BMCC Peer Mentor Program

10/20/2022

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced a $15.6 million state investment to expand child care access at the City University of New York and the State University of New York. The funding includes $4.8 million to provide additional child care services on CUNY campuses and $10.8 million to address child ...

02/22/2021

I am absolutely BEAMING with pride to announce the prestigious $40,000 Jack Kent Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship nation semi-finalists for 2021 once again includes a number of BMCC STUDENTS.

and FIVE of the BMCC students nominated come from our own IMPACT FAMILY!

CONGRATULATIONS to:

Abdoul-hanane Gbadamassi – City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College

Altrim Mamuti – City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College

Mamadou Diallo – City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College

Rocio Diarte Ortiz – City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College

Stephany Pineda Cardoso – City University of New York: Borough of Manhattan Community College

YOUR LEADERSHIP, ROLE MODELLING IN THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY, SERVICE, ADVOCACY AND COMMITMENTNTONEDUCARIONAL EXCELLENCE INSPIRES US ALL!

WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST OF LUCK!

https://www.jkcf.org/our-stories/2021-cooke-transfer-scholar-semifinalists/

06/26/2020

Incredibly proud to announce that IMPACT's own Lamarana Diallo has been recognized as CUNY'S Scholar-Athlete of the Year 2020!

Lamarana began in our program as a mentee, and got so much from his experience, he applied to be a mentor to give back to others. He has been an influential mentor for 3 semester, and joined the IMPACT Leadership Team last semester as a Super Peer, assisting with the training, support and supervision new and returning mentors. During his time at BMCC, Lamarana was an very engaged student leader, giving his time, energy, wisdom, and enthusiasm to up and coming students. Whether in IMPACT, on the soccer field, in student government, or with his fellow students in class, he was always mentoringand helping those around him to become their best selves and reach for success. As an scholar- athlete and student leader, Lamarana consistently worked hard to be a worthy role model others can look up to.

He is most deserving of this honor and all the recognition! Congratulations!

06/18/2020

Thanks to our wonderful mentors, IMPACT continued to provide support and service to our students throughout our Spring 2020 semester of Distance Learning at BMCC.

The Power of Peer Mentoring Moves to a Virtual Format

06/16/2020

Raising the banner of academic excellence high, IMPACT! Beyond thrilled to see FIVE current IMPACT Mentors and one former mentor recognized at the HONORS CONVOCATION. So proud of all of you for being standard bearers for college success within our community.

Congrats to the following IMPACT members for their outstanding achievement at BMCC:

Clarisse Taboy (Academic Excellence in Literary & Linguistics),

Lamarana Diallo (Leila & Simon Peskoff Award in Mathematics),

Amaury Mateo (Orville N. Hill College Discovery Award

Jose fabrizzio Cevallos Romero ( Jack Kent Cooke Schokarship Award)

Abubakar Yussif ( Abner Rosenfield Scholarship Award)

Abdoul-hanane Gbadamassi (VP for Academic Affairs Award)

06/04/2020

This Friday June 5th, BMCC is holding a virtual College-Wide Town Hall from 1:00pm-2:30pm.

The gathering serves as a safe and open space for our community members to express thoughts and feelings about the recent events, to share suggestions for recommended action and propose change against systemic racism and police brutality.

Now more than ever, it is important to have productive conversations together and take collective action. It starts with you joining the dialogue!

*BMCC students and staff, please be sure to check your st emails for the Zoom's meeting ID and password. See you there.

04/25/2020

IMPACT Peer Mentoring Program is thrilled to
celebrate our community member successes. Today, we have NEWS to celebrate!

🎊👏🎉CONGRATULATIONS 🎉👏🎊
to Jose Fabrizzio Cevallos, WINNER of the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke national scholarship!

We are so proud of you and celebrate all your hard work and your commitment to academic excellence, service and leadership. Fabrizzio is amazing role model as an IMPACT mentor!

Cooke Transfer Scholars are selected based on their exceptional academic ability and achievement, financial need, persistence, service to others, and leadership. Students must be currently enrolled community college students or recent graduates residing in the United States. Selected scholars will receive financial support for up to three years ($40,000!), comprehensive educational advising, and the chance to connect with fellow Cooke Scholars.

Through this award, the Foundation supports high-achieving community college students as they transfer to some of the best four-year institutions in the country to complete their bachelor’s degrees.

This year’s 461 semifinalists were chosen from a pool of nearly 1,500 applicants attending 311 community colleges in 45 states and the District of Columbia. BMCC was honored to have 11 of them; 4 from our program we were thrilled in January when The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced that IMPACT's own Schidza Cime Abubakar Yusef, Fabrizzio Cevallos and Abdoul Hanane were named as national semifinalists. All were so deserving of the honor!

We celebrate the accomplishments of all our amazing, brilliant nominees, especially Fabrizzio. Fabrizzio began as a mentee, then became a mentor and award-winning national scholar. This is the 3rd winner in 5 years for BMCC... and TWO if those shining stars came from the IMPACT Peer Mentoring program. Our community members really know how to make an IMPACT.

04/09/2020

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03/27/2020

BMCC Interim President Karrin Wilks delivers a message to the college community as faculty, staff, and students work together to face the challenges presente...