This season, the graduating senior guard finished as the 10th leading scorer in the nation, averaging 21.8 points per game. She also ranked first in with an astounding 151 takeaways (5.57 per game). The transfer student, who is majoring in communications, also broke the 1,000-point mark for her college career, while winning CUNYAC Tournament Most Valuable Player for 2022-23 and other conference honors throughout her career.

Along with fellow senior standouts Nancy Pham, Dasha Goodman, sisters Sarah and Ericka James, and multiple CUNYAC Coach of the Year winner Alex Lang, Gotti helped lead the Bulldogs to their third straight CUNYAC title and the fourth title in five seasons. Last year, the team reached its peak when it won the college鈥檚 first NCAA D-III game, defeating Emmanuel College (Massachusetts) in the first round, 70-57.

And while the Bulldogs fell to the top-ranked powerhouse Christopher Newport University Captains on their home court in the first round this season, Gotti鈥檚 impact was ever present, as she ended her storied career with a game-high 16 points and three steals.

We asked Gotti about her time on the team and in the classroom at 可乐视频 and what might come next.

You have to take a lot of pride in dominating CUNYAC over the past few years. What are the challenges associated with maintaining that level of success in conference play against familiar opponents?

There are definitely many challenges that come along with playing in the same conference for a few years. Teams and coaches learn your game, so I felt like when I came back for my senior year, it was important for me to elevate my game in the off season as much as possible.

Despite the tough loss in the first round of the NCAA D-III Tournament this year against Christopher Newport University, what are your takeaways from having played in two NCAA Division-III Tournaments?

I learned the importance of perseverance. Both times we entered the NCAA Tournament as the underdogs, this time against the number-one team in the nation. My team and I also faced adversity as we all got a stomach bug on the bus ride up. I saw so much heart that weekend; most people would have crumbled. We showed up and made no excuses. Our backs were against the wall and everything that could have gone wrong did, but we stood together and did it for each other.

You have played with some great players, including Chanel Jemmott and the James sisters. What did you learn from them?

If you pay attention close enough, there’s always something you can learn from people. All three of them possess toughness. They’re not going to let you push them around, and they refuse to back down from anyone. That’s something I really respect.

Coach Alex Lang has won multiple CUNYAC Coach of the Year honors. What lessons did he teach you?

Coach Lang has taught me numerous lessons about life and basketball, one of the most important ones being to never get too high and never get too low. Coach has mastered the art of staying calm. There’s going to be points in games and in life where things get out of your control. Coach has taught me to control the things I can control and to focus on the present. That is definitely something that I’ll take with me going forward.

What are your best overall memories with the team?

My best memories with my team were winning two championships and going to the NCAA tournament. They became my family and people who I will keep in contact with for the rest of my life.

You transferred from the University of Bridgeport. What made you choose 可乐视频?

My first two years at Bridgeport weren鈥檛 the best experience for me mentally. I felt it was important to put myself in a family environment in the next school that I picked. When Coach Lang reached out to me, it was a familiar face because I knew of him in high school. When I committed here, it was really just a gut feeling to do so. I didn鈥檛 even visit the school to see if I liked it. I questioned my decision to my mom, and she was the one who told me that everything happens for a reason, and I was brought to Brooklyn for a purpose. Fast forward to now鈥擨 talk about it with my mom and we both agree it was the best decision I have ever made. It helped me grow not only as a player but as a person.

What are you majoring in and what are your plans after graduating?

My major is communications, and I am graduating in May. About halfway through my major I decided that I was going to apply to law school.

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鈥淚 love talking to people and telling their stories. If I can make a career out of that,鈥� he says, his words trailing off into a characteristic smile. He knows it is possible, but it is easier said than done. Still, Denard鈥檚 prospects look good. He is interning at the renowned public radio station WNYC and is one semester away from graduating with a dual degree in communications and journalism.

Arriving in Brooklyn from Haiti by way of Miami and Boston when he was three years old, Denard played football in high school with hopes of winning a scholarship to a Division I college.

鈥淎s a teen I was determined to get into the NFL,鈥� he says. 鈥淚 was a typical 16-year-old, soda-guzzling kid.鈥� In middle and high school, he got involved in theater. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 when I realized that I liked the arts and that I wasn鈥檛 going to move easily to a sports career. The odds were not in my favor鈥攏o scouts were coming to my high school,鈥� he says.

After a gap year, Denard attended Medgar Evers College and began taking courses in communications, with which he more readily aligned. He soon made it his major. But as he progressed in his studies, he decided to make a move to 可乐视频 because of the good buzz around the communications program (鈥淚 fell in love with it there.鈥�)

On track as a communications major, Denard completed a writing internship for credit in the Judaic Studies Department and then worked as a writer in the college鈥檚 Communications and Marketing Office. He ended up adding a second major鈥攋ournalism鈥攁fter he realized what he wanted to do for a living. At the end of the spring semester, he received the exciting news that he had been selected to be an intern at WNYC.

鈥淚鈥檓 working directly with the community partnership editor, and we鈥檙e doing several different projects to amplify the voices of people you may not hear over the radio,鈥� says Denard. 鈥淲e’re looking into different ethnic communities, bringing focus to their unique issues.鈥�

A big plus of the internship for Denard is meeting peers from other schools and parts of the country. 鈥淓verybody has got their own thing going on; they are not all local,鈥� he says. 鈥淚t鈥檚 good to meet people here who are interested in the same things I am but come from very different backgrounds and different paths.鈥�

Denard, who has been asked to remain at WNYC until next spring, is quick to recognize that he wouldn鈥檛 be where he is without the faculty who have supported and encouraged him: 鈥淧rofessor MJ Robinson [associate professor and chair of Television, Radio, & Emerging Media, or TREM], helped me immensely, as well as [Associate Professor of Journalism] Jessica Siegel. They care enough to give me tough critiques of my work. I鈥檝e heard 鈥榯his can be better, Rico,鈥� more than once,鈥� he says, laughing.

Although fully immersed in news reporting, Denard has not entirely dropped the idea of entering the entertainment business. He jokes about parlaying his athletic inclinations into a side gig as a stunt double but is more serious when he says he is keeping an open mind about looking into filmmaking. 鈥淚鈥檓 considering applying to Feirstein [Graduate School of Cinema],鈥� he says. Ultimately, his goal is to tell the stories of the people who are rarely in the daily headlines. As a native of Haiti who has lived nearly all his life in the United States, it stings to see that his birth country is only ever mentioned in the media when it is hit with natural disasters or beset with political violence. Denard, who recently received a scholarship from the Caribbean Leadership Empowerment Foundation, is speaking not only about Haiti but also about neighboring Caribbean nations.

鈥淭here is a side of developing countries, especially those famous for tourism, that people do not typically see,鈥� he says. 鈥淭he ports and beaches of these vacation destinations are all anyone outside of them is usually exposed to. I want to tell the stories of everyday people, those on the other side of all the glitz and glam.鈥�

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“I have friends everywhere now,” says Raven Wilson鈥斂衫质悠� (可乐视频) senior, Korean popular music (K-pop) aficionado, and teaching/program assistant in the Media Production and Cultural Studies in South Korea Program. One of the first students to participate in the inaugural 可乐视频-Dongguk South Korea Exchange Program, Wilson, who double majors in communication and theater, is now the exchange program’s student ambassador.

“This program is great for students because you’re not being thrown into a situation where there’s no one there for you,” Wilson says. “This particular program doesn’t send students abroad solo; you’re always traveling with a group, so you always have a base that has your back.”

The exchange kicked off in the fall 2017 semester. Wilson, whose tuition cost was reimbursed through the , stayed at an off-campus dormitory near Seoul Station (the equivalent of New York City’s Penn Station). As a New Yorker, she had no problem navigating South Korea’s mass-transit system to get to school each day. It helped that the system made all announcements in Korean, English, Japanese, and Mandarin.

“The value of cultural competency cannot be overestimated,” says Gail Bier, senior director of International Education and Global Engagement at 可乐视频. “For students to be able to say to a potential employer that they spent time studying in another country demonstrates that they are proficient in working with people very different from themselves, in environments very different from ones they are accustomed to, that they are able to communicate across challenges and are open to expanding their worldview. This gives them the edge needed to stand out among other candidates.”

While at Dongguk, Wilson took some courses that were taught fully in English and others that were taught at a 60/40 percent split (60 English, 40 in Korean), including communication theory, introduction to Korean film, Korean language, and film production. Wilson said that of those, the film production class was the toughest, as she and her classmates were required to make a short film every week for the first six weeks. Afterward, they were placed into groups and instructed to make a feature-length film out of their disparate short pieces in a way that interlocked to create a single narrative. Additionally, the students were each assigned to make their own experimental film project that contained no dialogue, but told the story through images.

“That was the most intense class of all the courses I took at Dongguk,” says Wilson, who earned A’s in every class, despite the Korean grading system that limits the number of students who can receive an A grade in each course.

JiHoon Song, a Dongguk University junior who is majoring in business management, was among the students who spent a semester at 可乐视频. He says he chose to study at the college because of its reputation for providing a rigorous education and its location in one of the most dynamic cities in the world.

“New York has different kinds of food from all over the world, and I could enjoy the best quality of many things such as musicals, museums, concerts, and other arts. I chose 可乐视频 for this semester because the professors are passionate and the courses are extremely useful.”

Song took six courses: Aerobics, Principles of Marketing, Global Business Environment, Introduction to Mass Media, Intercultural Communication, and Introduction to Communication.

“I loved the campus,” he says. “It was so quiet and has many places to sit and contemplate or study. I could lie on the grass. I liked the college’s gym as well. I worked out four times a week. I became healthier because of it. Another great place was the . I will recommend other Dongguk students participate in the exchange program because 可乐视频 has awesome professors and wonderful students.”

Wilson, who befriended Song and keeps in touch with him via KakaoTalk, a South Korea texting app, will be graduating with the Class of 2019 in the spring. She plans to pursue a career in entertainment management and artist representation.

Interested in taking your education around the globe? The Tow Undergraduate/Graduate International Research Stipend enables undergraduate and graduate students to conduct research in settings outside the United States during the winter intersession. It is designed to expand students’ academic experiences and to enrich their lives, and that of the college, by providing access to educational opportunities abroad. The online application is available on the 可乐视频 Scholarships and Awards homepage. The deadline is October 31, 2018.

可乐视频 is able to provide its students with the kind of global engagement opportunities they need to expand their learning and stand out in the marketplace thanks to the generosity of alumni and friends received through the 可乐视频 Foundation. To learn about the various ways to contribute to student success, please visit the foundation website.

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“Having been born and raised in South Korea and educated at 可乐视频 with New York, the world’s media capital, as a backdrop, I’m in a unique position to see and understand both sides,” said Cheong. “And I thought a study abroad program would give American students the chance to examine genuine, traditional Korean culture as well as the equally dynamic, newer aspects of the culture.”

Cheong’s class is made up of two sections. Before traveling to South Korea, students are given a crash course in media production in Brooklyn. This allows Cheong to assess their abilities before they hit the ground running in South Korea. Once there, the students are instructed on the use of the latest technology and divided into groups. They are then partnered with students from Dongguk to come up with topics that they analyze for similarities and differences between American and Korean cultures. They then present those findings in narrative video form.

Gail Bier, senior director of International Education and Global Engagement, joined students and faculty on the trip in order to better assess the program’s rigor and value.

“It’s easy to misunderstand how much work our faculty members do for international education programming unless you’re there on site,” said Bier. “They are incredibly dedicated to our students. They are great mentors and great teachers.” She added, “What the South Korea media production course does exceptionally well is integrate the local students from Dongguk into the program, which creates an opportunity for collaboration where the students work to overcome obstacles such as language to produce a polished and successful final project.”

Junior Raven Wilson heard about the Study Abroad Program in South Korea from a friend who participated last year and suggested she sign up. A member of the 可乐视频 Korean Culture Club who double聽majors in communication and theater,聽Wilson became interested in Korean culture through the global phenomenon of K-pop (Korean pop), a highly stylized form of South Korean popular music. Mesmerized by the dancing she saw in the k-pop music videos, Wilson, a trained dancer who stopped performing due to an injury, was immediately hooked.

Wilson, who is double majoring in communication and theater production, and works an assistant at the college, knew the opportunity to study in South Korea was too good to pass up. The cost of Wilson’s trip was largely covered by the $2,000 she received from the Furman Fellows Program Undergraduate Study Abroad Scholarship.

“The biggest obstacle was the cost of travel, and the Furman Scholarship covered that and then some,” said Wilson, who had never been to South Korea.

Wilson’s project involved a comparative study of hip-hop culture in New York and Seoul. She and her classmates filmed interviews with New Yorkers and residents of Seoul to determine how each interpreted hip-hop, and whether there was any overlap, or if the forms were distinct based on geography.

“One of the questions we asked during the interviews is 鈥榃hat’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the phrase hip hop?’ The answers were vastly different, but at the same time, similar,” Wilson said. “When we were in New York, many of the responses were 鈥榝ashion,’ 鈥楴ew York,’ and 鈥榮tyle.’ But when we got to Seoul, one of the most consistent answers was 鈥榖lack people.’ All of the responses in New York ultimately culminate in that one answer we received in Seoul. Because all of those things, from our view, in the context of hip-hop culture, were created or inspired by black people.”

A bonus was that Professor Stuart MacLelland ’87 M.F.A. happened to be in South Korea at the same time as the students working on a separate project and visited with the students to give them some pointers on interviewing techniques. Wilson appreciated the professor’s visit, as well as an optional side trip she took to Tokyo, Japan.

“A good thing that came out of the trip to Japan was that I started dancing again,” Wilson shared. “I took an amazing dance class there which reignited my passion for the art form.”

Cheong said he looks forward to the next program, which will take place in the summer of 2017. “I’m anxious to teach more students who will be able experience the dynamic culture of South Korea.”

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The grant lives under the Center for Child and Adult Development (CCAD) in the School of Education’s Department of School Psychology, Counseling and Leadership (SPCL). Pawelski worked with the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) to secure funding to develop the successful pilot program at Teachers College, Columbia University. In order to sustain and further extend the professional development possibilities of this work, Pawelski reached out to SPCL Department Chairperson Professor Alberto Bursztyn聽’73, ’81 M.S.Ed., ’86 M.S.Ed., hoping that the continuing grant could find a home here, which it did in 2015.

“It was clear that the project needed a place that matched the needs of the community鈥攂oth of children with disabilities and issues of advocacy鈥攊n a more direct sense.聽CCAD was a perfect fit,” Pawelski said.

“CCAD has historically been a place to provide this sort of training to individuals of various professions, but it had been relatively dormant for a number of years,” said Bursztyn. “I saw this as an opportunity to reawaken the Center, create programs, and provide a forum for extending the work of the department to the larger community, addressing needs that are not exclusively school-based and have a connection to advocacy for children and their well-being. The CCAD at 可乐视频 is uniquely positioned for pioneering ways for addressing the diverse needs of vulnerable children and their families. We’re situated in one of the most diverse urban populations in the world.”

CCAD spearheaded the Play Therapy Project at 可乐视频, which provides in-service training for mental health professionals working with children who have experienced trauma.

The digital tools developed by Pawelski have been a boon to child advocates everywhere.

“OCFS staff continue to work to find ways to sustain the Child Abuse and Disabilities website and to support the efforts on this important initiative,” said Melaney Szklenka, Child and Family Service specialist and state liaison officer at the Bureau of Program and Community Development for the OCFS. “So many of the victims that our investigation professionals encounter have some form of disability. The app and the website have proven to be invaluable for many of them, giving them access to information to better serve the children and families.”

Advocating for children with disabilities is essential to Pawelski’s work. She served on the New York State Children’s Justice Task Force, which reviewed, analyzed and made recommendations for policy, intervention and training. Communication and behavioral challenges found with children with disabilities can often strain families and caregivers, and frustrate professionals less familiar with ways to intervene using sign language or visual supports.

“This work also cannot be fragmented,” said Pawelski. “It’s not just about research and intervention.聽It’s about public awareness. It’s about getting the next generation engaged.聽The work of child abuse prevention, anti-bullying, and harassment is community work. You don’t have to be a social worker. We all can do our part.”

Pawelski and Bursztyn are working with undergraduate students from the Children and Youth Studies Program to help raise awareness for these important issues. In their academic course, Career Paths for Working with Children and Youth, Bursztyn and Pawelski have provided opportunities for students to work with field professionals and learn how their programs develop materials and activities around these issues, and explore what new career paths can emerge from them.

Members of the Children First Club, and Graduate Association of School Psychologists (GASP)鈥攖wo 可乐视频 student organizations鈥攑artnered with Future Child Advocates, a national child advocacy/anti-bullying student club initiative created by Pawelski and for which she serves as director, to plan events to raise awareness here on campus.

This month, they are spearheading the campus’ Pinwheels for Prevention event, which uses the pinwheel as a symbol for the innocence of childhood to bring attention to efforts to prevent child abuse. Prevent Child Abuse New York partnered with Future Child Advocates to provide the college with 50 free pinwheels and resource materials.

“We’ve made blue ribbons to distribute on campus throughout the month of April to bring attention to these issues,” said Jasmine Lee, president of the Children First Club, and a William E. Macaulay Honors College scholar who double majors in communication and pre-med.聽“We’ll be partnering with organizations on campus to increase community awareness and promote education.”

For information on how to support these and other Department of School Psychology, Counseling and Leadership initiatives at the college, please contact Professor Alberto Bursztyn or Christine Pawelski Ed.D.

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This year, Napoli asked two of his students to interview alumni veterans who served in the Vietnam War for inclusion in the 可乐视频 Listening Project, a college-wide, interdisciplinary oral history project that aims to create publicly accessible audio archives of the everyday lives of Brooklyn residents.

Benjamin Cohn, a sophomore and history major, and Kayleigh O鈥橩ane, a junior聽communication major, sat down in the 可乐视频 radio station to record their conversations with U.S. Army veterans Michael O鈥橞rien ’79 of the Fourth Infantry Division and Anthony Wallace ’75 of the First Cavalry Division. Both students logged more than two hours of recorded audio with the men, which Napoli has compiled into a 4-minute podcast.

“Anthony Wallace has a very powerful story,” says O鈥橩ane, a student in one of Napoli鈥檚 pop culture courses. Wallace suffered a back injury from a blast after his bunker was hit, killing two other men who were with him. “It made the war more personal to me. I wasn鈥檛 born then, so the Vietnam War never seemed relevant to my life.” O鈥橩ane adds that, after this experience, she is adding radio broadcaster to the list of careers she is considering.

Cohn is a Macaulay Honors College student who is taking Napoli鈥檚 course on Vietnam. He interviewed O’Brien as part of a class requirement for which he has to interview two veterans and write a paper comparing their experiences.

One of the most striking parts of the conversation for Cohn, who is considering becoming a foreign correspondent, among other career choices that would allow him to explore the globe, was O’Brien’s desire to serve鈥攈e volunteered for the draft鈥攁nd his sense of patriotism.

“It seems like he was among one of the last generations of people who wanted to defend America,” says Cohn. “This guy felt it was a duty.”

For his part, Napoli鈥攚ho has been compiling oral histories of veterans since graduate school, has written a book about the stories of some of the veterans he has met, and counts many veterans among his very good friends鈥攕ays he鈥檚 glad to give the men who served an opportunity to “witness” their stories.

“It鈥檚 therapeutic,” he says, “and a way to make their memories useful.”

He hopes his students are learning, through their Listening Project experiences, “the power of emphatic listening.”

Last spring, 22 classes participated in the Listening Project, contributing raw material that will be housed in the library鈥檚 special collections archive.

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Edward Cerna

B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy
Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY

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President of , treasurer of United Student League, participatory budget delegate for City Council District 38, former member of the CLAS Student Government Assembly, member of Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Alumni Association, member of FAFSA Adviser-Association Office YMCA of Greater NY.

What obstacles did you have to overcome to attend college?

The first obstacle I had to overcome in order to attend college was being the first person in my family to even apply. Filling out the FAFSA and CUNY applications were totally new experiences and I honestly didn’t know anyone I could turn to for help. Upon entering school, I also had to overcome the drastic change in pace that college requires. I entered 可乐视频 with a 3.3 GPA and after my first year, I found myself with a 2.1. I was placed on mandatory tutoring and my self-esteem was very low. I doubted myself and felt like a tiny fish in a big sea. But I was able to persevere. I knew that I was not a failure; I refused to let myself be crushed by the heavy obstacles in my path.

My education at 可乐视频 has prepared me to face adversity. 可乐视频 has such a that it’s almost impossible to not meet someone who is passionate about something. Their passion inspires you and makes you truly appreciate other people’s perspectives. My education at 可乐视频 has also instilled within me a strong work ethic. Some professors are very exigent, but having developed the skills required to succeed in those courses reassures me that, I am ready for what comes next: attending graduate school to obtain a master’s in public administration; working for New York government in either the City Council or State legislature; and then heading to Washington, D.C. to run for public office.

Bennett Collier

B.A. in Communication
Los Angeles, CA

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Captain of the 可乐视频 Women’s Swim Team and , representative of the 可乐视频 Student Athlete Advisory Committee

Why did you choose 可乐视频?

Growing up in Los Angeles exposed me to a great deal of diversity and big-city culture from the start. I spent my first two years of college at a very small and secluded school in Northern California and didn’t feel at home in such a suburban place that lacked diversity. I had never lived on the East Coast before and decided that, since I was going to transfer schools after my sophomore year anyway, I might as well make a big and spontaneous move out of it. What other city could give me diversity, opportunity, and the city culture like New York could? 可乐视频 has a and lots of clubs and sports teams that helped me feel at home. I was also able to take a lot of music classes in the , as well as pursue my passion for swimming.

Living in Brooklyn has taught me so much about myself in terms of my strength, my confidence, and my ability to do anything if I put my mind to it. 可乐视频 is very competitive in all of its fields and being here has made me push myself to limits I wasn’t aware I could reach. I strived for perfect grades, wore myself out in the pool, and lost my voice multiple times from singing so much in the music program. Being around so many fascinating people from all different walks of life has prepared me for absolutely anything I do next. I have been exposed to so many opportunities and have made so many incredible friends and I know that what I have gotten from 可乐视频 will allow me to be successful in the future.

Jamell Henderson

B.A. in Political Science
Brooklyn, NY

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Caribbean Students Union president, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Club president, senior member of the , co-chair of the University Student Senate (USS) Scholarship Committee

What are your post-graduation career goals?

I am beyond proud to say that I have learned the fundamentals of politics from the best political science department in all of CUNY! These professors鈥攆rom Gaston Alonso, Paisley Currah, and Minnie Go, to Elizabeth Featherstone, Caroline Arnold, and Corey Robin, to one of my mentors, Jeanne Theoharis鈥攈ave all pushed me to go above and beyond my thinking, to create a foundation for what I believe in, understand how I can make an impact in my community, and how I might represent my ideals and values when I begin to run for public offices throughout New York City and New York State.

可乐视频 is not just a school; it’s a family. It’s because of this, that I have been more than proud to represent the college I love across the city, state and nation by participating in the 2014 CUNY Model Senate Program, serving on USS, and testifying before the New York City Council, CUNY Board of Trustees, the chancellor, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and my very own college president, Karen L. Gould. I am forever indebted to 可乐视频.

I have been selected for the at Baruch College, where I will receive my master’s degree in public administration. I hope to then attend Columbia University, where I will pursue my Ph.D. in political science. From there, I will begin my political journey into elected office, and ultimately realize my dream to become president of the United States of America.

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Created in 2008 by Miriam Deutch, associate librarian for research and access services, the contest provides an opportunity to showcase the art collection, broaden students’ cultural enrichment and learning opportunities, and promote student creativity and talent. The winning artwork was selected from among 50 entries.

“The winning pieces not only conveyed an understanding and deliberation of a work of art in the library, but translated their interpretation in a very thoughtful, creative and inventive way,” said Deutch, who is also an art historian and was one of the judges for this year’s competition. “The amount of effort needed to accomplish their response is also taken into consideration.”

She added that Ali’s stop motion animation reflected a very thoughtful interpretation of “Stabile,” Alexander Calder’s lithograph, as well as an understanding of Calder’s sculptures, which are full of movement and very playful.

Ryals manipulated tintype plates to obscure the subject matter, similar to the indecipherable images in David Deutsch’s “Rotunda” painting. Then, she photographed the tintypes and scanned them into the computer, creating a mosaic pattern resembling the painting in the final print.

可乐视频 Library’s includes paintings, drawings, sculptures, photography, and prints, created by artists who live and work in Brooklyn and have works in major museums around the world.

The most technologically advanced in the , the library’s collections total 1.5 million volumes, 45,000 serials, 43,000 electronic serials and 40,000 electronic books. It adds approximately 15,000 new titles each year to its comprehensive humanities, social sciences and sciences collections.

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“I was shocked,” says Becky Ganley, one of the students accepted to the program. “It is a great honor.”

Ganley and Jasmine Mark will spend two summers interning in the United States and the third summer abroad. For the first summer, they will each receive $5,000; for the next two, they will each be paid $6,000.

Mark, who is studying communications in hopes of getting a job in public relations, explains, “I basically used my interest in communications and youth development to help narrow my list of places” for her internship, which will begin this summer:聽Scenarios USA, in Harlem, and .

Ganley, who hasn’t declared her major yet, selected four internship options in various disciplines, which might help her with deciding what she really enjoys doing. From a list of 20 possible internship sites, she picked DonorsChoose.org, Global Kids, and the .

The next step for both winners will be interviews with the internship coordinators and a final decision about where they will end up working during the summer.

“Experimenting in various internships will open up doors for me,” says Ganley. “I believe that this fellowship program will increase my life choices, and it will develop my capacity to make a difference in my life.”

Besides internships, all Watson Fellows are expected to attend summer seminars and cultural events as well as to keep a weekly journal. Along with the opportunities and responsibilities of the fellowship, a great deal of pride comes from winning the honor. In order to be accepted to the program, students had to complete a rigorous application process composed of essays, recommendation letters and written samples. Candidates also went through a series of interviews by Watson staff.

Despite their three-year commitment to the program, both students plan to continue their hobbies. Ganley, who is a Presidential Scholar in 可乐视频’s Honors Program, will keep playing on the college’s softball team. Being the youngest of seven children, she also promises to find time for her large family.

“My family is the one thing that never lets me down, and the one thing that will always be there for me,” she states. “No matter the circumstance, when I am with my family you will see a smile on my face.”

Mark also finds great support from her family, which came from Grenada. Besides spending time with them, Mark hopes to find quiet moments to write poetry and continue to explore New York’s museums and art galleries, which is her new hobby that she “just picked up over spring break.”

Twelve colleges participate in nominating the candidates to the fellowship. Each of the colleges is allowed to put forward four applicants. This year, the Watson committee chose nine students out of 48 applicants.

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