CUNYJ Chapter.
Professor James Dunn has taught first-year composition courses for more than a decade, and he currently teaches at Medgar Evers College in the English department. As a content developer and web producer, he has focused on bringing principles of design, architecture, and information to the digital landscape. He has worked as a professional writer for Congressional Quarterly, senior writer at Ogilvy and Mather, manager of web communications at Brooklyn Public Library, and as a consultant for other media and non-profit organizations.
For more information, contact Professor Donna Hill at dohill@mec.cuny.edu or 718-270-4861.

Last day to drop classes with a â€˜Wâ€™ grade
2019-04-01

Early Advisement & Registration for Summer-Fall 2019 Semester
2019-04-01

Writers on Writing Interview with Nafissa Thompson-Spires
2019-03-31 19:00 - 19:30
Tune In This Week
Sunday, March 31, 2019
â€œWriters on Writingâ€ Radio Show
WNYE 91.5 FM
7 p.m. â€“ 7:30 p.m.
Interview with Nafissa Thompson-Spires
With Dr. Brenda M. Greene, Executive Director
The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY
Listen at WMEC Radio, http://wmec.mec.cuny.edu
About the Program
Dr. Brenda Greene interviews Nafissa Thompson-Spires, author of the collection of short stories Heads of the Colored People (Atria/37 INK, 2018).Â The book won the PEN Open Book Award, formerly the Beyond Margins Award. Thompson-Spiresâ€™ stories address themes related to race, grief, mental illness, eating disorders, and police violence. Although they are often dark, they capture issues that people are reluctant to discuss and examine the interior lives of their characters. Greene and Thompson-Spires discuss the themes in the collection, the writing process and Thompson-Spiresâ€™ motivation for developing the stories.
About the Author
Nafissa Thompson-Spires is the author of the short story collectionÂ Heads of the Colored People. Â Her work has appeared or is forthcoming inÂ The Paris Review Daily,Â Dissent, Buzzfeed Books,Â The White Review,Â The Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly Journal, Story Quarterly,Â Lunch Ticket,Â East Bay Review, and other publications. She currently works as an assistant professor of Creative Writing at UIUC and is an alumna of Callaloo, Tin House, and a 2017 Stanley Elkin Scholar at the Sewanee Writersâ€™ Conference.

Close Applications for Summer Programs
2019-03-30

Womenâ€™s Herstory Month Committee Presents: Dr. Nadia Lopez
2019-03-27 11:30 - 13:00
Join us for a special lecture given by Dr. Nadia Lopez, part of the 2019 Womenâ€™s Herstory Month Powwer! series. Dr. Lopez will discuss how she has beaten the odds to become an internationally recognized and pioneering educator.
The founding principal of Mott Hall Bridges Academy (a New York City public school in Brownsville, Brooklyn), Lopez became a viral sensation after one of her students was featured on the popular blog, Humans of New York. Millions of people around the world discovered the positive learning environment, high expectations and growing success rate at her school, which is located right in the middle of one of the most under-served communities in America. In 2015 a Humans of New York fundraiser raised $1.4 million to take Lopez’s students on college trips that include Harvard University, Summer STEAM programs and college scholarships. Lopez continues to show the world how underprivileged communities can beat the odds and create positive institutions that have a global impact.
There will also be a special performance by the Black Diamonds, Medgar Evers Collegeâ€™s step team.
This event is free and open to the public. No RSVP necessary.
For more information please contact:
Dr. Alexis Mclean: 718-270-6046 â€¢ amclean@mec.cuny.edu
Ms. Lisa Evelyn: 718-270-5155 â€¢ levelyn@mec.cuny.edu

Womenâ€™s Herstory Month Committee Presents: Kalilah Wright
2019-03-25 11:30 - 13:00
Join us for a conversation with Kalilah Wright, founder and CEO of Mess in a Bottle, part of the 2019 Womenâ€™s Herstory Month Powwer! series. Kalilah will discuss how her decision to place thought-provoking messages on apparel led to celebrity endorsements and the development of a nationally recognized brand.
When Kalilah Wright left her six-figure architect job to follow her true passion of becoming an entrepreneur â€” crafting cool sayings on cotton T-shirts for her brand, Mess in a Bottle â€” she never thought she would come face-to-face with crime. More importantly, she never thought the city she loved and called home would be where her nightmare took place. But the root of her story stretches far beyond fashion and entrepreneurship, its premise focuses on empowerment and having the fortitude to forge ahead when youâ€™ve given up hope. Today, Wright will tell anyone who listens, the importance of being happy and living your dreams, even when theyâ€™re interrupted by trauma. (Read more at www.teenvogue.com/story/kalilah-wright-mess-in-a-bottle-armed-robbery.)
This event is free and open to the public. No RSVP necessary.
For more information please contact:
Dr. Alexis Mclean: 718-270-6046 â€¢ amclean@mec.cuny.edu
Ms. Lisa Evelyn: 718-270-5155 â€¢ levelyn@mec.cuny.edu

2019 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium
2019-03-23 11:00 - 19:00
2019 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium
â€œPlaywrights and Screenwriters at the Crossroadsâ€
Saturday, March 23, 2019, 11:00 AM â€“ 7:00 PM
Medgar Evers College, CUNY
Founders Auditorium
1650 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11225
The theme of the 2019 NBWC Biennial Symposium “Playwrights and Screenwriters at the Crossroads,” a public gathering of writers, scholars, literary professionals, performers, students and the general public, will provide a forum for examining the trends and themes addressed by Black playwrights and filmmakers; showcase the work of Black playwrights and screenwriters; and pay tribute to Ntozake Shange, Obie Award-winning renowned poet, playwright, and novelist. Ifa Bayeza, playwright, producer, novelist, and sister of Ntozake Shange, is the featured speaker.
Email: writers@mec.cuny.edu
Website: www.centerforblackliterature.org
Cost: $20 general public; $5 for students CUNY students, faculty, staff, and senior citizens with ID. Registration is open online at www.centerforblackliterature.org and on-site, and is first come, first served. Visit the website for more information.

Writers on Writing Radio Show: Interview with Rosemari Mealy
2019-03-17 19:00 - 19:30
Tune In This Week
Sunday, March 17, 2019
â€œWriters on Writingâ€ Radio Show
WNYE 91.5 FM
7 p.m. â€“ 7:30 p.m.
Interview with Rosemari Mealy
With Dr. Brenda M. Greene, Executive Director
The Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College, CUNY
Listen at WMEC Radio: http://wmec.mec.cuny.edu
About the Program
Dr. Brenda Greene interviews journalist, cultural and political activist Rosemari Mealy. They discuss the recently reprinted book Fidel and Malcolm X: Memories of a Meeting (Black Classic Press). Mealy provides the inspiration for writing the book and a context for the events leading up to the meeting of Fidel Castro and Malcolm X at the Hotel Theresa in 1960.Â Castro had come to the United States for the 15th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Mealy and other contributors reflect on the roles of Fidel Castro and Malcolm X at this historic summit. She also provides the details of the Malcolm X Summit that was held in Cuba in 1993.
About the Author
Rosemari Mealy is adjunct assistant professor at the City College of New York, (CUNY) Center for Worker Education. Professor Mealy has been honored for her community involvement on numerous occasions and was the recipient of the prestigious Claudia Jones Fellow in the African New World Studies Program at Florida International University (Miami).Â Mealy has lived and worked in Cuba and is an activist in the International Human Rights and Political Prisoner Movement.

Mental Health First Aid Certification Training
2019-03-15 09:00 - 17:00
Friday, March 15, 2019
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour course that teaches how to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The training helps identify, understand, and respond to signs of addictions and mental illnesses. This is an extraordinary professional development opportunity for students and administrators.
Medgar Evers College
1150 Carroll Street, Room C-310
Brooklyn, NY 11225
Sponsored by the Medgar Evers College Office of Veteran and Military Services. Telephone 718-270-4915 or email mecvets@mec.cuny.edu for more information.

24th Annual John Gibbs Conference on Environmental Issues
2019-03-09 08:00 - 16:30
24th Annual John A. Gibbs Conference on Environmental Issues: Environmental Challenges and Emerging Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Saturday, March 9, 2019
8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Medgar Evers College | Founders Auditorium
1650 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225
The conference will offer attendees the following:
â€¢ Job, internship, and career placement opportunities
â€¢ Networking and career advancement opportunities
â€¢ Researcher collaboration and entrepreneurship opportunities
â€¢ Greater understanding of current environmental issues and policies affecting residents in Brooklyn, New York
To register, contact: Dr. Alicia Reid | Email: alreid@mec.cuny.edu | Telephone: 718-270-6453
For information on speakers, the schedule, and to register, please visit https://24thannualjohngibbs.splashthat.com.
Presented by MEC’s Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science in partnership with MEC Alumni, Public Administration, and Entrepreneurship. Co-Sponsored by Con Edison, Inc.

Pipeline Computer Science (PCS)
2019-03-09, 2019-03-02

Pipeline Leadership Forum
2019-03-07

Join Campus Chaplain Father Rivera For Ash Wednesday Catholic Mass
2019-03-06 11:30 - 12:00
On Wednesday, March 6, from 11:30 am to 12:00 pm, Medgar Evers Collegeâ€™s Campus Chaplain, Father Ralph Rivera, S.J., will celebrate an Ash Wednesday mass for any members of the campus community that wish to attend: students, faculty, staff, and administration.
Wednesday, March 6, 11:30 am to 12:00 pm
Jesuit Community Chapel
1101 Carroll Street (on the corner of Rogers Avenue and Carroll Street)
Members of the campus community who are unable to attend mass on March 6 can obtain ashes during the following times:
â€¢ 9:30 am to 10:30 am (Room S-307)
â€¢ 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm (1st Floor Lobby of the S-Building)
Weekday mass (on Tuesdays) resumes its normal schedule on Tuesday, March 12, and for the duration of the spring 2019 semester.

Pipeline Student Forum
2019-03-06

Womenâ€™s HerStory Month: Women Who Werk! Opening Event
2019-03-04 11:30 - 13:00
The Medgar Evers College (MEC) Womenâ€™s History Committee, or MEC Womenâ€™s HerStory Month Committee (WHMC) is comprised of faculty, staff, and students from across the institution. The Committee develops initiatives that celebrate the achievements of women throughout the month of March, and all those who continue to struggle for womenâ€™s rights to equality.
In honor of Womenâ€™s History Month, the MEC WHMC, proudly presents Women Who Werk!, a month long celebration of the contributions and accomplishments of women.
Join us, as we highlight how their courage, strength and fortitude prove that women all over the world werk!
For More Information about these events, please contact:
Dr. Alexis McLean: 718-270-6046 â€¢ amclean@mec.cuny.edu
Ms. Lisa Evelyn: 718-270-5155 â€¢ levelyn@mec.cuny.edu

Womenâ€™s HerStory Month: African Spirit Award Ceremony and Fashion Show
2019-03-01 18:30 - 22:00

Application for Summer Programs
2019-03-01

30-Day Immunization Clinic
2019-02-24
